Required Reading 2017 (18 books)

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A syllabus to help make sense of this weird, scary, sad, busy, big year that is 2017.

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1	Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 4.40 avg rating — 369,387 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 409,103 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood 3.93 avg rating — 22,575 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine 4.25 avg rating — 52,212 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson 4.01 avg rating — 56,804 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man by Thomas Page McBee (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 1,697 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Another Country by James Baldwin 4.30 avg rating — 35,016 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 14,632 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by John Lewis 4.61 avg rating — 3,849 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt 4.30 avg rating — 15,034 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror by Pierre Seel 4.34 avg rating — 567 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,456,625 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 9,607 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit 3.83 avg rating — 88,279 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 16,658 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	God in Pink by Hasan Namir (Goodreads Author) 3.37 avg rating — 1,028 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde 4.40 avg rating — 24,129 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity by Robert Beachy 4.06 avg rating — 1,160 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars