Alicia Zheng/NPR hide caption Even hardworking news journalists by day need a break from reality in their off hours. In our newsroom at NPR, there are some omnivorous fiction readers. We have fans of romance, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and more.
We asked our colleagues what they've enjoyed reading most this year — and here are the titles they shared. (And, OK, yes, we read plenty of nonfiction, too, because NPR gonna NPR. You can see that list here.
) Riverhead Books hide caption All Fours: A Novel by Miranda July All Fours is a coming-of-age novel for perimenopause. The story follows an unnamed narrator as she begins a cross-country road trip away from her husband and child, but she pulls over to stay in a motel 30 minutes from her house instead. This “trip” still changes her life — through an infatuation with a younger guy who works at a car rental place, she begins a new intimacy with herself, too.
I’ve read all of Miranda July’s books, and she’s always doing weird and imaginative things with her characters. This story has all of July’s usual eccentricity, but it also brims with the excitement and fear and possibility that comes with entering the unknown of life’s latter half, especially for women. It felt singularly fresh, and perfectly enjoyable.
— Liam McBain, associate producer, It's Been a Minute Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? Knopf hide caption American Spirits by Russell Banks The three stories in this collect.
