27 must-read nonfiction books like The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on the World by Jim Sciutto

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The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on the World

By: Jim Sciutto

4.04

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

From praising dictators to alienating allies, Trump has made chaos his calling card. Has his strate…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on the World by Jim Sciutto , here is a list of 27 books like this:

Cover of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World by Laura Spinney

1. Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World

By: Laura Spinney

3.91

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

With a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918–… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

2. Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success

By: Michael D'Antonio

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 2015, as he vaulted to the lead among the many GOP candidates for president, Donal… read more

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3. The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President

By: Bandy X. Lee

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The consensus view of two dozen psychiatrists and psychologists that Trump is dangerously mentally … read more

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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
  • 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

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5. 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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  • nonfiction
  • presidents
  • audiobook
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6. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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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  • nonfiction
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  • audiobook
"Graham said, "I can get an affidavit tomorrow saying the world is flat."

-Bob Woodward, Peril

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9. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

By: Shoshana Zuboff

4.06

Format: 691 pages, Hardcover

The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unpre… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"This is the existential contradiction of the second modernity that defines our conditions of existence: we want to exercise control over our own lives, but everywhere that control is thwarted. Indivi…"

-Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

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10. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

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12. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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  • audiobook
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13. Fear: Trump in the White House

By: Bob Woodward

3.87

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodw… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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"He’s a fucking moron,"

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

"When Trump called Mexicans “rapists"

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

"Mr. President, you've got to buy some democrats," Graham said. The good news is they come cheap."

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

"For Mr. Trump, though, bringing in Mr. Bannon was the political equivalent of ordering comfort food."

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

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14. Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

By: Avi Loeb

3.79

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Harvard’s top astronomer lays out his controversial theory that our solar system was recently visit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"El progreso científico se mide por cuánto se acerca una idea propuesta a la verdad"

-Avi Loeb, Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

"Nuestros antepasados usaban términos como -viajar- y -explorar-; hoy, nos vamos de vacaciones."

-Avi Loeb, Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

"...aunque todos estamos compuestos de la misma materia ordinaria, eso no nos impide ser personas extraordinarias."

-Avi Loeb, Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

"La ciencia es ante todo una experiencia de aprendizaje, una vivencia que funciona mejor si somos humildes ante nuestros errores."

-Avi Loeb, Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

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15. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

By: Mary L. Trump

3.82

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, M… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria

16. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker

17. A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America

By: Philip Rucker

4.10

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive insider narrative and the most fully characterised account yet of the chaos, scandal… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
  • audiobook
Cover of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West by David E. Sanger

18. 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

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass by Ramin Setoodeh

19. Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass

By: Ramin Setoodeh

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the editor in chief of Variety and author of the New York Times bestseller Ladies Who Punch, t… read more

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

20. 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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  • nonfiction
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21. The Sixth Day (A Brit in the FBI, #5)

By: Catherine Coulter

4.10

Format: 515 pages, Hardcover

Special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine take on a ruthless mastermind in the fifth high… read more

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

22. 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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  • nonfiction
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Cover of Insurgency: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted by Jeremy W. Peters

23. Insurgency: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted

By: Jeremy W. Peters

4.12

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

How did the party of Lincoln become the party of Trump? From a Washington reporter for The New York… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on the World

By: Jim Sciutto

4.04

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

From praising dictators to alienating allies, Trump has made chaos his calling card. Has his strate… read more

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Cover of It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump by Stuart Stevens

25. It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump

By: Stuart Stevens

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

"A brilliant, unflinching look at the descent of the GOP - backed up with data, historic sweep & fi… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps by Jon  Favreau

26. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps

By: Jon Favreau

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From your friends at Pod Save America  and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to sa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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27. Has Anyone Seen the President?

By: Michael Lewis

3.50

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

Michael Lewis goes to Washington! Who better to shine a light into the shadows of the nation's cap… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • presidents
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics by Elle Reeve

28. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

By: Elle Reeve

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. 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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  • nonfiction
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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.

Cover of All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way by Fred C. Trump

30. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way

By: Fred C. Trump

4.07

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House by H.R. McMaster

31. 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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29 Best audiobook books like The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on the World by Jim Sciutto

Transform Your Habits

Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World

Laura Spinney

3.91

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

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

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22 best-selling fiction books like The Sixth Day (A Brit in the FBI, #5) by Catherine Coulter

Transform Your Habits

Haunted (Harrison Investigation, #1)

Heather Graham

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Sleep No More (Eve Duncan, #15)

Iris Johansen

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Let the Dead Sleep (Cafferty & Quinn #1)

Heather Graham

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Dream Eyes (Dark Legacy, #2)

Jayne Ann Krentz

4.03

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