Books of the Pod: A Crooked Media Reading List

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Defying Hitler
Defying Hitler 4.34 avg rating — 5,357 ratings
102.
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress 4.20 avg rating — 31,748 ratings
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Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency 3.80 avg rating — 5,934 ratings
102.
How to Make White People Laugh
How to Make White People Laugh 3.79 avg rating — 799 ratings
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Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality?
Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality? 4.41 avg rating — 946 ratings
102.
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 4.21 avg rating — 6,120 ratings
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The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un 4.12 avg rating — 5,580 ratings
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Can It Happen Here?: Authoritarianism in America
Can It Happen Here?: Authoritarianism in America 3.65 avg rating — 380 ratings
108.
God: A Human History
God: A Human History 4.01 avg rating — 8,623 ratings
108.
In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Government
In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Government 3.97 avg rating — 99 ratings
108.
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man 3.82 avg rating — 95,066 ratings
108.
It Can't Happen Here
It Can't Happen Here 3.80 avg rating — 22,846 ratings
113.
Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World
Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World 3.81 avg rating — 406 ratings
113.
Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America 3.58 avg rating — 6,032 ratings
113.
The De-Valuing Of America: The Fight for Our Culture and Our Children
The De-Valuing Of America: The Fight for Our Culture and Our Children 3.79 avg rating — 80 ratings
113.
Look Who's Back
Look Who's Back 3.43 avg rating — 40,259 ratings
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Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America
Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America
by: Jeff Chu
4.18 avg rating — 1,521 ratings
117.
The Way Things Ought to Be
The Way Things Ought to Be 3.61 avg rating — 2,599 ratings
117.
Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West 4.17 avg rating — 9,023 ratings
120.
Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening
Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening 4.07 avg rating — 1,350 ratings
120.
Toward Liberty: The Idea That Is Changing the World
Toward Liberty: The Idea That Is Changing the World 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
120.
Rage
Rage 4.17 avg rating — 25,716 ratings
123.
The Quantum Spy
The Quantum Spy 3.79 avg rating — 4,671 ratings
123.
Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith
Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith 4.04 avg rating — 1,435 ratings
123.
Losing Ground
Losing Ground 3.85 avg rating — 691 ratings
123.
Aurora
Aurora 3.78 avg rating — 27,123 ratings
127.
A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story 3.91 avg rating — 1,070 ratings
127.
Abuse of Power (Jack Hatfield #1)
Abuse of Power (Jack Hatfield #1) 3.66 avg rating — 828 ratings
129.
Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black 3.72 avg rating — 204,771 ratings
129.
Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History
Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History 4.24 avg rating — 896 ratings
129.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 4.53 avg rating — 156,142 ratings
129.
After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made
After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made 4.20 avg rating — 4,824 ratings
133.
Believer: My Forty Years in Politics
Believer: My Forty Years in Politics 4.16 avg rating — 2,671 ratings
133.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 122,074 ratings
135.
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality 4.45 avg rating — 6,047 ratings
135.
Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For
Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For 4.06 avg rating — 1,954 ratings
135.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 102,506 ratings
138.
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More 4.30 avg rating — 16,468 ratings
139.
The Hellfire Club
The Hellfire Club 3.62 avg rating — 11,290 ratings
139.
Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me
Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me 4.24 avg rating — 2,415 ratings
139.
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal 4.19 avg rating — 28,145 ratings
142.
Reamde
Reamde 3.99 avg rating — 56,790 ratings
142.
The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism 4.30 avg rating — 13,914 ratings
144.
Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity
Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity 3.86 avg rating — 713 ratings
145.
To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment
To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment 4.15 avg rating — 409 ratings
145.
Meaty
Meaty 3.88 avg rating — 16,853 ratings
145.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,852 ratings
148.
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. 3.89 avg rating — 47,226 ratings
148.
Death in Her Hands
Death in Her Hands 3.24 avg rating — 51,840 ratings
150.
The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power
The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power 3.85 avg rating — 296 ratings
151.
Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling
Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling 3.73 avg rating — 2,167 ratings
151.
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen 4.31 avg rating — 14,890 ratings
153.
The Flamethrowers
The Flamethrowers 3.51 avg rating — 23,703 ratings
154.
Call Me American: A Memoir
Call Me American: A Memoir 4.52 avg rating — 4,546 ratings
155.
Post-Racial or Most-Racial?: Race and Politics in the Obama Era
Post-Racial or Most-Racial?: Race and Politics in the Obama Era 4.07 avg rating — 46 ratings
155.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 196,293 ratings
157.
Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out
Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out 3.90 avg rating — 1,653 ratings
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The Years of Lyndon Johnson Set: The Path to Power; Means of Ascent; Master of the Senate; The Passage of Power
The Years of Lyndon Johnson Set: The Path to Power; Means of Ascent; Master of the Senate; The Passage of Power 4.68 avg rating — 319 ratings
159.
The Briefing: Politics, The Press, and The President
The Briefing: Politics, The Press, and The President 3.40 avg rating — 481 ratings
160.
American Hate: Survivors Speak Out
American Hate: Survivors Speak Out 4.24 avg rating — 178 ratings
161.
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2)
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 223,940 ratings
162.
Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians, #3)
Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 181,004 ratings
163.
You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir
You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir 3.17 avg rating — 4,172 ratings
164.
Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House
Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House 3.34 avg rating — 4,813 ratings
165.
The Emerging Democratic Majority
The Emerging Democratic Majority 3.57 avg rating — 138 ratings
166.
White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out
White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out 3.98 avg rating — 1,711 ratings
167.
Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House
Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House 3.07 avg rating — 2,014 ratings
168.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,212 ratings
169.
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero 3.60 avg rating — 95,144 ratings
170.
The Rules of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction 3.72 avg rating — 50,556 ratings
171.
Glamorama
Glamorama 3.55 avg rating — 25,094 ratings
172.
Imperial Bedrooms
Imperial Bedrooms 3.20 avg rating — 20,432 ratings
173.
The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed 4.38 avg rating — 4,632 ratings
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Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated 4.38 avg rating — 6,356 ratings
175.
Movies
Movies 4.16 avg rating — 3,356 ratings
176.
So Here’s the Thing…: Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut
So Here’s the Thing…: Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut 3.73 avg rating — 4,163 ratings
177.
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America 4.39 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
178.
Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together
Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together
by: Gaby Dunn
3.50 avg rating — 2,296 ratings
179.
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 4.44 avg rating — 44,181 ratings
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 4.53 avg rating — 37,883 ratings
181.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide 4.47 avg rating — 14,603 ratings
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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation
The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation 4.32 avg rating — 663 ratings
183.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City 4.47 avg rating — 109,956 ratings
184.
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap 4.47 avg rating — 2,300 ratings
185.
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time 3.96 avg rating — 768 ratings
186.
Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Essays and Poems
Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Essays and Poems 4.62 avg rating — 2,862 ratings
187.
They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of Black Lives Matter
They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of Black Lives Matter 4.04 avg rating — 4,037 ratings
188.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 76,368 ratings
189.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,159 ratings
190.
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement 4.44 avg rating — 33,949 ratings
191.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,453 ratings
192.
What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action
What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action 4.07 avg rating — 1,054 ratings
193.
Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America 4.42 avg rating — 8,136 ratings
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The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich
The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich 3.91 avg rating — 324,776 ratings
195.
Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope 3.67 avg rating — 94,069 ratings
196.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,201,872 ratings
197.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,604 ratings
198.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,824 ratings
199.
Nick
Nick 3.14 avg rating — 4,173 ratings
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The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together 4.62 avg rating — 20,497 ratings
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