Recs if you like Meet Me at the Crossroads...

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.

Books featuring a plot element that ruins society or science.

New releases from June 2025! Indie & trad books both included