Books We Love: NPR staff's top non-fiction picks of the year

By Melissa Gray,

Diaa Hadid, Tinbete Ermyas, Chloe Veltman

Published December 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM EST

NPR staff share recommendations for non-fiction reading from our Books We Love list: "The War of Art," "Shattered Lands," "Toni at Random" and "Patchwork."

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