The Thing About Luck
- National Book Award for Young People's Literature
A Japanese American girl spends harvest season working with her grandparents while her parents are abroad.
Year archive
Best books of 2013
Books selected by independent literary juries and editorial teams in 2013, gathered into one transparent, source-linked reading list. The chronology uses the award year for prizes and list year for editorial recommendations.
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The Twelve Tribes Of Hattie
- NPR Books We Love
The Twelve Tribes Of Hattie by Ayana Mathis appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, for history lovers, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
- National Book Award for Nonfiction
- NPR Books We Love
Interwoven American lives chart the erosion of institutions and economic security across several decades.
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
- NPR Books We Love
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, mysteries & thrillers, for history lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
The World Is Waiting For You
- NPR Books We Love
The World Is Waiting For You by Barbara Kerley appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, tales from around the world, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir Of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength And The Power Of Family
- NPR Books We Love
The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir Of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength And The Power Of Family by Josh Hanagarne appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around biography & memoir, family matters, nonfiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
The Year Of Billy Miller
- NPR Books We Love
The Year Of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, family matters, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Thieves I've Known
- NPR Books We Love
Thieves I've Known by Tom Kealey appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, fiction, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
This Close: Stories
- NPR Books We Love
This Close: Stories by Jessica Francis Kane appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, fiction, family matters, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
This House Is Haunted
- NPR Books We Love
This House Is Haunted by John Boyne appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around for history lovers, sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, the dark side, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
This Is Not My Hat
- Randolph Caldecott Medal
A tiny fish steals a hat and confidently narrates an escape contradicted by the pictures.
This Little Piggy
- NPR Books We Love
This Little Piggy by Tim Harrington appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
To The End Of June
- NPR Books We Love
To The End Of June by Cris Beam appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, the dark side, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Toms River: A Story Of Science And Salvation
- NPR Books We Love
Toms River: A Story Of Science And Salvation by Dan Fagin appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, science!, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Too Bright To Hear Too Loud To See
- NPR Books We Love
Too Bright To Hear Too Loud To See by Juliann Garey appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, eye-opening reads, identity & culture, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Transfer Of Qualities
- NPR Books We Love
Transfer Of Qualities by Martha Ronk appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, seriously great writing, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
- NPR Books We Love
Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great by Bob Shea appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, kids’ books, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
- NPR Books We Love
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around for history lovers, staff picks, for music lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Vampires In The Lemon Grove: Stories
- NPR Books We Love
Vampires In The Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Wave
- The New York Times — 10 Best Books
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala was selected for The New York Times Book Review’s 2013 Ten Best Books list in nonfiction. The catalog records the selection as bibliographic fact and links readers to the newspaper’s original annual list.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
- NPR Books We Love
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, family matters, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
We Need New Names: A Novel
- NPR Books We Love
We Need New Names: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, tales from around the world, seriously great writing, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story Of Elizabeth Blackwell
- NPR Books We Love
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story Of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone, Marjorie Priceman appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, for history lovers, biography & memoir, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Wilson
- NPR Books We Love
Wilson by A. Scott Berg appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around biography & memoir, for history lovers, rather long, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
YOU
- NPR Books We Love
YOU by Austin Grossman appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, it’s all geek to me, fiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, And My Misadventures With Two Of Music's Most Maligned Tribes
- NPR Books We Love
You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, And My Misadventures With Two Of Music's Most Maligned Tribes by Nathan Rabin appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around biography & memoir, staff picks, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
You're All Just Jealous Of My Jetpack: Cartoons
- NPR Books We Love
You're All Just Jealous Of My Jetpack: Cartoons by Tom Gauld appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around comics & graphic novels, funny stuff, rather short, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Zen Confidential: Confessions Of A Wayward Monk
- NPR Books We Love
Zen Confidential: Confessions Of A Wayward Monk by Shozan Jack Haubner appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, biography & memoir, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.