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  1. The Good Nurse

    1. The Good Nurse

    Charles Graeber
    Fits this list for its focus on media.
  2. All the Living and the Dead

    2. All the Living and the Dead

    Hayley Campbell
    Included for strong death alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  3. Hunting Whitey

    3. Hunting Whitey

    Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge
    Included for strong true alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  4. The Typewriter and the Guillotine

    4. The Typewriter and the Guillotine

    Mark Braude
    Included for strong world alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  5. Lying in Wait

    5. Lying in Wait

    Ann Rule
    Included for strong short story alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  6. No Visible Bruises

    6. No Visible Bruises

    Rachel Louise Snyder
    Included for strong studies alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  7. The Panama Papers

    7. The Panama Papers

    Frederik Obermaier
    Included for strong money alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  8. The Death of Truth

    8. The Death of Truth

    Steven Brill
    Fits this list for its focus on media.
  9. Dead Center

    9. Dead Center

    Shiya Ribowsky, Tom Shachtman
    Fits this list for its focus on investigations.
  10. Rigged

    10. Rigged

    Mollie Ziegler Hemingway
    Fits this list for its focus on media.
  11. This Town

    11. This Town

    Mark Leibovich
    Fits this list for its focus on media.
  12. Empire of the Elite

    12. Empire of the Elite

    Michael Grynbaum
    Fits this list for its focus on media.
  13. A Colony in a Nation

    13. A Colony in a Nation

    Christopher L. Hayes
    Fits this list for its focus on conversation.
  14. Meme Wars

    14. Meme Wars

    Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss
    Fits this list for its focus on media.
  15. Unmasked

    15. Unmasked

    Andy Ngo
    Included for strong nonfiction alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  16. Waco Rising

    16. Waco Rising

    Kevin Cook
    Included for strong nonfiction alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  17. Make Noise

    17. Make Noise

    Eric Nuzum
    Fits this list for its focus on media.
  18. They Poisoned the World

    18. They Poisoned the World

    Mariah Blake
    Included for strong health alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  19. Profiles in Corruption

    19. Profiles in Corruption

    Peter Schweizer
    Included for strong political alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  20. Dark Money

    20. Dark Money

    Jane Mayer
    Included for strong money alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  21. Homicide

    21. Homicide

    David Simon
    Included for strong true alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  22. Imperfect Justice

    22. Imperfect Justice

    Jeff Ashton, Lisa (CON) Pulitzer Jeff Ashton
    Included for strong crime alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  23. Injustice

    23. Injustice

    Carol Leonnig, Aaron C. Davis
    Included for strong gift alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.
  24. Separated

    24. Separated

    Jacob Soboroff
    Included for strong children alignment with this about media literacy and investigations list.

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