NPR's Favorite Books of 2019

1.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating — 1,755,931 ratings
2.
Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy Jones & The Six 4.20 avg rating — 1,771,966 ratings
3.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating — 149,035 ratings
4.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 335,165 ratings
5.
Exhalation
Exhalation 4.27 avg rating — 106,311 ratings
6.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 290,997 ratings
7.
Red, White & Royal Blue
Red, White & Royal Blue 4.06 avg rating — 1,181,451 ratings
8.
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me 3.84 avg rating — 68,138 ratings
9.
Recursion
Recursion 4.17 avg rating — 290,758 ratings
10.
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
by: Casey Cep
3.77 avg rating — 25,713 ratings
11.
Gingerbread
Gingerbread 3.05 avg rating — 15,465 ratings
12.
This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War 3.85 avg rating — 308,453 ratings
13.
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 400,479 ratings
14.
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 379,997 ratings
15.
The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2)
The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 179,646 ratings
16.
They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy 4.42 avg rating — 50,172 ratings
16.
The Witches Are Coming
The Witches Are Coming 4.10 avg rating — 26,051 ratings
18.
The Good Egg (The Food Group #2)
The Good Egg (The Food Group #2)
by: Jory John
4.35 avg rating — 15,967 ratings
19.
Indian-Ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family
Indian-Ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family 4.17 avg rating — 3,282 ratings
20.
Bowlaway
Bowlaway 3.10 avg rating — 6,628 ratings
21.
Evvie Drake Starts Over
Evvie Drake Starts Over 3.82 avg rating — 149,740 ratings
22.
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 68,196 ratings
23.
Truman
Truman 4.34 avg rating — 1,964 ratings
24.
Enchantée (Enchantée, #1)
Enchantée (Enchantée, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 9,206 ratings
25.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating — 116,573 ratings
26.
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Gods of Jade and Shadow 3.88 avg rating — 74,721 ratings
26.
Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)
Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 106,820 ratings
28.
The Bird King
The Bird King 3.73 avg rating — 9,856 ratings
29.
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist 4.37 avg rating — 118,331 ratings
30.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,045 ratings
31.
The Heavens
The Heavens 3.25 avg rating — 5,574 ratings
32.
The Gifted School
The Gifted School 3.71 avg rating — 40,593 ratings
33.
The Stationery Shop
The Stationery Shop 4.23 avg rating — 109,969 ratings
34.
An American Sunrise
An American Sunrise
by: Joy Harjo
4.28 avg rating — 7,691 ratings
35.
Guts (Smile, #3)
Guts (Smile, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 64,731 ratings
35.
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays 4.13 avg rating — 19,778 ratings
35.
Mostly Dead Things
Mostly Dead Things 3.37 avg rating — 20,772 ratings
38.
Lost Children Archive
Lost Children Archive 3.81 avg rating — 24,773 ratings
38.
The Wolf and the Watchman
The Wolf and the Watchman 3.88 avg rating — 22,056 ratings
40.
The Salt Path
The Salt Path really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 93,854 ratings
40.
First: Sandra Day O'Connor
First: Sandra Day O'Connor 4.24 avg rating — 4,578 ratings
40.
A Particular Kind of Black Man
A Particular Kind of Black Man 3.91 avg rating — 1,211 ratings
40.
A Song for a New Day
A Song for a New Day 3.96 avg rating — 4,717 ratings
44.
Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating — 154,545 ratings
45.
The Dutch House
The Dutch House 4.10 avg rating — 527,331 ratings
46.
The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons, #1)
The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 15,432 ratings
47.
Ask Again, Yes
Ask Again, Yes 3.93 avg rating — 201,747 ratings
48.
On the Come Up
On the Come Up 4.26 avg rating — 99,744 ratings
49.
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World 4.09 avg rating — 77,603 ratings
50.
Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5)
Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5) 4.50 avg rating — 105,948 ratings
51.
The Editor
The Editor 3.80 avg rating — 14,327 ratings
52.
How Do You Dance?: A Picture Book
How Do You Dance?: A Picture Book 3.99 avg rating — 763 ratings
52.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The Ten Thousand Doors of January 4.01 avg rating — 160,309 ratings
54.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 30,280 ratings
55.
BTTM FDRS
BTTM FDRS 3.86 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
55.
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Fleishman Is in Trouble 3.65 avg rating — 89,463 ratings
57.
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3) 3.97 avg rating — 17,180 ratings
58.
Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)
Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)
by: Fonda Lee
4.39 avg rating — 49,581 ratings
59.
Magic for Liars
Magic for Liars 3.62 avg rating — 34,798 ratings
60.
The Grammarians
The Grammarians 3.58 avg rating — 8,746 ratings
61.
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS 4.03 avg rating — 2,465 ratings
62.
Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories
Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories 3.89 avg rating — 4,225 ratings
63.
The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea 3.84 avg rating — 227,423 ratings
63.
The City in the Middle of the Night
The City in the Middle of the Night 3.49 avg rating — 12,571 ratings
63.
Lanny
Lanny 4.05 avg rating — 29,502 ratings
66.
The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation
The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation 4.06 avg rating — 1,699 ratings
66.
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler 4.22 avg rating — 8,385 ratings
68.
Spring (Seasonal, #3)
Spring (Seasonal, #3)
by: Ali Smith
4.06 avg rating — 16,514 ratings
69.
This Was Our Pact
This Was Our Pact 4.08 avg rating — 9,682 ratings
69.
Sing to It: New Stories
Sing to It: New Stories 3.64 avg rating — 3,037 ratings
71.
Quichotte
Quichotte 3.81 avg rating — 10,423 ratings
72.
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion 4.03 avg rating — 76,747 ratings
73.
The Austen Playbook (London Celebrities, #4)
The Austen Playbook (London Celebrities, #4) 3.96 avg rating — 4,033 ratings
74.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,276 ratings
75.
Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating — 154,545 ratings
76.
A Prince on Paper (Reluctant Royals, #3)
A Prince on Paper (Reluctant Royals, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 6,274 ratings
77.
Where Reasons End
Where Reasons End
by: Yiyun Li
3.76 avg rating — 5,903 ratings
78.
The Old Drift
The Old Drift 3.73 avg rating — 7,422 ratings
78.
Rabbits for Food
Rabbits for Food 3.58 avg rating — 4,675 ratings
78.
Night Boat to Tangier
Night Boat to Tangier 3.62 avg rating — 21,161 ratings
81.
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance 4.42 avg rating — 3,266 ratings
82.
Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women, #1)
Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 91,676 ratings
83.
Beirut Hellfire Society
Beirut Hellfire Society
by: Rawi Hage
3.49 avg rating — 1,550 ratings
84.
The Proudest Blue
The Proudest Blue 4.53 avg rating — 7,258 ratings
84.
The Deep
The Deep 3.77 avg rating — 38,702 ratings
86.
The Other Americans
The Other Americans 3.90 avg rating — 18,890 ratings
87.
The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel 3.81 avg rating — 2,426 ratings
87.
On Chapel Sands: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child
On Chapel Sands: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child 3.58 avg rating — 6,488 ratings
89.
The Raven Tower
The Raven Tower 3.92 avg rating — 22,099 ratings
89.
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 172,135 ratings
91.
With the Fire on High
With the Fire on High 4.17 avg rating — 88,723 ratings
91.
Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration 4.31 avg rating — 1,825 ratings
91.
How We Fight For Our Lives
How We Fight For Our Lives 4.27 avg rating — 22,736 ratings
94.
Stargazing
Stargazing
by: Jen Wang
4.16 avg rating — 17,870 ratings
95.
When We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family’s Forgotten History
When We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family’s Forgotten History 4.14 avg rating — 465 ratings
96.
This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto
This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto 4.13 avg rating — 1,725 ratings
96.
A Spectral Hue
A Spectral Hue 3.98 avg rating — 328 ratings
98.
Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History
Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History 3.93 avg rating — 2,638 ratings
98.
Alienation
Alienation 4.01 avg rating — 608 ratings
100.
Curry & Kimchi - Flavour Secrets for Creating 70 Asian-Inspired Recipes at Home
Curry & Kimchi - Flavour Secrets for Creating 70 Asian-Inspired Recipes at Home 4.38 avg rating — 56 ratings
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