No AI or algorithms here - just 141 human beings [131 reviewers, 3 editors 👋, 1 producer, 1 reporter, 1 standards editor, 2 copy editors, 1 developer, and 1 graphics editor] who really wanted to tell you about some books they loved this year. ❤️📚 apps.npr.org/best-books/

🍁 The maple in my backyard is bright red which means it’s time for Books We Love! 380+ new recommendations coming your way Monday morning. 👀 Here’s your annual sneak peek at the @npr staffers and book critics you’ll hear from this year.

Mona Lisa is getting moved to her own room at the Louvre. You’ll be shocked to learn no one took me up on my offer to write up this news in the form of a pissy group text between the paintings she shares a gallery with. I will not be thwarted. 🧵 www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n...

👀 Here’s your annual sneak peek at the @npr.org staffers and book critics who’ve written about their favorite reads of 2024. We’ll have 350+ recommendations ready for you Monday morning in the new edition of Books We Love. (+ a bonus cameo from this amazing tree outside my window) 🍁