16 must-read history books like Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative by Glenn C. Loury

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Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

By: Glenn C. Loury

4.26

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A shockingly frank memoir from a prize-winning economist, reflecting on his remarkable personal ody…

If you liked the history plot in Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative by Glenn C. Loury , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Troubled

By: Rob Henderson

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more

Similar categories in Rob Henderson's Troubled book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

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2. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

By: Yascha Mounk

4.08

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more

Similar categories in Yascha Mounk's The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

By: Greg Lukianoff

3.93

Format: 432 pages, ebook

A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more

Similar categories in Greg Lukianoff's The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."

-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."

-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

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4. Social Justice Fallacies

By: Thomas Sowell

4.45

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths th… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Social Justice Fallacies book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • audiobook
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5. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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6. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

Similar categories in Nellie Bowles's Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People

By: Walter Russell Mead

4.22

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of God and Gold and Special Providence, a groundbreaking new work that o… read more

Similar categories in Walter Russell Mead's The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

By: Christopher F. Rufo

4.30

Format: 352 pages, ebook

For decades, left-wing radicals patiently built a revolution in the shadows. Then suddenly, after t… read more

Similar categories in Christopher F. Rufo's America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The revolution, which seeks to connect ideology to bureaucratic power and to manipulate behavior through the guise of expertise, is ultimately not democratic."

-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

"The critical race theorists and their allies have turned resentment into a governing principle. But this also a trap: resentment is a tool for obtaining power, not of wielding it successfully."

-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

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9. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

Similar categories in Coleman Hughes's The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

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10. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

Similar categories in Bill Maher's What This Comedian Said Will Shock You book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Junger's In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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12. Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning

By: Nigel Biggar

3.99

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire … read more

Similar categories in Nigel Biggar's Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

Similar categories in David E. Sanger's New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

By: A.J. Jacobs

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Jacobs's The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

By: Wilfred Reilly

4.00

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A college professor debunks the false liberal narratives which define much of America's school curr… read more

Similar categories in Wilfred Reilly's Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • politics
  • economics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. 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

Similar categories in John Ganz's When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • audiobook
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17. Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

By: Glenn C. Loury

4.26

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A shockingly frank memoir from a prize-winning economist, reflecting on his remarkable personal ody… read more

Similar categories in Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • audiobook
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18. Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda

By: Megan Basham

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

“This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bo… read more

Similar categories in Megan Basham's Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law

By: Neil Gorsuch

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

America has always been a nation of laws. But today our laws have grown so vast and reach so deeply… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gorsuch's Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law book and Glenn C. Loury's Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House

By: H.R. McMaster

4.08

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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