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NPR Staff Picks of 2025 (so far) - Fiction
After long days focused on the facts, the NPR newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. Staffers were asked what they've enjoyed reading so far this year, and these are the titles they shared. As heard on All Things Considered.
Sunrise on the Reaping
Suzanne Collins, 2025
The Raven Scholar
Antonia Hodgson, 2025
The Naming of the Birds
Paraic O'Donnell, 2025
Marble Hall Murders
Anthony Horowitz, 2025
Picks and Shovels
Cory Doctorow, 2025
My Friends
Fredrik Backman, 2025
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Stephen Graham Jones, 2025
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
John Scalzi, 2025
Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney, 2025
All the Other Mothers Hate Me
Sarah Harman, 2025
Among Friends
Hal Ebbott, 2025
Animal Instinct
Amy Shearn, 2025
The Antidote
Karen Russell, 2025
Audition
Katie Kitamura, 2025
The Catch
Yrsa Daley-Ward, 2025
Darkenbloom
Eva Menasse, 2021
The Dream Hotel
Laila Lalami, 2025
The Emperor of Gladness: A Novel
Ocean Vuong, 15
Fair Play
Louise Hegarty, 2025
The Garden
Nick Newman, 2025
Good Dirt
Charmaine Wilkerson, 2025
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Banu Mushtaq, 2025
Helen of Troy, 1993: Poems
Maria Zoccola, 2025
Julie Chan Is Dead
Liann Zhang, 2025
§ About this list
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 2021–2025
- Average rating
- 4.1 / 5 across 1,649 ratings
- Genres
- Lgbtq, Science Fiction, Fiction, Dystopian
Most-rated on NPR Staff Picks of 2025 (so far) - Fiction
- 1Sunrise on the Reaping · Suzanne Collins
- 2My Friends · Fredrik Backman
- 3The Buffalo Hunter Hunter · Stephen Graham Jones
Common questions about NPR Staff Picks of 2025 (so far) - Fiction
- How many books are on NPR Staff Picks of 2025 (so far) - Fiction?
- NPR Staff Picks of 2025 (so far) - Fiction has 39 books, published between 2021 and 2025.
- Which book on NPR Staff Picks of 2025 (so far) - Fiction is the most popular?
- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins is the most-rated book on the list, with 751 ratings and a 4.3 average.
- Where should I start with NPR Staff Picks of 2025 (so far) - Fiction?
- Start with Sunrise on the Reaping, My Friends and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter: the three most-rated books on the list.
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- The books on this list are tagged Lgbtq, Science Fiction, Fiction and Dystopian.
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