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Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the It's Been a Minute podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Lord of the Rings
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Minor Black Figures

#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Hunger Games

#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
How to Read Now

#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Decision Points
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Nevermind
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Sweet Heat
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Panopticon

#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Jaws

#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Fragmented Democracy

#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Marriage Markets, How Inequality is Remaking the American Family

#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Wuthering Heights

#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Colored Television

#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Dress Code
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Bullet Swaller

#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Connie
A Memoir

#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Off the Edge
A Journey into the World of Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them

#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Adonis complex

#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes












