On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a pair of high-profile memoirs that reveal the complex lives of two vastly different, widely influential people: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/patriot-alexei-navalny/21364440?ean=9780593320969">Patriot</a>, by Alexei Navalny, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/cher-the-memoir-part-one-cher/21662149?ean=9780062863102">Cher: The Memoir, Part One</a>, by Cher. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.