Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell HochschildHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceWhite Trash by Nancy Isenberg
Books for Post-Election Understanding
198 books — 141 voters
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeComplications by Atul Gawande
Best Books for Medical Students
405 books — 577 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
NPR
162 books — 150 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,008 books — 1,448 voters
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil FerrisKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannGlass House by Brian  AlexanderGirls & Sex by Peggy OrensteinAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Fresh Air 2017
147 books — 40 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeyThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David  MitchellOpen by Andre AgassiThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeLast Call by Daniel Okrent
From Fresh Air
105 books — 83 voters
Night by Elie WieselHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceA Mother's Reckoning by Sue KleboldThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyThe Great Santini by Pat Conroy
Fresh Air 2016
131 books — 32 voters

Salt by Nayyirah WaheedMilk and honey by Rupi KaurTeaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan ShireI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angeloubone by Yrsa Daley-Ward
Poetry by Women of Color
352 books — 139 voters