NPR Best Books of 2013

1.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,614 ratings
2.
Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & Park 3.93 avg rating — 1,240,323 ratings
3.
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 — 213,869 ratings
4.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,419 ratings
5.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,994 ratings
6.
Counting by 7s
Counting by 7s 4.14 avg rating — 85,900 ratings
7.
The Interestings
The Interestings 3.60 avg rating — 122,193 ratings
8.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating — 80,052 ratings
9.
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 3.88 avg rating — 52,424 ratings
10.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,512 ratings
11.
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 613,936 ratings
12.
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 81,094 ratings
13.
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East 4.08 avg rating — 16,527 ratings
14.
Thank You for Your Service
Thank You for Your Service 4.13 avg rating — 7,003 ratings
15.
The Burgess Boys
The Burgess Boys 3.64 avg rating — 69,448 ratings
16.
Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
by: Bob Shea
4.08 avg rating — 5,880 ratings
17.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird 3.95 avg rating — 37,226 ratings
18.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital 3.93 avg rating — 39,333 ratings
18.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,699 ratings
20.
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. 3.29 avg rating — 18,097 ratings
20.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 4.12 avg rating — 55,468 ratings
22.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown 3.84 avg rating — 76,594 ratings
23.
Night Film
Night Film 3.78 avg rating — 94,540 ratings
24.
The Lowland
The Lowland 3.88 avg rating — 95,701 ratings
25.
Rose Under Fire
Rose Under Fire 4.12 avg rating — 23,854 ratings
26.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 3.71 avg rating — 125,623 ratings
27.
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 286,804 ratings
27.
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul 3.54 avg rating — 2,015 ratings
29.
The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons: Selected Stories
The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons: Selected Stories 3.77 avg rating — 523 ratings
30.
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1) 4.25 avg rating — 72,702 ratings
31.
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 451,982 ratings
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Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5)
Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5) 4.16 avg rating — 39,423 ratings
33.
The Painted Girls
The Painted Girls 3.61 avg rating — 36,174 ratings
34.
Empire of Vines: Wine Culture in America
Empire of Vines: Wine Culture in America 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings
35.
The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light 4.04 avg rating — 2,479 ratings
36.
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish 3.93 avg rating — 6,988 ratings
37.
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen 3.95 avg rating — 22,339 ratings
38.
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories 3.68 avg rating — 23,815 ratings
39.
The Maid's Version
The Maid's Version 3.35 avg rating — 7,307 ratings
39.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie 3.51 avg rating — 40,911 ratings
41.
Someone
Someone 3.78 avg rating — 19,775 ratings
42.
The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism 3.88 avg rating — 61,096 ratings
43.
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein 3.99 avg rating — 5,860 ratings
44.
Wilson
Wilson 3.88 avg rating — 7,764 ratings
45.
Bobcat and Other Stories
Bobcat and Other Stories 3.89 avg rating — 4,876 ratings
46.
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating — 27,670 ratings
47.
Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields 3.59 avg rating — 5,808 ratings
48.
Mrs. Poe
Mrs. Poe 3.67 avg rating — 12,466 ratings
49.
Love Minus Eighty
Love Minus Eighty 3.81 avg rating — 3,016 ratings
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A Reader's Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year
A Reader's Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year 3.78 avg rating — 384 ratings
51.
The Daylight Gate
The Daylight Gate 3.41 avg rating — 6,682 ratings
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Fosse
Fosse 4.15 avg rating — 1,851 ratings
53.
Tap the Magic Tree
Tap the Magic Tree 4.27 avg rating — 3,968 ratings
54.
Amy Falls Down (Amy Gallup, #2)
Amy Falls Down (Amy Gallup, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 2,494 ratings
54.
Countdown City (The Last Policeman, #2)
Countdown City (The Last Policeman, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 15,795 ratings
56.
The Apprentices (The Apothecary, #2)
The Apprentices (The Apothecary, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 4,538 ratings
57.
The Hired Man
The Hired Man 3.92 avg rating — 4,320 ratings
58.
Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance
Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance 3.86 avg rating — 384 ratings
59.
One Good Dish: The Pleasures of a Simple Meal
One Good Dish: The Pleasures of a Simple Meal 3.88 avg rating — 345 ratings
60.
The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts
The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts 2.81 avg rating — 27 ratings
61.
How We Do It: The Evolution and Future of Human Reproduction
How We Do It: The Evolution and Future of Human Reproduction 3.76 avg rating — 232 ratings
62.
Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying 3.47 avg rating — 22,979 ratings
63.
The Year of Billy Miller
The Year of Billy Miller 3.76 avg rating — 8,978 ratings
63.
The Most of Nora Ephron
The Most of Nora Ephron 4.24 avg rating — 2,676 ratings
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Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World
Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World 3.97 avg rating — 2,184 ratings
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Julio's Day
Julio's Day 3.71 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
67.
The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes
The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes 3.95 avg rating — 874 ratings
68.
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail 4.32 avg rating — 2,439 ratings
69.
Boxers & Saints
Boxers & Saints 4.22 avg rating — 1,943 ratings
70.
Mo's Mustache
Mo's Mustache 3.88 avg rating — 824 ratings
70.
Journey (Journey Trilogy #1)
Journey (Journey Trilogy #1) 4.38 avg rating — 13,414 ratings
70.
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin 3.67 avg rating — 4,735 ratings
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The Boy on the Porch
The Boy on the Porch 3.92 avg rating — 6,093 ratings
74.
Brilliance (Brilliance Saga, #1)
Brilliance (Brilliance Saga, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 32,931 ratings
75.
The Animal Book
The Animal Book 4.46 avg rating — 741 ratings
76.
Mr. Wuffles!
Mr. Wuffles! 3.97 avg rating — 7,088 ratings
77.
Black Aperture: Poems
Black Aperture: Poems 4.32 avg rating — 1,058 ratings
77.
Claire of the Sea Light
Claire of the Sea Light 3.67 avg rating — 11,189 ratings
79.
Indian Cooking Unfolded: A Master Class in Indian Cooking, with 100 Easy Recipes Using 10 Ingredients or Less
Indian Cooking Unfolded: A Master Class in Indian Cooking, with 100 Easy Recipes Using 10 Ingredients or Less 3.97 avg rating — 181 ratings
80.
Battle Bunny
Battle Bunny 4.10 avg rating — 3,559 ratings
81.
Lexicon
Lexicon
by: Max Barry
3.91 avg rating — 39,637 ratings
82.
Count the Monkeys
Count the Monkeys 4.17 avg rating — 3,872 ratings
83.
River Inside the River: Poems
River Inside the River: Poems 4.07 avg rating — 113 ratings
84.
The Shining Girls
The Shining Girls 3.54 avg rating — 53,493 ratings
85.
The Sound of Things Falling
The Sound of Things Falling 3.84 avg rating — 20,630 ratings
86.
Thieves I've Known: Stories (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction)
Thieves I've Known: Stories (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction) 3.70 avg rating — 133 ratings
87.
New School
New School
by: Dash Shaw
3.48 avg rating — 348 ratings
88.
From Scratch: Inside the Food Network
From Scratch: Inside the Food Network 3.21 avg rating — 1,604 ratings
89.
Take Me Out to the Yakyu
Take Me Out to the Yakyu 3.96 avg rating — 738 ratings
90.
The Circle (The Circle, #1)
The Circle (The Circle, #1) 3.43 avg rating — 227,378 ratings
90.
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth 4.04 avg rating — 7,797 ratings
92.
Blind in Justice
Blind in Justice 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
93.
Kingdom of Abel - Bathed in Shadow (Kingdom of Abel, #3)
Kingdom of Abel - Bathed in Shadow (Kingdom of Abel, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Kingdom of Abel - Song of the Silent (Kingdom of Abel, #2)
Kingdom of Abel - Song of the Silent (Kingdom of Abel, #2) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Kingdom of Abel - A Journey Not Their Own (Kingdom of Abel, #1)
Kingdom of Abel - A Journey Not Their Own (Kingdom of Abel, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Last Banquet
The Last Banquet 3.59 avg rating — 976 ratings
96.
The Apple Orchard (Bella Vista Chronicles, #1)
The Apple Orchard (Bella Vista Chronicles, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 16,845 ratings
98.
Transfer of Qualities
Transfer of Qualities 3.92 avg rating — 64 ratings
99.
The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese
The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese 3.32 avg rating — 5,620 ratings
100.
Five Star Billionaire
Five Star Billionaire
by: Tash Aw
3.47 avg rating — 4,664 ratings
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