NPR’s Books We Love 2025
Books We Love from NPR began in 2013, always boasting over 200 books (almost 400 in recent years) featuring genres from memoirs, to cookbooks, to graphic novels, to children’s literature, to nonfiction, to novels. Check out NPR’s website to filter this massive list.
The list is in reverse alphabetical order directly from NPR.
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Feminist Horror
Sometimes queer, sometimes not, but always feminist - these horror stories tackle patriarchy and ideas about what roles women and afabs (are supposed to) play in it.
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Gothic Books
Goth books, watch out though, some might crossover into Vampire territory!
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Audiobook Narrator Spotlight - Helen Laser
(Inspired by @erintripsey s lists on audiobook narrators)
Helen Laser was one of the audiobook narrators that truly made me fall in love with audiobooks, her narration of Yellowface was fantastic and honestly one of the first times I got audiobooks
I honestly don‘t know how to describe her voice except that it scratches that itch in my brain
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Island Escapism
Need to feel like you're far removed from everything? These books all take place on islands - big or small, real or made up, friendly or scary. I won't add books set, say, on modern day Bali, because that's not the feeling of remoteness I'm aiming for (unless it's about Bali being cut-off from the rest of the world or some such). Happy to see your recs in the comments!
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