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20 Books You Missed From 2020 - 2021 To Help Explain The 2024 US Election Results

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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American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears
American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears
  • Farah Stockman
4.173 reads
American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation
American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation
  • Seth David Radwell
3.52 reads
Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
  • Todd Rose
4.54 reads
Divided by Terror: American Patriotism After 9/11
Divided by Terror: American Patriotism After 9/11
  • John Bodnar
41 read
Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation
Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation
  • David A. French
43 reads
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
  • Niall Ferguson
3.256 reads
How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart
How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart
  • Jamal Greene
3.53 reads
No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants
No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants
  • Alina Das
31 read
Political Junkies
Political Junkies
  • Claire Bond Potter
51 read
Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal
Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal
  • Carissa Byrne Hessick
51 read
Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump
Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump
  • James A. Morone
51 read
Spite: The Upside of Your Dark Side
Spite: The Upside of Your Dark Side
  • Simon McCarthy-Jones
51 read
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
  • Deirdre Mask
3.8916 reads
The Debt Trap
The Debt Trap
  • Josh Mitchell
4.673 reads
The Politics Industry
The Politics Industry
  • Katherine M. Gehl
  • Michael E. Porter
3.333 reads
The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
  • Peter T Coleman
51 read
Those Who Wander
Those Who Wander
  • Vivian Ho
3.56 reads
Unnatural Disasters
Unnatural Disasters
  • Gonzalo Lizarralde
41 read
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Vexed

Vexed
  • James Mumford
31 read
Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free
Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free
  • Judge Jed S. Rakoff
51 read