11 must-read nonfiction books like Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by Lisa Napoli

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Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR

By: Lisa Napoli

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A group biography of four beloved women who fought sexism, covered decades of American news, and wh…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by Lisa Napoli , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. It's Classified (Charlotte Kramer, #2)

By: Nicolle Wallace

3.84

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

The latest “must for political junkies and fans of political fiction”* from New York Times bestsell… read more

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  • politics
  • audiobook
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2. We Are Our Mothers' Daughters

By: Cokie Roberts

4.23

Format: 343 pages,

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  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • womens
Cover of A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

3. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

By: Timothy Egan

4.38

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

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4. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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6. The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese

4.45

Format: 724 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin

7. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney

8. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

By: Liz Cheney

4.60

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

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  • audiobook
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10. Horse

By: Geraldine Brooks

4.27

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American… read more

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  • audiobook
"I don't rightly know who was my great-grandfather, much less his father. How come you know that about a horse?"

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

"She felt a little clandestine, as if she were ten years old again, sneaking a dead rat past her mother so she could articulate a Rattus norvegicus domestica for her bedroom display."

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

"You have to know that bigots are unwittingly handing you an edge. By thinking you're lesser than they are, they underestimate you. Lean on that. Learn to use it, and you'll get the upper hand."

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

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11. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

By: James McBride

4.00

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Absolution

By: Alice McDermott

3.81

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

13. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

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  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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14. Founding Mothers

By: Cokie Roberts

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts comes New York Times bestseller Founding Mo… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships by Nina Totenberg

15. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

By: Nina Totenberg

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal succes… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • feminism
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of One Way Back: A Memoir by Christine Blasey Ford

16. One Way Back: A Memoir

By: Christine Blasey Ford

4.30

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • feminism
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo

17. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

By: Ilyon Woo

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by Lisa Napoli

18. Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR

By: Lisa Napoli

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A group biography of four beloved women who fought sexism, covered decades of American news, and wh… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Napoli's Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR book and Lisa Napoli's Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR

  • biography
  • history
  • feminism
  • politics
  • adult
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • journalism
  • audiobook
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19. Cokie: A Life Well Lived

By: Steven V. Roberts

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary life and legacy of legendary journalist Cokie Roberts—a trailblazer for women—rem… read more

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  • biography
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • journalism
  • audiobook
"Each day Is the anniversary Of a day On which we loved each other A little more Than the day before. [to his wife Cokie]"

-Steven V. Roberts, Cokie: A Life Well Lived

"As I was writing this book, my sister-in-law called early one morning to say that my younger brother Glenn had died overnight after a lengthy illness. 'Go back to sleep,' she urged me, but as I sat t…"

-Steven V. Roberts, Cokie: A Life Well Lived

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20. The Material

By: Camille Bordas

3.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A single momentous day transforms the lives of students and professors at a school for stand-up com… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • audiobook

6 best-selling womens books like Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by Lisa Napoli

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We Are Our Mothers' Daughters

Cokie Roberts

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Founding Mothers

Cokie Roberts

3.64

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Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

Nina Totenberg

4.13

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One Way Back: A Memoir

Christine Blasey Ford

4.30

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Transform Your Habits

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Erik Larson

4.24

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