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Ari Shapiro

Top Ten Books

The NPR journalist, and regular member of pop group Pink Martini, is a popular voice on NPR—he has been a co-host of the station's flagship show, All Things Considered, since September 2015, after a two-year stint as the public radio station’s London correspondent. Prior to that he was the station’s White House correspondent. He is the author of the upcoming book, The Best Strangers in the World, and a musical collaborator with Alan Cumming in the touring show, Och and Oy. Below are Ari Shapiro’s favorite books, available to purchase as a set or individually. See the full list...

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1Q84

Haruki Murakami

I read this book when I was working a night shift, going to sleep at 6 p.m. and waking up at 2 a.m. each day. My surreal, hazy existence during those weeks was a perfect fit with the world of 1Q84, where everything seems just a little bit off. It's recognizable as the world you live in, and also somehow not.

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Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

“Cloud Atlas,” combines dystopian sci-fi, spy novel, seafaring tales and more in a good puzzle structure. I especially love the outrageous young wannabe composer and the creepy futuristic use of “soap.”

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Braiding Sweetgrass

Robin Chimera

Braiding Sweetgrass offers an indigenous window onto our world. As a scientist and a poet, Kimmerer holds our hand, and gently leads us barefoot down a meandering path that inevitably questions our understanding of science, the economy, nature, and ultimately ourselves. There is so much we can learn from indigenous communities, and this book offers a beautiful entry point to that journey.
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Andrew Solomon
$140.80
Jacob’s Room

Virginia Woolf
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Glenn Ligon
$185.80
Lightning: A Novel

Jean Echenoz
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Michael Pollan
$174.80
The Odyssey

Homer
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Carrie Brownstein
$147.86
Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion
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James Dyson
$283.84
The Story of Design

Charlotte and Peter Fiell
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Cortney Burns and Nick Balla
From: $148.92
Dining with the Maharajas: A Thousand Years of Culinary Tradition

Neha Prasad
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
$180.53
The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin
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Miranda July
$300.80
Birds of America

Lorrie Moore
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Raymond Pettibon
$190.19
Dark Night of the Soul

by Saint John of the Cross