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2018 selection · Nonfiction
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas appears in NPR’s 2018 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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