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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.
2026 Tournament of Books
The shortlist and play-in round books for the 2026 Tournament of Books
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Book recommendations from podcasts I listen to: NPR books, Book Reccos, What Should I Read Next?, Book Off, What Page Are You On?, Book Cheat
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, inaugurated in 2006, is the first and only annual U.S. literary award recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize invites nominations in adult fiction and nonfiction books published within the past year that have led readers to a better understanding of other cultures, peoples, religions, and political points of view.
fiction edition finalists
