Books

The Hidden Globe

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Foreign Policy

The Highest Law in the Land

Jessica Pishko

Criminal Justice, Policing & Guns

• First book

The Extinction of Experience

Christine Rosen

Society & Culture

On the Move

Abrahm Lustgarten

Climate Change

Language City

Ross Perlin

Society & Culture

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

Jonathan Blitzer

Immigration & Migration

• First book

Our Secret Society

Tanisha C. Ford

Race, Ethnicity & Identity

Some People Need Killing

Patricia Evangelista

Foreign Policy

• First book

Number Go Up

Zeke Faux

Economy & Finance

• First book

Fear is Just a Word

Azam Ahmed

Foreign Policy

• First book

The Hungry Season

Lisa M. Hamilton

Immigration & Migration

The Death of Public School

Cara Fitzpatrick

Education

• First book

The Forgotten Girls

Monica Potts

Society & Culture

• First book

Data Driven

Karen Levy

Privacy, Data & Cybersecurity

• First book

Strangers to Ourselves

Rachel Aviv

Health & Medicine

• First book
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Surveillance State

Josh Chin

Privacy, Data & Cybersecurity

• First book

We Refuse to Forget

Caleb J. Gayle

Race, Ethnicity & Identity

• First book

The Mind and the Moon

Daniel Bergner

Health & Medicine

The Naked Don’t Fear the Water

Matthieu Aikins

War, Security & Terrorism

• First book

Gangsters of Capitalism

Jonathan M. Katz

U.S. Military & Intelligence

Seed Money

Bartow Elmore

Science & Technology

Invisible Child

Andrea Elliott

Poverty, Inequality & Social Mobility

• First book
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The State Must Provide

Adam Harris

Education

• First book

The Extended Mind

Annie Murphy Paul

Science & Technology

When the Stars Begin to Fall

Theodore R. Johnson

Race, Ethnicity & Identity

• First book

How the Word is Passed

Clint Smith

Race, Ethnicity & Identity

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Driving While Brown

Jude Joffe-Block

Immigration & Migration

• First book

The Prophet’s Heir

Hassan Abbas

Religion

The Inevitable

Katie Engelhart

Health & Medicine

• First book

Halfway Home

Reuben Jonathan Miller

Criminal Justice, Policing & Guns

• First book

Oak Flat

Lauren Redniss

Society & Culture

What Can a Body Do?

Sara Hendren

Science & Technology

• First book

Burning Down the House

Julian E. Zelizer

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

Billion Dollar Burger

Chase Purdy

Science & Technology

• First book

In Deep

David Rohde

U.S. Military & Intelligence

The Scientist and the Spy

Mara Hvistendahl

Privacy, Data & Cybersecurity

Between Two Fires

Joshua Yaffa

Foreign Policy

• First book

Franchise

Marcia Chatelain

Race, Ethnicity & Identity

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Self-Portrait in Black and White

Thomas Chatterton Williams

Race, Ethnicity & Identity

Felon

Reginald Dwayne Betts

Race, Ethnicity & Identity

Guest House for Young Widows

Azadeh Moaveni

War, Security & Terrorism

The Optimist’s Telescope

Bina Venkataraman

Climate Change

• First book

A Good Provider is One Who Leaves

Jason DeParle

Society & Culture

Kochland

Christopher Leonard

Business, Labor & Trade

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Our Man

George Packer

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

Say Nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe

Foreign Policy

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The Uninhabitable Earth

David Wallace-Wells

Climate Change

• First book
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It Was All a Dream

Reniqua Allen

Race, Ethnicity & Identity

• First book

From Hitler’s Germany to Saddam’s Iraq

Scott Silverstone

War, Security & Terrorism

You’ll see this message when it is too late

Josephine Wolff

Privacy, Data & Cybersecurity

• First book

Bitwise

David Auerbach

Privacy, Data & Cybersecurity

• First book

Amity and Prosperity

Eliza Griswold

Climate Change

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The China Mission

Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

Foreign Policy

• First book

Big Is Beautiful

Michael Lind

Business, Labor & Trade

No Turning Back

Rania Abouzeid

Foreign Policy

• First book

The People vs. Democracy

Yascha Mounk

Populism & Democracy

Automating Inequality

Virginia Eubanks

Science & Technology

The Water Will Come

Jeff Goodell

Climate Change

A Moonless, Starless Sky

Alexis Okeowo

Foreign Policy

• First book

World Without Mind

Frank Foer

Privacy, Data & Cybersecurity

The Chickenshit Club

Jesse Eisinger

Criminal Justice, Policing & Guns

• First book

I Was Told to Come Alone

Souad Mekhennet

War, Security & Terrorism

• First book

The Vaccine Race

Meredith Wadman

Health & Medicine

• First book

Democracy Against Domination

K. Sabeel Rahman

Economy & Finance

• First book

What Have We Done

David Wood

U.S. Military & Intelligence

• First book

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

Rosa Brooks

U.S. Military & Intelligence

A Floating Chinaman

Hua Hsu

Foreign Policy

• First book

Expand Social Security Now!

Steven Hill

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

Louisa

Louisa Thomas

Gender & Identity

Splitopia

Wendy Paris

Society & Culture

Excellent Daughters

Katherine Zoepf

Foreign Policy

• First book

One Child

Mei Fong

Society & Culture

• First book

Raw Deal

Steven Hill

Business, Labor & Trade

Front Towards Enemy

Louie Palu

War, Security & Terrorism

• First book

The Powerhouse

Steve LeVine

Science & Technology

The Great Race

Levi Tillemann

Science & Technology

• First book

The Fierce Urgency of Now

Julian E. Zelizer

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

The Test

Anya Kamenetz

Education

The Modern Mercenary

Sean McFate

U.S. Military & Intelligence

• First book

Drone Wars

Daniel Rothenberg Peter Bergen

War, Security & Terrorism

• First book

@War

Shane Harris

War, Security & Terrorism

The Teacher Wars

Dana Goldstein

Education

• First book
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No Good Men Among the Living

Anand Gopal

War, Security & Terrorism

• First book

Overwhelmed

Brigid Schulte

Work & Care

• First book
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The Bright Continent

Dayo Olopade

Innovation

• First book

The Meat Racket

Christopher Leonard

Business, Labor & Trade

• First book

Now I Know Who My Comrades Are

Emily Parker

Populism & Democracy

• First book

The Up Side of Down

Megan McArdle

Innovation

• First book

The Loudest Voice in the Room

Gabriel Sherman

Journalism (study of)

• First book
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The Upside of Down

Charles Kenny

Society & Culture

Five Days at Memorial

Sheri Fink

Health & Medicine

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The Smartest Kids in the World

Amanda Ripley

Education

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The Pioneer Detectives

Konstantin Kakaes

Science & Technology

• First book

To Save Everything, Click Here

Evgeny Morozov

Innovation

On Internet Freedom

Marvin Ammori

Privacy, Data & Cybersecurity

• First book

The Insurgents

Fred Kaplan

War, Security & Terrorism

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Elephant in the Room

Paul Glastris

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

• First book

Twilight of the Elites

Christopher Hayes

Society & Culture

• First book
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Zoobiquity

Kathryn Bowers

Health & Medicine

• First book
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Land of Promise

Michael Lind

Economy & Finance

The Crisis of Zionism

Peter Beinart

Foreign Policy

The Richer Sex

Liza Mundy

Gender & Identity

The Escape Artists

Noam Scheiber

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

• First book

From Financial Crisis to Stagnation

Thomas Palley

Economy & Finance

Beautiful Souls

Eyal Press

Society & Culture

Consent of the Networked

Rebecca MacKinnon

Privacy, Data & Cybersecurity

• First book

10 Steps to Repair American Democracy

Steven Hill

Populism & Democracy

Mañana Forever?

Jorge Castañeda

Society & Culture

Getting Better

Charles Kenny

Economy & Finance

Fighting for Darfur

Rebecca Hamilton

Foreign Policy

• First book

Hot

Mark Hertsgaard

Climate Change

How to Run the World

Parag Khanna

Foreign Policy

The Longest War

Peter Bergen

War, Security & Terrorism

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The Net Delusion

Evgeny Morozov

Science & Technology

• First book

The Master Switch

Tim Wu

Business, Labor & Trade

The Tenth Parallel

Eliza Griswold

Religion

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California Crackup

Joe Mathews

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

The Icarus Syndrome

Peter Beinart

Foreign Policy

Shadow Elite

Janine R. Wedel

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

Replenished Ethnicity

Tomás R. Jiménez

Immigration & Migration

• First book

The Hawk and the Dove

Nicholas Thompson

Foreign Policy

The Evolution of God

Robert Wright

Religion

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The House at the End of the Road

W. Ralph Eubanks

Race, Ethnicity & Identity

To Live or to Perish Forever

Nicholas Schmidle

Foreign Policy

• First book

Obscene in the Extreme

Rick Wartzman

Society & Culture

Grand New Party

Reihan Salam

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

• First book

Ark of the Liberties

Ted Widmer

Populism & Democracy

The Second World

Parag Khanna

Foreign Policy

• First book

The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement

Steven Teles

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds

Gregory Rodriguez

Immigration & Migration

• First book

Overtreated

Shannon Brownlee

Health & Medicine

• First book

The End of Alliances

Rajan Menon

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

Oil on the Brain

Lisa Margonelli

Business, Labor & Trade

• First book
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Best Care Anywhere

Phillip Longman

Health & Medicine

The American Way of Strategy

Michael Lind

Foreign Policy

Ethical Realism

Anatol Lieven

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

In the Belly of the Green Bird

Nir Rosen

War, Security & Terrorism

• First book

The Osama bin Laden I Know

Peter Bergen

War, Security & Terrorism

Divided by God

Noah Feldman

Religion

What Lincoln Believed

Michael Lind

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

Speak Softly and Carry A Big Stick

James H. Snider

Journalism (study of)

• First book

The City

Joel Kotkin

Cities

University Inc.

Jennifer Washburn

Education

• First book

Guiding Lights

Eric Liu

Work & Care

What We Owe Iraq

Noah Feldman

War, Security & Terrorism

Trust

Farai Chideya

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

The Empty Cradle

Phillip Longman

Society & Culture

After Jihad

Noah Feldman

War, Security & Terrorism

• First book

Being America

Jedediah Purdy

Society & Culture

Made in Texas

Michael Lind

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

The Divided Welfare State

Jacob S. Hacker

Poverty, Inequality & Social Mobility

Holy War, Inc.

Peter Bergen

War, Security & Terrorism

• First book
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The Radical Center

Michael Lind

U.S. Politics & Public Policy

• First book

An American Story

Debra J. Dickerson

Race, Ethnicity & Identity

• First book

The Coming Anarchy

Robert Kaplan

Foreign Policy

Coercion

Douglas Rushkoff

Society & Culture