Books of the Pod: A Crooked Media Reading List
1. 
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
by:
Margaret Atwood
4.15 avg rating — 2,323,711 ratings 2. 
Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
by:
Dan Pfeiffer
4.16 avg rating — 7,895 ratings 3. 
War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
by:
Ronan Farrow
4.15 avg rating — 8,499 ratings 4. 
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
by:
Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.38 avg rating — 30,600 ratings 
6. 
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
by:
Margaret Atwood
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,967 ratings 7. 
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
by:
Ronan Farrow
4.40 avg rating — 101,067 ratings 
9. 
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by:
Bill Browder
4.44 avg rating — 104,296 ratings 
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16. 
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
by:
Howard Zinn
4.08 avg rating — 259,722 ratings 
19. 
Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death
by:
Erin Gibson
3.99 avg rating — 4,600 ratings 20. 
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,058 ratings
21. 
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
by:
Isabel Wilkerson
4.48 avg rating — 113,304 ratings 22. 
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House 3.92 avg rating — 21,303 ratings
24. 
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
by:
Trevor Noah
4.49 avg rating — 778,900 ratings 
27. 
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by:
Jane Mayer
4.31 avg rating — 26,734 ratings 27. 
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by:
John Carreyrou
4.41 avg rating — 276,391 ratings 29. 
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
by:
Robin DiAngelo
4.16 avg rating — 170,228 ratings 
32. 
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by:
Jenny Han
4.04 avg rating — 1,020,521 ratings 
34. 
My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture
by:
Guy Branum
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,703 ratings 35. 
The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife
by:
Lucy Cooke
4.25 avg rating — 5,124 ratings 36. 
The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
by:
Ali H. Soufan
4.27 avg rating — 2,845 ratings 37. 
37. 
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
by:
Evan Osnos
4.25 avg rating — 8,718 ratings 37. 
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
by:
Darnell L. Moore
4.16 avg rating — 2,765 ratings 
42. 
Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of "The View"
by:
Ramin Setoodeh
3.75 avg rating — 7,040 ratings 
44. 
From Cold War To Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia
by:
Michael McFaul
4.04 avg rating — 1,881 ratings 
46. 
Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
by:
Preet Bharara
4.27 avg rating — 5,818 ratings 
49. 
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
by:
Steve Coll
4.21 avg rating — 4,312 ratings 50. 
Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever
by:
Rick Wilson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,085 ratings 51. 
52. 
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by:
Ben Macintyre
4.52 avg rating — 83,096 ratings 
55. 
I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
by:
Abbi Jacobson
3.81 avg rating — 20,583 ratings 
58. 
The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
by:
David Talbot
4.35 avg rating — 7,425 ratings 
60. 
Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
by:
Derek Thompson
3.90 avg rating — 6,889 ratings 60. 
A Path to Peace: A Brief History of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and a Way Forward in the Middle East really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 104 ratings
60. 
The Perfect Weapon: How the Cyber Arms Race Set the World Afire
by:
David E. Sanger
4.25 avg rating — 3,384 ratings 60. 
Hugs from Obama: A Photographic Look Back at the Warmth and Wisdom of President Barack Obama
by:
M. Sweeney
4.54 avg rating — 214 ratings 60. 
Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream
by:
Julissa Arce
4.12 avg rating — 674 ratings 
66. 
Go High: The Unstoppable Presence and Poise of Michelle Obama
by:
M. Sweeney
4.20 avg rating — 176 ratings 66. 
Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate
by:
Gary J. Byrne
3.57 avg rating — 8,671 ratings 66. 
66. 
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
by:
Rick Perlstein
4.25 avg rating — 10,668 ratings 72. 
American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent
by:
Tamer Elnoury
4.34 avg rating — 4,644 ratings 72. 
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist 3.79 avg rating — 2,604 ratings
72. 
Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage
by:
Jason Kander
4.34 avg rating — 915 ratings 72. 
Absolute Power: The Legacy of Corruption in the Clinton-Reno Justice Department
by:
David Limbaugh
3.84 avg rating — 57 ratings 
79. 
Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
by:
Katy Tur
3.96 avg rating — 17,465 ratings 79. 
The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News-and Divided a Country
by:
Gabriel Sherman
3.88 avg rating — 1,878 ratings 
79. 
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
by:
Adam Hochschild
4.19 avg rating — 66,224 ratings 85. 
Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy
by:
David Daley
4.15 avg rating — 1,307 ratings 85. 
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me
by:
Keah Brown
3.70 avg rating — 1,323 ratings 85. 
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
by:
Adam Hochschild
4.19 avg rating — 66,224 ratings 
85. 
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
by:
Reni Eddo-Lodge
4.38 avg rating — 99,872 ratings 85. 
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
by:
Erik Larson
3.89 avg rating — 215,203 ratings 91. 
Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World 3.89 avg rating — 5,468 ratings
91. 
The School Revolution: A New Answer for Our Broken Education System
by:
Ron Paul
3.73 avg rating — 689 ratings 
91. 
To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
by:
Robert Draper
4.31 avg rating — 984 ratings 96. 
Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor, Good Health, Better World: A Cookbook
by:
Sam Kass
3.99 avg rating — 360 ratings 96. 
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Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging
by:
Alex Wagner
3.42 avg rating — 838 ratings 