Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change
By: Ben Austen
4.36
Format: None pages, None
Author of HIGH-RISERS Ben Austen's CORRECTION: PAROLE AND AMERICAN JUSTICE, an exploration of the U…
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1. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
By: Antonia Hylton
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more
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2. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
By: Steve Coll
4.44
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more
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3. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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4. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
By: Donovan X. Ramsey
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more
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5. How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
By: Deb Chachra
3.67
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Revelatory, superbly written, and pulsing with wisdo… read more
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"We’re accustomed to thinking about making the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable sources as one that we are doing under duress, making a sacrifice to stave off disaster. But that’s not wh…"-Deb Chachra, How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
6. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
By: Jonathan Blitzer
4.49
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more
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7. You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
By: Paul Kix
4.55
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campa… read more
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8. You Get What You Pay For: Essays
By: Morgan Parker
4.18
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author of Magical Negro traces the trauma and beauty of existing as a Black woman… read more
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9. Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System
By: Ryan J. Reilly
3.95
Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition
The January 6th attack is an unprecedented crime in American history. Sprawling and openly politica… read more
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10. American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
By: Cameron McWhirter
4.29
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The epic history of America’s most controversial weaponIn the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer… read more
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11. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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12. The City Is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis
By: Gregory Royal Pratt
4.13
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Chicago is a world-class city, but it is also a city in crisis. Crime is up, schools have repeate… read more
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13. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
By: Pamela Prickett
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclai… read more
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14. An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created
By: Santi Elijah Holley
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An enlightening history of the rise and lasting impact of Black liberation groups in America, as se… read more
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15. Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change
By: Ben Austen
4.36
Format: None pages, None
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16. All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians
By: Phil Elwood
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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17. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
By: Elle Reeve
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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18. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
By: Jesselyn Cook
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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19. Drive: Scraping By in Uber's America, One Ride at a Time
By: Jonathan Rigsby
4.20
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
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20. The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains
By: Clayton Page Aldern
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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21. Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future
By: Jason F. Stanley
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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