18 must-read nonfiction books like The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics by Angie Maxwell

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The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics

By: Angie Maxwell

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The Southern Strategy was but one in a series of decisions the GOP made not just on race, but on fe…

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Cover of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin M. Kruse

1. One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America

By: Kevin M. Kruse

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

By: Richard Rothstein

2.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more

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  • politics
  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Elliot Aronson, Carol Tavris

3. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

By: Elliot Aronson , Carol Tavris

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable … read more

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  • nonfiction

4. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

By: Timothy Snyder

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more

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5. American Colonies: The Settling of North America

By: Alan Taylor

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

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6. Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

By: Mark Harris

4.10

Format: None pages,

Explores the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 19… read more

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7. 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
  • american history
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  • nonfiction
"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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8. 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

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. 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
  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin  Kobes Du Mez

10. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. 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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12. Crécy: Battle of Five Kings

By: Michael Livingston

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable new study on the Battle of Crécy, in which the outnumbered English under King Edward I… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

By: Craig Whitlock

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how th… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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"To reinforce the message, Obama administration officials touted statistics that distorted what was really happening on the ground. The Bush administration had done the same, but Obama staffers in the…"

-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

"Ryan Crocker, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul under both Bush and Obama, said the gusher of contracts to support U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan virtually guaranteed that extortion, …"

-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

Cover of Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life by Rolf Dobelli

15. Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life

By: Rolf Dobelli

3.71

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

STOP READING THE NEWS is a vital toolkit for managing the upsetting coronavirus news cycle and find… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"News is aimed straight at our mental health. We need to get out of the way."

-Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life

"News is to the mind what sugar is to the body: appetising, easily digestible and extremely damaging."

-Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life

"In the past few decades we’ve learned to recognise the many hazards of poor nutrition: insulin resistance, obesity, susceptibility to inflammation and fatigue. All of these factors can contribute to …"

-Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life

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16. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

By: Christina Thompson

4.24

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intel… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."

-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

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

17. 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
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  • nonfiction
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18. Rationality

By: Steven Pinker

3.85

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 In Rationality, Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are … read more

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"Everyone wants someone to help but prefers that it not be them."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

"If contemporary humans seem irrational, don't blame the hunter-gatherers."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

"The press is an availability machine. It serves up anecdotes which feed our impression of what's common in a way that is guaranteed to mislead."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

"Disagreement is necessary in deliberations among mortals. As the saying goes, the more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us is right."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

Cover of The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World by Karl Schlögel

19. The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World

By: Karl Schlögel

4.25

Format: 928 pages, Hardcover

An encyclopedic and richly detailed history of everyday life in the Soviet Union The Soviet Unio… read more

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  • history
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Cover of The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics by Angie Maxwell

20. The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics

By: Angie Maxwell

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The Southern Strategy was but one in a series of decisions the GOP made not just on race, but on fe… read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • gender
  • nonfiction
Cover of How America Works... and Why it Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the US Political System by William              Cooper

21. How America Works... and Why it Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the US Political System

By: William Cooper

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Twenty-first-century America isn’t working the way it’s supposed to. This book explains why. Ame… read more

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16 Top history books like The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics by Angie Maxwell

Transform Your Habits

One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America

Kevin M. Kruse

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

2.89

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

4.60

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14 Top audiobook books like Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

Transform Your Habits

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Joan Druett

4.05

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Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

Simon Winchester

4.04

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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Neil Price

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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