Books like How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
12 books with a reading profile close to How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future by Steven Levitsky. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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REGIME CHANGE
by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Two White House correspondents for The New York Times delve into the first year of President Trump's second term.
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RAGE AND THE REPUBLIC
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Jonathan Turley examines the history of public fury in the United States, tracking how political anger has shaped constitutional law and legislative cycles from the colonial era to the present.
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The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
by Tim Marshall
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Tim Marshall examines how physical landscapes and regional borders dictate the strategic calculations of modern nations.
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
James W.
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The Nineties
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Chuck Klosterman examines the decade between the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Twin Towers, defining it as a period of low-stakes sincerity and pervasive irony.
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Jason Reynolds adapts Ibram X.
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BLACK AF HISTORY
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Michael Harriot reconstructs the American timeline by centering Black agency rather than treating it as a footnote to white narratives.
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Michael Lewis chronicles the efforts of a clandestine group of scientists and public health officials who spent years preparing for a viral outbreak before COVID-19 surfaced.
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Eric Schlosser tracks the evolution of the American fast food industry from its roots as localized drive-ins to a global economic force.
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Niall Ferguson traces the evolution of global finance through the development of credit, banking, bond markets, and insurance.
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Bill Bryson uses his 1851 Norfolk rectory as a physical map to trace how the modern domestic world evolved.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Bill Bryson tracks the development of human understanding from the Big Bang to the arrival of modern civilization.
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