NYT Notable Books 2021 - Nonfiction

 

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1. The family Roe: an American story

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Author:
Prager, Joshua
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Description:
Reports on the Supreme Court's most divisive case, Roe v. Wade, and the unknown lives at its heart.

2. Last best hope: America in crisis and renewal

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Author:
Packer, George, 1960-
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Description:
A National Book Award-winning author examines America's current descent into a failed state and discusses the ways we can leverage this moment to forge a new path forward that overcomes injustice, legislative paralysis, and political divides.

3. On Juneteenth

Book cover for On Juneteenth.
Author:
Gordon-Reed, Annette
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Description:
""It is staggering that there is no date commemorating the end of slavery in the United States." -Annette Gordon-Reed. The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth's integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Texas native. Interweaving American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed, the descendant of enslaved people brought to Texas in the 1850s, recounts...