The Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. GarfieldKenneth D. Ackerman★★★★★4.4(222)From Publishers Weekly Several hundred pages of text on Garfield and the politics of his day may seem a stretch, given...
Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of TrumpGary Lachman★★★★★4.4(220)Lachman has written a fascinating analysis of how esoteric and occult ideas have had political consequences, without...
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New AmericaGeorge Packer★★★★★4.3(2.4K)From Booklist *Starred Review* How have we come to feel that neither the government nor the private sector works as it...
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert AmesKai Bird★★★★★4.3(826)New York Times BestsellerA Washington Post Notable BookA Christian Science Monitor Top Ten Book, 2014 New York Times...
The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity PoliticsMark Lilla★★★★★4.3(742)Brief but brilliant book.'' --Fareed Zakaria''After the disaster of November 2016, a wreckage analysis is desperately...
Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American TownBrian Alexander★★★★★4.3(650)There are some books that I think of as 'wake-up calls.' I’m talking about books that not only tell me something I...
SEAL Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama bin LadenChuck Pfarrer★★★★★4.3(535)SEAL TARGET GERONIMOxa0A marvelously engrossing account of the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama...
The Spy Who Couldn't Spell: A Dyslexic Traitor, an Unbreakable Code, and the FBI's Hunt for America's Stolen SecretsYudhijit Bhattacharjee★★★★★4.3(479)Praise for The Spy Who Couldn’t Spell “An excellent, highly engrossing account of the search for a man who was...
I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can PayJohn Lanchester★★★★★4.3(455)From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. With clarity and a conversational style often (sometimes deliberately) lacking...
Secrets of the Secret Service: The History and Uncertain Future of the US Secret Service (Pocket Inspirations)Gary J. Byrne★★★★★4.3(400)Praise for Crisis of Character :"I read it cover to cover!"― Sean Hannity, Fox News Channel "The book is worth...
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism (American Empire Project)Andrew J. Bacevich★★★★★4.3(354)From Publishers Weekly In this caustic critique of the growing American penchant for empire and sense of entitlement,...
Two Paths: America Divided or UnitedDaniel Paisner★★★★★4.3(322)About the Author JOHN KASICH is the former Governor of Ohio and a former U.S. presidential candidate. As a U.S....
The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American EmpireMatt Taibbi★★★★★4.3(271)From Publishers Weekly With his trademark mordant wit, journalist Taibbi explores the black comedy of the American...
Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just SocietyEric A. Posner★★★★★4.3(258)One of The Economist's Best Business and Economics Books of 2018""E. Glen Weyl & Eric Posner: One of Bloomberg...
The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American PowerKim Ghattas★★★★★4.3(232)“A terrific book...Our first intimate portrait of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state and a riveting personal...
A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949Kevin Peraino★★★★★4.3(223)New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Winner of the 2018 Truman Book Award “Peraino’s absorbing study of...
The End of the Cold War: 1985-1991Robert Service★★★★★4.3(216)“Service takes the vast literature on the Cold War's end, adds newly available archival sources, and pulls it all...
Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our IdentityLilliana Mason★★★★★4.3(215)“One of the most important books this year . . . . This is the kind of research that will change not just how you...
Echoes of My SoulRobert K. Tanenbaum★★★★★4.3(214)Robert K. Tanenbaum is one of the country's most respected and successful trial lawyers. Previously, he was the...
Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big TechRana Foroohar★★★★★4.3(211)“This book goes beyond the economic problems of market distortion and monopoly power and examines the broader...
It's Not What You Think: An American Woman in Saudi ArabiaSabeeha Rehman★★★★★4.3(202)“ It’s Not What You Think is truly a tale of surprises, as our assumptions about Saudi Arabia, its culture, and the...
Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics (Library of Theological Ethics)Reinhold Niebuhr★★★★★4.3(200)About the Author Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was an ethicist, theologian, and political philosopher who taught at...
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityKatherine Boo★★★★★4.2(9.1K)Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2012 : Katherine Boo spent three years among the residents of the Annawadi...