Fresh Air from NPR, 2024 (72 books)

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1	One Way Back: A Memoir by Christine Blasey Ford 4.27 avg rating — 3,771 ratings score: 182, 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	Coming Home by Brittney Griner 4.37 avg rating — 11,564 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
3	Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity by Michele Norris 4.60 avg rating — 1,116 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	Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 8,086 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
5	The Showman by Simon Shuster 4.22 avg rating — 2,507 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
6	Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 5,333 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
7	Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 5,077 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
8	Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science by Benjamin Breen (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 663 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
9	Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery by Annie Liontas (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 516 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
10	2 Pianos Are Better Than 1 by P. Pp D. Q. Bachh Schickele (Performer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
11	Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live by Tom Shales 4.08 avg rating — 20,302 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
12	Fridays with Red: A Radio Friendship by Bob Edwards 4.05 avg rating — 132 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
13	The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture by Tricia Romano 4.22 avg rating — 710 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
14	The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul 3.79 avg rating — 31,049 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
15	Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters by Charan Ranganath 3.92 avg rating — 3,034 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
16	I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante 3.53 avg rating — 3,194 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
17	Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family by Mark Daley (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 662 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
18	Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself by Crystal Hefner 3.71 avg rating — 20,171 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
19	Waiting for the Monsoon by Rod Nordland 4.07 avg rating — 396 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
20	The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon 4.18 avg rating — 6,649 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
21	Cloistered: My Years as a Nun by Catherine Coldstream 3.62 avg rating — 3,038 ratings score: 81, 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	Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 17,677 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
23	On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America by Abrahm Lustgarten 4.16 avg rating — 450 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
24	Women Behind the Wheel: An Unexpected and Personal History of the Car by Nancy A. Nichols 3.56 avg rating — 120 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
25	The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 29,211 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
26	Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever by Rachel Lance (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 518 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
27	Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie 3.98 avg rating — 27,657 ratings score: 75, 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	Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End by Alua Arthur 4.19 avg rating — 5,186 ratings score: 74, 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	The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger 4.26 avg rating — 9,324 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	The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 139,181 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	Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna 4.38 avg rating — 12,461 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
32	Another Word for Love: A Memoir by Carvell Wallace 4.25 avg rating — 1,689 ratings score: 69, 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
33	What a Fool Believes: A Memoir by Michael McDonald 4.03 avg rating — 2,751 ratings score: 68, 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
34	On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci 4.53 avg rating — 11,884 ratings score: 67, 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
35	How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain by Peter S. Goodman 4.06 avg rating — 1,300 ratings score: 66, 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
36	Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner 3.75 avg rating — 47,208 ratings score: 65, 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
37	Consent: A Memoir by Jill Ciment (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 6,164 ratings score: 64, 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
38	Madoff: The Final Word by Richard Behar 3.67 avg rating — 510 ratings score: 63, 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
39	Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum 4.18 avg rating — 17,098 ratings score: 62, 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
40	Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery by Theodore H. Schwartz 4.37 avg rating — 1,182 ratings score: 61, 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
41	Take Care of Them Like My Own: Faith, Fortitude, and a Surgeon's Fight for Health Justice by Ala Stanford 4.43 avg rating — 195 ratings score: 60, 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
42	Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by Evan Thomas 4.39 avg rating — 2,206 ratings score: 59, 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
43	White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us by Joe Moore 3.95 avg rating — 1,395 ratings score: 58, 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
44	How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair 4.43 avg rating — 31,963 ratings score: 57, 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
45	Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World by Casey Michel (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 340 ratings score: 56, 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
46	A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson by Camille Peri 3.90 avg rating — 784 ratings score: 55, 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
47	The Stadium: An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play by Frank Andre Guridy 3.74 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 54, 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
48	Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough by Ian Frazier 4.09 avg rating — 369 ratings score: 53, 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
49	Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War on Democracy by David Rohde 4.16 avg rating — 621 ratings score: 52, 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
50	A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism by Daniel L. Byman 3.97 avg rating — 125 ratings score: 51, 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
51	The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy by Jessica Pishko 3.98 avg rating — 417 ratings score: 50, 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
52	Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 35,828 ratings score: 49, 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
53	Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter by Kate Conger 4.25 avg rating — 3,049 ratings score: 48, 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
54	I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony by Nick Corasaniti really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 377 ratings score: 47, 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
55	James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences by James Earl Jones 4.04 avg rating — 133 ratings score: 46, 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
56	Interference: The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation by Aaron Zebley 4.23 avg rating — 273 ratings score: 45, 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
57	Fly Already by Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 4,646 ratings score: 44, 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
58	From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley 4.23 avg rating — 106,869 ratings score: 43, 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
59	Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha (Goodreads Author) 4.70 avg rating — 3,513 ratings score: 42, 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
60	Personhood: The New Civil War Over Reproduction by Mary Ziegler 4.12 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 41, 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
61	Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church by Eliza Griswold 3.96 avg rating — 1,103 ratings score: 40, 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
62	A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman by Robert Hilburn 3.97 avg rating — 341 ratings score: 39, 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
63	Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 6,395 ratings score: 38, 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
64	The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017 - 2021 by Peter Baker (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 3,634 ratings score: 37, 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
65	Brothers: An Intimate Account of Brotherhood and Rock Music by Alex Van Halen 4.08 avg rating — 8,468 ratings score: 36, 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
66	Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil Klay (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 371 ratings score: 35, 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
67	Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker by David Remnick 4.16 avg rating — 348 ratings score: 34, 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
68	Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman 4.11 avg rating — 651 ratings score: 33, 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
69	Hollow: A Memoir of My Body in the Marines by Bailey Brett Williams (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 249 ratings score: 32, 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
70	All Fours by Miranda July (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 217,618 ratings score: 31, 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
71	A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria – A Revelatory Medical Memoir and Biography of Health Anxiety by Caroline Crampton (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 650 ratings score: 30, 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
72	The Inner Clock: Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythms by Lynne Peeples 3.73 avg rating — 391 ratings score: 29, 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