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  1. Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discont
    Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Robin Miles, Random House Audio
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  2. How to Be an Antiracist
    How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi
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  3. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't
    Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Hachette Audio
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  4. It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump
    It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump Stuart Stevens
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  5. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migra
    The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson
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  6. How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
    How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Ben Shapiro
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  7. The Space Race: An Audible Original
    The Space Race: An Audible Original Colin Brake, Patrick Chapman, Richard Hollingham, Richard Kurti, Sue Nelson, Kate Mulgrew, Helen Quigley, Andrew Mark Sewell, Audible Originals
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  8. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Trib
    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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  9. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
    The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Richard Rothstein
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  10. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
    On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder
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  11. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (National Book Award Winner)
    Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (National Book Award Winner) Ibram X. Kendi
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  12. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
    The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War Ben Macintyre, John Lee, Random House Audio
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  13. Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
    Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World Chris Wallace, Mitch Weiss
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  14. Alexander Hamilton
    Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Scott Brick, Penguin Audio
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  15. 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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  16. The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir
    The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir John Bolton
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  17. Man's Search for Mea
    Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl, William J. Winslade, Harold S. Kushner
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  18. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migra
    The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson, Robin Miles, Ken Burns (introduction), Brilliance Audio
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  19. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
    Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) Vashti Harrison
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  20. Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our
    Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
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  1. Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
    Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement John Lewis
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  2. Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future
    Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future Shaun King, Bernie Sanders
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  3. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
    Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism Anne Applebaum
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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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    The Fire Next Time James Baldwin
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  6. United States of Socialism: Who's Behind It. Why It's Evil. How to
    United States of Socialism: Who's Behind It. Why It's Evil. How to Stop It. Dinesh D'Souza
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  7. 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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  8. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari
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  9. Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America
    Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America John Lewis
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  10. Fallout: Nuclear Bribes, Russian Spies, and the Washington Lies that Enriched the Clinton and Biden Dynasties
    Fallout: Nuclear Bribes, Russian Spies, and the Washington Lies that Enriched the Clinton and Biden Dynasties John Solomon, Seamus Bruner
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  11. White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity
    White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Robert P. Jones
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    Separated: Inside an American Tragedy Jacob Soboroff
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    Night (Night) Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel
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  14. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't
    Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell
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    March: Book Three John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
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    March: Book Two John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
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  17. The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
    The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism Jemar Tisby
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  18. Into the Wild
    Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
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  19. Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
    Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life Emily Nagoski Ph.D.
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  20. Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
    Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World Lesley M.M. Blume
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  1. Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy
    Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy Suzanne Mettler, Robert C. Lieberman
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  2. Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
    Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World Chris Wallace, Mitch Weiss, Simon & Schuster Audio
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  3. Perfectly Wounded: A Memoir About What Happens After a Miracle
    Perfectly Wounded: A Memoir About What Happens After a Miracle Mike Day, Admiral William H. McRaven - foreword, Robert Vera, Hachette Audio
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  4. Jesus Politics: How to Win Back the Soul of America
    Jesus Politics: How to Win Back the Soul of America Phil Robertson, Milton Bagby, Thomas Nelson
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  5. The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism
    The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism Thomas Frank
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    Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy Suzanne Mettler, Robert C. Lieberman, Andrea Gallo, Macmillan Audio
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    Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History Kurt Andersen, Random House Audio
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    To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq Robert Draper
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  9. White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity
    White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Robert P. Jones, Holter Graham, Simon & Schuster Audio
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  12. Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
    Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World Lesley M.M. Blume, Fred Sanders, Simon & Schuster Audio
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  13. Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice
    Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice Michel Paradis
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    Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice Michel Paradis, Jacques Roy, Simon & Schuster Audio
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  15. A Case for the American People: The United States v. Donald J. Trump
    A Case for the American People: The United States v. Donald J. Trump Norman Eisen
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  16. Mexican Cookbook: Bring to the Table the Authentic Taste and Flavors of Mexican Cuisine Straight to Your Home
    Mexican Cookbook: Bring to the Table the Authentic Taste and Flavors of Mexican Cuisine Straight to Your Home - Over 90 Tasty and Original Easy-to-Prepare Recipes to Amaze Everyone! Juliana Lopez, Kevin Liang
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  17. The Devil's Harvest: A Ruthless Killer, a Terrorized Community, and the Search for Justice in California&#
    The Devil's Harvest: A Ruthless Killer, a Terrorized Community, and the Search for Justice in California's Central Valley Jessica Garrison
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  18. Humankind: A Hopeful History
    Humankind: A Hopeful History Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Thomas Judd, Elizabeth Manton, Little, Brown & Company
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  19. Money for Nothing: The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation
    Money for Nothing: The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation, and Made the World Rich Thomas Levenson
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  20. The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten
    The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice David Hill, George Newbern, Brilliance Audio
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    His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope Jon Meacham, John Lewis
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    The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt
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    Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 Rick Perlstein
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    Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Harriet A. Washington
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    Dream Big, Little One (Vashti Harrison) Vashti Harrison
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    Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy Edward Ball
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