20 must-read nonfiction books like The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of “The Big Lie” by Major Garrett

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The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of “The Big Lie”

By: Major Garrett

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A Revelatory Account Of The 2020 Election—The Most Secure, Verifiable, And Transparent In American …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of “The Big Lie” by Major Garrett , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. 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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2. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

By: Denise Kiernan

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial r… read more

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3. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021

By: Peter Baker

4.46

Format: 725 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "The most comprehensive and detailed account of the Trump presidency ye… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
" 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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6. Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational

By: Michael Shermer

3.76

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Michael Shermer presents an overarching review of conspiracy theories―who belie… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Enough

By: Cassidy Hutchinson

4.31

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American h… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

By: Maggie Haberman

4.09

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidenc… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Trump is to business what professional wrestling is to sports: part of it, certainly, but also a cartoonish parody of it."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

"[White House Chief of Staff and Four-Star General John] Kelly shared with [Mick} Mulvaney {who was appointed when Kelly resigned] his view that Trump was the most flawed person he had ever met."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

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9. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court

By: Sheldon Whitehouse

4.48

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“A damning investigation of dark money by a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee” ( Kirk… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

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12. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

By: Amanda Jones

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump

By: Bob Woodward

4.27

Format: 12 pages, Audiobook

 “I’m doing something here that I’ve never done before, presenting the lengthy, raw interviews of m… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. 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
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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16. 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
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of “The Big Lie”

By: Major Garrett

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A Revelatory Account Of The 2020 Election—The Most Secure, Verifiable, And Transparent In American … read more

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18. 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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  • nonfiction
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19. Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

By: Russ Buettner

4.56

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of then-P… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. 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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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

"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

"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

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21. The Trump Files: An Account of the Trump Administration's Effect on American Democracy, Human Rights, Science, and Public Health

By: Jack Hassard

4.30

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

In twenty-first century United States of America, a corrupt businessman is elected president, is im… read more

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18 Best audiobook books like The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of “The Big Lie” by Major Garrett

Transform Your Habits

The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021

Peter Baker

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell

Tim Miller

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational

Michael Shermer

3.76

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9 Top adult books like That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones

Transform Your Habits

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

4.19

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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Tia Levings

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

Michelle Moran

4.30

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