1. The Body Keeps The Score, by Bessel van der Kolk.
(
Penguin)
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative
treatments for recovery.
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THIS WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 138
2. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. (
Milkweed Editions)
A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation
espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.
THIS WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 61
3. Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah. (One World)
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa
by the host of “The Daily Show.”
THIS WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 122
4. Jesus And John Wayne, by Kristin Kobes Du Mez.
(Liveright)
How rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism play a part
in today’s white evangelicalism.
THIS WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
5. White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo. (Beacon)
Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive
moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
THIS WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 145
6. Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson. (One World)
A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir
of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
THIS WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 253
7. Killers Of The Flower Moon, by
David Grann. (Vintage)
The story of a murder spree in 1920s
Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil. The fledgling
F.B.I. intervened, ineffectively.
THIS WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 83
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