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The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

Michelle Alexander
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Infinite Powers

Infinite Powers

Steven Strogatz
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The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe
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Hackers

Hackers

Steven Levy
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Accidental Presidents

Accidental Presidents

Jared Cohen
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Who We Are and How We Got Here

Who We Are and How We Got Here

David Reich
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Conspiracy

Conspiracy

Ryan Holiday
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The Box

The Box

Marc Levinson
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In the Garden of Beasts

In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson
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Say Nothing

Say Nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe
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With the Old Breed

With the Old Breed

E. B. Sledge
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Why We're Polarized

Why We're Polarized

Ezra Klein
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Where Good Ideas Come From

Where Good Ideas Come From

Steven Johnson
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How to Live

How to Live

Sarah Bakewell
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History of the Peloponnesian War

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides
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The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin
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The Warmth of Other Suns

The Warmth of Other Suns

Isabel Wilkerson
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Leadership

Leadership

Doris Kearns Goodwin
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These Truths

These Truths

Jill Lepore
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Levels of the Game

Levels of the Game

John McPhee
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs
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Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela
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How Democracies Die

How Democracies Die

Steven Levitsky
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The Splendid and the Vile

The Splendid and the Vile

Erik Larson
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The Idea Factory

The Idea Factory

Jon Gertner
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Seeing Like a State

Seeing Like a State

James C. Scott
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Empire of the Summer Moon

Empire of the Summer Moon

S. C. Gwynne
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When Genius Failed

When Genius Failed

Roger Lowenstein
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Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

David Grann
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Dealers of Lightning

Dealers of Lightning

Michael A. Hiltzik
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Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

Andrew Ross Sorkin
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The Fifth Risk

The Fifth Risk

Michael Lewis
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Blueprint

Blueprint

Nicholas A. Christakis
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On War

On War

Carl von Clausewitz
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Katherine Boo
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The Master Switch

The Master Switch

Tim Wu
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The Ascent of Money

The Ascent of Money

Niall Ferguson
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The Fourth Turning

The Fourth Turning

William Strauss
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Daily Rituals

Daily Rituals

Mason Currey
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The Price of Peace

The Price of Peace

Zachary D. Carter
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Grant

Grant

Ron Chernow
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The Code Breaker

The Code Breaker

Walter Isaacson
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Richard Rhodes
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The World as It Is

The World as It Is

Ben Rhodes
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Permanent Record

Permanent Record

Edward Snowden
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Parting the Waters

Parting the Waters

Taylor Branch
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The Boys in the Boat

The Boys in the Boat

Daniel James Brown
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The Big Short

The Big Short

Michael Lewis
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