This is a list I originally put together on Threads to explain the election results in ways many likely hadn't considered. Even though I personally rate many of these books low, they all do contain illuminating discussions.
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Rating
Readers Count
Controls
American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears
Farah Stockman
4.17
3 reads
American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation
Seth David Radwell
3.5
2 reads
Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
Todd Rose
4.5
4 reads
Divided by Terror: American Patriotism After 9/11
John Bodnar
4
1 read
Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation
David A. French
4
3 reads
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
Niall Ferguson
3.25
6 reads
How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart
Jamal Greene
3.5
3 reads
No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants
Alina Das
3
1 read
Political Junkies
Claire Bond Potter
5
1 read
Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal
Carissa Byrne Hessick
5
1 read
Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump
James A. Morone
5
1 read
Spite: The Upside of Your Dark Side
Simon McCarthy-Jones
5
1 read
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power