Book Club of One Podcast: Featured Books 2020

1.
Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home
Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home 3.65 avg rating β€” 4,001 ratings
2.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 3.79 avg rating β€” 279,210 ratings
3.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,284 ratings
4.
Tangier Archive: The Great War Photographs of Captain Givord
Tangier Archive: The Great War Photographs of Captain Givord 3.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
5.
Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America
Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America 4.04 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
6.
Once More We Saw Stars
Once More We Saw Stars 4.17 avg rating β€” 10,375 ratings
7.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating β€” 124,222 ratings
8.
The Vanished Birds
The Vanished Birds 4.07 avg rating β€” 9,770 ratings
9.
Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made
Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made 3.49 avg rating β€” 568 ratings
10.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running 3.87 avg rating β€” 193,999 ratings
11.
America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today 3.88 avg rating β€” 182 ratings
12.
Catboy
Catboy 3.91 avg rating β€” 1,973 ratings
13.
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 3.96 avg rating β€” 8,810 ratings
14.
Red Clocks
Red Clocks 3.66 avg rating β€” 24,831 ratings
15.
Rise: A Newsflesh Collection
Rise: A Newsflesh Collection 4.40 avg rating β€” 2,218 ratings
16.
Astro City: Life in the Big City (Astro City, #1)
Astro City: Life in the Big City (Astro City, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 10,422 ratings
17.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating β€” 203,037 ratings
18.
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 4.14 avg rating β€” 12,236 ratings
19.
Harvey Pekar's Cleveland
Harvey Pekar's Cleveland 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,344 ratings
20.
How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent
How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,818 ratings
21.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating β€” 636,912 ratings
22.
The Enemy at His Pleasure: A Journey Through the Jewish Pale of Settlement During World War I
The Enemy at His Pleasure: A Journey Through the Jewish Pale of Settlement During World War I
by: S. Ansky
4.20 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
23.
Feast Your Eyes
Feast Your Eyes 4.14 avg rating β€” 2,510 ratings
24.
Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites
Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites 4.19 avg rating β€” 4,962 ratings
25.
The Hard Times: The First 40 Years
The Hard Times: The First 40 Years 4.11 avg rating β€” 102 ratings
26.
A Cosmology of Monsters
A Cosmology of Monsters 3.74 avg rating β€” 10,187 ratings
27.
What Tommy Took to War, 1914-1918
What Tommy Took to War, 1914-1918 4.11 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
28.
Testament of Youth: One Woman's Haunting Record of the First World War
Testament of Youth: One Woman's Haunting Record of the First World War 4.11 avg rating β€” 12,166 ratings
29.
Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley 3.64 avg rating β€” 34,806 ratings
30.
DC: The New Frontier, Volume 1
DC: The New Frontier, Volume 1 4.18 avg rating β€” 11,154 ratings
31.
The Woods, Vol. 1: The Arrow
The Woods, Vol. 1: The Arrow 3.66 avg rating β€” 5,315 ratings
32.
Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror
Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror 3.91 avg rating β€” 956 ratings
33.
Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History (1)
Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History (1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,074 ratings
34.
Penric's Progress (Penric and Desdemona, #1-3)
Penric's Progress (Penric and Desdemona, #1-3) 4.34 avg rating β€” 706 ratings
35.
The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France
The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France 4.29 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
36.
Shadows of a Childhood: A Novel of War and Friendship
Shadows of a Childhood: A Novel of War and Friendship 3.60 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
37.
Shakespeare for Squirrels
Shakespeare for Squirrels 3.91 avg rating β€” 8,854 ratings
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Strange Fruit, Volume II: More Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
Strange Fruit, Volume II: More Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History 4.42 avg rating β€” 329 ratings
39.
Weather
Weather 3.54 avg rating β€” 38,760 ratings
40.
The First World War in 100 Objects
The First World War in 100 Objects 4.14 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
41.
Let It Be
Let It Be 3.42 avg rating β€” 694 ratings
42.
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism 4.16 avg rating β€” 170,214 ratings
43.
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist 4.37 avg rating β€” 118,331 ratings
44.
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper 4.09 avg rating β€” 64,228 ratings
45.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,131,994 ratings
46.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,069,079 ratings
47.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating β€” 115,044 ratings
48.
Eve of Man (Eve of Man, #1)
Eve of Man (Eve of Man, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 17,718 ratings
49.
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 126,801 ratings
50.
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre 3.90 avg rating β€” 55,052 ratings
51.
Court and Spark
Court and Spark 3.38 avg rating β€” 219 ratings
52.
War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race
War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race 4.22 avg rating β€” 990 ratings
53.
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
by: Phuc Tran
4.29 avg rating β€” 9,605 ratings
54.
Nothing to See Here
Nothing to See Here 3.96 avg rating β€” 213,790 ratings
55.
Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 (Castle Waiting Omnibus Collection, #1)
Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 (Castle Waiting Omnibus Collection, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 7,315 ratings
56.
Engleby
Engleby 3.75 avg rating β€” 10,702 ratings
57.
Paying the Land
Paying the Land
by: Joe Sacco
4.34 avg rating β€” 3,101 ratings
58.
Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival
Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival 4.35 avg rating β€” 654 ratings
59.
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians 3.69 avg rating β€” 102,657 ratings
60.
Last Ones Left Alive
Last Ones Left Alive 3.52 avg rating β€” 2,606 ratings
61.
Deal with the Devil (Mercenary Librarians, #1)
Deal with the Devil (Mercenary Librarians, #1)
by: Kit Rocha
3.80 avg rating β€” 5,209 ratings
62.
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 β€” 44,181 ratings
63.
The Family Fang
The Family Fang 3.62 avg rating β€” 32,203 ratings
64.
The Need
The Need 3.15 avg rating β€” 16,925 ratings
65.
Survivor Song
Survivor Song 3.62 avg rating β€” 19,621 ratings
66.
The Cabin at the End of the World
The Cabin at the End of the World 3.33 avg rating β€” 88,897 ratings
67.
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century 4.27 avg rating β€” 89,908 ratings
68.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating β€” 1,160,569 ratings
69.
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir 4.49 avg rating β€” 25,284 ratings
70.
Out of Darkness, Shining Light
Out of Darkness, Shining Light 3.43 avg rating β€” 2,512 ratings
71.
More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,696 ratings
72.
Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison
Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison 4.52 avg rating β€” 1,179 ratings
73.
Angel
Angel 3.88 avg rating β€” 3,010 ratings
74.
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio 4.47 avg rating β€” 4,116 ratings
75.
The Green Man
The Green Man 3.54 avg rating β€” 2,463 ratings
76.
One Person, No Vote
One Person, No Vote 4.39 avg rating β€” 3,306 ratings
77.
The Moor's Account
The Moor's Account 4.04 avg rating β€” 12,548 ratings
78.
The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,222 ratings
79.
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 3.65 avg rating β€” 68 ratings
80.
Cold Storage
Cold Storage 3.70 avg rating β€” 14,365 ratings
81.
Lost in the City
Lost in the City 4.07 avg rating β€” 3,483 ratings
82.
Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 6,447 ratings
83.
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, 1852-1923
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, 1852-1923 3.69 avg rating β€” 307 ratings
84.
The Long Ships
The Long Ships 4.27 avg rating β€” 12,190 ratings
85.
Hench (Hench, #1)
Hench (Hench, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 25,805 ratings
86.
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America 4.27 avg rating β€” 4,136 ratings
87.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 76,605 ratings
88.
Sermons and Soda-Water: The Girl on the Baggage Truck/ Imagine Kissing Pete / We're Friends Again
Sermons and Soda-Water: The Girl on the Baggage Truck/ Imagine Kissing Pete / We're Friends Again 3.84 avg rating β€” 230 ratings
89.
Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror
Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror 3.37 avg rating β€” 2,164 ratings
90.
The Health of the Commonwealth: A Brief History of Medicine, Public Health, and Disease in Pennsylvania
The Health of the Commonwealth: A Brief History of Medicine, Public Health, and Disease in Pennsylvania 3.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
91.
The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic
The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic 3.56 avg rating β€” 1,620 ratings
92.
American Road: The Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age
American Road: The Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age 3.78 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
93.
Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread
Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread 3.55 avg rating β€” 1,916 ratings
94.
Generals Die in Bed: 100th Anniversary Edition
Generals Die in Bed: 100th Anniversary Edition 3.82 avg rating β€” 1,632 ratings
95.
The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club 3.87 avg rating β€” 672,317 ratings
96.
The Radiance of the King
The Radiance of the King 3.86 avg rating β€” 784 ratings
97.
Ring Shout
Ring Shout 3.97 avg rating β€” 46,542 ratings
98.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating β€” 57,348 ratings
99.
Fatelessness
Fatelessness 4.08 avg rating β€” 13,039 ratings
100.
Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today 3.82 avg rating β€” 478 ratings