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Host

Caste

September 30, 2020

If there is a primer on race in America, this is it. It was nominated for the National Book Award for a reason.

Mutual

The Address Book

September 30, 2020

A remarkable work of popular history of how streets got their names, houses their numbers, and what it reveals about class, race, power, and identity.

Knox

Nice White Parents

August 19, 2020

Serial Productions and Zoe Chase make school choice (which I didn't know was a thing) an intriguing series.

Jamie

Hidden Valley Road

June 17, 2020

When non-fiction is almost unbelievable. I still think about this book more than a year later.

Jamie

The Vanishing Half

June 17, 2020

I ride or die for twins, but this Bennett writes this gripping and heartbreaking tale that was my favorite book of 2020.

Jamie

Floodlines

June 3, 2020

My favorite listen of 2020. It's the story of Hurricane Katrina that you were never able to hear.

Knox

The Body

May 6, 2020

This was such a DELIGHTFUL adventure into my own body. Bill Bryson is a season pass for me.

Jamie

The Office

April 15, 2020

The only way to revisit The Office is via this oral history.

Jamie

The Splendid and the Vile

April 8, 2020

Erik Larson always draws me in, then teaches me something new. Another one that reads like fiction.

Jamie

The Crown

January 3, 2020

Each season surprises me by taking a family that is actually quite boring and making them interesting for 10 episodes in a row.

Jamie