Books like Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
12 books with a reading profile close to Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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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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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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How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt argue that modern democracies rarely collapse through violent military coups but instead erode from within through the legal subversion of institutions.
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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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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
James W.
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REGIME CHANGE
by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Also outward-looking · 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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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
history, analytical
Mikki Kendall identifies a fundamental disconnect between mainstream feminist rhetoric and the lived realities of localized communities.
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
history, analytical
Reni Eddo-Lodge examines the disconnect in British racial discourse, beginning with a viral blog post regarding the emotional labor required to explain prejudice to those who deny its existence.
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Jon Krakauer examines the 1984 murders of Brenda Lafferty and her infant daughter, committed by her brothers-in-law, Ron and Dan Lafferty.
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Jason Reynolds adapts Ibram X.
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Men Who Hate Women: The Extremism Nobody is Talking About
by Laura Bates
history, analytical
Laura Bates investigates the interconnected subcultures of the "manosphere," documenting how online communities like Incels, Men’s Rights Activists, and Pick Up Artists foster systemic misogyny.
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How Music Works
by David Byrne
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
David Byrne argues that musical composition is driven by external constraints rather than pure internal inspiration.
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