The Dutch House: A Novel by Ann Patchett (Also wrote the unsurpassed Bel Canto) – A glass mansion, a runaway mom, a distant father, and a mean stepmother.
Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Heath Care by Uwe E. Reinhardt and Paul Krugman – Why America’s subpar medical system care cost so much, and what to do about it.
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow (Mia Farrow and Woody Allen’s Son) - Harvey Weinstein and Black Cube, the mysterious Israeli firm Weinstein hired to conduct blackmail intelligence to protect him from his crimes.
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power - A worldly, Irish-American transplant survives an overachieving mom and alcoholic dad to become US Ambassador to the United Nations under President Obama.
The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook – In the Texas Hill Country during the Civil War, a young woman tracks down the panther that attacked her family, horrible scared her face, and killed her mother.
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan – Revived clinical interest in psychedelics.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Kefe – History of Northern Ireland, “the Troubles,” and the people who caused or were caught in the Troubles.
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker – Intellectualized optimism.
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild – The title says it well.
Conviction by Denise Mena – A sunken yacht, a murdered family, and an international conspiracy that gets personal.
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