[ATY 2023] NPR Books We Love

1.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,639 ratings
2.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,679 ratings
3.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 4.23 avg rating — 1,370,967 ratings
4.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 4.17 avg rating — 1,390,626 ratings
5.
Hamnet
Hamnet 4.19 avg rating — 310,874 ratings
6.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,469 ratings
7.
Sea of Tranquility
Sea of Tranquility 4.06 avg rating — 282,172 ratings
8.
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry 4.28 avg rating — 1,675,851 ratings
9.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,401 ratings
10.
Dark Matter
Dark Matter 4.14 avg rating — 664,776 ratings
11.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,729 ratings
12.
The Dry
The Dry 4.06 avg rating — 260,170 ratings
13.
How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #9)
How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #9) 4.48 avg rating — 94,788 ratings
14.
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating — 767,152 ratings
15.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,262 ratings
16.
How High We Go in the Dark
How High We Go in the Dark 3.82 avg rating — 67,295 ratings
17.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,298 ratings
18.
Piranesi
Piranesi 4.22 avg rating — 406,355 ratings
19.
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 188,981 ratings
19.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,148 ratings
19.
Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,772,672 ratings
22.
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 51,657 ratings
22.
Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy Jones & The Six 4.20 avg rating — 1,771,767 ratings
24.
The Paris Apartment
The Paris Apartment 3.65 avg rating — 675,377 ratings
24.
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet 4.36 avg rating — 161,012 ratings
26.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land 4.25 avg rating — 254,435 ratings
27.
Spinning Silver
Spinning Silver 4.18 avg rating — 146,052 ratings
28.
Black Cake
Black Cake 4.09 avg rating — 216,928 ratings
29.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 4.14 avg rating — 425,912 ratings
30.
Anxious People
Anxious People 4.17 avg rating — 753,941 ratings
31.
The Dutch House
The Dutch House 4.10 avg rating — 527,244 ratings
32.
Lab Girl
Lab Girl 3.98 avg rating — 70,893 ratings
33.
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women 4.16 avg rating — 176,348 ratings
34.
The Lager Queen of Minnesota
The Lager Queen of Minnesota 4.01 avg rating — 46,193 ratings
35.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,212 ratings
36.
Bewilderment
Bewilderment 3.91 avg rating — 68,456 ratings
37.
Book Lovers
Book Lovers 4.11 avg rating — 1,448,463 ratings
37.
Hyperbole & A Half
Hyperbole & A Half 4.17 avg rating — 213,853 ratings
39.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating — 636,832 ratings
40.
The Pull of the Stars
The Pull of the Stars 3.95 avg rating — 87,001 ratings
41.
The Circle
The Circle 3.43 avg rating — 227,360 ratings
42.
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating — 395,436 ratings
43.
The Hacienda
The Hacienda 3.84 avg rating — 52,957 ratings
44.
Siren Queen
Siren Queen
by: Nghi Vo
3.68 avg rating — 12,626 ratings
45.
Euphoria
Euphoria
by: Lily King
3.86 avg rating — 97,929 ratings
46.
The Sentence
The Sentence 3.94 avg rating — 79,819 ratings
47.
The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur, #2)
The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 24,872 ratings
48.
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty 4.54 avg rating — 126,875 ratings
49.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,216 ratings
50.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating — 148,008 ratings
50.
People We Meet on Vacation
People We Meet on Vacation 3.87 avg rating — 1,304,801 ratings
52.
Great Circle
Great Circle 4.10 avg rating — 78,578 ratings
52.
Clap When You Land
Clap When You Land 4.23 avg rating — 107,841 ratings
54.
The Glass Hotel
The Glass Hotel 3.69 avg rating — 190,397 ratings
55.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,277 ratings
56.
Solutions and Other Problems
Solutions and Other Problems 4.21 avg rating — 38,064 ratings
57.
Shit Cassandra Saw
Shit Cassandra Saw 3.81 avg rating — 8,022 ratings
58.
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone 3.96 avg rating — 82,537 ratings
59.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 4.15 avg rating — 77,274 ratings
59.
The Other Bennet Sister
The Other Bennet Sister 4.15 avg rating — 26,623 ratings
61.
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) 4.47 avg rating — 113,886 ratings
62.
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Gods of Jade and Shadow 3.88 avg rating — 74,711 ratings
63.
Build Your House Around My Body
Build Your House Around My Body 3.81 avg rating — 9,314 ratings
64.
The Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway 4.22 avg rating — 299,331 ratings
65.
American War
American War 3.80 avg rating — 41,109 ratings
66.
Exhalation
Exhalation 4.27 avg rating — 106,296 ratings
66.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,677 ratings
68.
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life 4.54 avg rating — 23,121 ratings
69.
Ask Again, Yes
Ask Again, Yes 3.93 avg rating — 201,741 ratings
69.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 27,078 ratings
71.
This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War 3.85 avg rating — 308,397 ratings
72.
The Nix
The Nix 4.08 avg rating — 83,550 ratings
72.
Trust
Trust 3.81 avg rating — 154,203 ratings
74.
Beach Read
Beach Read 3.98 avg rating — 1,518,254 ratings
75.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman 4.09 avg rating — 87,938 ratings
76.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 137,637 ratings
77.
The Secrets We Kept
The Secrets We Kept 3.65 avg rating — 75,853 ratings
77.
The Overstory
The Overstory 4.12 avg rating — 185,924 ratings
79.
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II 4.15 avg rating — 58,200 ratings
80.
Warlight
Warlight 3.60 avg rating — 46,238 ratings
81.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 335,058 ratings
82.
The Candy House
The Candy House 3.64 avg rating — 65,927 ratings
83.
Lost Children Archive
Lost Children Archive 3.81 avg rating — 24,773 ratings
84.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,449 ratings
85.
Ordinary Monsters (The Talents Trilogy, #1)
Ordinary Monsters (The Talents Trilogy, #1)
by: J.M. Miro
3.78 avg rating — 20,861 ratings
86.
The Sweetness of Water
The Sweetness of Water 4.14 avg rating — 58,217 ratings
86.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,602 ratings
88.
These Precious Days: Essays
These Precious Days: Essays 4.42 avg rating — 44,238 ratings
89.
The Verifiers (Claudia Lin, #1)
The Verifiers (Claudia Lin, #1)
by: Jane Pek
3.49 avg rating — 16,249 ratings
90.
Olga Dies Dreaming
Olga Dies Dreaming 3.97 avg rating — 73,406 ratings
91.
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 172,110 ratings
92.
Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun 3.74 avg rating — 408,810 ratings
93.
Razorblade Tears
Razorblade Tears 4.11 avg rating — 130,433 ratings
93.
The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea 3.84 avg rating — 227,409 ratings
93.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,511 ratings
93.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 290,949 ratings
97.
Recursion
Recursion 4.17 avg rating — 290,703 ratings
98.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,365 ratings
99.
The Power
The Power 3.75 avg rating — 246,901 ratings
100.
The Trees
The Trees 4.06 avg rating — 47,088 ratings
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