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2021 selection · Nonfiction
I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, eye-opening reads, staff picks, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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