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17 new books our critics can't wait to read this summer

We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.

May 21, 2025
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  • Meghan Collins Sullivan
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Looking for love during Lunar New Year

Kick off the Year of the Snake with two romances: Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen, and Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham.

January 29, 2025
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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  • Book Reviews

Show up to your next book club meeting with these 12 reading recommendations

Sometimes you finish a book and just have to talk about it with someone else. If your book club is looking for its next conversation-sparking title we have a dozen for you!

January 15, 2025
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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  • Book Reviews

12 eye-opening reads to kick-start your 2025 reading goals

There are so many great books to look forward to in 2025. But first, you'll want to catch up on these perspective-shifting titles from 2024, exploring art, the afterlife, nuns, nuclear war — and more.

January 10, 2025
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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  • Book Reviews

You can take the suspense: Get cozy with a new mystery or thriller

Here are 10 heart-pounding novels recommended by NPR staff and critics — perfect for winter reading by the fire.

December 27, 2024
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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  • Book Reviews

Snuggle up for story time with 10 new picture books from 2024

If you are ready to depart from the well-trodden tried-and-true at bedtime, here are 10 new picture books that NPR critics and staff loved in 2024.

December 18, 2024
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  • Beth Novey

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  • Book Reviews

10 book ideas for budding bookworms

If you have a young reader in your life who just can't put their books down, we have some new 2024 titles to consider. Nurture their new reading habit with books recommended by NPR staff and critics.

December 18, 2024
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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  • Book Reviews

10 young adult novels you don't have to be young to enjoy

Whether you're young or young at heart, we have book ideas for you. This year's YA collection, gathered by NPR book critics and staff, includes romance, historical fiction, poetry, fantasy and more.

December 18, 2024
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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  • Book Reviews

10 biographies and memoirs for the nonfiction reader in your life

These true stories range from a "meow-moir" of a Siberian cat to an exploration of what U.S. presidents do after the White House. Check out these nonfiction reads recommended by NPR staff and critics.

December 12, 2024
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By:
  • Dhanika Pineda and
  • Beth Novey

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Cooks We Love: 11 cookbooks from 2024 recommended by NPR critics and staff

NPR has an appetite for great recipes — every year, plenty of cookbooks get thrown in the mix as we assemble our annual Books We Love guide. Here's a sampling of our food favorites from 2024.

December 09, 2024
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  • Dhanika Pineda

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  • Book Reviews

12 novels that NPR critics and staff were excited to share with you in 2024

Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Behind the scenes, it's fun to spot trends and see what gets nominated again and again.

December 02, 2024
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  • Beth Novey

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  • Book Reviews

Here are the Books We Love: 350+ great 2024 reads recommended by NPR

Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

November 25, 2024
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  • Beth Novey,
  • Dhanika Pineda,
  • and 3 more

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  • Book Reviews

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year

We asked around the newsroom to find favorite nonfiction from the first half of 2024. We've got biography and memoir, health and science, history, sports and much more.

June 17, 2024
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By:
  • Meghan Collins Sullivan and
  • Beth Novey

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  • Book Reviews

NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2024

At work: hardworking news journalists. At home: omnivorous fiction readers. We asked our colleagues what they've enjoyed most this year and here are the titles they shared.

June 17, 2024
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  • Meghan Collins Sullivan and
  • Beth Novey

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  • Book Reviews

20 new books hitting shelves this summer that our critics can't wait to read

We asked our book critics what titles they are most looking forward to this summer. Their picks range from memoirs to sci-fi and fantasy to translations, love stories and everything in between.

May 21, 2024
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By:
  • Meghan Collins Sullivan

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