24 Best history books like The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics by Steve Benen

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The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics

By: Steve Benen

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

NATIONAL BESTSELLER: USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and San Francisco Chronicle bestseller The aw…

If you liked the history plot in The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics by Steve Benen , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

By: Arlie Russell Hochschild

3.77

Format: 300 pages,

In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-prov… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

2. The Anatomy of Fascism

By: Robert O. Paxton

2.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

What is fascism? Many authors have proposed definitions, but most fail to move beyond the abstract.… read more

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3. How the Right Lost Its Mind

By: Charles J. Sykes

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Once at the center of the American conservative movement, bestselling author and radio host Charles… 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
  • 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

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

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
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Extinction

By: Douglas Preston

4.14

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand–acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, … read more

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  • audiobook
"If something can be done, it will be done-no matter how dangerous."

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

"Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception." Carl Sagan, in Extinction by Douglas Preston"

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

"You actually think we want to be like you? You Sapiens, with your bleak and apocalyptic history? What a grim and self-loathing species you are! Look at what you worship as progress. The agricultural …"

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

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9. The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7)

By: Adrian McKinty

4.39

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the … read more

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  • audiobook
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10. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

By: Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

By: Anne Applebaum

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Unity is an anomaly. Polarization is normal. Skepticism about liberal democracy is also normal. And the appeal of authoritarianism is eternal."

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

"Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will."

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

"Olga Tokarczuk, 2019: We horen niet langer de harmonie van de wereld, maar de kakofonie van geluiden, een ondraaglijke ruis waarin we wanhoping een een rustiger melodie proberen te ontdekken, al is h…"

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

"Throughout history, pandemics have led to an expansion of the power of the state: at times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them—ev…"

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

Cover of Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens by Muhammad H. Zaman

13. Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens

By: Muhammad H. Zaman

3.89

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Award-winning Boston University educator and researcher Muhammad H. Zaman provides a chilling look … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency

By: Michael Wolff

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

“We won. Won in a landslide. This was a landslide.”―President Donald J. Trump, January 6, 2021We al… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • 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

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16. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone’s Underdog by Rick McIntyre

17. The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone’s Underdog

By: Rick McIntyre

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves—but park rangers killed the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country by Adam Kinzinger

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

19. 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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  • social science
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Moonbound

By: Robin Sloan

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Robin Sloan expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future a… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood

21. Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution

By: Gordon S. Wood

4.21

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood elucidates the debates o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. Did America Have a Christian Founding?: Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth

By: Mark David Hall

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A distinguished professor debunks the assertion that America's Founders were deists who desired the… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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24. The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics

By: Steve Benen

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

NATIONAL BESTSELLER: USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and San Francisco Chronicle bestseller The aw… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • audiobook
Cover of True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchen Whitmer

25. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

By: Gretchen Whitmer

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It by Ari Berman

26. Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It

By: Ari Berman

4.37

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democ… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • audiobook
Cover of Republican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden by Chris Christie

27. Republican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden

By: Chris Christie

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Enough with the infighting, the truth-denying, the wild conspiracy claims, the looking backward, an… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

28. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy by Brian Tyler Cohen

29. Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy

By: Brian Tyler Cohen

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"These are manipulation tactics happening at the hands of the very people whom voters have been groomed to trust. Republicans may claim to hate the Democrats, but frankly there is no one they have mor…"

-Brian Tyler Cohen, Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy

Cover of Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir by Mary L. Trump

30. Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir

By: Mary L. Trump

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! A New York Times Nonfiction Book to R… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success by Russ Buettner

31. Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

By: Russ Buettner

4.56

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of then-P… read more

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26 Best audiobook books like The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics by Steve Benen

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

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

Peter Baker

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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21 best-selling audiobook books like Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy by Brian Tyler Cohen

Transform Your Habits

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

Jen Psaki

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

Barbara McQuade

4.15

Transform Your Habits

On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

Anthony Fauci

4.59

Transform Your Habits

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

Jon Favreau

4.17

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