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13 Best Political Science Books

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

Method:

  1. Search for "best political science books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

13 Best Political Science Books

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1

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

2

The Republic

by Plato

3

Democracy in America

by Alexis de Tocqueville

Also recommended by:

Patrick Collison, Patrick Bet-David

4

Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes

5

Man, the State, and War

A Theoretical Analysis

by Kenneth Waltz

6

On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill

7

Second Treatise of Government

by John Locke

8

States and Social Revolutions

A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China

by Theda Skocpol

9

The American Voter

by Angus Campbell

10

The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx

11

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer

12

The Oxford Handbook of Political Science

by Robert E. Goodin

13

Who Governs?

Democracy and Power in the American City

by Robert A. Dahl

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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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