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1 | ![]() | THE CODE BREAKER, by Walter Isaacson. How the Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA. |
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2 | ![]() | GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. |
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3 | ![]() | THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE, by Sharon Stone. The actress and human rights activist recounts her childhood difficulties and biggest accomplishments. |
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4 | ![]() | THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. |
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5 | ![]() | CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today. |
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6 | ![]() | UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. |
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7 | ![]() | THINK AGAIN, by Adam Grant. An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world. |
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8 | ![]() | BECOMING, by Michelle Obama. The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent. |
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9 | ![]() | THE SUM OF US, by Heather McGhee. The chair of the board of the racial justice organization Color of Change analyzes the impact of racism on the economy. |
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10 | ![]() | HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER, by Bill Gates. A prescription for what business, governments and individuals can do to work toward zero emissions. |
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11 | ![]() | A PROMISED LAND, by Barack Obama. In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term. |
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12 | ![]() | ROCK ME ON THE WATER, by Ronald Brownstein. How popular culture was impacted by what happened in Los Angeles in 1974 in movies, music, television and politics. |
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13 | ![]() | HOOKED, by Michael Moss. A Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter formerly with The New York Times looks at ways food can be addictive. |
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14 | ![]() | THIS IS THE FIRE, by Don Lemon. The CNN host looks at the impact of racism on his life and prescribes ways to address systemic flaws in America. |
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15 | ![]() | EVERY DAY IS A GIFT, by Tammy Duckworth. A memoir by the biracial daughter of an American father and a Thai-Chinese mother who served in the Iraq War and is currently a senator from Illinois. |
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