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I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingLean In by Sheryl SandbergThe Reason I Jump by Naoki HigashidaDrift by Rachel Maddow
Books Rec'd By The Daily Show
341 books — 278 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
521 books — 275 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1776 by David McCullough
The Daily Show Reading Club
343 books — 234 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell HochschildThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceWhite Trash by Nancy Isenberg
Books for Post-Election Understanding
198 books — 140 voters

The War on Normal People by Andrew YangShortest Way Home by Pete ButtigiegJourneys with Jimmy Carter and other Adventures in Media by Barry JagodaOur Revolution by Bernie SandersThe Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris
2020 Election Candidates - U.S.A
65 books — 109 voters
Mr. President by Katy EvansOff the Record by K.A. LindeCommander in Chief by Katy EvansFor the Record by K.A. LindeMarried by Monday by Catherine Bybee
vote for you, Mr & Ms. Politican
47 books — 76 voters

Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyCollective Vengeance by Joseph StanleyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb Tsipursky
"Best" Political Reads
153 books — 73 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCulloughTruman by David McCulloughWashington by Ron ChernowTheodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Positively Presidential (nonfiction)
369 books — 70 voters

The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. WhiteGame Change by John HeilemannThe Making of the President 1968 by Theodore H. WhiteWhat It Takes by Richard Ben CramerTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Books about U.S. Presidential Elections (nonfiction)
115 books — 65 voters
Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchioLillian's Right to Vote by Jonah WinterDuck for President by Doreen CroninAmelia Bedelia's First Vote by Herman ParishVoice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
Children's Books About Voting
183 books — 44 voters

Outsider in the White House by Bernie SandersThe Speech by Bernie SandersCrippled America by Donald J. TrumpClinton Cash by Peter SchweizerThe Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America by Jonathan Tasini
2016 Presidential Candidates, USA
91 books — 37 voters
Nixonland by Rick PerlsteinThe Final Days by Bob WoodwardNixon and Kissinger by Robert DallekAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinBag Man by Rachel Maddow
Richard Nixon (fiction and nonfiction)
136 books — 19 voters

From Doctor to Healer by Erica M. Elliott M.D.They Also Ran by Irving StoneAlmost President by Scott FarrisHenry Clay by Harlow Giles UngerThe Rise of a Prairie Statesman by Thomas J. Knock
"They Also Ran": Presidential candidates who didn't make it
136 books — 15 voters
Moral Tribes by Joshua D. GreeneHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceDemocracy for Realists by Christopher H. AchenThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Coping with the Election
48 books — 13 voters

A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth WarrenAn Unlikely Journey by Julian CastroShortest Way Home by Pete ButtigiegThe Truths We Hold by Kamala HarrisWhere We Go from Here by Bernie Sanders
2020 Democratic Primary
37 books — 11 voters
Spy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebAnd Then All Hell Broke Loose by Richard EngelThe Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. GordonThis Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
Understanding the Election 2016: Resources
102 books — 10 voters

Voice of Freedom by Carole Boston WeatherfordLillian's Right to Vote by Jonah WinterMarch by John LewisGranddaddy's Turn by Michael S. BandyBecause They Marched by Russell Freedman
People of Color and Elections
33 books — 10 voters
Nixonland by Rick PerlsteinThe Nixon Defense by John W. DeanAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinOne Man Against the World by Tim WeinerBeing Nixon by Evan Thomas
US Presidents: Richard Nixon (nonfiction)
182 books — 9 voters

Our Revolution by Bernie SandersBernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution by Bernie SandersOutsider in the White House by Bernie SandersA Fighting Chance by Elizabeth WarrenUnited by Cory Booker
2020 Voices
27 books — 6 voters
The Voting Wars by Richard L. HasenDeliver the Vote by Tracy CampbellThe Victory Lab by Sasha IssenbergAn Introduction to the Presidential Trend by Tony FairfaxBillionaires & Ballot Bandits by Greg Palast
Election Technology & Administration
29 books — 5 voters

My Awakening by David DukeThe Ralph Nader Reader by Ralph NaderReturn to Sender by Ralph NaderCrashing the Party by Ralph NaderEugene V. Debs Speaks by Eugene V. Debs
Third Party Presidental Candidates (nonfiction)
20 books — 5 voters
Deconstructing Obama by Jack CashillObama by The New York TimesBarack Obama by Illumination PublishingTwo Tyrants by A.G. RoderickObama by Howard Dodson
2012 Presidential Election
13 books — 4 voters

Eisenhower vs. Warren by James F. SimonIke and McCarthy by David A. NicholsEisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward SmithEisenhower's Guerillas by Benjamin F. JonesBlood and Sand by Alex von Tunzelmann
US Presidents: Dwight Eisenhower (nonfiction)
122 books — 4 voters
The President and the Assassin by Scott MillerPresident McKinley by Robert W. MerryThe Triumph of William McKinley by Karl RoveMurdering McKinley by Eric RauchwayPresident McKinley's Killer and the America He Left Behind by Jessica S. Gunderson
US Presidents: William McKinley (nonfiction)
10 books — 4 voters

Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters? by Tricia EricksonA Mormon in the White House? by Hugh HewittThe Mormon Faith of Mitt Romney by Andrew JacksonThe Mormonizing of America by Stephen MansfieldThe Mormon Quest for the Presidency by Newell G. Bringhurst
Mitt Romney's Mormonism
10 books — 3 voters
Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea by Meena HarrisSuperheroes Are Everywhere by Kamala HarrisWho Is Kamala Harris? by Kirsten AndersonKamala Harris by Nikki GrimesMeet Kamala Harris by Nia Hence
Children's Books about Kamala Harris - First Female Vice-President USA
21 books — 3 voters

Tactical Reading by Alexandra PayneFor the Many, Not the Few by Iain McNicolSeat by Seat by Iain DaleThe Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2017 by Tim Carr
United Kingdom General Election, 2017
4 books — 1 voter
President of the Whole Fifth Grade By Winston Sherri by Sherri WinstonPresident of the Whole Sixth Grade by Sherri WinstonPresident of the Whole Sixth Grade by Sherri WinstonTwins by Varian Johnson
Middle Grade Election-Themed Fiction by African-Americans
4 books — 1 voter

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