6 Best social issues books like Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America by Ryan Busse

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Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America

By: Ryan Busse

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A former firearms executive pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, e…

If you liked the social issues plot in Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America by Ryan Busse , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Hands Off My Gun: Defeating the Plot to Disarm America by Dana Loesch

1. Hands Off My Gun: Defeating the Plot to Disarm America

By: Dana Loesch

4.08

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Respected conservative talk show host, blogger and TV commentator Dana Loesch gives her views on th… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second Amendment by Michael Waldman

2. The Second Amendment

By: Michael Waldman

3.50

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

A Biography By the president of the prestigious Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, th… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

3. Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America

By: Adam Winkler

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gunfightpromises to be a seminal work in its examination of America's four-centuries-long political… read more

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Cover of Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow

4. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

5. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

By: Timothy Egan

4.38

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Cover of Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney

6. 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

Similar categories in Liz Cheney's Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning book and Ryan Busse's Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America

  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America by Anthea Butler

7. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

By: Anthea Butler

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelic… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson

8. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

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  • american
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Bloodbath Nation by Paul Auster

9. Bloodbath Nation

By: Paul Auster

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

An intimate and astonishing rumination on gun violence in America from one of our greatest living w… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic by Stephen Vladeck

10. 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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  • american
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell by Tim           Miller

11. Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell

By: Tim Miller

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former Republican political operative Tim Miller admits what no one else on the right ever will: th… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
" Why We Did It is a book about the people who submitted to every whim of a comically unfit and detestable man who crapped all over them and took over the party they had given their life to. It’s abou…"

-Tim Miller, Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell

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12. Poverty, by America

By: Matthew Desmond

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • social issues
  • audiobook
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

Cover of Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America by Mark Follman

13. Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America

By: Mark Follman

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“An urgent read that illuminates real possibility for change.” —John Carreyrou,  New York Times  be… read more

Similar categories in Mark Follman's Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America book and Ryan Busse's Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social issues
  • audiobook
Cover of Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA by Tim Mak

14. Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA

By: Tim Mak

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A blistering exposé of the National Rifle Association, revealing its people, power, corruption, and… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social issues
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky

15. 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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  • american
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki

16. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

Cover of White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy by Thomas F. Schaller

17. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission by Mark Leibovich

18. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences by Joan Biskupic

19. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America by Carol  Anderson

20. The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America

By: Carol Anderson

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of White Rage, an unflinching, critical new look at the … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • social issues
Cover of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart

21. The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

By: Katherine Stewart

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Democracy in Chains and Dark Money, a revelatory investigation of the Religious Righ… read more

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  • politics
  • american
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Christian nationalism exploits and intensifies inequality, and dominionism is its logical endpoint and the actual engine of the so-called culture wars."

-Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

"Are we a nation in which one brand of religion enjoys a place of privilege? Are we a nation of laws—except in cases where the law offends the feelings of those who subscribe to our preferred religion…"

-Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

"This is not a book I could have imagined writing a dozen years ago. When an older couple from another town attempted to set up and lead a Bible club at my daughter's public elementary school in South…"

-Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

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

22. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party by Dana Milbank

23. The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party

By: Dana Milbank

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social issues
  • audiobook
Cover of Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System by Ryan J. Reilly

24. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 by Cameron McWhirter

25. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America by Ryan Busse

26. Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America

By: Ryan Busse

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A former firearms executive pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, e… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Busse's Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America book and Ryan Busse's Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America

  • american
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • terrorism
  • social issues
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter by Seamus McGraw

27. From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter

By: Seamus McGraw

3.79

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

We, as a nation, have become desensitized to the shock and pain in the wake of mass shootings. In t… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic by Jillian Peterson

28. The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic

By: Jillian Peterson

4.48

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An examination of the phenomenon of mass shootings in America and an urgent call to implement evide… read more

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  • politics
  • social justice
  • history
  • nonfiction
"it’s especially hard to change a conspiracy theorist’s mind, because their theories are “self-sealing,"

-Jillian Peterson, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic

"Untreated childhood trauma can cause permanent damage, but even if a traumatic experience itself cannot be undone, early detection can largely resolve its impact, because children are resilient."

-Jillian Peterson, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic

"If someone says they are thinking about suicide, there’s no need to panic. We don’t have to try to talk them out of it. We don’t have to try to solve it. We need only remain calm and listen. Truly, d…"

-Jillian Peterson, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic

"our data on 133 completed and attempted school mass shootings over the past forty years show that there were no differences in the number of people killed or injured between schools that regularly ra…"

-Jillian Peterson, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic

Cover of Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America by Megan Kate Nelson

29. Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America

By: Megan Kate Nelson

3.70

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From historian and critically acclaimed author of The Three-Cornered War comes the captivating stor… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir by Zoë Bossiere

30. Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir

By: Zoë Bossiere

4.37

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A striking literary memoir of genderfluidity, class, masculinity, and the American Southwest that c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy by Jennifer Carlson

31. Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy

By: Jennifer Carlson

3.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening portrait of the gun sellers who navigated the social turmoil leading up to the Janua… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

26 must-read audiobook books like Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America by Ryan Busse

Transform Your Habits

Hands Off My Gun: Defeating the Plot to Disarm America

Dana Loesch

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

4.60

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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie

4.10

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Bloodbath Nation

Paul Auster

3.87

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A Shining

Jon Fosse

3.49

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Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

4.27

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