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A World on Fire
Amanda Foreman · 2011 · 1 honor
2
Arguably
Christopher Hitchens · 2011 · 1 honor
3
Malcolm X
Manning Marable · 2011 · 1 honor
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The Boy in the Moon
Ian Brown · 2011 · 1 honor
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Siddhartha Mukherjee · 2011 · 1 honor
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Stephen Greenblatt · 2011 · 1 honor
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman · 2011 · 1 honor