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Nonfiction

Title

Host

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

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 Lazy Genius Way

August 12, 2020

A friend of the show from way back who somehow makes you believe you can get your S WORD together.

Mutual

Hidden Valley Road

June 17, 2020

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

Jamie

All Things Reconsidered

June 3, 2020

I co-wrote this book so you know it's good.

Jamie

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

Here For It

March 11, 2020

Perhaps my favorite person on Twitter has expanded beyond 280 characters and made me laugh out loud for 264 pages.

Jamie

Open Book (Audiobook)

February 12, 2020

This one should be experienced on audiobook. The tea she spills will leave a stain.

Jamie