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18 Best Political Books

Goal: Find the best Political books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best political books" and study the top 6+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

18 Best Political Books

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1

The Republic

by Plato

2

Long Walk to Freedom

The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

by Nelson Mandela

Also recommended by:

Barack Obama, Richard Branson

3

The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx

4

The Social Contract

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

6

Animal Farm

by George Orwell

7

Team of Rivals

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

8

The New Jim Crow

Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

by Michelle Alexander

9

Why We're Polarized

by Ezra Klein

Also recommended by:

Mark Zuckerberg, Julia Galef, Bill Gates

10

The Nine

Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

by Jeffrey Toobin

Also recommended by:

Gary Vaynerchuk

11

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft

12

All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

13

Deterring Democracy

by Noam Chomsky

14

How to Spot a Fascist

by Umberto Eco

15

Politics Is for Power

How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change

by Eitan Hersh

16

The Years of Lyndon Johnson

The Path to Power; Means of Ascent; Master of the Senate; The Passage of Power

by Robert A. Caro

17

We the Corporations

How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights

by Adam Winkler

18

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't

A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues That Matter

by Jessamyn Conrad

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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