31 best-selling nonfiction books like Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right by Matthew Dallek

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Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right

By: Matthew Dallek

3.97

Format: None pages, Audiobook

How a notorious far right organization set the Republican Party on a long march toward extremism At…

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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

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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. Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

By: Mike Rothschild

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With the current rise of antisemitism, this important book looks at how one Jewish family —the Roth… read more

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4. The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

By: Philip S. Gorski

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracy Most Americans were shocked by t… read more

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"White Christian nationalism is a “deep story"

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

"For white Americans who affirm Christian nationalist ideology, “true Americans"

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

"Even as it’s become riskier for mainstream politicians to use negative dog whistles like “thug"

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

"It’s not that Christian nationalists have a different understanding of American history; it’s that they often have an incorrect understanding."

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

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5. The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic

By: Stephen Vladeck

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An acclaimed legal scholar’s “essential” (Linda Greenhouse) exp… read more

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"But in order after order, the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration most of what it wanted without endorsing principles that the justices would be bound to apply to future presidents, so that t…"

-Stephen Vladeck, The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic

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6. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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7. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

By: Jeff Guinn

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more

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Cover of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

8. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

By: Beverly Gage

4.37

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more

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Cover of Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America by Will Sommer

9. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

By: Will Sommer

4.09

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, ho… read more

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  • conspiracy theories
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Cover of Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

10. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.16

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more

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Cover of Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election by Michael Isikoff

11. Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election

By: Michael Isikoff

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From veteran award-winning investigative journalists Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, the epic … read more

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Cover of Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky

12. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

By: Steven Levitsky

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more

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Cover of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America by Kathleen Belew

13. Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

By: Kathleen Belew

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Belew's book helps explain how we got to today's alt right."―Terry Gross, Fresh Air The white p… read more

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"The story of white power as a social movement exposes something broader about the enduring impact of state violence in America. It reveals one catastrophic ricochet of the Vietnam War, in the form of…"

-Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

Cover of Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next by Bradley Onishi

14. Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next

By: Bradley Onishi

4.33

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Watching the eerie footage of the January 6 insurrection, Bradley Onishi wondered: If I hadn't left… read more

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15. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

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Cover of Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences by Joan Biskupic

16. Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences

By: Joan Biskupic

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Editor's Choice "Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the co… read more

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Cover of Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s by Nicole Hemmer

17. Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s

By: Nicole Hemmer

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A bold new history of modern conservatism that finds its origins in the populist right-wing politic… read more

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18. The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War

By: Jeff Sharlet

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An unmatched guide to the religious dimensions of American politics, Jeff Sharlet journeys into cor… read more

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19. Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right

By: Matthew Dallek

3.97

Format: None pages, Audiobook

How a notorious far right organization set the Republican Party on a long march toward extremism At… read more

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20. American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress

By: Wesley Lowery

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

“American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.” — Ibram X. Kendi, author of  How to Be an Ant… read more

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Cover of Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuade

21. 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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Cover of Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System by Ryan J. Reilly

22. Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System

By: Ryan J. Reilly

3.95

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

The January 6th attack is an unprecedented crime in American history. Sprawling and openly politica… read more

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Cover of Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past by Kevin M. Kruse

23. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

By: Kevin M. Kruse

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this instant New York Times  bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more

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"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."

-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"

-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"

-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

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24. American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15

By: Cameron McWhirter

4.29

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The epic history of America’s most controversial weaponIn the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer… read more

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Cover of Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream by David Leonhardt

25. Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream

By: David Leonhardt

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American D… read more

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Cover of Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy by Brian Stelter

26. Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy

By: Brian Stelter

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  HOAX,  “[a] rare look inside the profoundly influential… read more

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Cover of Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy by Isaac Arnsdorf

27. Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy

By: Isaac Arnsdorf

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An explosive, behind-the-scenes look at how a radical group of activists — supported by former Pres… read more

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Cover of When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz

28. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

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Cover of Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy by Colin Dickey

29. Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy

By: Colin Dickey

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland comes a history of America's obse… read more

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Cover of Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

30. Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias

By: Kevin Cook

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A news-making account of the war between David Koresh’s Branch Davidians and the FBI, and how their… read more

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31. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

30 best-selling audiobook books like Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right by Matthew Dallek

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

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

Jonathan Karl

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

Mike Rothschild

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

Philip S. Gorski

4.19

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Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

Mike Rothschild

3.84

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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

4.22

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Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

Derek Beres

4.10

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The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

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