23 must-read history books like American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation by Seth David Radwell

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American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation

By: Seth David Radwell

4.02

Format: 547 pages, Kindle Edition

An enlightened exploration of history to unite a deeply divided America  The political dialogue …

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1. Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, … read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

2. American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation

By: Jon Meacham

4.32

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover

The American Gospel-literally, the good news about America-is that religion shapes our public life … read more

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3. They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45

By: Milton Sanford Mayer

3.79

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

"What no one seemed to notice," said a colleague of mine, a philologist, "was the ever widening gap… read more

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4. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

By: Deborah Blum

3.60

Format: 212 pages,

Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very… read more

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5. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

By: Steven Pressfield , Robert McKee

4.08

Format: None pages,

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6. Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan

By: Douglas C. Waller

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

"A fantastic book, one of the very finest accounts of wartime spookery...a hell of a good tale." --… read more

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7. Troubled

By: Rob Henderson

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

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8. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
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9. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

By: Stacy Schiff

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution by Greg Lukianoff

10. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

By: Greg Lukianoff

3.93

Format: 432 pages, ebook

A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more

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  • society
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."

-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."

-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

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11. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

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12. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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13. The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

By: Philip S. Gorski

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracy Most Americans were shocked by t… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"White Christian nationalism is a “deep story"

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

"For white Americans who affirm Christian nationalist ideology, “true Americans"

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

"Even as it’s become riskier for mainstream politicians to use negative dog whistles like “thug"

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

"It’s not that Christian nationalists have a different understanding of American history; it’s that they often have an incorrect understanding."

-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

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14. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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15. Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell

By: Tim Miller

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former Republican political operative Tim Miller admits what no one else on the right ever will: th… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
" Why We Did It is a book about the people who submitted to every whim of a comically unfit and detestable man who crapped all over them and took over the party they had given their life to. It’s abou…"

-Tim Miller, Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell

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16. Poverty, by America

By: Matthew Desmond

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

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17. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

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  • society
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

By: Victor Davis Hanson

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the mod… read more

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  • historical
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom o…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

"The same hubris that posits that complex tools of mass destruction can be created but never used, also fuels the fatal vanity that war itself is an anachronism and no longer an existential concern-at…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

"War is probably the oldest human endeavor, and its face of battle is constantly changing, with new challenges prompting counterresponses. Its novel and unforeseen dangers can never be underestimated.…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

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19. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything by Christopher F. Rufo

20. America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

By: Christopher F. Rufo

4.30

Format: 352 pages, ebook

For decades, left-wing radicals patiently built a revolution in the shadows. Then suddenly, after t… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
"The revolution, which seeks to connect ideology to bureaucratic power and to manipulate behavior through the guise of expertise, is ultimately not democratic."

-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

"The critical race theorists and their allies have turned resentment into a governing principle. But this also a trap: resentment is a tool for obtaining power, not of wielding it successfully."

-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

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21. Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future

By: Jean M. Twenge

4.05

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United Stat… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
"John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, spoke to hundreds of young people for his 2022 book, Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Sa…"

-Jean M. Twenge, Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future

Cover of Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election by Michael Isikoff

22. Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election

By: Michael Isikoff

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From veteran award-winning investigative journalists Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, the epic … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
Cover of The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington by Brad Meltzer

23. The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

By: Brad Meltzer

3.81

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. Was… read more

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

24. 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
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • government
Cover of There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century by Fiona  Hill

25. There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

By: Fiona Hill

4.13

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity ha… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. Travellers in the Third Reich

By: Julia Boyd

4.05

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what’s right in front of your eyes? The e… read more

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  • historical
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934"

-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich

"One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become since he was last there. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934"

-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich

"In Dresden, Sylvia Morris witnessed the ransacking of the Jewish department store - Etam's [on Kristallnacht, 9 November 1938]. 'Dresden had been peaceful and not pro-Nazi so this was a major event,'…"

-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich

"[William Edward Burghardt] Du Bois saw things rather differently. He argued that it was entirely because of Hitler that Germany had in fact already ‘lapsed into Bolshevism’. In his view, the Nazi gov…"

-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich

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27. How Propaganda Works

By: Jason F. Stanley

3.55

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News com… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Perhaps most disturbingly for me, when I look upon my own discipline, the discipline of philosophy, I find egregious effects of ideology and propaganda. Philosophy is self-consciously devoted to the …"

-Jason F. Stanley, How Propaganda Works

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28. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—… read more

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"No young woman of means has gone through her entire life without at least once surveying her opportunities and wishing for a dragon instead."

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

"Homily professed her love by digging a second crossbow bolt of Shersheshin's body. It was so much clearer a declaration of affection than any of those speeches spun by poets or playwrights. And stuff…"

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

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29. The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition

By: Jonathan Tepper

4.13

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The Myth of Capitalism tells the story of how America has gone from an open, competitive marketplac… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened by Bill McKibben

30. The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened

By: Bill McKibben

4.19

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

One of the New Yorker 's Best Books of 2022 Bill McKibben―award-winning author, activist, educat… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation

By: Seth David Radwell

4.02

Format: 547 pages, Kindle Edition

An enlightened exploration of history to unite a deeply divided America  The political dialogue … read more

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