NPR Weekend Edition with Scott Simon: books and authors

1.
The Frozen River
The Frozen River 4.39 avg rating β€” 409,729 ratings
2.
How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty
How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,473 ratings
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Small Mercies
Small Mercies 4.28 avg rating β€” 68,291 ratings
4.
The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor
The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor 3.89 avg rating β€” 758 ratings
5.
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style 4.34 avg rating β€” 9,243 ratings
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A Year of Last Things: Poems
A Year of Last Things: Poems 3.57 avg rating β€” 606 ratings
7.
I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons 3.66 avg rating β€” 8,686 ratings
8.
On Freedom
On Freedom 4.32 avg rating β€” 3,192 ratings
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Anima Rising
Anima Rising 4.09 avg rating β€” 1,882 ratings
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Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir 3.92 avg rating β€” 4,568 ratings
11.
The Last Animal
The Last Animal 3.43 avg rating β€” 6,531 ratings
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Chain-Gang All-Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars 4.12 avg rating β€” 82,413 ratings
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Shy
Shy 3.59 avg rating β€” 9,415 ratings
14.
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets 4.07 avg rating β€” 2,079 ratings
15.
Trust
Trust 3.81 avg rating β€” 154,200 ratings
16.
Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism
Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism 3.65 avg rating β€” 123 ratings
17.
The World: A Family History of Humanity
The World: A Family History of Humanity 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,392 ratings
18.
Pete and Alice in Maine
Pete and Alice in Maine 3.37 avg rating β€” 2,533 ratings
19.
The Devil May Dance
The Devil May Dance 3.59 avg rating β€” 4,722 ratings
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The Glutton
The Glutton 3.74 avg rating β€” 6,058 ratings
21.
Edith Holler
Edith Holler 3.93 avg rating β€” 950 ratings
22.
Julia
Julia 3.73 avg rating β€” 12,420 ratings
23.
I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country
I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country 4.40 avg rating β€” 2,323 ratings
24.
A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens
A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens 3.48 avg rating β€” 754 ratings
25.
The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days
The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days 3.84 avg rating β€” 2,214 ratings
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Deterrence under Uncertainty:: Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Warfare
Deterrence under Uncertainty:: Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Warfare 3.67 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
27.
Prophet Song
Prophet Song 4.04 avg rating β€” 74,001 ratings
28.
The Shortest Day
The Shortest Day 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,651 ratings
29.
BΓ‘bo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day
BΓ‘bo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day 4.24 avg rating β€” 224 ratings
30.
Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II
Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II 3.36 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
31.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail 3.13 avg rating β€” 157 ratings
32.
Funny Letters from Famous People
Funny Letters from Famous People 2.97 avg rating β€” 165 ratings
33.
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder (The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder #1)
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder (The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder #1) 3.36 avg rating β€” 16,092 ratings
34.
Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
by: Ed Zwick
4.01 avg rating β€” 2,566 ratings
35.
A Very Private School: A Memoir
A Very Private School: A Memoir 4.01 avg rating β€” 3,663 ratings
36.
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile 3.84 avg rating β€” 16,067 ratings
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City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)
City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) 4.37 avg rating β€” 11,416 ratings
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The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony 4.20 avg rating β€” 3,492 ratings
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Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon
Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,425 ratings
40.
Two Minds: Poems
Two Minds: Poems 4.60 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
41.
My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me
My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me 4.23 avg rating β€” 2,736 ratings
42.
A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,317 ratings
43.
I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv
I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv 4.26 avg rating β€” 409 ratings
44.
Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food
Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food 3.83 avg rating β€” 450 ratings
45.
Same As It Ever Was
Same As It Ever Was 3.84 avg rating β€” 40,830 ratings
46.
Gretel and the Great War
Gretel and the Great War 3.61 avg rating β€” 289 ratings
47.
Ask Amy: Advice for Better Living
Ask Amy: Advice for Better Living 3.38 avg rating β€” 45 ratings
48.
Middle of the Night
Middle of the Night 3.68 avg rating β€” 152,736 ratings
49.
Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist
Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist 4.07 avg rating β€” 588 ratings
50.
Five-Star Stranger
Five-Star Stranger
by: Kat Tang
3.20 avg rating β€” 8,145 ratings
51.
Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe
Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe 3.69 avg rating β€” 377 ratings
52.
The Instrumentalist
The Instrumentalist 4.12 avg rating β€” 6,928 ratings
53.
Creation Lake
Creation Lake 3.38 avg rating β€” 28,200 ratings
54.
Entitlement
Entitlement 2.99 avg rating β€” 7,433 ratings
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The Authentic Ukrainian Kitchen: Recipes from a Native Chef
The Authentic Ukrainian Kitchen: Recipes from a Native Chef 4.37 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
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Clean
Clean 3.82 avg rating β€” 15,334 ratings
57.
Forest of Noise: Poems
Forest of Noise: Poems 4.71 avg rating β€” 2,532 ratings
58.
Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait
Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait 3.40 avg rating β€” 1,247 ratings
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Shell Games
Shell Games 3.66 avg rating β€” 1,684 ratings
60.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine 4.30 avg rating β€” 168,087 ratings
61.
The Rest Is Memory
The Rest Is Memory
by: Lily Tuck
3.95 avg rating β€” 1,538 ratings
62.
Amazing Grapes: A Graphic Novel
Amazing Grapes: A Graphic Novel 2.58 avg rating β€” 105 ratings
63.
Bronshtein in the Bronx
Bronshtein in the Bronx 3.74 avg rating β€” 90 ratings
64.
Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record
Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record 4.27 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
65.
Gliff
Gliff
by: Ali Smith
3.94 avg rating β€” 5,587 ratings
66.
Martyr!
Martyr! 4.19 avg rating β€” 111,672 ratings
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Wandering Stars
Wandering Stars 3.83 avg rating β€” 32,872 ratings
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Antisemitism in America: A Warning
Antisemitism in America: A Warning 3.96 avg rating β€” 292 ratings
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The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds
The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds 4.02 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
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The Antidote
The Antidote 3.96 avg rating β€” 6,272 ratings
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33 Place Brugmann
33 Place Brugmann 3.74 avg rating β€” 2,269 ratings
72.
It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote
It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote 3.63 avg rating β€” 351 ratings
73.
A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis
A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis 4.65 avg rating β€” 69 ratings
74.
The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne
The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,708 ratings
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The Pretender
The Pretender
by: Jo Harkin
4.02 avg rating β€” 1,786 ratings
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The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (Revolution Trilogy, 2)
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (Revolution Trilogy, 2) 4.67 avg rating β€” 1,219 ratings
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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 4.44 avg rating β€” 7,762 ratings
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The Fact Checker
The Fact Checker 2.86 avg rating β€” 351 ratings
79.
Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir
Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir 4.35 avg rating β€” 454 ratings
80.
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World 4.17 avg rating β€” 1,831 ratings
81.
Chooch Helped
Chooch Helped 4.25 avg rating β€” 747 ratings
82.
Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend
Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend 4.06 avg rating β€” 329 ratings
83.
Food Person
Food Person 3.68 avg rating β€” 1,397 ratings
84.
My Childhood in Pieces: A Stand-Up Comedy, a Skokie Elegy
My Childhood in Pieces: A Stand-Up Comedy, a Skokie Elegy 4.22 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
85.
Flashlight
Flashlight 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,359 ratings
86.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child 3.90 avg rating β€” 4,098 ratings
87.
On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports
On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports 4.22 avg rating β€” 310 ratings
88.
Cheesecake
Cheesecake 3.67 avg rating β€” 36 ratings