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  1. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
    Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Hachette Audio
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  2. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
    The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson, John Lee, Random House Audio
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  3. Mythos
    Mythos Stephen Fry, Chronicle Books
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  4. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
    The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History John M. Barry
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  5. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
    Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win Jocko Willink, Leif Babin, Macmillan Audio
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  6. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari
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  7. Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
    Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown Anne Glenconner
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  8. Man's Search for Meaning
    Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl, William J. Winslade, Harold S. Kushner
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  9. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
    Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell
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  10. Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
    Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators Ronan Farrow, Hachette Audio
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    Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin
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  13. Second Best Thing: Marilyn, JFK, and a Night to Remember
    Second Best Thing: Marilyn, JFK, and a Night to Remember James L. Swanson, Arthur Morey, Brilliance Audio
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  14. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Erik Larson
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  15. Buzz Saw: The Improbable Story of How the Washington Nationals Won the World Series
    Buzz Saw: The Improbable Story of How the Washington Nationals Won the World Series Jesse Dougherty
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  16. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (New Edition)
    Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (New Edition) Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
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  17. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Kate Moore
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  18. The Hope of Glory: Reflections on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross
    The Hope of Glory: Reflections on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross Jon Meacham
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  19. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American
    Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History S. C. Gwynne, David Drummond, Simon & Schuster Audio
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    Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition Anne Frank, Selma Blair, Listening Library
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  1. John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial
    John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial David Fisher, Dan Abrams
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    Workman Publishing Everything You Need to Ace World History in One Big Fat Notebook (Big Fat Notebooks) Workman Publishing, Michael Lindblad, Ximena Vengoechea, Editors of Brain Quest
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  6. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
    A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II Sonia Purnell
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  7. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
    Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Adam Higginbotham
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    The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War Ben Macintyre
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    The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy Michael Lewis
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    Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life Emily Nagoski Ph.D.
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  11. 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation
    100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation Clint Emerson
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    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson
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  13. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
    The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West David McCullough
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    MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman Ben Hubbard
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    Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann
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    DARK AGENDA: The War to Destroy Christian America David Horowitz
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    Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
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  19. Church of Cowards: A Wake-Up Call to Complacent Christians
    Church of Cowards: A Wake-Up Call to Complacent Christians Matt Walsh
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  20. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
    The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown
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    Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife Bart D. Ehrman, John Bedford Lloyd, Bart D. Ehrman - preface, Simon & Schuster Audio
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    Mitch, Please!: How Mitch McConnell Sold Out Kentucky (and America Too) Matt Jones, Chris Tomlin - contributor, Chris Tomlin, Simon & Schuster Audio
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    The Pagan World: Ancient Religions Before Christianity Hans-Friedrich Mueller, The Great Courses
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    Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World Peter Zeihan, Roy Worley, HarperAudio
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  11. The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
    The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism Katherine Stewart
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  12. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
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    Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World Peter Zeihan
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    Shadowland: From Jeffrey Epstein to the Clintons, from Obama and Biden to the Occult Elite: Exposing the Deep-State Actors at War with Christianity, Donald Trump, and America's Destiny Thomas Horn
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  17. This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, A Voice That Held It Together
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  18. The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
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