NPR's Best Books 2014

Could this 250 book list be my 2015 challenge?  Pulled this list from here: http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2014/

• 100 Sideways Miles
  by Andrew Smith 
• 10:04: A Novel
  by Ben Lerner 
• 2 A.M. At The Cat's Pajamas
  by Marie-Helene Bertino 
• A Bollywood Affair
  by Sonali Dev 
• A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing
  by Eimear McBride 
• A Long Way Home: A Memoir
  by Saroo Brierley 
• A Painter's Progress: A Portrait Of Lucian Freud
  by David Dawson 
• A Snicker Of Magic
  by Natalie Lloyd 
• Afterparty
  by Daryl Gregory 
• Ah-Ha To Zig-Zag: 31 Objects From Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  by Maira Kalman 
• All Our Names
  by Dinaw Mengestu 
• All The Light We Cannot See: A Novel
  by Anthony Doerr 
• All The Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid
  by Matt Bai 
• An Unnecessary Woman
  by Rabih Alameddine 
• An Untamed State
  by Roxane Gay 
• Ancient Oceans Of Central Kentucky
  by David Connerley Nahm 
• Ancillary Sword
  by Anne Leckie 
• Another Man's War: The Story Of A Burma Boy In Britain's Forgotten Army
  by Barnaby Phillips 
• Apples Of Uncommon Character: Heirlooms, Modern Classics, And Little-Known Wonders
  by Rowan Jacobsen 
• Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance
  by Jeff VanderMeer 
• Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog And Instruction Manual
  by Kate Samworth 
• Bad Feminist: Essays
  by Roxane Gay 
• Baking Chez Moi: Recipes From My Paris Home To Your Home Anywhere
  by Dorie Greenspan 
• Bark: Stories
  by Lorrie Moore 
• Beethoven: Anguish And Triumph
  by Jan Swafford 
• Being Mortal: Medicine And What Matters In The End
  by Atul Gawande 
• Belzhar
  by Meg Wolitzer 
• Bitter Eden: A Novel
  by Tatamkhulu Afrika 
• Blood Will Out: The True Story Of A Murder, A Mystery, And A Masquerade
  by Walter Kirn 
• Bolaño, A Biography In Conversations
  by Monica Maristain 
• Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel
  by Helen Oyeyemi 
• Bright Shards Of Someplace Else
  by Monica McFawn 
• Broken Monsters
  by Lauren Beukes 
• Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You? A Memoir
  by George Clinton 
• Brown Girl Dreaming
  by Jacqueline Woodson 
• California: A Novel
  by Edan Lepucki 
• Can't And Won't: Stories
  by Lydia Davis 
• Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
  by Roz Chast 
• Caribbean Potluck: Modern Recipes From Our Family Kitchen
  by Suzanne Rousseau and Michelle Rousseau 
• Check The Technique: More Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies
  by Brian Coleman 
• Citizen: An American Lyric
  by Claudia Rankine 
• Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, And The Battle That Defined A Generation
  by Blake J. Harris 
• Cooking Light Global Kitchen: The World's Most Delicious Food Made Easy
  by David Joachim 
• Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)
  by Christian Rudder 
• Dear Committee Members: A Novel
  by Julie Schumacher 
• Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore: A Novel
  by Walter Mosley 
• Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories Of 33 Men Buried In A Chilean Mine, And The Miracle That Set Them Free
  by Héctor Tobar 
• Definitely Maybe
  by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Antonina W. Bouis 
• Delancey: A Man, A Woman, A Restaurant, A Marriage
  by Molly Wizenberg 
• Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt For The World's Rarest 78rpm Records
  by Amanda Petrusich 
• Do Or Die: A Reluctant Heroes Novel
  by Suzanne Brockmann 
• Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism And Wrecked The Middle Class
  by Ian Haney López 
• Draw!
  by Raúl Colón 
• Duty: Memoirs Of A Secretary At War
  by Robert M. Gates 
• El Deafo
  by Cece Bell 
• Electric City: A Novel
  by Elizabeth Rosner 
• Emeralds Included: A Jana Bibi Adventure
  by Betsy Woodman 
• Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
  by Jung Chang 
• Euphoria
  by Lily King 
• Every Day Is For The Thief: Fiction
  by Teju Cole 
• Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
  by Celeste Ng 
• F: A Novel
  by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Janeway 
• Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014
  by Alice Munro 
• Famous Writers I Have Known: A Novel
  by James Magnuson 
• Fatale Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
  by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips 
• Firebird
  by Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers 
• Flashlight
  by Lizi Boyd 
• Florence Gordon
  by Brian Morton 
• Foreign Gods, Inc.
  by Okey Ndibe 
• Found
  by Salina Yoon 
• Fourth Of July Creek: A Novel
  by Smith Henderson 
• Fresh From The Farm: A Year Of Recipes And Stories
  by Susie Middleton 
• Friendswood: A Novel
  by René Steinke 
• Gaston
  by Kelly DiPucchio and Christian Robinson 
• Geek Sublime: The Beauty Of Code, The Code Of Beauty
  by Vikram Chandra 
• Girl In Reverse
  by Barbara Stuber 
• Gottland: Mostly True Stories From Half Of Czechoslovakia
  by Mariusz Szczygieł, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones 
• Gray Mountain: A Novel
  by John Grisham 
• Half A World Away
  by Cynthia Kadohata 
• Heap House: The Iremonger Trilogy: Book One
  by Edward Carey 
• Here
  by Richard McGuire 
• Heroes Are My Weakness: A Novel
  by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 
• Hijacking The Runway: How Celebrities Are Stealing The Spotlight From Fashion Designers
  by Teri Agins 
• Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, And The Battlefield of AIDS
  by Martin Duberman 
• Hooray For Hat!
  by Brian Won 
• Horrorstör: A Novel
  by Grady Hendrix 
• How I Discovered Poetry
  by Marilyn Nelson 
• How The World Was: A California Childhood
  by Emmanuel Guibert 
• How To Be A Victorian: A Dawn-To-Dusk Guide To Victorian Life
  by Ruth Goodman 
• How To Be Both: A Novel
  by Ali Smith 
• How To Be Happy
  by Eleanor Davis 
• How To Build A Girl: A Novel
  by Caitlin Moran 
• I Am China: A Novel
  by Xiaolu Guo 
• I Don't Know Do You
  by Roberto Montes 
• I'll Give You The Sun
  by Jandy Nelson 
• Icon
  by Amy Scholder (editor) 
• In The Light Of What We Know: A Novel
  by Zia Haider Rahman 
• In The Wolf's Mouth: A Novel
  by Adam Foulds 
• J Dilla's Donuts
  by Jordan Ferguson 
• Josephine: The Dazzling Life Of Josephine Baker
  by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson 
• Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction And Fantasy Stories
  by Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios (editors) 
• Kinda Like Brothers
  by Coe Booth 
• Land Of Love And Drowning: A Novel
  by Tiphanie Yanique 
• Let Me Be Frank With You: A Frank Bascombe Book
  by Richard Ford 
• Life Drawing: A Novel
  by Robin Black 
• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue
  by Christie Yant (editor) 
• Lila: A Novel
  by Marilynne Robinson 
• Lion, Lion
  by Miriam Busch and Larry Day 
• Little Failure: A Memoir
  by Gary Shteyngart 
• Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream
  by Josh O'Neill, Andrew Carl and Chris Stevens (editors) 
• Loitering: New And Collected Essays
  by Charles D'Ambrosio 
• Lost Lake
  by Sarah Addison Allen 
• Lovers At The Chameleon Club, Paris 1932: A Novel
  by Francine Prose 
• Malaria, Poems
  by Cameron Conaway 
• Man Alive: A True Story Of Violence, Forgiveness And Becoming A Man
  by Thomas Page McBee 
• Mastering My Mistakes In The Kitchen: Learning To Cook With 65 Great Chefs And Over 100 Delicious Recipes
  by Dana Cowin 
• McSweeney's Issue 46: Thirteen Crime Stories From Latin America
  by Daniel Galera (editor) 
• Mexico: The Cookbook
  by Margarita Carrillo Arronte 
• My Beautiful Enemy
  by Sherry Thomas 
• My Perfect Pantry: 150 Easy Recipes From 50 Essential Ingredients
  by Geoffrey Zakarian, Amy Stevenson and Margaret Zakarian 
• My Pet Book
  by Bob Staake 
• Nazis In The Metro
  by Didier Daeninckx 
• Night Heron
  by Adam Brookes 
• Ninja!
  by Arree Chung 
• Nora Webster: A Novel
  by Colm Tóibín 
• Nothing More To Lose
  by Najwan Darwish, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid 
• On Such A Full Sea: A Novel
  by Chang-rae Lee 
• One Kick: A Novel
  by Chelsea Cain 
• Orfeo: A Novel
  by Richard Powers 
• Our Secret Life In The Movies
  by Michael McGriff and J.M. Tyree 
• Ovenly: Sweet And Salty Recipes From New York's Most Creative Bakery
  by Erin Patinkin and Agatha Kulaga 
• Overwhelmed: Work, Love, And Play When No One Has The Time
  by Brigid Schulte 
• Panic In A Suitcase: A Novel
  by Yelena Akhtiorskaya 
• Perfidia: A Novel
  by James Ellroy 
• Philip Larkin: Life, Art And Love
  by James Booth 
• Plenty More: Vibrant Vegetable Cooking From London's Ottolenghi
  by Yotam Ottolenghi 
• Poking A Dead Frog: Conversations With Today's Top Comedy Writers
  by Mike Sacks 
• Prelude To Bruise
  by Saeed Jones 
• Pretty Deadly Volume 1
  by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos 
• Quest
  by Aaron Becker 
• Rat Queens Vol. 1: Sass And Sorcery
  by Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch 
• Red Or Dead: A Novel
  by David Peace 
• Redeployment
  by Phil Klay 
• Rules Of Summer
  by Shaun Tan 
• Sex Criminals Volume 1: One Weird Trick
  by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky 
• Shoe Dog
  by Megan McDonald and Katherine Tillotson 
• Showa 1944-1953: A History Of Japan
  by Shigeru Mizuki 
• Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes From The Thai Home Kitchen
  by Leela Punyaratabandhu 
• Sisters
  by Raina Telgemeier 
• Soldier Girls: The Battles Of Three Women At Home And At War
  by Helen Thorpe 
• Some Dead Genius
  by Lenny Kleinfeld 
• Some Luck: A Novel
  by Jane Smiley 
• Station Eleven: A Novel
  by Emily St. John Mandel 
• Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
  by Margaret Atwood 
• Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight For Their Rights
  by Larry Dane Brimner 
• Thank You, Octopus
  by Darren Farrell 
• The Adventures Of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
  by Dan Santat 
• The American Mission
  by Matthew Palmer 
• The Apex Book Of World SF 3
  by Lavie Tidhar (editor) 
• The Ballad Of A Small Player: A Novel
  by Lawrence Osborne 
• The Banh Mi Handbook: Recipes For Crazy-Delicious Vietnamese Sandwiches
  by Andrea Nguyen 
• The Bees: A Novel
  by Laline Paull 
• The Blazing World: A Novel
  by Siri Hustvedt 
• The Bone Clocks: A Novel
  by David Mitchell 
• The Book Of Strange New Things: A Novel
  by Michel Faber 
• The Book Of Unknown Americans: A Novel
  by Cristina Henríquez 
• The Broken Road: From The Iron Gates To Mount Athos
  by Patrick Leigh Fermor 
• The Children Act
  by Ian McEwan 
• The Complete Zap Comix Boxed Set
  by R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Williams, Victor Moscoso, Paul Mavrides and Rick Griffin 
• The Dead Lake
  by Hamid Ismailov 
• The Distance: A Thriller
  by Helen Giltrow 
• The Divide: American Injustice In The Age Of The Wealth Gap
  by Matt Taibbi 
• The Empathy Exams: Essays
  by Leslie Jamison 
• The Empire Of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, And Deception In The New World
  by Greg Grandin 
• The End Of The Sentence
  by Maria Dahvana Headley and Kat Howard 
• The Farm
  by Tom Rob Smith 
• The Farmer And The Clown
  by Marla Frazee 
• The Fever: A Novel
  by Megan Abbott 
• The Girl Next Door: A Novel
  by Ruth Rendell 
• The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden: A Novel
  by Jonas Jonasson, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles 
• The Girls At The Kingfisher Club: A Novel
  by Genevieve Valentine 
• The Good Spy: The Life And Death Of Robert Ames
  by Kai Bird 
• The Haight: Love, Rock, And Revolution
  by Jim Marshall and Joel Selvin 
• The Hawley Book Of The Dead: A Novel
  by Chrysler Szarlan 
• The Hilltop: A Novel
  by Assaf Gavron, translated by Steven Cohen 
• The History Of Rock 'N' Roll In Ten Songs
  by Greil Marcus 
• The Homesick Texan's Family Table: Lone Star Cooking From My Kitchen To Yours
  by Lisa Fain 
• The Inheritance Trilogy
  by N.K. Jemisin 
• The Invisible Bridge: The Fall Of Nixon And The Rise Of Reagan
  by Rick Perlstein 
• The King's Curse
  by Philippa Gregory 
• The Last Illusion: A Novel
  by Porochista Khakpour 
• The Loudest Voice In The Room: How The Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News --- And Divided A Country
  by Gabriel Sherman 
• The Man With The Compound Eyes: A Novel
  by Wu Ming-Yi 
• The Map Thief: The Gripping Story Of An Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps
  by Michael Blanding 
• The Martian: A Novel
  by Andy Weir 
• The Memory Garden
  by Mary Rickert 
• The Misadventures Of The Family Fletcher
  by Dana Alison Levy 
• The Moor's Account: A Novel
  by Laila Lalami 
• The Narrow Road To The Deep North: A Novel
  by Richard Flanagan 
• The New Greenmarket Cookbook: Recipes And Tips From Today's Finest Chefs — And The Stories Behind The Farms That Inspire Them
  by Gabrielle Langholtz 
• The Night Gardener
  by Jonathan Auxier 
• The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, And Death
  by Colson Whitehead 
• The Odd One Out
  by Britta Teckentrup 
• The Paying Guests
  by Sarah Waters 
• The People's Platform: Taking Back Power And Culture In The Digital Age
  by Astra Taylor 
• The Peripheral: A Novel
  by William Gibson 
• The Ploughmen: A Novel
  by Kim Zupan 
• The Republic Of Imagination: America In Three Books
  by Azar Nafisi 
• The Rise & Fall Of Great Powers: A Novel
  by Tom Rachman 
• The Secret History Of Wonder Woman
  by Jill Lepore 
• The Secret Place: A Novel
  by Tana French 
• The Shadow Hero
  by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew 
• The Short And Tragic Life Of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark For The Ivy League
  by Jeff Hobbs 
• The Silkworm
  by Robert Galbraith 
• The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
  by Elizabeth Kolbert 
• The Slanted Door: Modern Vietnamese Food
  by Charles Phan 
• The Soda Fountain: Floats, Sundaes, Egg Creams & More — Stories And Flavors Of An American Original
  by Gia Giasullo and Peter Freeman 
• The Splendid Things We Planned: A Family Portrait
  by Blake Bailey 
• The Three-Body Problem
  by Cixin Liu 
• The Tropic Of Serpents: A Memoir By Lady Trent
  by Marie Brennan 
• The True American: Murder And Mercy In Texas
  by Anand Giridharadas 
• The UnAmericans: Stories
  by Molly Antopol 
• The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story To Light
  by Carlos Santana 
• The Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 1
  by Stan Sakai 
• The Witch: And Other Tales Re-Told
  by Jean Thompson 
• The Wrenchies
  by Farel Dalrymple 
• The Year She Left Us: A Novel
  by Kathryn Ma 
• The Zone Of Interest: A Novel
  by Martin Amis 
• Things I've Learned From Dying: A Book About Life
  by David R. Dow 
• Thirteen Days In September: Carter, Begin, And Sadat At Camp David
  by Lawrence Wright 
• Those Who Leave And Those Who Stay
  by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein 
• Three Minutes In Poland: Discovering A Lost World In A 1938 Family Film
  by Glenn Kurtz 
• Through The Woods
  by Emily Carroll 
• Thrown
  by Kerry Howley 
• Tigerman: A Novel
  by Nick Harkaway 
• Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, And Madness At The Dawn of Hollywood
  by William J. Mann 
• To Rise Again At A Decent Hour: A Novel
  by Joshua Ferris 
• Unexpected Stories
  by Octavia E. Butler 
• Us Conductors: A Novel
  by Sean Michaels 
• Valour And Vanity
  by Mary Robinette Kowal 
• Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940-1954
  by Virgil Thomson and Tim Page (editor) 
• Viva Frida
  by Yuyi Morales and Tim O'Meara 
• Walt Before Skeezix
  by Frank King 
• We Were Liars
  by E. Lockhart 
• Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
  by David Shafer 
• With My Dog-Eyes: A Novel
  by Hilda Hilst 
• Wolf In White Van: A Novel
  by John Darnielle 
• Wonderland: A Novel
  by Stacey D'Erasmo 
• Words Will Break Cement: The Passion Of Pussy Riot
  by Masha Gessen 
• World Spice At Home: New Flavors For 75 Favorite Dishes
  by Amanda Bevill and Julie Kramis Hearne 
• You Are (Not) Small
  by Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant 
• Your Illustrated Guide To Becoming One With The Universe
  by Yumi Sakugawa