Year archive
Books selected by independent literary juries and editorial teams in 2025, 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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When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, love & romance, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Where Are You Really From: Stories by Elaine Hsieh Chou appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, book club ideas, identity & culture, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Where You're Planted by Melanie Sweeney appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around love & romance, staff picks, fiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service by Michael Lewis (editor) appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, eye-opening reads, seriously great writing, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, book club ideas, family matters, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Wild Thing by Sue Prideaux was selected for The New York Times Book Review’s 2025 Ten Best Books list in nonfiction. The catalog records the selection as bibliographic fact and links readers to the newspaper’s original annual list.
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around mysteries & thrillers, staff picks, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Wolf Bells by Leni Zumas appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, book club ideas, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Woodworking by Emily St. James appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, staff picks, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur by Dean Van Nguyen appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, biography & memoir, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Wreck by Catherine Newman appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, staff picks, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip by Kelsey McKinney appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, eye-opening reads, nonfiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
You Must Take Part In Revolution by Badiucao and Melissa Chan appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, comics & graphic novels, staff picks, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
Your Steps on the Stairs by Antonio Muñoz Molina, translated by Curtis Bauer appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, love & romance, mysteries & thrillers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
