Books Rec'd By The Daily Show
1. 
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by:
Malala Yousafzai
4.16 avg rating — 612,732 ratings 
4. 
The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
by:
Naoki Higashida
3.88 avg rating — 61,096 ratings 
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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
by:
Matt Taibbi
4.21 avg rating — 7,582 ratings 
16. 
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by:
Sheri Fink
3.93 avg rating — 39,334 ratings 17. 
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen 4.30 avg rating — 228,806 ratings
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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
by:
Nate Silver
3.97 avg rating — 51,884 ratings 
21. 
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by:
Denise Kiernan
3.73 avg rating — 31,441 ratings 
24. 
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
by:
John Heilemann
4.13 avg rating — 22,715 ratings 
27. 
Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish
by:
John Hargrove
4.20 avg rating — 7,341 ratings 
29. 
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by:
Suki Kim
3.93 avg rating — 21,802 ratings 
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Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
by:
Bill Dedman
3.80 avg rating — 39,202 ratings 33. 
Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival
by:
Maziar Bahari
4.11 avg rating — 4,545 ratings 34. 
This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — plus plenty of valet parking! — in America's Gilded Capital
by:
Mark Leibovich
3.48 avg rating — 7,028 ratings 35. 
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
by:
Michio Kaku
4.08 avg rating — 15,339 ratings 
37. 
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
by:
Jenny Nordberg
4.11 avg rating — 13,995 ratings 
39. 
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
by:
Lynsey Addario
4.34 avg rating — 13,218 ratings 
41. 
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
by:
Billy Crystal
3.95 avg rating — 17,211 ratings 
43. 
Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right
by:
Al Franken
3.82 avg rating — 29,648 ratings 
47. 
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism 4.15 avg rating — 23,623 ratings
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The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
by:
Masha Gessen
3.82 avg rating — 11,845 ratings 50. 
Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink
by:
Jane Goodall
4.16 avg rating — 1,385 ratings 51. 
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future 4.02 avg rating — 9,789 ratings
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope 4.07 avg rating — 31,882 ratings
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Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials 3.43 avg rating — 2,158 ratings
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
by:
Atul Gawande
4.49 avg rating — 210,919 ratings 
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Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year
by:
Tavis Smiley
4.02 avg rating — 1,383 ratings 58. 
Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools
by:
Diane Ravitch
4.11 avg rating — 2,400 ratings 59. 
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
by:
Leymah Gbowee
4.16 avg rating — 4,306 ratings 
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The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building 4.13 avg rating — 1,984 ratings
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It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism
by:
Thomas E. Mann
3.89 avg rating — 3,775 ratings 67. 
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian
by:
W. Kamau Bell
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,658 ratings 68. 
All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
by:
Bethany McLean
4.04 avg rating — 7,656 ratings 
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The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
by:
Mark Mazzetti
3.85 avg rating — 3,932 ratings 
76. 
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 4.03 avg rating — 8,267 ratings
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Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
by:
Martin J. Blaser
4.16 avg rating — 3,749 ratings 
79. 
Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
by:
Daniel Schulman
3.84 avg rating — 2,209 ratings 80. 
Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
by:
Ron Suskind
3.76 avg rating — 2,445 ratings 
82. 
United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good
by:
Cory Booker
4.07 avg rating — 2,506 ratings 83. 
The Politics of Truth: A Diplomat's Memoir: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity
by:
Joseph Wilson
3.89 avg rating — 284 ratings 
85. 
An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist
by:
Richard Dawkins
3.69 avg rating — 4,193 ratings 86. 
Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
by:
Nick Offerman
3.71 avg rating — 33,524 ratings 87. 
Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives
by:
Robert Draper
3.87 avg rating — 1,084 ratings 88. 
God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage
by:
Gene Robinson
3.98 avg rating — 691 ratings 89. 
A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley
by:
Neal Thompson
3.65 avg rating — 2,463 ratings 90. 
93. 
Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America
by:
Robert B. Reich
3.86 avg rating — 559 ratings 94. 
Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism
by:
Ron Suskind
4.21 avg rating — 2,930 ratings 
96. 
A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love
by:
Caroline Kennedy
4.27 avg rating — 324 ratings 
99. 
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy 4.45 avg rating — 4,805 ratings
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
by:
Bill O'Reilly
4.05 avg rating — 107,674 ratings