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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.
The Pretender
Jo Harkin, 2025
Promise Me Sunshine
Cara Bastone, 2025
The Raven Scholar
Antonia Hodgson, 2025
The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne
Ron Currie Jr., 2025
Sounds Like Love
Ashley Poston, 2025
Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories
Torrey Peters, 2025
Sunrise on the Reaping
Suzanne Collins, 2025
There's Something About Mira
Sonali Dev, 2025
These Days
Lucy Caldwell, 2022
Tilt
Emma Pattee, 2025
Too Soon
Betty Shamieh, 2025
Twelve Post-War Tales
Graham Swift, 2025
Vantage Point
Sara Sligar, 2025
Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito, 2025
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
John Scalzi, 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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