25 Top politics books like American Carnage: Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence (School Safety, Violence in Society) by Fred Guttenberg

Cover of American Carnage: Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence (School Safety, Violence in Society) by Fred Guttenberg

American Carnage: Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence (School Safety, Violence in Society)

By: Fred Guttenberg

4.05

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

"Don't tell me there's no such thing as gun violence. It happened in Parkland." ― Fred Guttenberg #…

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1. The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made

By: Walter Isaacson , Evan Thomas

4.09

Format: 864 pages, Paperback

A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original be… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher

2. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters by Brian Klaas

3. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

By: Brian Klaas

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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4. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

5. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

By: Salman Rushdie

4.10

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply pers… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Waiting is thinking, and to think deeply is, very often, to change one’s mind."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"I don’t usually think of my books as prophecies. I’ve had some trouble with prophets in my life, and I’m not applying for the job."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"To have a room of one’s own, one must have money. (I don’t think Virginia Woolf ever went to India, but her dictum stands, even there, even for men.)"

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"An intimacy of strangers. That's a phrase I've sometimes used to express the joyful thing that happens in the act of reading, that happy union of the interior lives of author and reader."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Cover of Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s by Gary Gulman

6. Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s

By: Gary Gulman

4.14

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

A tour de force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth gr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta

7. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston

8. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy by David Frum

9. Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy

By: David Frum

3.96

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Trumpocracy poses the essential question facing America to… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We want things to return to normal, back to a world in which we do not have to waste time rebutting demented conspiracy theories and fact-checking farcical lies every single day. We want a government…"

-David Frum, Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy

Cover of The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series) by Michael Scott-Baumann

10. The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series)

By: Michael Scott-Baumann

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An accessible, balanced chronicle of how the Israel-Palestine conflict originated and developed ove… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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11. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky

12. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • audiobook
Cover of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

13. Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

By: Ruth Ben-Ghiat

4.23

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountabi… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Designed for instant impact and encouraging feelings of omnipotence, Twitter is the perfect tool for an impulsive, attention-addicted strongman."

-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

"Many strongmen, past and present, have used populist rhetoric that defines their nations as bound by faith, race, and ethnicity rather than by legal rights. For authoritarians, only some people are "…"

-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

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14. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris

15. 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
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking by Mehdi Hasan

16. Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

By: Mehdi Hasan

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Win Every Argument shows how anyone can communicate with confidence, r… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Blowback A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump by Miles Taylor

17. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • 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 American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress by Wesley Lowery

19. American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress

By: Wesley Lowery

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

“American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.” — Ibram X. Kendi, author of  How to Be an Ant… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy by Anand Giridharadas

20. The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy

By: Anand Giridharadas

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change mi… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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"We were being explicitly taught: Don’t think that you are first to anything, pay attention to what preceded you, trust that you are standing on someone else’s ground until proven otherwise."

-Anand Giridharadas, The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy

"All this is new to white people, because white people generally think they can just do what they want. There’s no consulting, there’s no talking to people of color about what they think. So we were p…"

-Anand Giridharadas, The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy

Cover of Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics by Michael   Cohen

21. Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics

By: Michael Cohen

3.98

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

NOW WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY NORMAN EISEN AND E. DANYA PERRY The man the New York State Attorney Gen… read more

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

22. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Swamp Kings: The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power by Jason Ryan

23. Swamp Kings: The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power

By: Jason Ryan

3.82

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious low country clan, in all its Southern Gothic i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past by Kevin M. Kruse

24. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

By: Kevin M. Kruse

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this instant New York Times  bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."

-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"

-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"

-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

Cover of The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist's Warning by Peter J. Hotez

25. The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist's Warning

By: Peter J. Hotez

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr. Peter Hotez discusses how an anti-vaccine movement became a dangerous political campaign promot… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci

26. 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
Cover of Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice by Yusef Salaam

27. Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice

By: Yusef Salaam

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Named a Best Book of 2021 by NPR This inspirational memoir serves as a call to action from prison … read more

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"No matter what life has taken you through...try to live full and die empty."

-Yusef Salaam, Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice

Cover of The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919 by James Carl Nelson

28. The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919

By: James Carl Nelson

3.55

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary lost chapter in the history of World War I: the story of America’s year-long invas… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of American Carnage: Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence (School Safety, Violence in Society) by Fred Guttenberg

29. American Carnage: Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence (School Safety, Violence in Society)

By: Fred Guttenberg

4.05

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

"Don't tell me there's no such thing as gun violence. It happened in Parkland." ― Fred Guttenberg #… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
  • crime
  • education
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past by Steve Benen

30. Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past

By: Steve Benen

4.50

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. The Apprentice

By: Greg Miller

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

It has been called the political crime of the century: a foreign government, led by a brutal author… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
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4.31

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