26 Best nonfiction books like Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us by Evan Mandery

Cover of Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us by Evan Mandery

Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

By: Evan Mandery

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Next Big Idea Book Club  Nominee October 2022 An eye-opening look at how America’s elite colleges …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us by Evan Mandery , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior

1. All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

By: Jennifer Senior

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. Award-winning journalist… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Senior's All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • nonfiction
  • education
"Children live life as a controlled experiment."

-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

"What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion"

-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

"The phrase "having it all" has little to do with having what we want."

-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

"Vocabulary for aggravation is large. Vocabulary for transcendence is elusive."

-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

2. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

By: William Deresiewicz

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and l… read more

Similar categories in William Deresiewicz's Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

3. The Sellout

By: Paul Beatty

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Sellout is the first book by an American author to win the UK's prestigious Man Booker Prize. A… read more

Similar categories in Paul Beatty's The Sellout book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

Cover of How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter

4. How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

By: Barbara F. Walter

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and ho… read more

Similar categories in Barbara F. Walter's How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • nonfiction
"For a society to fracture along identity lines, you need mouthpieces - people who are willing to make discriminatory appeals and pursue discriminatory policies in the name of a particular group. They…"

-Barbara F. Walter, How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

Cover of Troubled by Rob Henderson

5. 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

Similar categories in Rob Henderson's Troubled book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • nonfiction
  • education
"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

Cover of Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg

6. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

Similar categories in Charles Duhigg's Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • nonfiction
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Cover of Jaded by Ela Lee

7. Jaded

By: Ela Lee

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A young lawyer wakes up the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previo… read more

Similar categories in Ela Lee's Jaded book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

"I'd tell her that recovery would be like the temple: built between an enormous boulder and a cliff's edge. The construction would be perilous, with the laying of every stone risking a drop into the a…"

-Ela Lee, Jaded

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

8. 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

Similar categories in Greg Lukianoff's The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • education
  • 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

Cover of When McKinsey Comes to Town by Walt Bogdanich

9. When McKinsey Comes to Town

By: Walt Bogdanich

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more

Similar categories in Walt Bogdanich's When McKinsey Comes to Town book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"

-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town

Cover of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris   Miller

10. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

Similar categories in Chris Miller's Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Cover of Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

11. 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

Similar categories in Michael Harriot's Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of 2054 by Elliot Ackerman

12. 2054

By: Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive wo… read more

Similar categories in Elliot Ackerman's 2054 book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
Cover of Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell

13. Social Justice Fallacies

By: Thomas Sowell

4.45

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths th… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Social Justice Fallacies book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier

14. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • nonfiction
  • education
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

Cover of Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History by Nellie Bowles

15. 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

Similar categories in Nellie Bowles's Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

16. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • nonfiction
  • education
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Cover of The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets by Matthew Connelly

17. The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets

By: Matthew Connelly

3.83

Format: 540 pages, Hardcover

A captivating study of US state secrecy that examines how officials use it to hoard power and preve… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Connelly's The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel

18. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

By: Michael J. Sandel

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds ar… read more

Similar categories in Michael J. Sandel's The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • economics
  • education
  • nonfiction
"A wealthy CEO could justify his or her advantages to a lower paid worker on a factory floor as: "I am not worthier then you nor morally deserving of the privileged position I hold. My generous compen…"

-Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

Cover of Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace

19. Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

By: Jennifer Breheny Wallace

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive book on the rise of “toxic achievement cultu… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Breheny Wallace's Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • nonfiction
  • education
Cover of The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell

20. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

By: Jeff Goodell

4.32

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Goodell's The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America by Coleman Hughes

21. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

Similar categories in Coleman Hughes's The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

Cover of To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery by Neil deGrasse Tyson

22. To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.33

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrate… read more

Similar categories in Neil deGrasse Tyson's To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • nonfiction
Cover of We Need to Talk About Antisemitism by Rabbi Diana Fersko

23. We Need to Talk About Antisemitism

By: Rabbi Diana Fersko

4.36

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A millennial rabbi explores why we’re reluctant to discuss antisemitism—and empowers us to fight ag… read more

Similar categories in Rabbi Diana Fersko's We Need to Talk About Antisemitism book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Private Equity: A Memoir by Carrie Sun

24. Private Equity: A Memoir

By: Carrie Sun

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A gripping memoir of one woman’s self-discovery inside a top Wall Street firm, and an urgent indict… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Sun's Private Equity: A Memoir book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • economics
  • nonfiction
"A gift weighed down by the imposition of gratitude becomes an expectation; over time, it becomes debt."

-Carrie Sun, Private Equity: A Memoir

Cover of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato

25. The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies

By: Mariana Mazzucato

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry and what to do ab… read more

Similar categories in Mariana Mazzucato's The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All by Michael Shellenberger

26. Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

By: Michael Shellenberger

4.18

Format: 272 pages, ebook

Michael Shellenberger has been fighting for a greener planet for decades. He helped save the world’… read more

Similar categories in Michael Shellenberger's Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
Cover of White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan by Mick Ryan

27. White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan

By: Mick Ryan

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This book "is entertaining, thought-provoking and quite possibly prescient. Not just an engaging ta… read more

Similar categories in Mick Ryan's White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
Cover of To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People by Noah Feldman

28. To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People

By: Noah Feldman

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A leading thinker’s witty, wide-ranging journey to understanding what it means to be a Jew today. … read more

Similar categories in Noah Feldman's To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • nonfiction
Cover of Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant by Stephanie Kiser

29. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant

By: Stephanie Kiser

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Kiser's Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us by Evan Mandery

30. Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

By: Evan Mandery

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Next Big Idea Book Club  Nominee October 2022 An eye-opening look at how America’s elite colleges … read more

Similar categories in Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • economics
Cover of What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Melissa Fitzgerald

31. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

By: Melissa Fitzgerald

4.49

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing  as told by cast members Mel… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Fitzgerald's What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service book and Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice

18 Best politics books like Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us by Evan Mandery

Transform Your Habits

How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

Barbara F. Walter

4.25

Transform Your Habits

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

Greg Lukianoff

3.93

Transform Your Habits

When McKinsey Comes to Town

Walt Bogdanich

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

View all the books

13 Best history books like We Need to Talk About Antisemitism by Rabbi Diana Fersko

Transform Your Habits

Jews Don't Count

David Baddiel

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

Mike Rothschild

3.84

Transform Your Habits

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

Noa Tishby

4.34

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.