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NPR’s Book Concierge 2022

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National Public Radio (NPR) has just released the Book Concierge for 2022. This is NPR’s annual, interactive, year-end reading guide. They compile their list by requesting staffers and trusted critics to nominate their favorite books of the year. Then, the editors and producers at NPR Books sit down and select their favorites. 

The books on this list cover a variety of genres such as biographies, book club ideas, and nonfiction as well as the more traditional categories like mysteries and thrillers, and historical fiction. We have indicated the categories that NPR assigned each book beneath the title in BOLD.

The Texas Talking Book Program has a good number of them in our collection. No matter which genre you enjoy, the staff at National Public Radio have chosen a favorite book published this year. Contact us and we can help you find your next favorite book.

For more information: https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2022

Here are all of the selections in the NLS collection:

AFRICAN TOWN by Irene Latham (DB 106657)
(Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, Staff Picks, Young Adult)
 
ALL MY RAGE by Sabaa Tahir (DB 107414)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In, Young Adult)
 
ALL THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT by Sarah Thankam Mathews (DB 110526)
(Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, The States We’re In)
 
AMERICAN MURDERER: THE PARASITE THAT HAUNTED THE SOUTH by Gail Jarrow (DB 110750)
(Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, It’s All Geek To Me, Kids’ Books, Nonfiction, Science!)
 
ARROW TO THE MOON by Emily X. R. Pan (DB 107822)
(Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Staff Picks, Young Adult)
 
ANCESTOR TROUBLE: A RECKONING AND A RECONCILIATION by Maud Newton (DB 108855)
(Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Science!, The States We’re In)
 
ANGEL OF ROME: AND OTHER STORIES by Jess Walter (DB 109657)
(Family Matters, Funny Stuff, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, Staff Picks)
 
BABEL: OR THE NECESSITY OF VIOLENCE: AN ARCANE HISTORY OF THE OXFORD TRANSLATORS’ REBELLION by R. F. Kuang (DB 110624)
(Book Club Ideas, For History Lovers, Rather Long, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around the World)
 
BALLADZ by Sharon Olds (DB 110528)
(Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry)
 
BETTER THAN FICTION by Alexa Martin (IN PROCESS)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories)
 
BLACK CAKE by Charmaine Wilkerson (DB 106558; BR 24489)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)
 
BOMB SHELTER: LOVE, TIME, AND OTHER EXPLOSIVES by Mary Laura Philpott (DB 108683)
(Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Nonfiction, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, The States We’re In)
 
BOOK LOVERS by Emily Henry (DB 107926, BR 24476)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Love Stories, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
BOOK OF GOOSE by Yiyun Li (IN PROCESS)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around the World, The Dark Side)
 
BOOKS OF JACOB by Olga Tokarczuk (DB 106615)
(Eye-Opening Read, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Rather Long, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around The World)
 
BOOTH by Karen Joy Fowler (DB 107075)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)
 
CAMERA MAN: BUSTER KEATON, THE DAWN OF CINEMA, AND THE INVENTION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Dana Stevens (DB 106782)
(Biography & Memoir, For History Lovers, It’s All Geek To Me, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)
 
CANDY HOUSE by Jennifer Egan (DB 107786, BR 24483)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, It’s All Geek To Me, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)
 
CARRIE SOTO IS BACK by Taylor Jenkins Reid (DB 109886)
(Family Matters, For Sports Lovers, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)
POETA CHILENO by Alejandro Zambra (DB 103745)
(Spanish Language, Family Matters, Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)
 
COMPANION PIECE by Ali Smith (DB 110110)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, For Art Lovers, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)
 
CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM by Margo Jefferson (DB 108514)
(Biography & Memory, For Art Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing)
 
DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (DB 109499)
(Historical Fiction, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)
 
DEAD-END MEMORIES by Banana Yoshimoto (DB 110967)
(Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, Tales From Around The World)
 
DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver (DB 110786)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
DIARY OF A MISFIT: A MEMOIR AND A MYSTERY by Casey Parks (DB 110353)
(Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Read, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, The States We’re In)
 
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUIT by Kyle Lukoff (DB 107929)
(Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Realistic Fiction)
 
DILLA TIME: THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF J. DILLA, THE HIP-HOP PRODUCER WHO REINVENTED RHYTHM by Dan Charnas (DB 109791
(Biography & Memoir, For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks)
 
DINOSAURS by Lydia Millet (DB 110803)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)
 
EITHER/OR by Elif Batuman (DB 108417)
(Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction)
 
FAMILY CHAO by Lan Samantha Chang (DB 106766)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, The States We’re In)
 
FELLOWSHIP POINT by Alice Elliott Dark (DB 109461)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Ladies First, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)
 
FERVOR by Alma Katsu (DB 107806)
(Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)
 
FIONA AND JANE by Jean Chen Ho (DB 109449)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around The World, The States We’re In)
 
FIRST KENNEDYS: THE HUMBLE ROOTS OF AN AMERICAN DYNASTY by Neal Thompson (DB 108796)
(Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
FIRST TO DIE AT THE END by Adam Silvera (IN PROCESS)
(Love Stories, Rather Long, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side, Young Adult)
 
FLYING SOLO by Linda Holmes (DB 108713, BR 24463)
(Family Matters, For Art Lovers, Ladies First, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, The States We’re In)
 
FRENCH BRAID by Anne Tyler (DB 107336, BR 24117)
(Family Matters, Realistic Fiction, The States We’re In)
 
GLORY by NoViolet Bulawayo (DB 109637)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around The World)
 
GODS OF WANT by K-Ming Chang (DB 110153)
(Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry)
 
GOLIATH by Tochi Onyebuchi (DB 108246, BR 24527)
(Eye-Opening Read, Identity & Culture, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)
 
GOOD INSIDE: A GUIDE TO BECOMING THE PARENT YOU WANT TO BE by Becky Kennedy (IN PROCESS)
(Eye-Opening, Family Matters, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)
 
HACIENDA by Isabel Cañas (DB 107997)
(Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World, The Dark Side)
 
HEARTBROKE by Chelsea Bieker (DB 109137)
(Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)
 
HELL’S HALF-ACRE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BENDERS, A SERIAL KILLER FAMILY ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER by Susan Jonusas (DB 107236)
(Eye-Opening Read, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)
 
HIS NAME IS GEORGE FLOYD: ONE MAN’S LIFE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE by Robert Samuels (DBC 26540)
(Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
HONEY AND SPICE by Bolu Babalola (DB 109265)
(For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Tales From Around The World)
 
HONEYS by Ryan La Sala (DB 110575)
(Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side, Young Adult)

HOUSE BETWEEN EARTH AND THE MOON by REBECCA SCHERM (DB 110351)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Science!)

HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK by Sequoia Nagamatsu (DB 106990)
(Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark)
 
I AM GOLDEN by Eva Chen (DB 106996)
(Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books)
 
I MUST BETRAY YOU by Ruta Sepetys (DB 106794)
(Historical Fiction, Mysteries & Thrillers, Tales From Around The World, Young Adult)
 
I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy (DB 110152)
(Biography & Memoir, Family Matters, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)
 
I’M NOT BROKEN by Jesse Leon (DB 110109)
(Biography & Memoir, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, The States We’re In)
 
IF I SURVIVE YOU by Jonathan Escoffery (DB 110662)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
IN LOVE: A MEMOIR OF LOVE AND LOSS by Amy Bloom (DB 107411, BR 24515)
(Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Love Stories, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing)
 
INVISIBLE KINGDOM: REIMAGINING CHRONIC ILLNESS by Meghan O’Rourke (DB 107431)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Science!, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)
 
IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AND I’M IN MY BATHING SUIT by Justin A. Reynolds (DB 108227)
(Funny Stuff, Kids’ Books)
 
JOAN IS OKAY by Weike Wang (DB 106795)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE by Deanna Raybourn (DB 110076)
(Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, The Dark Side)
 
KOSHERSOUL: THE FAITH AND FOOD JOURNEY OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN JEW by Michael W. Twitty (DB 110375, DB 110343)
(Biography & Memoir, Cookbooks & Food, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)

LADY FOR A DUKE by Alexis Hall (DB 108910)
(Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Rather Long, Tales from Around the World)

LADY JUSTICE: WOMEN, THE LAW, AND THE BATTLE TO SAVE AMERICA by Dahlia Lithwick (DB 110632)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Books, For History Lovers, Ladies First, Nonfiction, The States We’re In)
 
LAPVONA by Ottessa Moshfegh (DB 109093)
(Historical Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)
 
LAST CALL AT THE HOTEL IMPERIAL: REPORTERS WHO TOOK ON A WORLD AT WAR by Deborah Cohen (DB 109450)
(For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks, Tales from Around The World)
 
LAST SLAVE SHIP: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW CLOTILDA WAS FOUND, HER DESCENDANTS, AND AN EXTRAORDINARY RECKONING by Ben Raines (DB 108376)
(For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)
 
LAST WHITE MAN by Mohsin Hamid (DB 109620)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)
 
LATECOMER by Jean Hanff Korelitz (DB 108806)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)
LEFT ON TENTH: A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE by Delia Ephron (DB 107810)
(Biography & Memoir, Family Matters, Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Love Stories, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)
 
LESS IS LOST by Andrew Sean Greer (DB 110413)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)
 
LESSONS FROM THE EDGE by Marie Yovanovitch (DB 107845)
(Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales from Around The World, The States We’re In)
 
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus (DB 107538)
(Book Club Ideas, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Science!, Staff Picks)
 
LESSONS by Ian McEwan (DB 110290)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)
 
LOST & FOUND by Kathryn Schulz (IN PROCESS)
(Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Nonfiction, The States We’re In)
 
LOVE MARRIAGE by Monica Ali (DB 108293)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Tales from Around The World)
 
LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood (DB 109787, BR 24522)
(Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Science!, Staff Picks)
 
LUCY BY THE SEA by Elizabeth Stout (DB 110266)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The State We’re In)
 
LUTE by Jennifer Marie Thorne (IN PROCESS)
(Family Matters, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Tales from Around The World, The Dark Side)
 
EL HOMBRE QUE MOVIA LAS NUBES by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (DB 110725)
(Spanish Language, Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales from Around The World)
 
MARRIAGE PORTRAIT by Maggie O’Farrell (DB 110129)
(Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Seriously Great Writing, Tales from Around The World, The Dark Side)
 
MECCA by Susan Straight (IN PROCESS)
(Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
MEMORY LIBRARIAN by Janelle Monae (DB 108252)
(For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, It’s All Geek to Me, Ladies First, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry)
 
MEMPHIS by Tara M. Stringfellow (DB 107634, LB 13713)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)
 
MERCURY PICTURES PRESENTS by Anthony Marra (DB 109568)
(Historical Fiction, No Biz Like Show Biz, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)

MERRY LITTLE MEET CUTE by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone (DB 110541)
(Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)

MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING by Marlon James (DB 107012)
(Rather Long, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)
 
MOTHERCARE by Lynne Tillman (DB 110102)
(Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Rather Short, Staff Picks)
 
MOUTH TO MOUTH by Antoine Wilson (DB 109488)
(For Art Lovers, Mysteries & Thrillers, Rather Short, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)
 
NETTLE & BONE by T. Kingfisher (DB 107704)
(Ladies First, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side)
 
NIGHTCRAWLING by Leila Mottley (DB 108554, BR 24264)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Let’s Talk About Sex, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)
 
NINETIES by Chuck Klosterman (DB 107084)
(For History Lovers, For Music Lovers, For Sports Lovers, It’s All Geek To Me, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)
 
NO-SHOW by Beth O’Leary (DB 107812)
(Funny Stuff, Love Stories)
 
NOMAD CENTURY: HOW CLIMATE MIGRATION WILL RESHAPE OUR WORLD by Gaia Vince (DB 110156)
(Eye-Opening Reads, It’s All Geek To Me, Nonfiction, Science!, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)
 
NONA THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir (DB 110625)
(Rather Long, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks)
 
NOTES ON YOUR SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE by Alison Espach (DB 108390)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)
 
OLGA DIES DREAMING by Xochitl Gonzalez (DB 106303)
(Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
ON THE ROOFTOP by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (IN PROCESS)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)
 
ONE TRUE LOVES by Elise Bryant (DB 107017)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Staff Picks)
 
OPHELIA AFTER ALL by Racquel Marie (DB 108392)
(Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult)
 
ORDINARY MONSTERS by J. M. Miro (DB 109454)
(Historical Fiction, Rather Long, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The Dark Side)

ORIGIN: A GENETIC HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS by Jennifer Raff (DB 106693)
(For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Science!)
 
OUR LAST DAYS IN BARCELONA by Chanel Cleeton (DB 108553)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Tales From Around The World)
 
OUR MISSING HEARTS by Celeste Ng (DB 110518)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Seriously Great Writing, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)
 
PALLBEARERS CLUB by Paul Tremblay (DB 109665)
(Book Club Ideas, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)
 
PARADAIS by Fernanda Melchor (DB 109089)
(Spanish Language, Eye-Opening Reads, Rather Short, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around the World, The Dark Side)
 
PARADOX HOTEL by Rob Hart (DB 110402)
(It’s All Geek To Me, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side)
 
PARIS APARTMENT by Lucy Foley (DB 107433)
(Book Club Ideas, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World, The Dark Side)
 
PARTNERS IN CRIME by Alisha Rai (DB 110784)
(Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)
 
PASSENGER by Cormac McCarthy (DB 110806)
(Family Matters, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)
 
PORTRAIT OF A THIEF by Grace D. Li (DB 107563)
(For Art Lovers, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks)
 
POWER OF REGRET: HOW LOOKING BACKWARD MOVES US FORWARD by Daniel Pink (DB 106696)
(Eye-Opening Reads, It’s All Geek To Me, Nonfiction, Science!)
 
RABBIT HUTCH by Tess Gunty (DB 109788)
(Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
RAINBOW RAINBOW by Lydia Conklin (DB 109331)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry)
 
RECITATIF by Toni Morrison (DB 106803)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Rather Short, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)
 
RED PALACE by June Hur (DB 106804)
(Historical Fiction, Mysteries & Thrillers, Tales From Around The World, Young Adult)
 
RIVER OF THE GODS: GENIUS, COURAGE, AND BETRAYAL IN THE SEARCH FOR THE SOURCE OF THE NILE by Candice Millard (DB 107566)
(Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World, The Dark Side)
 
ROGUES: TRUE STORIES OF GRIFTERS, KILLERS, REBELS, AND CROOKS by Patrick Radden Keefe (DB 108725)
(Book Club ideas, For History Lovers, Mysteries & Thrillers, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry)
 
RUST IN THE ROOT by Justina Ireland (IN PROCESS)
(For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side, Young Adult)
  
SCATTER OF LIGHT by Malinda Lo (DB 110501)
(Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult)

SCENES FROM MY LIFE by Michael K. Williams (DB 109789)
(Biography & Memoir, Identity & Culture, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)
 
SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS by Jessamine Chan (DB 106410)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side, States We’re In)
 
SEA OF TRANQUILITY by Emily St. John Mandel (DB 107705, BR 24500)
(Book Club Ideas, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)
 
SECRET IDENTITY by Alex Segura (DB 107273)
(For Art Lovers, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, The States We’re In)
 
SIREN QUEEN by Nghi Vo (DB 109310)
(Book Club ideas, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, No Biz Like Show Biz, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)
 
SMITTEN KITCHEN COOKBOOK by Deb Perelman (DB 108757, BR 24349)
(Cookbooks & Food, Staff Picks)
 
SOLITO by Javier Zamora (DB 110163)
(Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World, The States We’re In, Young Adult)
 
STAR CHILD: A BIOGRAPHICAL CONSTELLATION OF OCTAVIA ESTELLE BUTLER by Ibi Zoboi (DB 106570)
(Biography & Memoir, Identity & Culture, It’s All Geek To Me, Kids’ Books, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, Young Adult)
 
STAY TRUE by Hua Hsu (DB 110669)
(Biography & Memoir, For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, The States We’re In)
 
STORIES FROM THE TENANTS DOWNSTAIRS by Sidik Fofana (DB 110968)
(Book Club Ideas, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
STRANGERS TO OURSELVES: UNSETTLED MINDS AND THE STORIES THAT MAKE US by Rachel Aviv (DB 110614)
(Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Science!, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)
 
SWEET, SOFT, PLENTY RHYTHM by Laura Warrell (DB 110508)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, For Music Lovers, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)
 
SWIMMERS by Julie Otsuka (DB 107007, BR 24126)
(Family Matters, Ladies First, Rather Short, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)
 
TAKE MY HAND by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (DB 107639)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)
 
TIME IS A MOTHER by Ocean Vuong (DB 110297)
(Family Matters, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, Staff Picks)
 
TO PARADISE by Hanya Yanagihara (DB 106323)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Rather Long, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)
 
TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin (DB 109032)
(Book Club Ideas, For Art Lovers, It’s All Geek To Me, Love Stories, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)
 
TRAYVON GENERATION by Elizabeth Alexander (DB 109009)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, For Art Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, Staff Picks)
 
TREELINE: THE LAST FOREST AND THE FUTURE OF LIFE ON EARTH by Ben Rawlence (DB 107726)
(Eye-Opening Reads, It’s All Geek To Me, Nonfiction, Science!, Tales From Around The World)
 
TRUE BIZ by Sara Novic (DB 107579)
(Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)
 
TRUST by Hernan Diaz (DB 107949)
(Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)
TUMBLE by Celia C. Perez (DB 110366)
(Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Staff Picks, Young Adult)
 
UNDER THE SKIN: THE HIDDEN TOLL OF RACISM ON AMERICAN LIVES AND ON THE HEALTH OF OUR NATION by Linda Villarosa (DB 109112, DB 109687)
(Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
VERIFIERS by Jane Pek (DB 107727)
(Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)
 
VIOLIN CONSPIRACY by Brendan N. Slocumb (DB 106851)
(Family Matters, For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks)
 
VLADIMIR by Julia May Jonas (DB 106953)
(Book Club Ideas, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)
 
WEIGHT OF BLOOD by Tiffany D. Jackson (DB 110288)
(Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, The Dark Side, Young Adult)
 
WHAT MY BONES KNOW: A MEMOIR OF HEALING FROM COMPLEX TRAUMA by Stephanie Foo (DB 107612)
(Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Science!, Staff Picks)
 
WHEN WE WERE BIRDS by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (DB 110558)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Love Stories, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Tales From Around The World)
 
WHEN IN ROME by Sarah Adams (IN PROCESS)
(Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, No Biz Like Show Biz, Staff Picks)
 
WINTER WORK by Dan Fesperman (DB 109777)
(Historical Fiction, Mysteries & Thrillers, Tales From Around The World)
 
WOK: RECIPES AND TECHNIQUES by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt (DB 109226, BR 24304)
(Cookbooks & Food)
 
YEAR OF THE TIGER: AN ACTIVIST’S LIFE by Alice Wong (DB 110670)
(Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry)
 
YONDER by Jabari Asim (DB 107157, BR 24092)
(Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)
 
YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY by Akwaeke Emezi (DB 109362)
(Book Club Ideas, For Art Lovers, Identity & Culture, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories)
 
YOU’RE INVITED by Amanda Jayatissa (DB 110284)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Mysteries & Thrillers, Tales From Around The World, The Dark Side)
 
YOUNG MUNGO by Douglas Stuart (DB 107722)
(Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)