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For Real Books - Page 2

This is a complete list of all the books mentioned in the Bookriot podcast "For Real" as of 11/03/2021. This list does include some fiction titles as they were currently being read by those who run the podcast.
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The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish (Emily Voigt)
The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish
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Emily Voigt
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs)
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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Jane Jacobs
Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook (Alice Waters)
Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
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Alice Waters
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
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Elizabeth Kolbert
Disarmed: Unconventional Lessons From the World's Only One-Armed Special Forces Sharpshooter (Izzy Ezagui)
Disarmed: Unconventional Lessons From the World's Only One-Armed Special Forces Sharpshooter
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Izzy Ezagui
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
46
Margot Lee Shetterly
And Now We Have Everything (Meaghan O'Connell)
And Now We Have Everything
47
Meaghan O'Connell
Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous With American History (Yunte Huang)
Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous With American History
48
Yunte Huang
You All Grow Up and Leave Me (Piper Weiss)
You All Grow Up and Leave Me
49
Piper Weiss
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind (Barbara K. Lipska)
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
50
Barbara K. Lipska
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
Brain on Fire
51
Susannah Cahalan
Drama High (Michael Sokolove)
Drama High
52
Michael Sokolove
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
53
The Secretary (Kim Ghattas)
The Secretary
54
Kim Ghattas
Fooling Houdini (Alex Stone)
Fooling Houdini
55
Alex Stone
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch (Sally Bedell Smith)
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
56
Sally Bedell Smith
Young Romantics (Daisy Hay)
Young Romantics
57
Daisy Hay
Death, Dissection and the Destitute (Ruth Richardson)
Death, Dissection and the Destitute
58
Ruth Richardson
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine (Lindsey Fitzharris)
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
59
Lindsey Fitzharris
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble (Zac Bissonnette)
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble
60
Zac Bissonnette
The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Scandal and Suffrage in the Gilded Age (Myra MacPherson)
The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Scandal and Suffrage in the Gilded Age
61
Myra MacPherson
Becoming Ms. Burton (Susan Burton)
Becoming Ms. Burton
62
Susan Burton
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River (David Owen)
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
63
David Owen
The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate (Fran Hauser)
The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate
64
Fran Hauser
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (Steve Brusatte)
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
65
Steve Brusatte
The Feather Thief (Kirk W. Johnson)
The Feather Thief
66
Kirk W. Johnson
The War on Neighborhoods: Policing, Prison, and Punishment in a Divided City (Ryan Lugalia-Hollon, Daniel Cooper)
The War on Neighborhoods: Policing, Prison, and Punishment in a Divided City
67
Ryan Lugalia-Hollon, Daniel Cooper
The Opposite of Hate (Sally Kohn)
The Opposite of Hate
68
Sally Kohn
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land (Monica Hesse)
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land
69
Monica Hesse
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
70
Josephine Tey
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial (Maggie Nelson)
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial
71
Maggie Nelson
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
72
Alison Bechdel
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
73
Madeline Miller
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
74
Homer
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
75
Mohsin Hamed
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives
76
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Song Poet (Kao Kalia Yang)
The Song Poet
77
Kao Kalia Yang
Bachelor Nation (Amy Kaufman)
Bachelor Nation
78
Amy Kaufman
Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater (Alanna Okun)
Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater
79
Alanna Okun
Giant Days (John Allison)
Giant Days
80
John Allison
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