NPR Fresh Air 2020 (31 books)

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1	A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 71,648 ratings score: 485, and 5 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	Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump 3.82 avg rating — 97,744 ratings score: 286, and 3 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	The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad by Mike Birbiglia 4.06 avg rating — 7,203 ratings score: 283, and 3 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
4	A Promised Land by Barack Obama (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 276,896 ratings score: 272, and 3 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
5	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 162,042 ratings score: 181, 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
6	Squeeze Me (Skink #8) by Carl Hiaasen (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 39,200 ratings score: 172, 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
7	When Truth Is All You Have: A Memoir of Faith, Justice, and Freedom for the Wrongly Convicted by Jim McCloskey 4.37 avg rating — 818 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
8	March: Book One (March, #1) by John Lewis 4.35 avg rating — 57,364 ratings score: 99, 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 4.60 avg rating — 3,836 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
10	Black in Selma: The Uncommon Life of J.L. Chestnut, Jr. by J.L. Chestnut Jr. 4.15 avg rating — 87 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
11	The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 89,373 ratings score: 96, 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	Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers by Doug J. Swanson (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 738 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
13	The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism by Howard Bryant (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 755 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
14	Summer of Deliverance : A Memoir of Father and Son by Christopher Dickey 4.03 avg rating — 146 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
15	Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy by Margaret Sullivan 3.93 avg rating — 769 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
16	Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey 4.25 avg rating — 23,018 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
17	White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 2,651 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
18	Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration by Christine Montross 4.43 avg rating — 881 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
19	The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper 3.82 avg rating — 32,638 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
20	Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump by Sarah Posner 4.04 avg rating — 935 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
21	Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy by Larry Tye 3.97 avg rating — 884 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
22	News Is a Verb: Journalism at the End of the Twentieth Century by Pete Hamill 3.78 avg rating — 128 ratings score: 82, 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
23	Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend by Larry Tye 4.07 avg rating — 2,903 ratings score: 80, 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
24	True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump by Jeffrey Toobin 4.17 avg rating — 1,199 ratings score: 79, 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
25	The Way We Talk Now by Geoffrey Nunberg 3.51 avg rating — 199 ratings score: 78, 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
26	Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President by Michael S. Schmidt 4.22 avg rating — 1,413 ratings score: 77, 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
27	The Black Banners (Declassified): How Torture Derailed the War on Terror after 9/11 by Ali H. Soufan 4.27 avg rating — 2,912 ratings score: 76, 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
28	Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret by Catherine Coleman Flowers 3.63 avg rating — 1,250 ratings score: 73, 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
29	Right Place, Right Time: The Life of a Rock & Roll Photographer by Bob Gruen 3.95 avg rating — 294 ratings score: 72, 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
30	Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good by Chuck Collins (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 446 ratings score: 71, 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
31	The Wealth Inequality Reader by Chuck Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 70, 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