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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)
 
 

NPR’s Book Concierge 2021

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National Public Radio (NPR) has just released the Book Concierge for 2021. 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=2021

Here are all of the selections in the NLS collection:

CALLING FOR CHARLIE BARNES by Joshua Ferris (DB 105476) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Funny Stuff, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In )  

LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA: NOTES IN PRAISE OF BLACK PERFORMANCE by Hanif Abdurraqib (DB 103276) (Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, The States We’re In)  

LOT LIKE ADIOS: A NOVEL by Alexis Daria (DB 105060, BR 23946) (Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Staff Picks)  

MARVELLOUS LIGHT by Freya Marske (IN PROCESS) (Historical Fiction, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction)  

PSALM FOR THE WILD-BUILT by Becky Chambers (DB 104764) (It’s All Geek To Me, Rather Short, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks)  

SLOW FIRE BURNING by Paula Hawkins (DB 104949) (Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN: IN WHICH FOUR RUSSIANS GIVE A MASTER CLASS ON WRITING, READING AND LIFE by George Saunders (DB 103448) (Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

THOUSAND SHIPS by Natalie Haynes (DB 102213) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)  

ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED by Farah Heron (DB 104016) (Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Staff Picks)  

ACT YOUR AGE, EVE BROWN by Talia Hibbert (DB 102611, BR 23740) (Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Staff Picks)  

AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS by B. B. Alston (DB 102312, BR 23699) (Family Matters, Kids’ Books, Ladies First, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks)

AMERICA MY LOVE, AMERICA MY HEART by Daria Peoples-Riley (DB 103935, BR 23893) (Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Love Stories, The States We’re In)  

ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED: ESSAYS ON A HUMAN-CENTERED PLANET by John Green (DB 103903, LB 13412) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Science!, Short Stories, Essays, & Poetry, Staff Picks)  

BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU by Sally Rooney (DB 104825) (Book Club Ideas, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)  

BEWILDERMENT by Richard Powers (DB 105190, Braille IN PROCESS) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Realistic Fiction, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

BRIGHT STAR by Yuyi Morales (DB 105410) (Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Tales From Around the World, The States We’re In)  

BROKEN HORSES: A MEMOIR by Brandi Carlile (DB 102961) (Biography & Memoir, For Music Lovers, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

BUILD YOUR HOUSE AROUND MY BODY: A NOVEL by Violet Kupersmith (DB 104783) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World, The Dark Side)  

CHAOS ON CATNET by Naomi Kritzer (DB 103385) (Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Young Adult)  

CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr (DB 105285) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)  

COMMITTED by Viet Thanh Nguyen (DB 103246) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)  

CONCRETE ROSE by Angie Thomas (DB 101950) ROSA EN EL ASFALTO by Angie Thomas (DB 105418) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In, Young Adult)  

CONFIDENCE MEN: HOW TWO PRISONERS OF WAR ENGINEERED THE MOST REMARKABLE ESCAPE IN HISTORY by Margalit Fox (DB 103797) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Funny Stuff, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)  

COOK THIS BOOK: TECHNIQUES THAT TEACH & RECPIES TO REPREAT by Molly Baz (DB 104281, BR 23800) (Cookbooks & Food, Staff Picks)  

CROSSROADS by Jonathan Franzen (DB 105192) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

CRUELTY IS THE POINT: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF TRUMP’S AMERICA by Adam Serwer (DB 104242) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays & Poetry, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

CRYING IN H MART: A MEMOIR by Michelle Zauner (DB 103413, LB 13446) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Cookbooks & Food, Family Matters, For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

CULTISH: THE LANGUAGE OF FANATICISM by Amanda Montell (DB 104075) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

DATING PLAYBOOK by Farrah Rochon (DB 104752) (For Sports Lovers, Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories)  

DEAR MISS METROPOLITAN by Carolyn Ferrell (IN PROCESS) (Book Club Ideas, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)  

DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE by Caitlin Starling (IN PROCESS) (Love Stories, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

DEMYSTIFYING DISABILITY: WHAT TO KNOW, WHAT TO SAY, AND HOW TO BE AN ALLY by Emily Ladau (IN PROCESS IN AUDIO & BRAILLE) (Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Rather Short, Staff Picks)  

DETRANSITION, BABY by Torrey Peters (DB 101806) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

DIAL A FOR AUNTIES by Jesse Q. Sutanto (DB 103081) (Family Matters, Ladies First, Love Stories, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks)  

DREAM GIRL by Laura Lippman (DB 104081) (Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

EMPIRE OF PAIN: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE SACKLER DYNASTY by Patrick Radden Keefe (DB 102965, LB 13410) (Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Science!, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

EX TALK by Rachel Solomon (DB 101962) (It’s All Geek To Me, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Staff Picks)  

EYES THAT KISS IN THE CORNERS by Joanna Ho (BR 23755) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books)  

FACING THE MOUNTAIN: A TRUE STORY OF JAPANESE AMERICAN HEROES IN WORLD WAR II by Daniel James Brown (DB 103646; BRAILLE IN PROCESS) (Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Rather Long, The States We’re In)  

FIGHT NIGHT by Miriam Toews (DB 105332) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)  

FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP by Grady Hendrix (DB 104247) (It’s All Geek To Me, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, No Biz Like Show Biz, The Dark Side)  

FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV by Dawnie Walton (DB 102932) (Book Club Ideas, For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)

FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Angeline Boulley (DB 102762) (Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult)  

FIRST COMES LIKE by Alisha Rai (DB 102474) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Staff Picks)  

FIVE WOUNDS: A NOVEL by Kirstin Valdez QuadE (DB 103802) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

FOLKLORN by Angela Mi Young Hur (DB 103997) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Science!, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around The World)  

FOUR LOST CITIES: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE URBAN AGE by Annalee Newitz (DB 104114) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, It’s All Geek To Me, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)  

FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY: THE KILLING OF VINCENT CHIN AND THE TRIAL THAT GALVANIZED THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT by Paula Yoo (DB 103862) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Young Adult)  

FULFILLMENT: WINNING AND LOSING IN ONE-CLICK AMERICA by Alec Macgillis (DB 102818) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, It’s All Geek To Me, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

FUZZ: WHEN NATURE BREAKS THE LAW by Mary Roach (DB 105210) (Eye-Opening Reads, Funny Stuff, Nonfiction, Science! Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

GAY BAR: WHY WE WENT OUT by Jeremy Atherton Lin (DB 102233) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Let’s Talk About Sex, Nonfiction)  

GILDED ONES by Namina Forna (DB 104117) (Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, Young Adult)

GOLD DIGGERS: A NOVEL by Sanjena Sathian (DB 102821) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, The States We’re In)  

GOOD GIRLS: AN ORDINARY KILLING by Sonia Faleiro (DB 102319) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around The World)  

GREAT CIRCLE by Maggie Shipstead (DB 103266, LB 13435) (Historical Fiction, No Biz Like Show Biz, Rather Long, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)  

GUNCLE by Steven Rowley (DB 103560) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

HALFWAY HOME: RACE, PUNISHMENT, AND THE AFTERLIFE OF MASS INCARCERATION by Reuben Jonathan Miller (DB 102236) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, The States We’re In)  

HARLEM SHUFFLE by Colson Whitehead (DB 104914) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Seriously Great Writing)  

HAUNTING OF ALMA FIELDING: A TRUE GHOST STORY by Kate Summerscale (DB 103054) (Book Club Ideas, For History Lovers, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around the World, The Dark Side)  

HEART PRINCIPLE by Helen Hoang (DB 104837, BR 23916) (Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Staff Picks)  

HELL OF A BOOK: OR THE ALTOGETHER FACTUAL, WHOLLY BONA FIDE STORY OF BIG DREAMS, HARD LUCK, AMERICAN-MADE MAD KID by Jason Mott (DB 104515) (Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

HONEY GIRL by Morgan Rogers (DB 104321) (Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER by Jeff Vandermeer (DB 104087) (Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Science!, The Dark Side)  

I ALONE CAN FIX IT: DONALD J. TRUMP’S CATASTROPHIC FINAL YEAR by Carol Leonnig (DB 104773) (Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

ISLAND QUEEN: A NOVEL by Vanessa Riley (DB 104936) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Rather Long, Tales From Around The World)  

JUST AS I AM by Cicely Tyson (DB 102432) (Biography & Memoir, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks)  

KENNEDY’S AVENGER: ASSASSINATION, CONSPIRACY, AND THE FORGOTTEN TRIAL OF JACK RUBY by Dan Abrams (DB 104322) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)  

KLARA AND THE SUN by Kazuo Ishiguro (DB 102764, LB 13405) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

LANDSLIDE: THE FINAL DAYS OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY by Michael Wolff (DB 104337) (Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

LAST BEST HOPE: AMERICA IN CRISIS AND RENEWAL by George Packer (DB 104090) (Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

LAST CALL: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, LUST, AND MURDER IN QUEER NEW YORK by Elon Green (DB 102827) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, The States We’re In)  

LAST CHANCE TEXACO: CHRONICLES OF AN AMERICAN TROUBADOUR by Rickie Lee Jones (DB 103417) (Biography & Memoir, For Music Lovers, Ladies First, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB by Malinda Lo (DB 104015) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In, Young Adult)  

LEAVING ISN’T THE HARDEST THING: ESSAYS by Lauren Hough (DB 104267) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays & Poetry, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)  

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN by Joan Didion (DB 102565, LB 13430) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays & Poetry, Staff Picks)  

LIAR’S DICTIONARY by Eley Williams (DB 103312, LB 13379) (Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Historical Fiction, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around The World)  

LIFE OF THE MIND by Christine Smallwood (DB 105168) (Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

LIGHT OF DAYS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF WOMEN RESISTANCE FIGHTERS IN HITLER’S GHETTOS by Judith Batalion (DB 102986, LB 13428) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)  

LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles (DB 105197) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)  

LOST VILLAGE by Camilla Sten (DB 102752) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Tales From Around The World, The Dark Side)  

LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. DU BOIS: A NOVEL by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers (DB 104944) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Rather Long, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

MAGICIAN by Colm Toibin (DB 104906) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around The World)  

MARY JANE: A NOVEL by Jessica Anya Blau (DB 103483) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, For Music Lovers, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, The States We’re In)  

MATRIX by Lauren Groff (DB 104843, BR 23948) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

MIKE NICHOLS: A LIFE by Mark Harris (DB 102244) (Biography & Memoir, Funny Stuff, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks)  

MONSTER IN THE MIDDLE by Tiphanie Yanique (IN PROCESS) (Family Matters, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Tales From Around The World, The States We’re In)  

MORNING STAR by Karl Ove Knausgard (DB 105567) (Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)  

MY BRILLIANT LIFE by Ae-Ran Kim (DB 102437) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Tales From Around The World)  

MY BROKEN LANGUAGE: A MEMOIR by Quiara Alegria Hudes (DB 104244) (Biography & Memoir, Family Matters, For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 104847, BR 23937) (Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)  

MY MONTICELLO by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (IN PROCESS) (Book Club Ideas, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Short Stories, Essays & Poetry, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

NICKY & VERA: A QUIET HERO OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN HE RESCUED by Peter Sis (DB 103572) (Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Nonfiction, Tales From Around The World)  

NINA by Traci N Todd (DB 105557) (Biography & Memoir, For History Lovers, For Music Lovers, Kids’ Book, Ladies First, Nonfiction)  

NO GODS, NO MONSTERS: A NOVEL by Cadwell Turnbull (DB 105061) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side)  

NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS: A NOVEL by Patricia Lockwood (DB 103166) (Book Club Ideas, It’s All Geek To Me, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

OH WILLIAM! by Elizabeth Strout (DB 105315) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Ladies First, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)  

ON JUNETEENTH by Annette Gordon-Reed (DB 103364) (Biography & Memoir,  For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Rather Short, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

ONE LAST STOP by Casey Mcquiston (DB 103484) (Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Staff Picks)  

ONE THING YOU’D SAVE by Linda Sue Park (DB 103047) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books)  

OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalia Harris (DB 103816) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, The Dark Side)  

OUR WOMAN IN MOSCOW: A NOVEL by Beatriz Williams (DB 103711, LB 13466) (Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Rather Long, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World, The Dark Side)  

OUTLAWED: A NOVEL by Anna North (DB 102210) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

PAPER PALACE by Miranda Cowley Heller (DB 104340) (Family Matters, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION by Emily Henry (DB 103191) (Love Stories, Staff Picks)  

PERSONAL LIBRARIAN by Marie Benedict (DB 103929) (Book Club Ideas, For Art Lovers, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Staff Picks)  

PLAYLIST FOR THE APOCALYPSE: POEMS by Rita Dove (DB 105310, BR 23936) (Biography & Memoir, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays & Poetry)  

POSTSCRIPT MURDERS by Elly Griffiths (DB 103653) (Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

PRICE YOU PAY FOR COLLEGE: AN ENTIRELY NEW ROAD MAP FOR THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL DECISION YOUR FAMILY WILL EVER MAKE by Ron Lieber (DB 102317) (Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

PROPHETS by Robert Jones, Jr. (DB 101843, LB 13422) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)  

QUIET IN HER BONES by Nalini Singh (DB 102275) (Family Matters, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World, The Dark Side)  

RAZORBLADE TEARS by S. A. Cosby (DB 104101, BR 23915) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)  

REDEMPTOR by Jordan Ifueko (DB 105200) (Ladies First, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, Young Adult)

REMEMBER: THE SCIENCE OF MEMORY AND THE ART OF FORGETTING by Lisa Genova (DB 102911, BR 23798) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Science!, Staff Picks)  

REZ DOGS by Joseph Bruchac (DB 103860) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Short Stories, Essays & Poetry, The States We’re In)  

ROBERT E. LEE AND ME: A SOUTHERNER’S RECKONING WITH THE MYTH OF THE LOST CAUSE by Ty Seidule (DB 103117) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

ROSALINE PALMER TAKES THE CAKE by Alexis J. Hall (DB 103451) (Cookbooks & Food, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, No Biz Like Show Biz, Staff Picks)  

SENTENCE by Louise Erdrich (IN PROCESS) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, The States We’re In)  

SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE: A NOVEL by Tia Williams (DB 103670) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

SIX CRIMSON CRANES by Elizabeth Lim (DB 104326) (Family Matters, Rather Long, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Young Adult)  

SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR by Ashley C. Ford (DB 104167) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

SUMMERWATER by Sarah Moss (DB 102285) (Family Matters, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around The World)  

SUNNY SONG WILL NEVER BE FAMOUS by Suzanne Park (DB 105267) (Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, The States We’re In, Young Adult)  

SWEETNESS OF WATER by Nathan Harris (DB 103932) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)  

TAKE BACK THE BLOCK by Chrystal D. Giles (DB 105558) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Realistic Fiction)  

TASTE: MY LIFE THROUGH FOOD by Stanley Tucci (DB 105460) (Biography & Memoir, Cookbooks & Food, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World)  

THESE TOXIC THINGS by Rachel Howzell Hall (DB 105221) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, The Dark Side)  

THIS IS YOUR MIND ON PLANTS by Michael Pollan (DB 104170) (Cookbooks & Food, Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Science!, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

THREE MOTHERS: HOW THE MOTHERS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MALCOLM X, AND JAMES BALDWIN SHAPED A NATION by Anna Malaika Tubbs (DB 104172) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

TODAY A WOMAN WENT MAD IN THE SUPERMARKET: STORIES by Hilma Wolitzer (IN PROCESS) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Ladies First, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories, Essays & Poetry)  

TOO BRIGHT TO SEE by Kyle Lukoff (DB 105462) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)  

TURNOUT by Megan E. Abbott (DB 104549) (Family Matters, For Sports Lovers, Mysteries & Thrillers, No Biz Like Show Biz, Seriously Great Writing, The Dark Side)

TWILIGHT ZONE by Nona Fernandez (DB 103591) (Rather Short, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around The World)  

UNDER A WHITE SKY: THE NATURE OF THE FUTURE by Elizabeth Kolbert, (DB 102448) (Nonfiction, Science!, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

UNSPEAKABLE: THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE by Carole Boston Weatherford, (DB 103676) (For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)  

UNTIL PROVEN SAFE: THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF QUARANTINE by Geoff Manaugh (DB 104749) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Science!)

VELVET WAS THE NIGHT by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (DB 104794) (Book Club Ideas, For Music Lovers, Historical Fiction, Mysteries & Thrillers, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World, The Dark Side)  

VICTORIES GREATER THAN DEATH by Charlie Jane Anders (DB 102993) (Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Sci Fi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Young Adult)  

VIXEN: A NOVEL by Francine Prose (DB 104346) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Funny Stuff, Historical Fiction, Love Stories, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks)  

WE DO THIS ‘TIL WE FREE US: ABOLITIONIST ORGANIZING AND TRANSFORMING JUSTICE by Mariame Kaba (DB 103789) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Short Stories, Essay & Poetry, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

WE HAD A LITTLE REAL ESTATE PROBLEM: THE UNHERALDED STORY OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND COMEDY by Kliph Nesteroff (DB 102627) (Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

WE WERE NEVER HERE by Andrea Bartz (DB 104443) (Book Club Ideas, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around The World, The Dark Side)  

WHAT STRANGE PARADISE by OMAR EL AKKAD (IN PROCESS) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around The World)  

WHEN EVIL LIVED IN LAUREL: “WHITE KNIGHTS” AND THE MURDER OF VERNON DAHMER by Curtis Wilkie (DB 105586) (For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

WHILE WE WERE DATING by Jasmine Guillory (DB 104313) (Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, No Biz Like Show Biz, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

WHITENESS OF WEALTH: HOW THE TAX SYSTEM IMPOVERISHES BLACK AMERICANS–AND HOW WE CAN FIX IT by Dorothy A. Brown (DB 102901) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

WILD RAIN: WOMEN WHO DARE by Beverly Jenkins (DB 102585) (Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories)   YEARBOOK by Seth Rogen (DB 103565) (Biography & Memoir, Funny Stuff, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Short Stories, Essays & Poetry, Staff Picks)  

YELLOW WIFE: A NOVEL by Sadeqa Johnson (DB 102908, BR 23680) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, The States We’re In)  

YOLK by MARY H. K. Choi (DB 104179) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Young Adult)  

ZORRIE by Laird Hunt (DB 102689) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Rather Short, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)        

NPR’s Book Concierge 2020

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National Public Radio (NPR) has just released the Book Concierge for 2020. 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 summer reads, 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/

Here are all of the selections in the NLS collection:

BURNING by MEGHA MAJUMDAR (DB 99956; BR 23156) (Book Club Ideas, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World)  

CHILDREN’S BIBLE by LYDIA MILLET (DB 99892; BR 23169) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Sci-Fi Fantasy and Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

GAME OF FOX & SQUIRRELS by JENN REESE (DB 100744 IN PROCESS) (Family Matters, Kids’ Books, Seriously Great Writing, The Dark Side)  

GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD by THERESE FOWLER (DB 98910) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity and Culture, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

PROMISED LAND by BARACK OBAMA (DB 100966) (Biography & Memoir, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

SHADOW INTELLIGENCE by OLIVER HARRIS (IN PROCESS) (Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World, The Dark Side)  

SONG BELOW WATER by BETH MORROW (DB 100195) (Identity & Culture, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, The States We’re In, Young Adult)  

AGENCY by WILLIAM GIBSON (DB 98628) (Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Tales from Around the World, The Dark Side)  

ALIEN OCEANS: THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE DEPTHS OF SPACE by KEVIN HAND (DB 100326) (Eye-Opening Reads, It’s all Geek to Me, Nonfiction, Science, Staff Picks)  

ALL BECAUSE YOU MATTER by TAMI CHARLES (DB 100925 IN PROCESS) (For Art Lovers, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books)  

AMERICAN OLIGARCHS: THE KUSHNERS, THE TRUMPS, AND THE MARRIAGE OF MONEY AND POWER by AMANDA BERNSTEIN (DB 98451) (Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

AMNESTY by ARAVIND ADIGA (DB 98787; BR 23043) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World)  

AND I DO NOT FORGIVE YOU: STORIES AND OTHER REVENGES by AMBER SPARKS (DB 98786) (Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories Essays & Poetry)  

ANTKIND by CHARLIE KAUFMAN (DB 100090) (It’s all Geek to Me, No Biz Like Show Biz, Rather Long, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction)  

ANXIOUS PEOPLE by FREDRIK BACKMAN (DB 100531) (Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World)  

BARN 8 by DEB OLIN UNFERTH (DB 98859) (Funny Stuff, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

BARRY SONNENFELD, CALL YOUR MOTHER: MEMOIRS OF A NEUROTIC FILMMAKER by BARRY SONNENFELD (DB 98953) (Biography & Memoir, Family Matters, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

BEACH READ by EMILY HENRY (DB 99724) (Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

BEFORE THE EVER AFTER by JACQUELINE WOODSON (DB 100643) (Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, For Sport Lovers, Kids’ Books, Seriously Great Writing, Young Adult)  

BESTIARY: A NOVEL by K-MING CHANG (IN PROCESS) (Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Love Stories, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales from Around the World, The States We’re In)  

BETWEEN TWO FIRES: TRUTH, AMBITION, AND COMPROMISE IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA by JOSHUA YAFFA (DB 98134) (Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World)  

BIG FRIENDSHIP: HOW WE KEEP EACH OTHER CLOSE by AMINATOU SOW, AMINATOU (DB 100404) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

BLACK BOTTOM SAINTS by ALICE RANDALL (DB 100828) (Eye-Opening Reads, For Music Lovers, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, No Biz Like Show Biz, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

BLACKTOP WASTELAND by S. A. COSBY (DB 100242) (Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, The States We’re In)  

BOATMAN’S DAUGHTER by ANDY DAVIDSON (DB 98593) (Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)  

BOOK OF V. by ANNA SOLOMON, ANNA (DB 99498) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Ladies First)  

BOYFRIEND PROJECT by FARRAH ROCHON, FARRAH (DB 99855) (Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction)  

BREATH: THE NEW SCIENCE OF A LOST ART by JAMES NESTOR (DB 99870) (Eye-Opening Reads, For Sports Lovers, It’s All Geek to Me, Nonfiction, Science! Staff Picks)  

BROKEN FAITH: INSIDE THE WORD OF FAITH FELLOWSHIP, ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST DANGEROUS CULTS by MITCH WEISS (DB 98634) (Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

CACTUS LEAGUE by EMILY NEMENS (DB 98762; BR 23028) (For Sports Lovers, Realistic Fiction, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, The States We’re In)  

CAPITAL AND IDEOLOGY by THOMAS PIKETTY (DB 98934) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, It’s All Geek to Me, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks)  

CARE AND FEEDING OF WASPISH WIDOWS by OLIVIA WAITE (IN PROCESS) (For History Lovers, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Seriously Great Writing)  

CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS by ISABEL WILKERSON (DB 100088; BR 23343) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

CATHERINE HOUSE by ELISABETH THOMAS (DB 99407) (Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

CHIFFON TRENCHES: A MEMOIR by ANDRE LEON TALLEY (DB 99833) (Biography & Memoir, For Art Lovers, Identity & Culture, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

CHILDREN OF THE LAND by MARCELO HERNANDEZ CASTILLO (DB 98683) (Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, The States We’re In)  

CITY WE BECAME by N. K. JEMISIN (DB 98901) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Rather Long, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

CLAP WHEN YOU LAND by ELIZABETH ACEVEDO (DB 99823) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Young Adult)  

CLEAN: THE NEW SCIENCE OF SKIN by JAMES HAMBLIN (DB 100410) (Eye-Opening Reads, It’s All Geek to Me, Nonfiction, Science, Staff Picks)  

CLEANNESS by GARTH GREENWELL (DB 98150) (Identity & Culture, Let’s Talk About Sex, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World)  

CONJURE WOMEN by AFIA ATAKORA (DB 99224) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

CROOKED HALLELUHAH by KELLI JO FORD (IN PROCESS) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)  

DEACON KING KONG by JAMES MCBRIDE (DB 98819) (Book Club Ideas, For Music Lovers, Funny Stuff, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)  

DEAD ARE ARISING: THE LIFE OF MALCOLM X by LES PAYNE (IN PROCESS) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Seriously Great Writing)  

DEAR JUSTYCE by NIC STONE (DB 100931) (Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In, Young Adult)  

DEATH OF VIVEK OJI  by AKWAEKE EMEZI (DB 100235) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World)  

DESERT NOTEBOOKS: A ROAD MAP FOR THE END OF TIME by BEN EHRENREICH (DB 100164) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Science, The States We’re In)  

DIRT: ADVENTURES IN LYON AS A CHEF IN TRAINING, FATHER, AND SLEUTH LOOKING FOR THE SECRET OF FRENCH COOKING by BILL BUFORD (DB 99959) (Biography & Memoir, Cookbooks & Food, Family Matters, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World)

DJINN PATROL ON THE PURPLE LINE  by DEEPA ANAPPARA (DB 98647) (Book Club Ideas, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World)  

EACH OF US A DESERT  by MARK OSHIRO (DB 100866) (Ladies First, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side, Young Adult)  

EAT A PEACH: A MEMOIR by DAVID CHANG (DB 100830) (Biography & Memoir, Cookbooks & Food, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

ECHO MOUNTAIN by LAUREN WOLK (DB 99827) (Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Kids’ Books, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)  

ELATSOE by DARCIE LITTLE BADGER (IN PROCESS) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, The States We’re In, Young Adult)  

EMPRESS OF SALT AND FORTUNE  by NGHI VO (BR 23267) (Book Club Ideas, Rather Short, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)  

EVEN AS WE BREATHE by ANNETTE SAUNOOKE CLAPSADDLE (IN PROCESS) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In, Young Adult)  

EVERY REASON WE SHOULDN’T  by SARA FUJIMURA (DB 99186) (Family Matters, For Sports Lovers, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult)  

FAITHLESS HAWK by MARGARET OWEN (DB 100140) (Ladies First, Love Stories, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

FATHER OF LIONS: ONE MAN’S REMARKABLE QUEST TO SAVE THE MOSUL ZOO by LOUISE CALLAGHAN (DB 98132) (Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World)  

FLYAWAY by KATHLEEN JENNINGS (DB 100178) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Rather Short, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales from Around the World, The Dark Side)  

FOLLOWERS by MEGAN ANGELO (DB 98623) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

FOUL IS FAIR  by HANNAH CAPIN (DB 98615) (Mysteries & Thrillers, Seriously Great Writing, The Dark Side, Young Adult)  

FREEDOM ARTIST by BEN OKRI (DB 98627) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Sci-Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side)  

FUNNY WEATHER: ART IN AN EMERGENCY by OLIVIA LAING (DB 101071) (For Art Lovers, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, The Dark Side)  

GIRL GONE VIRAL by ALISHA RAI (DB 100903) (Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

GLASS HOTEL by EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL (DB 98955; BR 23151; LB 12966) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The Dark Side)  

GODSHOT by CHELSEA BIEKER (DB 99121) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The Dark Side)  

GORDON RAMSAY QUICK AND DELICIOUS: 100 RECIPES TO COOK IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS by GORDON RAMSAY (IN PROCESS) (Cookbooks & Food)  

HAMNET by MAGGIE O’FARRELL (DB 100166) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

HARROW THE NINTH by TAMSYN MUIR (DB 100538) (Ladies First, Rather Long, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side)  

HAVING AND BEING HAD by EULA BISS (DB 100522) (Book Club Ideas, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, Staff Picks)  

HEADLINERS  by LUCY PARKER (DB 98733) (Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, No Biz Like Show Biz, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales from Around the World)  

HEAP by SEAN ADAMS (DB 98446) (Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)  

HEART OF JUNK by LUKE GEDDES (DB 98475) (Funny Stuff, It’s all Geek to Me, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

HEARTS OF OAK by EDDIE ROBSON (DB 99275) (Funny Stuff, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction)  

HENCH by NATALIE ZINA WALSCHOTS (DB 101086) (Funny Stuff, It’s all Geek to Me, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side)  

HERE FOR IT: OR, HOW TO SAVE YOUR SOUL IN AMERICA: ESSAYS by R. ERIC THOMAS (DB 98878) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, Staff Picks)  

HIDDEN GIRL AND OTHER STORIES  by KEN LIU (DB 98736) (Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Short Stories Essays & Poetry)  

HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD: INSIDE THE MIND OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY by ROBERT KOLKER (DB 99192; BR 23355; LB 12934) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Nonfiction, Science, Staff Picks)  

HIGH AS THE WATERS RISE by ANIA KAMPMANN (IN PROCESS) (Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales from Around the World)  

HOAX: DONALD TRUMP, FOX NEWS, AND THE DANGEROUS DISTORTION OF TRUTH by BRIAN STELTER (DB 100892) (Eye-Opening Reads, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

HOMELAND ELEGIES by AYAD AKHTAR (DB 100802) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, The States We’re In)  

HOMIE: POEMS  by DANEZ SMITH (DB 99026) (Identity & Culture, Short Stories Essays & Poetry)  

HOOD FEMINISM: NOTES FROM THE WOMEN THAT A MOVEMENT FORGOT by MIKKI KENDALL (DB 98638; BR 23152) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Short Stories  

HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD by C PAM ZHANG (DB 99144; LB 12949) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

HUMAN COSMOS: CIVILIZATION AND THE STARS by JO MARCHANT (DB 100894) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Science)  

I AM EVERY GOOD THING by DERRICK BARNES (DB 100558) (Family Matters, For Art Lovers, Identity & Cultures, Kids’ Books, Staff Picks)

I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE’RE STILL HERE: A POST-HOLOCAUST MEMOIR by ESTHER SAFRAN FOER (DB 99876) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

IF I HAD YOUR FACE by FRANCES CHA (DB 99495) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

IKENGA by NNEDI OKORAFOR (DB 100731) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

INTERIOR CHINATOWN by CHARLES YU, CHARLES (DB 98416) (Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, No Biz Like Show Biz, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

INTIMATIONS: SIX ESSAYS by ZADIE SMITH (DB 100398) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, The States We’re In)  

INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by VICTORIA SCHWAB (DB 100901) (For Art Lovers, For History Lovers, Rather Long, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction)  

JACK by MARILYNNE ROBINSON (DB 100592) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

JOURNEYS OF TREES: A STORY ABOUT FORESTS, PEOPLE, AND THE FUTURE by ZACH ST GEORGE (DB 100220; BR 23309) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Science, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

JUST US: AN AMERICAN CONVERSATION by CLAUDIA RANKINE (IN PROCESS) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES by KACEN CALLENDER (DB 98682) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Seriously Great Writing, Young Adult)  

LAST EMPEROX: THE INTERDEPENDENCY, BOOK 3 by JOHN SCALZI (DB 99745) (Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks)  

LAST MILLION: EUROPE’S DISPLACED PERSONS FROM WORLD WAR TO COLD WAR by DAVID NASAW (IN PROCESS) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND by RUMAAN ALAM (DB 101085) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

LIFE OF A KLANSMAN: A FAMILY HISTORY IN WHITE SUPREMACY by EDWARD BALL (IN PROCESS) (Eye-Opening Read, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

LIFTING AS WE CLIMB: BLACK WOMEN’S BATTLE FOR THE BALLOT BOX by EVETTE DIONNE (DB 99588) (Biography & Memoir, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

LIST OF THINGS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE  by REBECCA STEAD (DB 99640) (Family Matters, Kids’ Books, Staff Picks)  

LITTLE EYES  by SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN (DB 99674) (Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The Dark Side)  

LONG BRIGHT RIVER by LIZ MOORE (DB 97977; BR 22990) (Family Matters, Mysteries & Thrillers, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)  

LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU by MICHAEL ZAPATA (DB 98697) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)  

LUSTER by RAVEN LEILANI (DB 100173) (Identity & Culture, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

LYING LIFE OF ADULTS by ELENA FERRANTE (DB 100469) (Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

MAD, BAD & DANGEROUS TO KNOW by SAMIRA AHMED (DB 99829) (For Art Lovers, Identity & Culture, Young Adult)  

ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY: COMBAT RACISM, CHANGE THE WORLD, AND BECOME A GOOD ANCESTOR by LAYLA F. SAAD (DB 98751) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Book, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

MEANING OF MARIAH CAREY by MARIAH CAREY (DB 100908) (Biography & Memoir, For Music Lovers, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

MEMORIAL DRIVE: A DAUGHTER’S MEMOIR by NATASHA D. TRETHEWEY (DB 100452) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing)  

MEMORIAL by BRYAN WASHINGTON (DB 101143) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

MERMAID, THE WITCH, AND THE SEA by MAGGIE TOKUDA-HALL (DB 99393) (Love Stories, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Young Adult)  

MEXICAN GOTHIC by SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA (DB 99404) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

MIDNIGHT AT THE BARCLAY HOTEL by FLEUR BRADLEY (DB 100640) (Kids’ Books, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

MINOR FEELINGS: AN ASIAN AMERICAN RECKONING by CATHY PARK HONG (DB 98817) (Biography & Memoir, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)

MIRROR & THE LIGHT by HILARY MANTEL (DB 98825; LB 12837) (For History Lovers, Historical Fiction, Rather Long, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

MISSIONARIES by PHIL KLAY (DB 100971) (Book Club Ideas, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World, The Dark Side)  

MONOGAMY by SUE MILLER (DB 100599) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

MOUNTAINS SING by PHAN QUE MAI NGUYEN (IN PROCESS) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

NETWORK EFFECT: THE MURDERBOT DIARIES by MARTHA WELLS (DB 100216) (Family Matters, Funny Stuff, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks)  

NEW WAVES by KEVIN NGUYEN (DB 98832) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, It’s All Geek to Me, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

NIGHT WATCHMAN by LOUISE ERDRICH (DB 98896; BR 23078; LB 12937) (For History Lovers, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

NO FILTER: THE INSIDE STORY OF INSTAGRAM by SARAH FRIER (IN PROCESS) (Identity & Culture, It’s All Geek to Me, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks)  

NO RULES RULES: NETFLIX AND THE CULTURE OF REINVENTION by REED HASTINGS & ERIN MEYER (IN PROCESS) (No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

NOTES FROM AN APOCALYPSE: A PERSONAL JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD AND BACK by MARK O’CONNELL (DB 99815) (Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, The Dark Side)  

NOTES ON A SILENCING: A MEMOIR by LACY CRAWFORD (DB 100632) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

OBIT: POEMS by VICTORIA CHANG (DB 99260; BR 23147) (Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, The Dark Side)  

ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES by ALIX E. HARROW (DB 100973) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Ladies First, Rather Long, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)  

ONE LIFE by MEGAN RAPINOE (DB 101309) (Biography & Memoir, For Sports Lovers, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

ONE TO WATCH by KATE STAYMAN-LONDON (DB 101336) (Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Love Stories, No Biz Like Show Biz, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

ONLY GOOD INDIANS by STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES (DB 100116) (Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

OTHER BENNET SISTER by JANICE HADLOW (DB 99609) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Love Stories, Rather Long, Staff Picks)  

OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE: A QUEST TO FIND AND SAVE THE WORLD’S LARGEST OWL by JONATHAN C. SLAGHT (DB 100252) (Eye-Opening Reads, It’s All Geek to Me, Nonfiction, Science, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around the World)  

PARTY OF TWO by JASMINE GUILLORY (DB 99911) (Identity & Culture, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

PIRANESI  by SUSANNA CLARKE (DB 100700) (Book Club Ideas, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

PIZZA GIRL  by JEAN KYOUNG FRAZIER (DB 99513) (Funny Stuff, Rather Short, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

PULL OF THE STARS by EMMA DONOGHUE (DB 100108) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World, The Dark Side)  

RACE AGAINST TIME: A REPORTER REOPENS THE UNSOLVED MURDER CASES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA by JERRY MITCHELL (DB 100648) (Biography & Memoir, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

RACE FOR PROFIT: HOW BANKS AND THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY UNDERMINED BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP by KEEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR (DB 97566) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

RAKESS: SOCIETY OF SIRENS, BOOK 1 by SCARLETT PECKHAM (DB 100175) (Historical Fiction, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories)  

RAYBEARER by JORDAN IFUEKO (DB 100566) (Family Matters, Ladies First, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, Young Adult)  

REAL LIFE by BRANDON TAYLOR (DB 98508; BR 23066) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

RECIPE FOR PERSUASION by SONALI DEV (DB 99856) (Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Love Stories, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

REGRETS by AMY BONNAFONS (DB 98648) (Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)  

REMEMBRANCE by RITA WOODS (DB 98202) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction)  

RICHES OF THIS LAND: THE UNTOLD, TRUE STORY OF AMERICA’S MIDDLE CLASS by JIM TANKERSLEY (DB 100224) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

RING SHOUT: OR, HUNTING KU KLUXES IN THE END TIMES by P. DJÈLÍ CLARK (DB 101148) (Book Club Ideas, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Rather Short, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

RIOT BABY by TOCHI ONYEBUCHI (DB 98546; BR 23284) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Rather Short, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)  

RODHAM by CURTIS SITTENFELD (DB 99840) (Book Club Ideas, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

ROOMMATE by ROSIE DANAN (DB 100801) (Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, No Biz Like Show Biz, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

RUN ME TO EARTH by PAUL YOON (DB 98462; BR 23049) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around the World)  

SCORPIONFISH by NATALIE BAKOPOULOS (DB 100277) (Realistic Fiction Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

SEARCHER by TANA FRENCH (DB 100859) (Mysteries & Thrillers, Rather Long, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World, The Dark Side)  

SEX AND VANITY by KEVIN KWAN (DB 99405) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

SEXUAL CITIZENS: A LANDMARK STUDY OF SEX, POWER, AND ASSAULT ON CAMPUS by JENNIFER S. HIRSCH & SHAMUS KHAN (IN PROCESS) (Eye-Opening Reads, Let’s Talk About Sex, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)

SHADOW KING by MAAZA MENGISTE (DB 97110) (Book Club Ideas, For History Lovers, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Rather Long, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around the World, Dark Side)

SHIT, ACTUALLY: THE DEFINITIVE, 100% OBJECTIVE GUIDE TO MODERN CINEMA by LINDY WEST (DB 101144) (Funny Stuff, It’s All Geek to Me, No Biz Like Show Biz, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, Staff Picks)  

SHUGGIE BAIN by DOUGLAS STUART (DB 101310)  (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

SISTERS IN HATE: AMERICAN WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF WHITE NATIONALISM by SEYWARD DARBY (DB 101014) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)  

SISTERS by DAISY JOHNSON (DB 100416) (Family Matters, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World, The Dark Side)  

SNAPPED by ALEXA MARTIN (DB 101080) (For Sports Lovers, Identity & Culture, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT by MERYL WILSNER (DB 99790) (Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, No Biz Like Show Biz, Realistic Fiction)  

SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS by MICAIAH JOHNSON (DB 100455) (Family Matters, Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing)  

SPLENDID AND THE VILE: A SAGA OF CHURCHILL, FAMILY, AND DEFIANCE DURING THE BLITZ by ERIK LARSON (DB 100054; LB 12943) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, For History Lovers, Nonfiction, Rather Long, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around the World, The Dark Side)  

STAMPED: RACISM, ANTIRACISM, AND YOU by JASON REYNOLDS (DB 98926; BR 23102) (Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In, Young Adult)  

SUCH A FUN AGE by KILEY REID (DB 97929; BR 23303; LB 12979) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

SUMMER by ALI SMITH (DB 100537) (Family Matters, For Art Lovers, Realistic Fiction, Tales From Around the World)  

SUPER FAKE LOVE SONG by DAVID YOON (IN PROCESS) (For Music Lovers, It’s All Geek to Me, Love Stories, Staff Picks, Young Adult)  

SURVIVOR SONG by PAUL TREMBLAY (DB 99675) (Ladies First, Mysteries & Thrillers, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, The Dark Side)  

TAKE A HINT, DANI BROWN by TALIA HIBBERT (DB 99905) (For Sports Lovers, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  


TALK: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE, LOVE & TRUTH by WADE HUDSON & CHERYL WILLIS HUDSON (IN PROCESS) (Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Nonfiction, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, Young Adult)  

TEMPORARY by HILARY LEICHTER (DB 98758) (Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Rather Short)  

THEY WENT LEFT by MONICA HESSE (DB 99223) (For History Lovers, Historical Fiction, Staff Picks, Young Adult)  

THIS IS MY AMERICA by KIM JOHNSON (DB 100194) (Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, Young Adult)  

TOKYO UENO STATION by MIRI YU (DB 99908) (Rather Short, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Tales From Around the World, The Dark Side)  

TOMBOYLAND: ESSAYS by MELISSA FALIVENO (DB 101217) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, The States We’re In)  

TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM by GYASI YAA (DB 100528) (Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, identity & Culture, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Science, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

TROUBLE THE SAINTS by ALAYA DAWN JOHNSON (DB 100117) (Book Club Ideas, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

UNCANNY VALLEY: A MEMOIR by ANNA WIENER (DB 98158) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, It’s All Geek to Me, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS by KARLA CORNEJO VILLAVICENCIO (DB 99860) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Rather Short, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

UP ALL NIGHT: TED TURNER, CNN, AND THE BIRTH OF 24-HOUR NEWS by LISA NAPOLI (DB 100038) (For History Lovers, No Biz Like Show Biz, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED by SARAH GAILEY (DB 98684) (Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Rather Short, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction)  

UTOPIA AVENUE by DAVID MITCHELL (DB 99667) (For Music Lovers, Historical Fiction, Rather Long, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

VANISHING HALF by BRIT BENNETT (DB 99791; BR 23212) (Family Matters, Historical Fiction, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

VESPER FLIGHTS: NEW AND COLLECTED ESSAYS by HELEN MACDONALD (DB 100529) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Nonfiction, Science, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

WAX PACK: ON THE OPEN ROAD IN SEARCH OF BASEBALL’S AFTERLIFE by BRAD BALUKJIAN (DB 100602) (For History Lovers, For Sports Lovers, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)  

WE RIDE UPON STICKS by BARRY QUAN (DB 99244) (For Sport Lovers, Funny Stuff, Ladies First, Sci Fi Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, Staff Picks, The Dark Side)  

WEATHER by JENNY OFFILL (DB 98466) (Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

WHAT ARE YOU GOING THROUGH by SIGRID NUNEZ (DB 100533) (Book Club Ideas, Ladies First, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

WHAT CAN A BODY DO?: HOW WE MEET THE BUILT WORLD by SARA HENDREN (DB 100228; BR 23245) (Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING by ALYSSA COLE (DB 100647) (Book Club Ideas, Mysteries & Thrillers, Staff Picks, The Dark Side, The
States We’re In)  

WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED by VICTORIA JAMIESON (DB 99879) (Comics & Graphic Novels, Eye-Opening Reads, Family Matters, Identity & Culture, Kids’ Books, Tales From Around the World)  

WHEN THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD WAS SUBDUED, OUR SONGS CAME THROUGH: A NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF NATIVE NATIONS POETRY (DB 100387) (Eye-Opening Reads, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)

WHISTLEBLOWER: MY JOURNEY TO SILICON VALLEY AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AT UBER by SUSAN J. FOWLER (DB 98700) (Biography & Memoir, Identity & Culture, Ladies First, Nonfiction, Staff Picks)  

WHY FISH DON’T EXIST: A STORY OF LOSS, LOVE, AND THE HIDDEN ORDER OF LIFE by LULU MILLER (IN PROCESS) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, Mysteries & Thrillers, Nonfiction, Science, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks)  

WHY WE SWIM by BONNIE TSUI (DB 99409) (Biography & Memoir, For Sports Lovers, It’s All Geek to Me, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

WINTER COUNTS by DAVID HESKA WANBLI WEIDEN (DB 100989) (Identity & Culture, Mysteries & Thrillers, The Dark Side, The States We’re In)  

WOMEN IN BLACK by MADELEINE ST JOHN (BR 23100) (Book Club Ideas, Historical Fiction, Ladies First, Seriously Great Writing, Staff Picks, Tales From Around the World)  

WORLD OF WONDERS: IN PRAISE OF FIREFLIES, WHALE SHARKS, AND OTHER ASTONISHMENTS by AIMEE NEZUKUMATATHIL (DB 100702; BR 23339) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Family Matters, For Art Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Science, Seriously Great Writing, Short Stories Essays & Poetry, The States We’re In)  

WORST BEST MAN by MIA SOSA (DB 98590) (Family Matters, Let’s Talk About Sex, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Staff Picks)  

WOW, NO THANK YOU: ESSAYS by SAMANTHA IRBY (DB 99633) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Funny Stuff, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Short Stories, Essays & Poetry)  

WRITERS & LOVERS by LILY KING (DB 98766; BR 23292) (Book Club Ideas, Love Stories, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Good Writing)  

X + Y: A MATHEMATICIAN’S MANIFESTO FOR RETHINKING GENDER by EUGENIA CHENG (IN PROCESS) (Eye-Opening Reads, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Science, Staff Picks)  

YELLOW BIRD: OIL, MURDER, AND A WOMAN’S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE IN INDIAN COUNTRY by SIERRA CRANE MURDOCH (DB 98873) (Biography & Memoir, Book Club Ideas, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Identity & Culture, Nonfiction, Seriously Great Writing, The States We’re In)  

YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST: A BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON by ALEXIS COLE (DB 98883) (Biography & Memoir, Eye-Opening Reads, For History Lovers, Funny Stuff, Nonfiction, Staff Picks, The States We’re In)