Abigail Murrish sits down with Hillary Copsey, founder of Make America Read, to discuss their favorite reads from 2017 and how those books shaped their lives and perspectives on the world.

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The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Mr. Rochester by Sarah Shoemaker

Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

In the Shelter by Pádraig Ó Tuama

The Three Pines Series by Louise Penny

The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch