21 must-read history books like Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff

Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could

By: Adam Schiff

4.52

Format: 537 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The vital inside account of American democracy in its darkest hour, …

If you liked the history plot in Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff , here is a list of 21 books like this:

1. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

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"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."
-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

2. Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

By: Jonathan Karl

4.28

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump re… read more

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3. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

By: Liz Cheney

4.60

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more

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4. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021

By: Peter Baker

4.46

Format: 725 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "The most comprehensive and detailed account of the Trump presidency ye… read more

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5. Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show

By: Jonathan Karl

4.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

***THE INSTANT New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and IndieBound BESTSELLER*** An NP… read more

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6. Peril

By: Bob Woodward

4.09

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

The book covers the end of the Trump presidency and the early months of the Biden presidency. Th… read more

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"Graham said, "I can get an affidavit tomorrow saying the world is flat."
-Bob Woodward, Peril

7. Enough

By: Cassidy Hutchinson

4.31

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American h… read more

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8. This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy

By: Jonathan Martin

4.00

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by… read more

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9. There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

By: Fiona Hill

4.13

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity ha… read more

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10. The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal

By: Mary L. Trump

4.10

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

America is suffering from PTSD― The Reckoning diagnoses its core causes and helps us begin the heal… read more

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11. Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could

By: Adam Schiff

4.52

Format: 537 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The vital inside account of American democracy in its darkest hour, … read more

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12. Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission

By: Mark Leibovich

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times Bestseller "He's one of the best chroniclers of politics today." -Jake Tapp… read more

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13. Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country

By: Adam Kinzinger

4.14

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Adam Kinzinger captures one of the most transformative periods in… read more

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14. Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

By: Jamie Raskin

4.51

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the star… read more

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"If a person can grow through unthinkable trauma and loss, perhaps a nation may, too."
-Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
"Memory requires active engagement with the complexities of the past. It is not an unthinking or passive process, like breathing or (for most people) sleeping. I have found that good memory, like good…"
-Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

15. The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020

By: Jonathan Lemire

4.10

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

From the White House Bureau Chief of Politico and the host of MSNBC's Way Too Early comes a probing… read more

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Cover of Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department by Geoffrey Berman

16. Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department

By: Geoffrey Berman

4.24

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

"Throughout my tenure as US attorney, Trump's Justice Department kept demanding that I use my offic… read more

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17. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

By: Barbara McQuade

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more

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18. Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

By: Marie Yovanovitch

4.50

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | An inspiring and urgent memoir by the former U.S. ambassador … read more

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"Just as in the Trump-Giuliani Ukraine conspiracy, we saw a ruthless, single-minded obsession with staying in power; a manifest lack of moral values, shame, and civility; and a stunning disregard of a…"
-Marie Yovanovitch, Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

19. The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump

By: Bob Woodward

4.27

Format: 12 pages, Audiobook

“I’m doing something here that I’ve never done before, presenting the lengthy, raw interviews of m… read more

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20. Here, Right Matters: An American Story

By: Alexander S. Vindman

4.46

Format: 256 pages, ebook

The former National Security Council staffer who testified against President Trump during his impea… read more

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21. Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and His Followers

By: John W. Dean