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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThis Common Secret by Susan WicklundPro by Katha PollittThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Story of Jane by Laura Kaplan
Pro-Choice Literature
184 books — 86 voters
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneThe Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. Mearsheimer1984 by George OrwellThe Concept of the Political by Carl SchmittThe Republic by Plato
International Relations, Books for Budding Diplomats
117 books — 39 voters

Bullshit Jobs by David GraeberManifesto of the Free People's Union by Jakub LasakUnderstanding Power by Noam ChomskyTalking to My Daughter about the Economy by Yanis VaroufakisPost-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin
Literature of the Left
39 books — 25 voters
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreSpillover by David Quammen
Public Health Must Reads
39 books — 20 voters

The Signal and the Noise by Nate SilverBully Pulpit by Doris Kearns GoodwinInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezHow to Run a Government by Michael BarberWhy Nations Fail by Daron Acemoğlu
How to run the UK Government; or, a reading list for aspiring PPEists
128 books — 20 voters
Domestic Tranquility by F. Carolyn GragliaWith All Due Respect by Nikki R. HaleyGoing Rogue by Sarah PalinChasing Liberty by Theresa LindenFeminist Fantasies by Phyllis Schlafly
Conservative Women's Books
189 books — 19 voters

The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke HarrisThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkEmpath by Judy DyerHealing Developmental Trauma by Laurence HellerThe Highly Sensitive by Judy Dyer
ACEs too high& Resiliency
40 books — 19 voters
The Nazi, the Princess, and the Shoemaker by Scott M. NeumanThe Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. EvansMy New Order by Adolf HitlerThe Pharmacist of Auschwitz by Patricia PosnerThe Pendulum by Julie Lindahl
Nazi Germany Non fiction
27 books — 14 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOn China by Henry KissingerLeftover Women by Leta Hong FincherMeltdown in Tibet by Michael BuckleyAdventure, romance and war in the Far East by Iris Hay-Edie
Informative Books on China
42 books — 12 voters
100 Common Sense Policies to make BRITAIN GREAT again by Karl WigginsThe Pendulum has Swung too far by Karl WigginsThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliTWAS The Year 2020 by Karl WigginsThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Essential reading for governance, policy and politics
16 books — 12 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenSeparate Things by Ashley Marie BerryNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward
Best Asylum and Mental Health Books
26 books — 11 voters
Led by Donkeys by Led By DonkeysSlaying Brexit Unicorns by Edwin HaywardThe Populist Explosion by John B. JudisGuilty Men by Cato the YoungerBroken Albion by Harry Whitewolf
Books About Brexit
25 books — 11 voters

Mayor of the Tenderloin by Alison OwingsRace for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorA World More Concrete by Nathan Daniel Beau ConnollyWhere We Want to Live by Ryan GravelSundown Towns by James W. Loewen
American Housing and Land Use-related (nonfiction)
70 books — 9 voters
Vanishing New York by Jeremiah MossHipster Death Rattle by Richie NarvaezThere Goes the 'Hood by Lance FreemanBrooklyn Bridge Park by Joanne WittyLeft Bank of the Hudson by David J. Goodwin
Top New York City gentrification books
18 books — 8 voters

War on Peace by Ronan FarrowRepublic, Lost by Lawrence LessigThe Healing of America by T.R. ReidGroundbreaking! America's New Quest for Mineral Independence by Ned MamulaGOVERNMENT Servant, Not Master by Zaman Ali
21st Century Government and Policy
12 books — 4 voters
Metternich by Wolfram SiemannThe Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess MitchellThe Making of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1550-1700 by R.J.W. EvansThe Proud Tower by Barbara W. TuchmanDanubia by Simon Winder
Austria-Hungary: Politics, Economics and Culture of the Habsburg Monarchy
24 books — 4 voters

Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy System by National Academies of Scien...Climate Optimism by Zahra BiabaniClimate Uncertainty and Risk by Judith CurryDecisions for Sustainability by Thomas DietzEcolabels, Innovation, and Green Market Transformation by Daniel C Matisoff
Climate and Energy Policy
22 books — 1 voter
Biosecurity Dilemmas by Christian EnemarkThe Genetic Age by Matthew CobbThe Dead Hand by David E. HoffmanHow to Prevent the Next Pandemic by Bill GatesPandora's Gamble by Alison Young
Best Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness Books
7 books — 1 voter

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