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#1 THE MUELLER REPORT
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Redacted findings from the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and potential obstruction of justice by the president.
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#2 THE MUELLER REPORT
with an introduction Alan Dershowitz
Redacted findings from the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and potential obstruction of justice by the president.
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#3 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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#4 SAPIENS
Yuval Noah Harari
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
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#5 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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#6 CALYPSO
David Sedaris
A collection of comedic stories on mortality, middle age and a beach house dubbed the Sea Section.
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#7 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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#8 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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#9 HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
Michael Pollan
A personal account of how psychedelics might help the mentally ill and people dealing with everyday challenges.
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#10 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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#11 SEARCHING FOR SUNDAY
Rachel Held Evans
The late author's pursuit of a renewed faith in the community and her misgivings about organized religion.
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#12 GRIT
Angela Duckworth
The MacArthur Fellow argues that passion and perseverance are more important than innate talent in creating success.
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#13 THE MUELLER REPORT
the office of the special counsel
Redacted findings from the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and potential obstruction of justice by the president.
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#14 HILLBILLY ELEGY
JD Vance
A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.
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#15 BEING MORTAL
Atul Gawande
The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life, and how they can do better.
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