[ATY 2025] NPR's Books We Love

1.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,589 ratings
2.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 3.93 avg rating β€” 294,300 ratings
3.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,276,360 ratings
4.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating β€” 831,800 ratings
5.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 4.17 avg rating β€” 1,390,980 ratings
6.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating β€” 590,270 ratings
7.
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,676,196 ratings
8.
Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating β€” 1,772,918 ratings
9.
The Library Book
The Library Book 3.89 avg rating β€” 121,031 ratings
10.
Tom Lake
Tom Lake 3.94 avg rating β€” 453,669 ratings
11.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating β€” 1,160,560 ratings
12.
Hamnet
Hamnet 4.19 avg rating β€” 310,926 ratings
13.
The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)
The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) 4.47 avg rating β€” 201,507 ratings
14.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating β€” 291,006 ratings
15.
The Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway 4.22 avg rating β€” 299,361 ratings
16.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,251,763 ratings
17.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,371,121 ratings
18.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating β€” 778,765 ratings
19.
Hello Beautiful
Hello Beautiful 4.14 avg rating β€” 496,403 ratings
20.
Book Lovers
Book Lovers 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,448,891 ratings
21.
Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These 4.13 avg rating β€” 350,158 ratings
22.
The Sentence
The Sentence 3.94 avg rating β€” 79,825 ratings
23.
Lone Women
Lone Women 3.70 avg rating β€” 34,419 ratings
24.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land 4.25 avg rating β€” 254,476 ratings
25.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 335,205 ratings
26.
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 β€” 149,040 ratings
27.
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 189,009 ratings
28.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The Ten Thousand Doors of January 4.01 avg rating β€” 160,312 ratings
29.
Babel
Babel 4.16 avg rating β€” 398,258 ratings
30.
Warrior Girl Unearthed (Firekeeper's Daughter, #2)
Warrior Girl Unearthed (Firekeeper's Daughter, #2) 4.31 avg rating β€” 25,929 ratings
31.
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 159,453 ratings
32.
The Mountains Sing
The Mountains Sing 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,490 ratings
33.
This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War 3.85 avg rating β€” 308,467 ratings
34.
Sea of Tranquility
Sea of Tranquility 4.06 avg rating β€” 282,203 ratings
35.
The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea 3.84 avg rating β€” 227,426 ratings
36.
Yellowface
Yellowface 3.74 avg rating β€” 900,539 ratings
37.
The Once and Future Witches
The Once and Future Witches 4.03 avg rating β€” 99,531 ratings
38.
How to Say Babylon
How to Say Babylon 4.44 avg rating β€” 28,353 ratings
39.
Our Missing Hearts
Our Missing Hearts 3.79 avg rating β€” 204,199 ratings
39.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman 4.09 avg rating β€” 87,961 ratings
41.
Happy Place
Happy Place 3.95 avg rating β€” 1,316,646 ratings
42.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,267 ratings
42.
Anxious People
Anxious People 4.17 avg rating β€” 754,077 ratings
44.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) 3.98 avg rating β€” 183,088 ratings
44.
How High We Go in the Dark
How High We Go in the Dark 3.82 avg rating β€” 67,307 ratings
44.
True Biz
True Biz 4.06 avg rating β€” 77,900 ratings
47.
North Woods
North Woods 4.11 avg rating β€” 92,999 ratings
48.
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them 4.36 avg rating β€” 43,380 ratings
49.
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead 4.47 avg rating β€” 705,037 ratings
50.
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Ink Blood Sister Scribe 4.01 avg rating β€” 59,862 ratings
51.
The Dutch House
The Dutch House 4.10 avg rating β€” 527,352 ratings
52.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating β€” 169,915 ratings
53.
Long Bright River
Long Bright River
by: Liz Moore
4.05 avg rating β€” 164,272 ratings
54.
How to Sell a Haunted House
How to Sell a Haunted House 3.65 avg rating β€” 148,149 ratings
55.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating β€” 131,691 ratings
56.
The Nix
The Nix 4.08 avg rating β€” 83,554 ratings
57.
Birnam Wood
Birnam Wood 3.80 avg rating β€” 50,397 ratings
58.
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 613,919 ratings
59.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating β€” 1,238,778 ratings
60.
The Rachel Incident
The Rachel Incident 4.07 avg rating β€” 122,476 ratings
61.
Killers of a Certain Age (Killers of a Certain Age, #1)
Killers of a Certain Age (Killers of a Certain Age, #1) 3.86 avg rating β€” 112,146 ratings
62.
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) 4.25 avg rating β€” 72,367 ratings
63.
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) 4.47 avg rating β€” 113,934 ratings
64.
Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life 4.14 avg rating β€” 51,779 ratings
65.
Beach Read
Beach Read 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,518,762 ratings
66.
Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart 4.24 avg rating β€” 555,605 ratings
67.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars 4.12 avg rating β€” 82,441 ratings
67.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating β€” 332,399 ratings
69.
People We Meet on Vacation
People We Meet on Vacation 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,305,306 ratings
70.
I Have Some Questions for You
I Have Some Questions for You 3.59 avg rating β€” 134,177 ratings
71.
Black Cake
Black Cake 4.09 avg rating β€” 216,968 ratings
72.
A Place for Us
A Place for Us 4.17 avg rating β€” 64,121 ratings
73.
We Could Be So Good
We Could Be So Good 4.27 avg rating β€” 17,585 ratings
74.
Some Desperate Glory
Some Desperate Glory 4.05 avg rating β€” 16,253 ratings
74.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 166,972 ratings
74.
Carrie Soto Is Back
Carrie Soto Is Back 4.20 avg rating β€” 665,545 ratings
77.
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty 4.54 avg rating β€” 126,903 ratings
78.
Witch King (The Rising World, #1)
Witch King (The Rising World, #1) 3.70 avg rating β€” 24,036 ratings
79.
Wellness
Wellness 3.98 avg rating β€” 72,314 ratings
80.
A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1)
A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1) 3.60 avg rating β€” 37,925 ratings
81.
Fear: Trump in the White House
Fear: Trump in the White House 3.87 avg rating β€” 64,799 ratings
82.
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Last Night at the Telegraph Club 4.20 avg rating β€” 110,603 ratings
83.
Piranesi
Piranesi 4.22 avg rating β€” 406,491 ratings
84.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating β€” 214,303 ratings
85.
The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant 3.59 avg rating β€” 117,636 ratings
86.
The Great Believers
The Great Believers 4.29 avg rating β€” 161,768 ratings
86.
Trust
Trust 3.81 avg rating β€” 154,245 ratings
86.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 4.17 avg rating β€” 213,867 ratings
86.
The Glass Hotel
The Glass Hotel 3.69 avg rating β€” 190,419 ratings
90.
Starling House
Starling House 3.79 avg rating β€” 144,851 ratings
91.
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
by: Ruth Ware
3.80 avg rating β€” 194,088 ratings
92.
Family Lore
Family Lore 3.52 avg rating β€” 21,206 ratings
93.
Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy 3.62 avg rating β€” 235,666 ratings
94.
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) 4.05 avg rating β€” 287,384 ratings
95.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 3.95 avg rating β€” 137,679 ratings
96.
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet 4.36 avg rating β€” 161,055 ratings
97.
The Other Bennet Sister
The Other Bennet Sister 4.15 avg rating β€” 26,629 ratings
97.
The Overstory
The Overstory 4.12 avg rating β€” 185,965 ratings
99.
The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2)
The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2) 3.93 avg rating β€” 24,874 ratings
100.
A Promised Land
A Promised Land 4.32 avg rating β€” 263,435 ratings
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