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#1 I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES
Charles Brandt
A World War II veteran works for a crime boss and comes into contact with the union boss Jimmy Hoffa. The basis of the movie "The Irishman."
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#2 IMPEACH
Neal Katyal and Sam Koppelman
A Supreme Court lawyer, who is also a former acting solicitor general, argues that President Trump should be removed from office.
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#3 SAPIENS
Yuval Noah Harari
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
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#4 NO ONE IS TOO SMALL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Greta Thunberg
Speeches by the Swedish climate activist, including her address to the United Nations.
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#5 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
Bessel van der Kolk
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
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#6 JUST MERCY
Bryan Stevenson
A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
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#7 WHITE FRAGILITY
Robin DiAngelo
Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
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#8 THE LIBRARY BOOK
Susan Orlean
The story of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library provides a backdrop to the evolution and purpose of libraries.
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#9 OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell
Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.
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#10 CALYPSO
David Sedaris
A collection of comedic stories on mortality, middle age and a beach house dubbed the Sea Section.
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#11 THE GOOD NEIGHBOR
Maxwell King
The personal, professional and artistic life of Fred Rogers, the creator and star of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”
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#12 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW
Daniel Kahneman
When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in making business and personal decisions.
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#13 BORN A CRIME
Trevor Noah
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”
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#14 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
David Grann
The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil. The fledgling F.B.I. intervened, ineffectively.
On the bestsellers list for 68 weeks
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#15 ON DESPERATE GROUND
Hampton Sides
An account of a battle fought near the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War.
On the bestsellers list for 4 weeks
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