28 must-read nonfiction books like Asshole Nation: Trump and the Rise of Scum America by Scott McMurrey

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Asshole Nation: Trump and the Rise of Scum America

By: Scott McMurrey

3.99

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

NOW THAT TRUMP IS GONE, LEARN HOW HE MADE SCUM AMERICA THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FORCE ON THE PLANET!Fol…

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1. To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

When Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on the eve of the Civil War, his goal was t… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You

By: Sonja Schwartzbach

3.06

Format: 220 pages,

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  • nonfiction
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3. A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age

By: William Manchester

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater sou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

By: Mark Miodownik

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

A New York TimesBestseller An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surroun… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. Free Will

By: Sam Harris

4.26

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think abo… read more

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  • nonfiction

6. The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

By: John Perkins

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Shocking Bestseller: The original version of this astonishing tell-all book spent 73 weeks on the N… read more

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7. Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

By: David Neiwert

3.85

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

Just as Donald Trump's victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked liberal Americans, the see… read more

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8. Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?

By: Andrew Thompson

3.81

Format: None pages,

read more

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9. Sorry for Your Loss

By: Michael Cruz Kayne

4.13

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

On the 10th anniversary of a profound loss, comedian Michael Cruz Kayne felt compelled to describe … read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

By: Jessica Pan

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An introvert spends a year trying to live like an extrovert with hilarious results and advice for r… read more

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  • nonfiction
"That’s the truth of the world, Jessica,"

-Jessica Pan, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

"I hate flakiness, and I blame the Facebook ‘Maybe’ button,"

-Jessica Pan, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

"I'm giddy just imagining the shit I'll get up to when I'm eighty."

-Jessica Pan, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

"I watched my first penalty shoot-out during the World Cup 2014 (Brazil vs. Chile): men cried, I cried, Neymar cried. I was done for. I loved it."

-Jessica Pan, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

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11. Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

By: Faith G. Harper

3.32

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Our brains do their best to help us out, but every so often they can be real assholes--having melt … read more

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  • nonfiction
"We either win or we learn. So take the fuck-ups as new ways of getting good information about yourself."

-Faith G. Harper, Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

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12. Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic

By: Sandra Kahn

3.76

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are ge… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

By: Kamala Harris

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."

-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

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14. Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

By: John Hodgman

4.04

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on f… read more

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  • nonfiction
"There is no peace in dying."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

"Raccoons are beyond fear, and they are assholes."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

"Maine is a beautiful place that I paradoxically want to hoard to myself and share with everyone I meet."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

"...not everything in life is unpleasant, but most of it is, and certainly all of things that lead to real and lasting pleasure are."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

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15. Zombified: Real-World Lessons from Fictional Apocalypses

By: Athena Aktipis

3.52

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

You watch a horror movie or TV series and think, "Zombies don’t really exist". But when you conside… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Blowback A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump

By: Miles Taylor

4.44

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Donald Trump will be president again, whether he is on the ballot or not. That is because Trumpism … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

By: Steven Hassan

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One of America’s leading experts in cults and mind-control provides an eye-opening analysis of Trum… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Nobody will be tougher on ISIS than me. Nobody,"

-Steven Hassan, The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

"At the time, casting Trump as host was seen as a huge gamble. He had been labeled a “D-lister"

-Steven Hassan, The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

"In the Moonies, I was taught to suppress negative thoughts by using a technique called thought stopping. I repeated the phrase “Crush Satan"

-Steven Hassan, The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

"Certitude is not evidence of truth. Nor does repetition make it true. If anything, repetition should make you suspicious. Truth always stands up to scrutiny on its merits."

-Steven Hassan, The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

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18. Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal

By: Kyler Shumway

3.77

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

We’ve all been told, at one point or another, to "just be yourself." Whether you are starting schoo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Detox Your Thoughts: Quit Negative Self-Talk for Good and Discover the Life You've Always Wanted

By: Andrea Bonior

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In Detox Your Thoughts, popular psychologist Andrea Bonior, PhD, identifies the 10 most prevalent m… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. 101 Indisputable Facts Proving Donald Trump Is An Idiot: A brief background of the most spectacularly unqualified person to ever occupy the White House.

By: Guy Fawkes

3.92

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

Donald Trump’s idiocy began long before he reached the White House. Here’s a quick guide and easily… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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21. 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
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22. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"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.

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23. Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and His Followers

By: John W. Dean

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

How did America end up with a leader who acts so crudely and despotically, and counter to our democ… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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24. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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25. Asshole Nation: Trump and the Rise of Scum America

By: Scott McMurrey

3.99

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

NOW THAT TRUMP IS GONE, LEARN HOW HE MADE SCUM AMERICA THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FORCE ON THE PLANET!Fol… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. 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
"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

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27. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. The Toddler in Chief: What Donald Trump Teaches Us about the Modern Presidency

By: Daniel W. Drezner

3.79

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

“[An] avalanche of repeated presidential absurdity. The reader realizes that this pattern is not pa… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. On Freedom

By: Timothy Snyder

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only c… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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30. A Return to Common Sense: How to Fix America Before We Really Blow It

By: Leigh McGowan

4.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A political book for non-political people from viral TikTok sensation PoliticsGirl. Something’s gon… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. War

By: Bob Woodward

4.43

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."

-Bob Woodward, War

"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"

-Bob Woodward, War

"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"

-Bob Woodward, War

"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"

-Bob Woodward, War

16 must-read history books like Asshole Nation: Trump and the Rise of Scum America by Scott McMurrey

Transform Your Habits

To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party

Heather Cox Richardson

4.28

Transform Your Habits

A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age

William Manchester

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

Mark Miodownik

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

Kamala Harris

4.01

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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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