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The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCollected Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
994 books — 1,240 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek
Best Books For Freedom Lovers
840 books — 547 voters

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
383 books — 308 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris1776 by David McCulloughHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Daily Show Reading Club
386 books — 283 voters

2062 by Emerson Littlefield1984 by George OrwellImproving Local Government Performance through Benchmarking by David N. AmmonsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Political Novels
171 books — 278 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinDeath, Taxes, and Turduckens by Jens Kurt HeyckeThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderDark Money by Jane MayerUnderstanding Power by Noam Chomsky
Corruption, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Corporatocracy — The Problem (nonfiction)
757 books — 257 voters

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCandide and Philosophical Letters by VoltaireCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantReturn from the Fairy Hills by Susan Sybil Carley
The Enlightenment and its Impact
299 books — 120 voters
Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyAmerica Is Flatlining by Michael Aloysius O'ReillyCollective Vengeance by Joseph StanleyAmerica in Turmoil by John DeQ. BriggsElites, technology, and asset prices by Andreas Antrup
"Best" Political Reads
184 books — 110 voters

You're Probably Wrong (and So Am I) by Elgin L Jr HushbeckOff-Topic by G.R. ReaderCivil Disobedience, Solitude & Life Without Principle by Henry David ThoreauOn Liberty by John Stuart MillThe Ailing Nation by Nate Link
Free Speech!
127 books — 108 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow1776 by David McCulloughThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Books on the American Founding (nonfiction)
161 books — 87 voters

You're Probably Wrong (and So Am I) by Elgin L Jr HushbeckPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyThe Pendulum has Swung too far by Karl WigginsAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Crisis in Democracy
146 books — 85 voters
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. WhiteWhat It Takes by Richard Ben CramerGame Change by John HeilemannThe Making of the President 1968 by Theodore H. WhiteTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Books about U.S. Presidential Elections (nonfiction)
119 books — 69 voters

The Internet of Money by Andreas M. AntonopoulosTokenomics by Stefan PiechBlockchain Basics by Daniel DrescherInventing Bitcoin by Yan PritzkerThe Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous
Blockchain
81 books — 66 voters
Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightTWAS The Year 2020 by Karl Wiggins
Political Crisis (nonfiction)
205 books — 55 voters

1776 by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Ride by Kostya Kennedy
Best Books about the American Founding Fathers (fiction and nonfiction)
149 books — 49 voters
This Mother Could Be Good by Lady Nicole JohnsonA Sense of Urgency by Windle TurleyThis Grandfather Could Be Good by Lady Nicole JohnsonExtraordinary Circumstances by Cynthia CooperNo Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald
Best Whistleblower Books
42 books — 42 voters

American Sphinx by Joseph J. EllisThomas Jefferson by Jon MeachamThomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings by Annette Gordon-ReedThe Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-ReedThomas Jefferson by Christopher Hitchens
Jeffersonian Books (fiction and nonfiction)
91 books — 37 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Proud Tower by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
A Heady Brew - Weimar Germany (1918-1933)
127 books — 35 voters

Merrill Lynch by Keith SchooleyChappaquiddick by Leo DamoreThe Catcher in the Rye Enigma by James MorcanImplosion at Los Alamos - How Crime, Corruption and Cover-ups... by Glenn WalpLobster Boy by Fred Rosen
True Crime - US Politics
210 books — 31 voters
Fear by Bob WoodwardEverything Trump Touches Dies by Rick WilsonIt's Even Worse Than You Think by David Cay JohnstonDevil's Bargain by Joshua GreenThe Apprentice by Greg Miller
Trump: His Political Rise and Presidency (nonfiction)
202 books — 26 voters

The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 by George H. NashJamestown by Joyce CrawfordThe Declaration of Independence and the United States Constit... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers & Anti-Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonThe Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson
American Founding Texts (nonfiction)
55 books — 15 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Adams-Jefferson Letters by Lester Jesse CapponPassionate Sage by Joseph J. EllisSetting the World Ablaze by John FerlingThis Republic by Will Butts
John Adams (nonfiction)
22 books — 8 voters

Blackshirts and Reds by Michael ParentiThe Magic Lantern by Timothy Garton AshRevolution 1989 by Victor SebestyenThe Collapse of the Soviet Union by International Communist Sem...Coward by Jaroslav Bálek
The Velvet Revolution - 1989
35 books — 6 voters
Oath and Honor by Liz CheneyRenegade by Adam KinzingerHold the Line by Michael FanoneCourage Under Fire by Steven A. SundUnthinkable by Jamie Raskin
Witness Testimonies on January 6, 2021 Capitol Insurrection in Washington DC
47 books — 5 voters

De la Captivité à liberté by Léonce JATCHELE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JATCHELE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JATCHEDe la captivite a la liberte by Léonce JATCHENot My Type by E. Jean Carroll
Women That Spoke Up Against DJT (Survivors and Advocates)
15 books — 5 voters
Manifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxThe Collapse of the Weimar Republic by David AbrahamGolden Lily - 10 Years On by Lijia XuConstitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Kremlin, MoscowGolden Lily by Lijia Xu
Planned Economies - Socialism
20 books — 3 voters

The Economic Reconstruction of Northeast China by Gao GangThe Collapse of the Weimar Republic by David AbrahamGolden Lily - 10 Years On by Lijia XuAnother View of Stalin by Ludo MartensGolden Lily by Lijia Xu
State Capitalism/Planned Capitalism to Socialism
9 books — 3 voters
Eurocommunism by Ioannis BalampanidisEurocommunism by Thomas RigginsToward a Theory of Eurocommunism by Armen AntonianEurocommunism and Socialism by Fernando ClaudínEurocommunism by George Schwab
Eurocommunism
12 books — 2 voters

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners by Roland BoerManifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxThe Collapse of the Soviet Union by International Communist Sem...Perestroika by Harpal BrarThe East is Still Red - Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martínez
Market Socialisms - Transition Periods
13 books — 1 voter
Manifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxAnti-Dühring by Friedrich EngelsOn Authority by Friedrich EngelsThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich EngelsSocialism by Friedrich Engels
Library of ProleWiki
17 books — 1 voter

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