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Bossypants by Tina FeyThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellOpen by Andre AgassiThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeLast Call by Daniel Okrent
From Fresh Air
105 books — 83 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

Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannMy Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil FerrisGlass House by Brian AlexanderGirls & Sex by Peggy OrensteinAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Fresh Air 2017
147 books — 41 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

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
Working by Robert A. CaroThe Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi CoatesFrederick Douglass by David W. BlightNo Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise SnyderStony the Road by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Fresh Air 2019
42 books — 8 voters

My Father's Brain by Sandeep JauharThe Swimmers by Julie OtsukaCobalt Red by Siddharth KaraAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeUp With the Sun by Thomas Mallon
Fresh Air from NPR, 2023
42 books — 8 voters
The Ultimate Stop Smoking by Stephen RichardsGive It Up, Mom by Mary RobinsonSmokebreaker by P.F. BarryThe Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco by Georgia L. FoxQuit or Die Trying by Alison Beard
Tobacco Cessation
10 books — 7 voters

A Very Punchable Face by Colin JostToo Much and Never Enough by Mary L. TrumpThe New One by Mike BirbigliaA Promised Land by Barack ObamaCaste by Isabel Wilkerson
NPR Fresh Air 2020
31 books — 6 voters
This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur RileyBreath Taking by Michael J. StephenFive Feet Apart by Rachael LippincottBlacklung by Chris WrightExhalation by Ted Chiang
Lungs on the Cover or in the Title
10 books — 2 voters

Normal Family by Chrysta BiltonOur Unfinished March by Eric HolderBeeswing by Richard ThompsonLast Words by George CarlinThe Man Who Broke Capitalism by David Gelles
Fresh Air from NPR, 2022
13 books — 2 voters

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