Fresh Air 2017

Books discussed with authors interviewed on Fresh Air in 2017, or that (re-)aired in 2017. I prefer to exclude the Maureen Corrigan reviews and stick to the interviewees if you don't mind.

Note: I've frozen the list to avoid improper entries being added.

See other Fresh Air lists as well:
* pre-2016 list
* 2016
* 2018
* 2019 part 1

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List Challenge
The average Goodreads member has read 2 out of 100 books on this list — how many have you read?

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101	Songbook by Loudon Wainwright III (Artist) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
102	The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life by Rick Ankiel 3.98 avg rating — 1,869 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	Between Them by Richard Ford 3.73 avg rating — 3,160 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas by Jane Mayer 4.18 avg rating — 530 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
105	Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips 4.31 avg rating — 3,496 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
106	Then & Now: A Memoir by Barbara Cook 4.16 avg rating — 275 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
107	The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America by Rick Wartzman 3.79 avg rating — 224 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
108	The Npr Interviews 1996 by Robert Siegel (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	The NPR Interviews 1995 by Robert Siegel (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
110	NPR INTERVIEWS 1994 by Robert Siegel (editor) 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
111	Buried Child by Sam Shepard 3.86 avg rating — 10,022 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
112	Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life by Jessica Nutik Zitter 4.38 avg rating — 936 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems by Molly McCully Brown 4.38 avg rating — 787 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
114	Minecraft: The Island (Official Minecraft Novels, #1) by Max Brooks (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 7,381 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
115	A Journey to the Center of the Mind Book III: The (First Ten) FBI Years by James R. Fitzgerald 3.96 avg rating — 55 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
116	Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War by Thomas J. Brennan (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 326 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
117	Self-Consciousness by John Updike 3.81 avg rating — 591 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz by Fred Hersch 4.27 avg rating — 198 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
119	Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen 4.18 avg rating — 53,543 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported by E.J. Dionne Jr. 3.83 avg rating — 747 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
121	Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A. by Danielle S. Allen 3.57 avg rating — 918 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
122	Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years by David Litt (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 8,288 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard 4.11 avg rating — 17,150 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
124	An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn 4.26 avg rating — 6,245 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	Ali: A Life by Jonathan Eig (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 3,945 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
126	The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific by David Bianculli 3.91 avg rating — 437 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum 4.39 avg rating — 8,974 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
128	Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker 4.37 avg rating — 218,238 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
129	Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer 4.31 avg rating — 26,851 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
130	The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 5,613,907 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain 4.15 avg rating — 4,306 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
132	Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain 4.18 avg rating — 364,348 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
133	The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 4,954 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
134	The Trainable Cat: A Practical Guide to Making Life Happier for You and Your Cat by John Bradshaw 3.74 avg rating — 925 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
135	Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman 4.03 avg rating — 18,962 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
136	Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money by Nathaniel Popper 4.14 avg rating — 6,875 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
137	Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship by Gregory Boyle 4.57 avg rating — 6,480 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
138	Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 1,499 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
139	Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win by Luke Harding 4.16 avg rating — 3,542 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
140	Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA by Jimmy Fallon 3.65 avg rating — 4,205 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
141	Everything is Mama by Jimmy Fallon 3.95 avg rating — 2,115 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
142	When We Rise: My Life in the Movement by Cleve Jones 4.35 avg rating — 2,859 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
143	The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg 4.21 avg rating — 3,149 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
144	The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel 4.36 avg rating — 22,617 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
145	American Seafood: Heritage, Culture & Cookery From Sea to Shining Sea by Barton Seaver 3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
146	Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 90,588 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
147	Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics by R. Marie Griffith (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 259 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars