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1	A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 76,241 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 — 100,095 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 — 7,321 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 — 288,389 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 — 168,803 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 — 41,200 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 4.31 avg rating — 1,174 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 4.34 avg rating — 58,401 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 4.61 avg rating — 3,905 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. 4.17 avg rating — 89 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 — 92,185 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) 3.88 avg rating — 785 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) 4.39 avg rating — 772 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 4.05 avg rating — 151 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 — 786 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 — 23,648 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 — 2,729 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 4.42 avg rating — 916 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 — 33,442 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 — 953 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 3.96 avg rating — 933 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 3.80 avg rating — 130 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 4.08 avg rating — 2,966 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 4.16 avg rating — 1,220 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 — 198 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 — 1,427 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 4.28 avg rating — 2,997 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 3.64 avg rating — 1,281 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 3.96 avg rating — 314 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 — 457 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