24 Top history books like Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States by Brian Rosenwald

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Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States

By: Brian Rosenwald

4.13

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

The march to the Trump presidency began in 1988, when Rush Limbaugh went national. Brian Rosenwald …

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1. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

By: Steve Martin

3.88

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concer… read more

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"I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years."

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

"...teaching is, after all, a form of show business."

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

"How many people have never raised their hand before?"

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

"Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent."

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

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2. The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children

By: Katherine Stewart

4.25

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

In 2009, the Good News Club came to the public elementary school where journalist Katherine Stewart… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Listening to the debates about public schools on the Christian Right, one hears plenty of opposing opinions and a great deal of confusion. Some want to change the schools, others want to leave them. …"

-Katherine Stewart, The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children

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3. The Wright Brothers

By: David McCullough

2.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #2)

By: Drew Karpyshyn

2.33

Format: None pages,

In the New York Times bestseller Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Drew Karpyshyn painted a gripping… read more

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5. Holidays on Ice

By: David Sedaris

4.40

Format: None pages,

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never bef… read more

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  • nonfiction

6. 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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7. Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night

By: Jason Zinoman

4.19

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

New York Timescomedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic le… read more

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8. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."

-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

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9. Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the … read more

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"It never fails, the most awful human beings, the power hungry, those with the least personality, kindness, and humanity, are general managers in restaurants."

-Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

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10. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Grief is for people, not things."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

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14. The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

By: Jon Meacham

4.26

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The opposite of fear is hope, defined as the expectation of good fortune not only for ourselves but for a group to which we belong. Fear feeds anxiety and produces anger; hope, particularly in a poli…"

-Jon Meacham, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

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15. 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
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16. How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

By: Steven Levitsky

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is ou… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Authoritarian politicians cast their rivals as criminal, subversive, unpatriotic, or a threat to national security or the existing way of life."

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

"The drift into authoritarianism doesn’t always set off alarm bells. Citizens are often slow to realize that their democracy is being dismantled even as it happens before their eyes."

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

"Institutions become political weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected autocrats subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing"

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

"But when faced with a would-be authoritarian, establishment politicians must unambiguously reject him or her and do everything possible to defend democratic institutions—even if that means temporaril…"

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

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17. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

By: Beverly Gage

4.37

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

By: Will Sommer

4.09

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, ho… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. 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
  • history
  • nonfiction
"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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20. On the House: A Washington Memoir

By: John Boehner

3.91

Format: None pages, Audio CD

This program is read by the author. * INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 WALL STREET JOURNA… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"A leader without followers is just a man out taking a walk"

-John Boehner, On the House: A Washington Memoir

"It's just golf... hit the ball, find the ball, hit it again"

-John Boehner, On the House: A Washington Memoir

"Get the right people on the bus, and then find them the right seat"

-John Boehner, On the House: A Washington Memoir

"The mark of a good leader is to prepare those who will succeed you."

-John Boehner, On the House: A Washington Memoir

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21. 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
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission by Mark Leibovich

22. Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission

By: Mark Leibovich

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times Bestseller "He's one of the best chroniclers of politics today." -Jake Tapp… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names

By: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

3.61

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

From the coauthor of the award-winning Nonstop Metropolis--a short, fascinating journey into the pa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party by Dana Milbank

24. The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party

By: Dana Milbank

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind

By: Robert Draper

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2022 The disturbing eyewitness account of how a new … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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27. We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism

By: Andy Campbell

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A gripping investigation into the nation’s most notorious far-right group, revealing how they creat… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. Hatemonger

By: Jean Guerrero

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted Donald Tr… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"He was off by himself all the time. His desk was a mess with stuff mashed up, and he would pour glue on his body, then peel it off, and eat it."

-Jean Guerrero, Hatemonger

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29. Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics

By: Nicole Hemmer

4.02

Format: 336 pages, ebook

From Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity to Glenn Beck and Matt Drudge, Americans are accustomed to thin… read more

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  • history
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30. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States by Brian Rosenwald

31. Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States

By: Brian Rosenwald

4.13

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

The march to the Trump presidency began in 1988, when Rush Limbaugh went national. Brian Rosenwald … read more

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21 must-read politics books like Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States by Brian Rosenwald

Transform Your Habits

The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children

Katherine Stewart

4.25

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Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

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Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

Jonathan Karl

4.28

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Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

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Mike Rothschild

3.84

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Naomi Klein

4.22

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Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

Derek Beres

4.10

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