BESTBOOKSof the yearFind a book
Menu

2014 selection · Mystery & crime

Horrorstör: A Novel

by Grady Hendrix

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

Horrorstör: A Novel by Grady Hendrix appears in NPR’s 2014 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around the dark side, staff picks, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

01

Why it matters

This selection preserves a named editorial recommendation alongside jury-selected books, making agreements and differences between institutions visible.

02

Read this if…

You want an NPR-recommended the dark side, staff picks, funny stuff title from 2014.

03

Ideas inside

the dark sidestaff picksfunny stuffmysteries & thrillerssci fifantasy & speculative fiction

Get or borrow

Continue with this book.

Affiliate disclosure: We may earn a commission when you purchase through these links, at no extra cost to you. Editorial selections are independent.

Find on Amazon (opens in a new tab)Find on Bookshop.org (opens in a new tab)Find on Barnes & Noble (opens in a new tab)Find on WorldCat (opens in a new tab)

Primary record

Verify the selection

Every inclusion traces back to the organization that made the selection.

NPR Books We Love — official recommendation recordOfficial record (opens in a new tab)NPR Books We Love — official recordOfficial record (opens in a new tab)

Continue reading

From the same conversation

2014Mystery & crime

The Hawley Book Of The Dead: A Novel

by Chrysler Szarlan

  • NPR Books We Love

The Hawley Book Of The Dead: A Novel by Chrysler Szarlan appears in NPR’s 2014 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, family matters, sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

2013Mystery & crime

Doctor Sleep: A Novel

by Stephen King

  • NPR Books We Love

Doctor Sleep: A Novel by Stephen King appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around mysteries & thrillers, sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, staff picks, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

2015Mystery & crime

The Water Knife: A Novel

by Paolo Bacigalupi

  • NPR Books We Love

The Water Knife: A Novel by Paolo Bacigalupi appears in NPR’s 2015 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, book club ideas, mysteries & thrillers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.