Book Club of One Podcast: Featured Books 2023

1.
The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War
The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War 4.31 avg rating — 130 ratings
2.
Finna (LitenVerse, #1)
Finna (LitenVerse, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 12,074 ratings
3.
Hag-Seed
Hag-Seed 3.79 avg rating — 39,457 ratings
4.
The Enchanted April
The Enchanted April 3.90 avg rating — 38,748 ratings
5.
Now Is Not the Time to Panic
Now Is Not the Time to Panic 3.69 avg rating — 61,537 ratings
6.
At the Crossroads: Qandahar in Images and Empires
At the Crossroads: Qandahar in Images and Empires really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada's First World War
Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada's First World War 4.22 avg rating — 46 ratings
8.
Die, Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker
Die, Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker 4.01 avg rating — 6,989 ratings
9.
Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie
Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie 3.67 avg rating — 55 ratings
10.
The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night
The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night 4.07 avg rating — 4,400 ratings
11.
Love and Death in the Great War
Love and Death in the Great War 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings
12.
Babel
Babel 4.16 avg rating — 398,242 ratings
13.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 3.57 avg rating — 37,720 ratings
14.
Dere Bill
Dere Bill 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
15.
Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars 3.97 avg rating — 228 ratings
16.
The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising
The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising 3.90 avg rating — 311 ratings
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18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics 3.69 avg rating — 3,762 ratings
18.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,163 ratings
19.
The Angel of Rome and Other Stories
The Angel of Rome and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 4,109 ratings
20.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,051 ratings
21.
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 78,267 ratings
22.
The Kaiju Preservation Society
The Kaiju Preservation Society 3.98 avg rating — 67,210 ratings
23.
The Trees
The Trees 4.06 avg rating — 47,112 ratings
24.
Retracing the Iron Curtain: A 3,000-Mile Journey Through the End and Afterlife of the Cold War
Retracing the Iron Curtain: A 3,000-Mile Journey Through the End and Afterlife of the Cold War 4.21 avg rating — 364 ratings
25.
Mercury Pictures Presents
Mercury Pictures Presents 3.67 avg rating — 12,590 ratings
26.
The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1
The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 4.29 avg rating — 9,431 ratings
27.
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida 3.91 avg rating — 55,513 ratings
28.
Mongrels
Mongrels 3.90 avg rating — 10,403 ratings
29.
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day
by: Dan Nott
4.23 avg rating — 1,188 ratings
30.
Dance-Punk
Dance-Punk 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings
31.
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States 4.46 avg rating — 19,120 ratings
32.
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America 3.64 avg rating — 2,775 ratings
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The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets
The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets 3.77 avg rating — 447 ratings
34.
The British Soldier and his Libraries, c. 1822-1901 (War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850)
The British Soldier and his Libraries, c. 1822-1901 (War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
35.
Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation
Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation 4.13 avg rating — 1,676 ratings
36.
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 61,494 ratings
37.
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 172,138 ratings
38.
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Tress of the Emerald Sea 4.34 avg rating — 246,750 ratings
39.
Shubeik Lubeik
Shubeik Lubeik 4.50 avg rating — 4,439 ratings
40.
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You 3.82 avg rating — 3,684 ratings
41.
Material World: A Global Family Portrait
Material World: A Global Family Portrait 4.52 avg rating — 1,664 ratings
42.
The Guest Lecture
The Guest Lecture 3.49 avg rating — 1,496 ratings
43.
The Best of Catherynne M. Valente (1)
The Best of Catherynne M. Valente (1) 4.15 avg rating — 59 ratings
44.
American Cheese: An Indulgent Odyssey Through the Artisan Cheese World
American Cheese: An Indulgent Odyssey Through the Artisan Cheese World 3.80 avg rating — 701 ratings
45.
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
The Secret Book of Flora Lea 4.06 avg rating — 81,547 ratings
46.
Witch King (The Rising World, #1)
Witch King (The Rising World, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 24,035 ratings
47.
Dead Collections
Dead Collections 3.60 avg rating — 2,888 ratings
48.
Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #1)
Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #1) 4.01 avg rating — 3,449 ratings
49.
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1)
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1)
by: Liu Cixin
4.08 avg rating — 460,842 ratings
50.
Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers
Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers 3.80 avg rating — 1,025 ratings
51.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City 4.47 avg rating — 109,940 ratings
52.
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis 4.20 avg rating — 4,758 ratings
53.
This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America
This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America 3.95 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
54.
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History 4.47 avg rating — 686 ratings
55.
Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 4.39 avg rating — 3,935 ratings
56.
On Juneteenth
On Juneteenth 4.18 avg rating — 10,335 ratings
57.
The Conjure-Man Dies: A Harlem Mystery
The Conjure-Man Dies: A Harlem Mystery 3.83 avg rating — 1,208 ratings
58.
Symbols of Freedom Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War
Symbols of Freedom Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings
59.
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
by: Garth Nix
3.85 avg rating — 24,623 ratings
60.
The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth
The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth 4.45 avg rating — 486 ratings
61.
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy 4.24 avg rating — 6,893 ratings
62.
Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian
Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian 3.85 avg rating — 54 ratings
63.
Abeni's Song (Abeni's Song #1)
Abeni's Song (Abeni's Song #1) 3.92 avg rating — 606 ratings
64.
Dust Bowl Descent
Dust Bowl Descent 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
65.
Hicksville: A Comic Book
Hicksville: A Comic Book 3.94 avg rating — 2,208 ratings
66.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating — 77,343 ratings
67.
Silver Nitrate
Silver Nitrate 3.59 avg rating — 28,135 ratings
68.
Tabula Rasa: Volume 1
Tabula Rasa: Volume 1 3.91 avg rating — 525 ratings
69.
Hell of a Book
Hell of a Book 4.03 avg rating — 25,826 ratings
70.
Knight's Wyrd
Knight's Wyrd 3.79 avg rating — 275 ratings
71.
Someone Who Isn’t Me
Someone Who Isn’t Me 4.56 avg rating — 942 ratings
72.
Greenglass House
Greenglass House 4.01 avg rating — 26,617 ratings
73.
Where the Body Was
Where the Body Was 4.10 avg rating — 2,787 ratings
74.
Look Again: A Memoir
Look Again: A Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 337 ratings
75.
The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening 4.02 avg rating — 6,408 ratings