Best Books of the Year
Menu

Curated category · 2006—2025

Best fiction & literature

Award-winning and editorially recommended fiction & literature across twenty years, organized for discovery rather than sales ranking.

Selections
931
Authors
750
Lists & prizes
2

Showing 49–96 of 931

2025Fiction & literature

My Friends

Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith

NPR Books We Love

2025Fiction & literature

So Far Gone

Jess Walter

NPR Books We Love

2025Fiction & literature

The Catch

Yrsa Daley-Ward

NPR Books We Love

2025Fiction & literature

The Colony

Annika Norlin, translated by Alice E. Olsson

NPR Books We Love

2025Fiction & literature

The Slip

Lucas Schaefer

NPR Books We Love

2025Fiction & literature

The South

Tash Aw

NPR Books We Love

2025Fiction & literature

The Wilderness

Angela Flournoy

NPR Books We Love

2025Fiction & literature

Tilt

Emma Pattee

NPR Books We Love