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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
🖋️ Bessel van der Kolk
🏢 Penguin
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
🥈 02
BEHIND THE BADGE
🖋️ Johnny Joey Jones
🏢 Fox News
The Fox News military analyst extols the first responders among his friends and family.
🥉 03
THE ANXIOUS GENERATION
🖋️ Jonathan Haidt
🏢 Penguin Press
A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
04
ABUNDANCE
🖋️ Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
🏢 Avid Reader
A New York Times opinion columnist and a staff writer at The Atlantic evaluate obstacles to American progress.
05
MARK TWAIN
🖋️ Ron Chernow
🏢 Penguin Press
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life and career of the literary celebrity and political pundit.
06
THE BRITISH ARE COMING
🖋️ Rick Atkinson
🏢 Holt
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist begins his Revolution Trilogy with events from 1775 to 1777.
07
ON TYRANNY
🖋️ Timothy Snyder
🏢 Crown
Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
08
I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED
🖋️ Jennette McCurdy
🏢 Simon & Schuster
The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
09
EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS
🖋️ John Green
🏢 Crash Course
The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.
10
THE FATE OF THE DAY
🖋️ Rick Atkinson
🏢 Crown
The author of “The British Are Coming” portrays the middle years of the American Revolution.
11
A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
🖋️ James West Davidson
🏢 Yale University
An overview of key figures in our country’s history.
12
ORIGINAL SIN
🖋️ Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson
🏢 Penguin Press
An account of Joe Biden’s initial decision to run for re-election in 2024 and its numerous consequences.
13
OUTLIVE
🖋️ Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
🏢 Harmony
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.