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Fresh Air from NPR, 2023
Here are books and authors from the calendar year 2023 from Fresh Air with Terri Gross, et. al.
For more, check https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/
and related sites.
For more, check https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/
and related sites.
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My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
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Sandeep Jauhar (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 1,402 ratings
score: 378,
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4 people voted
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The Swimmers
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3.64 avg rating — 38,657 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
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4.36 avg rating — 14,618 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 253,013 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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Up With the Sun
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3.66 avg rating — 568 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing
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4.45 avg rating — 7,104 ratings
score: 188,
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2 people voted
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Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
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Michael Schulman (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 5,487 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
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David Grann (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 190,699 ratings
score: 176,
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2 people voted
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Morning Glory On The Vine: Early Songs and Drawings
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4.52 avg rating — 524 ratings
score: 174,
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2 people voted
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The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor
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3.89 avg rating — 773 ratings
score: 164,
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2 people voted
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Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
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Stephanie Land (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 13,941 ratings
score: 158,
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The Magic Kingdom
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3.65 avg rating — 1,827 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
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3.97 avg rating — 7,662 ratings
score: 99,
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A Matter of Opinion
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3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer (Field Notes)
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Stephen Marche (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 541 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Saying It Loud: 1966―The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement
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4.30 avg rating — 193 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Heartburn
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3.62 avg rating — 81,258 ratings
score: 95,
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People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account
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4.06 avg rating — 745 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
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3.73 avg rating — 3,501 ratings
score: 92,
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Schoolhouse Rock!: The Updated Official Guide
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4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Without Borders: The Haqqani Network and the Road to Kabul
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3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER
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Farzon A. Nahvi (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 1,058 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
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4.42 avg rating — 26,070 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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I Am Not a Psychic!
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3.20 avg rating — 111 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis
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4.06 avg rating — 382 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America
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4.06 avg rating — 4,121 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable
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4.48 avg rating — 580 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says About the End
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4.24 avg rating — 1,353 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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Siren Song: My Life in Music
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3.83 avg rating — 231 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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Insurgency: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted
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Jeremy W. Peters (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 588 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
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Mary Louise Kelly (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 11,729 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation
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4.20 avg rating — 211 ratings
score: 75,
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1 person voted
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Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right
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3.97 avg rating — 638 ratings
score: 74,
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1 person voted
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This House of Grief
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4.03 avg rating — 9,739 ratings
score: 72,
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1 person voted
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Making It So
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4.30 avg rating — 18,888 ratings
score: 71,
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1 person voted
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How Music Works
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David Byrne (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 27,717 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There
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Garrett M. Graff (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 1,031 ratings
score: 69,
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1 person voted
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American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump
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4.18 avg rating — 3,659 ratings
score: 67,
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1 person voted
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The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
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4.41 avg rating — 16,043 ratings
score: 66,
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1 person voted
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Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
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4.39 avg rating — 1,963 ratings
score: 65,
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1 person voted
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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
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4.57 avg rating — 27,745 ratings
score: 64,
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1 person voted
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Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair
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4.17 avg rating — 630 ratings
score: 63,
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1 person voted
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