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After we finished up The Power Broker, a bunch of people were asking us what other books we’d been reading. A group of us got together and presented some of our recent favorites, and the choices were so good and surprising and charming, we're now sharing it widely. Here are the books covered in this episode: • Lasha's book: Usha's Pickle Digest (https://amzn.to/3ZqyS0S) by Usha R Prabakaran • Chris's books: What It Takes (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780679746492) by Richard Ben Cramer (and The Power Broker (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780394720241) by Robert Caro 😁) • Vivian's books: Orbital (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780802163622) by Samantha Harvey, Martyr! (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780593537619) by Kaveh Akbar, Amusing Ourselves to Death (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780143036531) by Neil Postman, and How to End a Love Story (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780063310681) by Yulin Kuang • Jayson's books: Hoppity Frog (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9781499800302) by Emma Parrish (for the kids), Scattered Snows, to the North: Poems (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780374612412) by Carl Philips, and Blackouts (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780374293574) by Justin Torres • Joe's book: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9781494885007) by George Washington Plunkitt • Roman's book: The Pine Barrens (https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780374514426) by John McPhee To hear new 99PI episodes ad-free (and the occasional bonus content), subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ (https://www.siriusxm.com/podcasts-plus-subscription) . What We're Reading (https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=43976) Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus (http://siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.) .