NPR's Favorite Books of 2019

100.
The Archive of Alternate Endings
The Archive of Alternate Endings 4.06 avg rating — 2,016 ratings
102.
A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father
A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father 3.81 avg rating — 534 ratings
102.
Are You Listening?
Are You Listening? 3.83 avg rating — 18,615 ratings
104.
Pokko and the Drum
Pokko and the Drum 4.41 avg rating — 2,196 ratings
104.
American Spy
American Spy 3.49 avg rating — 30,290 ratings
104.
The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust, #2)
The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 58,557 ratings
107.
Small in the City
Small in the City 4.21 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
107.
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2)
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 78,691 ratings
109.
The Shortest Day
The Shortest Day 3.94 avg rating — 1,651 ratings
110.
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story 4.40 avg rating — 6,694 ratings
110.
The Curse of the Werepenguin
The Curse of the Werepenguin 3.80 avg rating — 287 ratings
112.
Another
Another 3.89 avg rating — 2,258 ratings
113.
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
by: Temi Oh
3.65 avg rating — 5,272 ratings
114.
Most Marshmallows
Most Marshmallows 3.64 avg rating — 928 ratings
115.
Who Wet My Pants?
Who Wet My Pants?
by: Bob Shea
3.72 avg rating — 1,724 ratings
116.
Home in the Woods
Home in the Woods 4.58 avg rating — 2,083 ratings
116.
Coventry: Essays
Coventry: Essays 3.73 avg rating — 3,442 ratings
116.
The Future of Another Timeline
The Future of Another Timeline 3.73 avg rating — 9,134 ratings
119.
Death Is Hard Work
Death Is Hard Work 3.70 avg rating — 4,609 ratings
120.
Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth 3.83 avg rating — 56,382 ratings
120.
The Undefeated
The Undefeated 4.63 avg rating — 7,181 ratings
120.
The Grand Dark
The Grand Dark 3.62 avg rating — 2,468 ratings
123.
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems 4.17 avg rating — 22,185 ratings
123.
Growing Things and Other Stories
Growing Things and Other Stories 3.49 avg rating — 6,886 ratings
125.
Feast Your Eyes
Feast Your Eyes 4.14 avg rating — 2,512 ratings
126.
Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)
Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 26,823 ratings
127.
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 3.80 avg rating — 1,585 ratings
128.
Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2)
Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2) 3.89 avg rating — 9,345 ratings
128.
Man-Eaters, Vol. 1
Man-Eaters, Vol. 1 3.90 avg rating — 2,685 ratings
130.
The Need
The Need 3.15 avg rating — 16,927 ratings
130.
Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, #1)
Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 31,301 ratings
132.
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States 4.46 avg rating — 19,130 ratings
133.
Orange World and Other Stories
Orange World and Other Stories 3.97 avg rating — 6,568 ratings
134.
Juliet the Maniac
Juliet the Maniac 3.80 avg rating — 2,412 ratings
134.
Palestine +100
Palestine +100 3.92 avg rating — 649 ratings
136.
Lady in the Lake
Lady in the Lake 3.50 avg rating — 33,944 ratings
136.
Pet (Pet, #1)
Pet (Pet, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 33,365 ratings
138.
Wilder Girls
Wilder Girls 3.45 avg rating — 97,575 ratings
138.
Pursuit of William Abbey
Pursuit of William Abbey 3.71 avg rating — 3,141 ratings
140.
Rat Rule 79: An Adventure
Rat Rule 79: An Adventure 3.71 avg rating — 318 ratings
141.
Make It Scream, Make It Burn
Make It Scream, Make It Burn 3.92 avg rating — 3,061 ratings
141.
Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)
Wanderers (Wanderers, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 29,120 ratings
143.
The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. 4.04 avg rating — 5,468 ratings
143.
Riverland
Riverland 3.82 avg rating — 420 ratings
145.
Mrs. Everything
Mrs. Everything 3.85 avg rating — 93,359 ratings
146.
The Seventh Voyage: A Graphic Novel
The Seventh Voyage: A Graphic Novel 3.96 avg rating — 499 ratings
147.
Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)
Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 63,040 ratings
148.
Nobody's Looking at You: Essays
Nobody's Looking at You: Essays 3.59 avg rating — 667 ratings
149.
Steel Crow Saga
Steel Crow Saga 3.90 avg rating — 3,846 ratings
150.
Rebel (Women Who Dare, #1)
Rebel (Women Who Dare, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,853 ratings
150.
Supernova Era
Supernova Era
by: Liu Cixin
3.30 avg rating — 7,705 ratings
152.
Out of Darkness, Shining Light
Out of Darkness, Shining Light 3.43 avg rating — 2,512 ratings
152.
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All 3.85 avg rating — 5,778 ratings
154.
The Violent Century
The Violent Century 3.75 avg rating — 1,209 ratings
155.
The Wall
The Wall 3.58 avg rating — 19,358 ratings
156.
The Water Cure
The Water Cure 3.26 avg rating — 28,010 ratings
157.
We're Not from Here
We're Not from Here 4.02 avg rating — 2,531 ratings
158.
Thick: And Other Essays
Thick: And Other Essays 4.43 avg rating — 18,146 ratings
159.
The World Doesn't Require You
The World Doesn't Require You 3.64 avg rating — 1,533 ratings
160.
Trust Exercise
Trust Exercise 3.13 avg rating — 38,042 ratings
161.
The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care
The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care 4.16 avg rating — 5,457 ratings
161.
American Pop
American Pop 3.25 avg rating — 1,460 ratings
163.
Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring
Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring 4.43 avg rating — 649 ratings
163.
Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1)
Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 4,892 ratings
165.
We Went to the Woods
We Went to the Woods 3.16 avg rating — 1,421 ratings
165.
Ayesha at Last
Ayesha at Last 3.86 avg rating — 26,785 ratings
167.
We Cast a Shadow
We Cast a Shadow 3.62 avg rating — 5,089 ratings
168.
Cantoras
Cantoras 4.38 avg rating — 7,908 ratings
169.
Women Talking
Women Talking 3.62 avg rating — 65,270 ratings
169.
Desire Lines (Welsh Blades, #3)
Desire Lines (Welsh Blades, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 496 ratings
171.
The Secrets We Kept
The Secrets We Kept 3.65 avg rating — 75,869 ratings
172.
Frankly in Love
Frankly in Love 3.71 avg rating — 30,275 ratings
173.
Fumbled (Playbook, #2)
Fumbled (Playbook, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 10,170 ratings
174.
In Waves
In Waves 4.37 avg rating — 7,016 ratings
175.
Love Poems for Married People
Love Poems for Married People 3.68 avg rating — 2,655 ratings
176.
Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury
Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury 3.99 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
177.
Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure (The Worth Saga, #2.75)
Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure (The Worth Saga, #2.75) 3.96 avg rating — 2,117 ratings
178.
Patsy
Patsy 3.91 avg rating — 11,852 ratings
179.
Permanent Record
Permanent Record 3.39 avg rating — 10,986 ratings
180.
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors (The Rajes, #1)
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors (The Rajes, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 20,635 ratings
181.
The Right Swipe (Modern Love, #1)
The Right Swipe (Modern Love, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 24,775 ratings
182.
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45,664 ratings
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