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The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCollected Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
940 books — 1,099 voters
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxBlack Fire by William Kely McClung
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,349 books — 638 voters

I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingLean In by Sheryl SandbergThe Reason I Jump by Naoki HigashidaDrift by Rachel Maddow
Books Rec'd By The Daily Show
339 books — 277 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1776 by David McCullough
The Daily Show Reading Club
343 books — 235 voters

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas11/22/63 by Stephen KingRoom by Emma DonoghueBecoming by Michelle ObamaHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
ATY 2020 - Books Related to News Stories
185 books — 72 voters
Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannEducated by Tara WestoverExit West by Mohsin HamidHow to Change Your Mind by Michael PollanEvicted by Matthew Desmond
Fresh Air 2018
160 books — 58 voters

Clotho's Loom by Shawn StJeanThe China-America Alliance by Jack C. WestmanTales of the Astonishing Black Spark by Charlie J. EskewThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Timely Novels
47 books — 52 voters
The Immigrant and the Golden Coin by Dorothy May MercerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Beloved Daughter by Alana TerryNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBecause of Twilight by Adele Bradford
novels for when you wish you knew more about what you see on tv
83 books — 51 voters

Broadway General Manager by Peter BogyoLogiverse by Sanjeev JainInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Current Events Books
117 books — 49 voters
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil FerrisKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannGlass House by Brian AlexanderGirls & Sex by Peggy OrensteinAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Fresh Air 2017
147 books — 40 voters

Night by Elie WieselHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceA Mother's Reckoning by Sue KleboldThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyThe Great Santini by Pat Conroy
Fresh Air 2016
131 books — 32 voters
Silence of Shame by Wendy J. MenaraI Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldAdministrations of Lunacy by Mab SegrestI Want You to Know We’re Still Here by Esther Safran FoerRecollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit
Kirkus Reviews Starred Nonfiction 2020
47 books — 20 voters

The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiThe Education of an Idealist by Samantha PowerTough Love by Susan RiceWith All Due Respect by Nikki R. HaleyMadam Secretary by Madeleine K. Albright
Women in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
55 books — 19 voters
Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannLess by Andrew Sean GreerEducated by Tara WestoverThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonAmerican Wolf by Nate Blakeslee
Now Read This: PBS NewsHour/New York Times Book Club
39 books — 15 voters

No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise SnyderShrill by Lindy WestWorking by Robert A. CaroInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezEducated by Tara Westover
Fresh Air 2019 (Jan-June)
53 books — 14 voters
The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas MurrayWhite Identity by Jared Taylor12 Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupRevolt Against the Modern World by Julius EvolaHuman Diversity by Charles Murray
Books Every White Person Should Read in 2020
33 books — 11 voters

#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawFracking by Kathryn Hulick#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawThe War on Poverty by Carolee LaineThe Syrian Conflict by Michael Capek
Special Reports series
44 books — 8 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Tuskegee Experiments by Michael V. UschanTime to Think by Hannah BarnesSickening by John AbramsonBad Pharma by Ben Goldacre
Medical and Psychiatric Scandals
67 books — 6 voters

Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse by William NeumanClose-Up on War by Mary Cronk FarrellLast Call at the Hotel Imperial by Deborah CohenDemocracy without Journalism? by Victor PickardTruth in Our Times by David E. McCraw
International Holidays: May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day!
200 books — 6 voters
Whistling Vivaldi by Claude M. SteeleEbola in the Burbs by T.C. TuckerWash Your Hands! by Alice StarzlThe Promise of World Peace by Universal House of JusticeSon of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef
Books on the Issues of Our Time
12 books — 5 voters

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenGilead by Marilynne RobinsonThe Deficit Myth by Stephanie KeltonGood Enough for Government Work by Amy E. LermanFragmented Democracy by Jamila Michener
The Ezra Klein Show Book Recommendations - 2020 [Part 1]
100 books — 4 voters
Knight in Paper Armor by Nicholas Conley1984 by George OrwellA New Dawn by Jiya KayeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Dystopian Books for Modern America
9 books — 4 voters

All That's Good by Hannah AndersonThe Devil's Redemption by Michael James McClymondFaith Among the Faithless by Mike CosperPrayer by John OnwuchekwaChristianity at the Crossroads by Michael J. Kruger
2018 TGC Book Award
9 books — 3 voters
The Midnight Kingdom by Jared Yates SextonBEACH BOYS vs Beatlemania by G.A. De ForestThe Beach Boys Handbook for Iconoclasts by G.A. De ForestHow the South Won the Civil War by Heather Cox RichardsonSpecial Topics in Being a Human by S. Bear Bergman
Post Election Book List
16 books — 3 voters

None Like Him by Jen WilkinThey Say We Are Infidels by Mindy BelzThe Life We Never Expected by Andrew WilsonSensitive Preaching to the Sexually Hurting by Sam SerioPolitical Church by Jonathan Leeman
2016 TGC Book Award
8 books — 2 voters
You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen GlasgowFirekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline BoulleyWrecked by Heather HensonFix by J. Albert MannHeroine by Mindy McGinnis
Opioid Epidemic in YA Fiction
12 books — 2 voters

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