16 must-read history books like The War on the West by Douglas Murray

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The War on the West

By: Douglas Murray

4.28

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim…

"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now been painted."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now been painted."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

If you liked the history plot in The War on the West by Douglas Murray , here is a list of 16 books like this:

1. The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy

By: Thomas Sowell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the pas… read more

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2. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

By: Yascha Mounk

4.08

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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3. 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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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"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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4. The War on the West

By: Douglas Murray

4.28

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Murray's The War on the West book and Douglas Murray's The War on the West

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  • history
  • politics
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

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5. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

By: Peter Zeihan

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • audiobook
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6. A Thousand Ships

By: Natalie Haynes

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. They have waited long enough for their tu… read more

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"If he tells me to sing one more time, I think I might bite him."

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

"An artist constantly risks falling fully into chaos, instead of transforming it."

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

"Because really, how many cannibalistic giants can one Greek plausibly meet as he sails the open seas?"

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

"We are all human. That means there is something about our experience that is the same. Otherwise, we would not all be human."

-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships

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7. 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

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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8. Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

By: John McWhorter

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

People of good will on both the left and the right are secretly asking themselves the same question… read more

Similar categories in John McWhorter's Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America book and Douglas Murray's The War on the West

  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"To tar America as insufficiently aware of slavery is more about smugness and noble victimhood than forging something new and needed."

-John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

"Antiracism should focus strongly on ending the war on drugs, and there is no need for legions of whites to be instructed in how privileged they are for this to happen."

-John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

"[P]rofound social change can happen without the entire populace being junior scholars about racist injustice. Such change has been happening world-wide for several centuries."

-John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

"They are unreachable for the simple reason that they are arguing from religion rather than reason, trying to foist their dogma into the public square out of a misguided sense that they are the world'…"

-John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

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9. 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 Douglas Murray's The War on the West

  • cultural
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"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

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10. 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 Douglas Murray's The War on the West

  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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11. Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

By: Gad Saad

3.94

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism has never been more seriously threate… read more

Similar categories in Gad Saad's Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense book and Douglas Murray's The War on the West

  • cultural
  • politics
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"We envy people whose traits compete with our desirability as a mate."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"Any human endeavor rooted in the pursuit of truth must rely on fact and not feelings."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"To be a truly wise person requires that we recognize those domains best served by our intellect versus those best guided by our emotions."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"There is no "black mind" or "white mind", no "white male of knowing", there is only one truth, and we find it through the scientific method."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

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12. Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

By: Vivek Ramaswamy

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this New York Times bestseller, a young and successful entrepreneur makes the case that politics… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Diversity"

-Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

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13. 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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  • history
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  • audiobook
"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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14. 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

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"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

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15. San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities

By: Michael Shellenberger

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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16. The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil

By: Michael Malice

4.49

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

The Russian Revolution was as red as blood. The Bolsheviks promised that they were building a new s… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet by Bjørn Lomborg

17. False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet

By: Bjørn Lomborg

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Art… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West by Konstantin Kisin

18. An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

By: Konstantin Kisin

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For all of the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with fun… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar

19. Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning

By: Nigel Biggar

3.99

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire … read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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20. The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

By: Andrew Doyle

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

'A sober but devastating skewering of cancel culture and the moral certainties it shares with relig… read more

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  • history
  • politics
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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Where the New Left promoted the politics of unity, today’s intersectional reactionaries promote the politics of division."

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

"Theres no harm un recognizing the more vindictive side of human nature, so long as we do not allow our reason to be dominated by our passion."

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

"The belief of the apparatchiks of Critical Social Justice - that all our problems will magically disappear once we outlaw certain points of view or words that cause 'harm' - is a utopian delusion."

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

"Just as the symbol of Christ's crucifix encapsulates the triumph of the victim and has been exploited historically as a means to exert power over others, the rainbow Pride flag now serves a similar f…"

-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

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21. Free Speech And Why It Matters

By: Andrew Doyle

4.26

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

Towards the end of the twentieth century, those who advocated what became known as 'Political Corre… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Doyle's Free Speech And Why It Matters book and Douglas Murray's The War on the West

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
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  • sociology
"There will always be those whose instinct inclines towards submission to authority, who are happy to shift beliefs in accordance with the fashion or decrees from above. Orwell called this the 'gramop…"

-Andrew Doyle, Free Speech And Why It Matters

19 Top audiobook books like The War on the West by Douglas Murray

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The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

Yascha Mounk

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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

The War on the West

Douglas Murray

4.28

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The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

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13 must-read audiobook books like False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet by Bjørn Lomborg

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Douglas Murray

4.28

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Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters

Steven E. Koonin

4.27

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Social Justice Fallacies

Thomas Sowell

4.45

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The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

Douglas Murray

4.21

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