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A Claire McCardell biography and an AI sci-fi are among NPR’s top book picks of 2025

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NPR’s annual Books We Love guide is back for its 13th year, sharing over 380 hand-selected reads by NPR staff and critics. In today’s post-Thanksgiving episode, host Andrew Limbong joins Morning Edition and All Things Considered to chat about all things Books We Love. First, he shares some top non-fiction picks with NPR’s Michel Martin; among them Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson’s biography of American fashion designer Claire McCardell, who you might want to credit for those handy pockets on womenswear. Then, he talks fiction with NPR’s Scott Detrow, recommending titles such as Nnedi Okorafor’s Death of the Author.

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Books We LoveAndrew LimbongMorning EditionAll Things ConsideredBooks We Love FirstNPRs Michel MartinElizabeth Evitts DickinsonsClaire McCardell

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