Books like The Truth with Jokes
12 books with a reading profile close to The Truth with Jokes by Al Franken. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right
by Al Franken
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, entertainment
Al Franken uses documented research and satirical commentary to identify specific instances of misinformation within American conservative media and political circles.
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The Witches Are Coming
by Lindy West
analytical, entertainment
Lindy West examines the cultural climate of the United States following the 2016 election and the rise of the Me Too movement.
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
analytical, entertainment
Chuck Klosterman analyzes the intersection of mainstream entertainment and personal identity through eighteen distinct essays.
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The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
This volume compiles the most cynical and sharp-tongued observations from Tyrion Lannister, the stunted nobleman from the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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THE DAY AFTER
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible
The author of “Shameless” looks at the relationship Republicans and Democrats have to power and prescribes ways for it to be used after Donald Trump’s presidency.
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I Am Pilgrim
by Terry Hayes
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · entertainment, accessible
The story follows a retired intelligence agent, known by the codename Pilgrim, who is pulled back into the field to stop a global biological threat.
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Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Also clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Flora Belle Buckman is a cynical ten-year-old girl who finds herself responsible for a squirrel named Ulysses after he is sucked into a high-powered vacuum cleaner.
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Outliers: The Story of Success
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, accessible
Malcolm Gladwell argues that high achievers are not self-made figures but products of hidden advantages and specific timing.
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The Supernaturalist
by Eoin Colfer
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Cosmo Hill is a fourteen-year-old boy in the grim Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys, a futuristic orphanage in Satellite City where children are used as subjects in tests.
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In the Tall Grass
by Stephen King
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Siblings Cal and Becky DeMuth are driving across Kansas when they stop beside a vast field of tall grass after hearing a young boy’s cries for help.
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THE INVISIBLE COUP
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, accessible
Peter Schweizer argues that current patterns of mass migration are not accidental shifts in population but are instead calculated tools of political warfare.
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