Carlos Jared's votes on the list 2025 NPR Non Fiction Staff Pick

Listopia > Carlos Jared's votes on the list 2025 NPR Non Fiction Staff Pick (37 Books)

1	A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst 3.86 avg rating — 32,940 ratings	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	A Silent Treatment: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 139 ratings	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	Abundance by Ezra Klein 3.94 avg rating — 40,168 ratings	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	Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People – The National Book Award Winner's Cultural Meditation on Race, Blues, and Identity by Imani Perry 4.30 avg rating — 2,070 ratings	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	Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams 4.15 avg rating — 98,373 ratings	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	Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare by Edward Fishman (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 1,202 ratings	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	The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb by Garrett M. Graff (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 1,228 ratings	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	Dream School: Finding the College That's Right for You by Jeffrey J. Selingo 4.28 avg rating — 581 ratings	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	Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 193,914 ratings	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 Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience by Plestia Alaqad 4.72 avg rating — 2,640 ratings	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	Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty by Kaila Yu (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 435 ratings	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 Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan by Lyse Doucet 4.22 avg rating — 622 ratings	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	Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 9,968 ratings	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	Greyhound: A Memoir by Joanna Pocock 4.13 avg rating — 174 ratings	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	John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4,292 ratings	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	Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families by Judith Giesberg 3.90 avg rating — 223 ratings	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	Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America by Bridget Read (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 3,730 ratings	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	Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary by Victoria Amelina 4.36 avg rating — 794 ratings	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	Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly 3.86 avg rating — 3,444 ratings	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	Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser 3.81 avg rating — 9,533 ratings	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	Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President by E. Jean Carroll 4.31 avg rating — 4,485 ratings	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	Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph V. Lee (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 447 ratings	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 Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters by Bonnie Tsui (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 1,176 ratings	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	One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 40,332 ratings	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	Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd 4.78 avg rating — 4,003 ratings	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	The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 5,745 ratings	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	Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia by Sam Dalrymple 4.56 avg rating — 566 ratings	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	Strata: Stories from Deep Time by Laura Poppick 4.17 avg rating — 215 ratings	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 Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West by Alexander C. Karp (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 2,973 ratings	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	Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li 4.37 avg rating — 6,640 ratings	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	Tomorrow Is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine by Hussein Agha 4.01 avg rating — 234 ratings	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	Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World by Jessica Slice (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 311 ratings	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	Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance by Laura Delano (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 932 ratings	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	The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983-1994 by Thomas Mallon 4.05 avg rating — 66 ratings	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	We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore 4.30 avg rating — 1,010 ratings	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	Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service by Michael Lewis (Editor/Author) 4.18 avg rating — 13,015 ratings	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	You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip by Kelsey McKinney (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 7,967 ratings	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