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NPRโs 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 childrenโs literature, to nonfiction, to novels. Check out NPRโs website to filter this massive list.
The list is in reverse alphabetical order directly from NPR.
Black Girl Magic โจ (And I Mean That Literally)
Here are some fantasy novels with black FMCs!
girls just want to have rights
Feminine rage, female empowerment, emotional validation. Women supporting women. Men being men. Feminism. Feminist reads.
black lgbtq+
๐ฅDope Black Fiction 4 All๐ฅ
Combo of new and older fiction written by talented Black and African writers ranging from adult to YA to middle grade. Thriller, fantasy, literary fiction and everything in between!
Feel free to make suggestions!
โ๏ธ Rise, Sisters - Female Rage and Power
Books about feminine power and rage. Inspiring, enraging, validating. Let us rise, my sisters.
Greek mythology was never just a phase mom
All the greek mythology I can find out there! There is a lot of Percy Jackson, and there is a lot more!
Melanin Archives
My favourite books or from my TBR by BIPOC authors in a range of different genres (though I primarily read fantasy and romance) (only first book for a series added, unless not directly linked)
mythology
books inspired by a range of mythologies (mostly Greek, Egyptian, & Hindu)
Black fantasy ๐ซถ๐พ
For those who want to be seen in fantasy stories too
Let Them Speak! Allow Them to Talk!
Women who are often background characters in the story, modern retellings that give voice to the women in folklore and mythology.
AfricanAmerican Fiction
mythology retellings
Greek, Roman, Arthurian, Norse, Celtic, Hindu, Japanese, and more!
Women of Ancient Greece (Retellings)
Retellings of the most famous women of Greek mythology
Greek Myth Retellings
Greek Mythology retelling
Was it ever just a phase?
Medusa Was Wronged
A list of Medusa retellings that tell her story, from her perspective.
It's all Greek to me ๐บ๐
In light of the recent interest in Greek mythology because of the release of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, here is a list of Greek myths and retellings of them
Why are they doing this, the birds?
Birds on the cover. Why do they all creep me out so much? Extra points if theyโre weird/creepy.
Please feel free to add your suggestions/recommendations!
Feminine Rage
Featuring physically violent and or cunningly intelligent women fighting patriarchal regimes. Both those who empower their fellow women and those in it for selfish purposes, these women change the cores of the societies they are beholden to.
