Best Journalism Books | Summaries & Audio

Journalism Book Summaries

Midnight in Mexico

by Alfredo Corchado • 2013

A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.

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🧭 Mexican Drug War 🌎 Border Politics 🎤 Investigative Journalism 💰 State Corruption 🪪 Bicultural Identity

Midnight in Mexico

A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.

by Alfredo Corchado 2013 304 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧭 Mexican Drug War 🌎 Border Politics 🎤 Investigative Journalism 💰 State Corruption 🪪 Bicultural Identity

Yes We (Still) Can

by Dan Pfeiffer • 2018

Obama pioneered a new political playbook. Then Fox News, Twitter, and Trump shredded it. Now what?

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🗣️ Political Communication 🗳️ Election Campaigns 🌐 Internet Politics 🔊 Media Echo Chambers 🚫 Misinformation Warfare

Yes We (Still) Can

Obama pioneered a new political playbook. Then Fox News, Twitter, and Trump shredded it. Now what?

by Dan Pfeiffer 2018 304 pages

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7k+ ratings

🗣️ Political Communication 🗳️ Election Campaigns 🌐 Internet Politics 🔊 Media Echo Chambers 🚫 Misinformation Warfare

Pakistan on the Brink

by Ahmed Rashid • 2012

The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.

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🏔️ Afghanistan War 🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🏛️ State-Sponsored Extremism 💣 War On Terror

Pakistan on the Brink

The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.

by Ahmed Rashid 2012 257 pages

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500+ ratings

🏔️ Afghanistan War 🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🏛️ State-Sponsored Extremism 💣 War On Terror

Sound and Fury

by Dave Kindred • 2006

Their friendship electrified America: how a boxer and a broadcaster remade sports and each other.

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🫂 Dual Biography 🥊 Boxing History ✊ Athlete Activism 🎙️ Sports Journalism 📺 Television History

Sound and Fury

Their friendship electrified America: how a boxer and a broadcaster remade sports and each other.

by Dave Kindred 2006 384 pages

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206 ratings

🫂 Dual Biography 🥊 Boxing History ✊ Athlete Activism 🎙️ Sports Journalism 📺 Television History

The Plague Year

by Lawrence Wright • 2020

American exceptionalism met a virus that didn't care. How the most prepared nation on earth lost.

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🦠 Covid-19 😷 Pandemic Response 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💉 Vaccine Development ⚖️ Racial Inequity

The Plague Year

American exceptionalism met a virus that didn't care. How the most prepared nation on earth lost.

by Lawrence Wright 2020 336 pages

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2k+ ratings

🦠 Covid-19 😷 Pandemic Response 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💉 Vaccine Development ⚖️ Racial Inequity

Los señores del narco

by Anabel Hernández • 2010

Mexico's drug war is a staged conflict, waged by the government on behalf of its preferred cartel.

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📦 Drug Cartels 🇲🇽 Mexican Politics 🏛️ State Complicity ⚔️ Failed Drug War 💰 Money Laundering

Los señores del narco

Mexico's drug war is a staged conflict, waged by the government on behalf of its preferred cartel.

by Anabel Hernández 2010 592 pages

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📦 Drug Cartels 🇲🇽 Mexican Politics 🏛️ State Complicity ⚔️ Failed Drug War 💰 Money Laundering

The Ones We've Been Waiting for

by Charlotte Alter • 2020

Shaped by 9/11, debt, and recession, a generation enters power with clashing visions for America.

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🗳️ Generational Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🎓 Student Debt Crisis 📱 Digital Activism

The Ones We've Been Waiting for

Shaped by 9/11, debt, and recession, a generation enters power with clashing visions for America.

by Charlotte Alter 2020 368 pages

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500+ ratings

🗳️ Generational Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🎓 Student Debt Crisis 📱 Digital Activism

Tory Nation

by Samuel Earle • 2023

One party has ruled Britain for two-thirds of the last two centuries. This is how.

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🏛️ British Politics 🔵 Conservatism 📰 Media Influence 🚩 Nationalism 🧠 Cultural Hegemony

Tory Nation

One party has ruled Britain for two-thirds of the last two centuries. This is how.

by Samuel Earle 2023 304 pages

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65 ratings

🏛️ British Politics 🔵 Conservatism 📰 Media Influence 🚩 Nationalism 🧠 Cultural Hegemony

Lucky

by Jonathan Allen • 2021

How Biden really won: not strategy, but opponent blunders, a pandemic, and one endorsement.

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🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🏛️ Democratic Party ⚔️ Primary Battles 🎙️ Campaign Journalism 🔄 Political Comebacks

Lucky

How Biden really won: not strategy, but opponent blunders, a pandemic, and one endorsement.

by Jonathan Allen 2021 17 pages

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1k+ ratings

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🏛️ Democratic Party ⚔️ Primary Battles 🎙️ Campaign Journalism 🔄 Political Comebacks

The Perfect Police State

by Geoffrey Cain • 2021

China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.

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🛡️ Surveillance States 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 🤖 Ai And Ethics 👁️ Mass Surveillance

The Perfect Police State

China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.

by Geoffrey Cain 2021 304 pages

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1k+ ratings

🛡️ Surveillance States 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 🤖 Ai And Ethics 👁️ Mass Surveillance

Provenance

by Laney Salisbury • 2009

A painter forged the art. A con man forged the archives. The art world bought both.

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🎨 Art Forgery 💰 Art Market 🃏 Confidence Games 📋 Fakes And Frauds 🕵️ True Crime Narrative

Provenance

A painter forged the art. A con man forged the archives. The art world bought both.

by Laney Salisbury 2009 327 pages

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6k+ ratings

🎨 Art Forgery 💰 Art Market 🃏 Confidence Games 📋 Fakes And Frauds 🕵️ True Crime Narrative

Front Row at the Trump Show

by Jonathan Karl • 2020

How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.

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🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🎤 White House Press Corps 📰 Political Journalism 🎭 Media Manipulation 🤥 Post-Truth Politics

Front Row at the Trump Show

How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.

by Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pages

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🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🎤 White House Press Corps 📰 Political Journalism 🎭 Media Manipulation 🤥 Post-Truth Politics

Buckley

by Carl T. Bogus • 2011

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

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🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Buckley

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

by Carl T. Bogus 2011 417 pages

3.75

151 ratings

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Reckless Endangerment

by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

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🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending 💰 Wall Street Excess 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Reckless Endangerment

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

by Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending 💰 Wall Street Excess 🔍 Investigative Journalism

p53

by Sue Armstrong • 2014

Cancer cannot start unless this gene is disabled, but its activity also drives aging.

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🛡️ Tumor Suppressor Genes 🎗️ Cancer Biology 🔍 Scientific Discovery 🧬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Genetic Mutations

p53

Cancer cannot start unless this gene is disabled, but its activity also drives aging.

by Sue Armstrong 2014 288 pages

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500+ ratings

🛡️ Tumor Suppressor Genes 🎗️ Cancer Biology 🔍 Scientific Discovery 🧬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Genetic Mutations

Between You & Me

by Mary Norris • 2015

Punctuation, pronouns, profanity: the New Yorker copy desk's secrets for making every sentence work.

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📝 Copy Editing ✏️ Punctuation Marks 📚 Language Memoir 🧐 Editorial Judgment 🗽 New Yorker Style

Between You & Me

Punctuation, pronouns, profanity: the New Yorker copy desk's secrets for making every sentence work.

by Mary Norris 2015 240 pages

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6k+ ratings

📝 Copy Editing ✏️ Punctuation Marks 📚 Language Memoir 🧐 Editorial Judgment 🗽 New Yorker Style

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

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🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature 🛸 Drone Warfare 🛡️ Civilian Survival

The Drone Eats with Me

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015 258 pages

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452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature 🛸 Drone Warfare 🛡️ Civilian Survival

Bad City

by Paul Pringle • 2022

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

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🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

Bad City

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

by Paul Pringle 2022 305 pages

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3k+ ratings

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

No One Man Should Have All That Power

by Amos Barshad • 2019

Behind every pop star, president, and cartel boss, a hidden schemer pulls the strings.

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🕵️ Hidden Manipulators 🧠 Manipulation Psychology 🎩 Political Fixers 🎤 Pop Culture Power ⛪ Cult Leaders

No One Man Should Have All That Power

Behind every pop star, president, and cartel boss, a hidden schemer pulls the strings.

by Amos Barshad 2019 240 pages

3.65

185 ratings

🕵️ Hidden Manipulators 🧠 Manipulation Psychology 🎩 Political Fixers 🎤 Pop Culture Power ⛪ Cult Leaders

Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?

by Steven Pinker • 2016

Four thinkers debate: are we actually getting better, or just trading old problems for bigger ones?

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🏛️ Human Progress 📊 Data-Driven Optimism 🧠 Cognitive Biases ☢️ Existential Risk 💡 Enlightenment Values

Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?

Four thinkers debate: are we actually getting better, or just trading old problems for bigger ones?

by Steven Pinker 2016 128 pages

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🏛️ Human Progress 📊 Data-Driven Optimism 🧠 Cognitive Biases ☢️ Existential Risk 💡 Enlightenment Values

Killing the Dream

by Gerald Posner • 1998

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

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🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism ✊ Civil Rights History 🎯 Lone Gunman Theory

Killing the Dream

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

by Gerald Posner 1998 448 pages

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220 ratings

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism ✊ Civil Rights History 🎯 Lone Gunman Theory

Kashmir

by Tariq Ali • 2011

A 1947 promise of a vote. Sixty years of soldiers. Now a generation demands freedom with stones.

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🧭 Kashmir Conflict 🗳️ South Asian Politics 🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🕊️ Self-Determination ⚠️ State Violence

Kashmir

A 1947 promise of a vote. Sixty years of soldiers. Now a generation demands freedom with stones.

by Tariq Ali 2011 140 pages

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500+ ratings

🧭 Kashmir Conflict 🗳️ South Asian Politics 🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🕊️ Self-Determination ⚠️ State Violence

While the City Slept

by Eli Sanders • 2016

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

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🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion 💜 Sexual Assault Survivor 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

While the City Slept

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

by Eli Sanders 2016 322 pages

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3k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion 💜 Sexual Assault Survivor 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback

by Michael Rabiger • 1987

From research to final cut: the documentary director's craft, where ethics and story meet the lens.

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🎬 Film Directing 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🖼️ Shot Composition ✂️ Film Editing 🎥 Film Production

Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback

From research to final cut: the documentary director's craft, where ethics and story meet the lens.

by Michael Rabiger 1987

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336 ratings

🎬 Film Directing 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🖼️ Shot Composition ✂️ Film Editing 🎥 Film Production

Under Their Thumb

by Bill German • 2009

A Brooklyn teenager's fanzine caught the Stones' eye. They opened their world; he lost his own.

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🎸 Rock Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism 📣 Fan Culture 🎬 Behind The Music 🔀 Blurred Boundaries

Under Their Thumb

A Brooklyn teenager's fanzine caught the Stones' eye. They opened their world; he lost his own.

by Bill German 2009 372 pages

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424 ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism 📣 Fan Culture 🎬 Behind The Music 🔀 Blurred Boundaries

Glock

by Paul M. Barrett • 2012

Police carried revolvers until an Austrian outsider built a plastic gun that changed everything.

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🏢 Corporate History 🔫 Gun Industry 🇺🇸 Gun Culture 👮 Law Enforcement ⚖️ Gun Control Politics

Glock

Police carried revolvers until an Austrian outsider built a plastic gun that changed everything.

by Paul M. Barrett 2012 291 pages

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2k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate History 🔫 Gun Industry 🇺🇸 Gun Culture 👮 Law Enforcement ⚖️ Gun Control Politics

You are Being Lied To

by Russ Kick • 2001

The institutions you trust most are filtering what you know. Here is how, and why.

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📰 Media Criticism 📜 Hidden Histories 📢 Propaganda Studies 🌐 Media Ecology 🏛️ Institutional Power

You are Being Lied To

The institutions you trust most are filtering what you know. Here is how, and why.

by Russ Kick 2001 350 pages

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1k+ ratings

📰 Media Criticism 📜 Hidden Histories 📢 Propaganda Studies 🌐 Media Ecology 🏛️ Institutional Power

Goliath

by Max Blumenthal • 2012

How Israel traded democracy for demographic purity, and why its own citizens cheered.

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🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 📋 Military Occupation 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🎖️ Militarism

Goliath

How Israel traded democracy for demographic purity, and why its own citizens cheered.

by Max Blumenthal 2012

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500+ ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 📋 Military Occupation 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🎖️ Militarism

Believe

by Jeremy Egner • 2024

The chaotic, lucky path from throwaway ad to the streaming era's most comforting hit.

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🎬 Television Production 🎥 Behind The Scenes ⚽ Football Culture 💪 Modern Masculinity ❤️ Radical Kindness

Believe

The chaotic, lucky path from throwaway ad to the streaming era's most comforting hit.

by Jeremy Egner 2024 368 pages

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2k+ ratings

🎬 Television Production 🎥 Behind The Scenes ⚽ Football Culture 💪 Modern Masculinity ❤️ Radical Kindness

From Fatwa to Jihad

by Kenan Malik • 2009

The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.

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🗣️ Free Speech Debates 🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique 🏷️ Identity Politics ✊ Anti-Racism

From Fatwa to Jihad

The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.

by Kenan Malik 2009 352 pages

4.03

285 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Debates 🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique 🏷️ Identity Politics ✊ Anti-Racism

Hatching Twitter

by Nick Bilton • 2013

A hackathon side project became an $11 billion company, destroying every friendship that built it.

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🎭 Startup Drama 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📋 Tech Biographies ⚡ Founder Conflicts 🏛️ Boardroom Politics

Hatching Twitter

A hackathon side project became an $11 billion company, destroying every friendship that built it.

by Nick Bilton 2013 321 pages

4.04

19k+ ratings

🎭 Startup Drama 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📋 Tech Biographies ⚡ Founder Conflicts 🏛️ Boardroom Politics

A World Without "Whom"

by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017

The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.

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📖 Style Guides 🌐 Internet Linguistics 🔄 Language Evolution 🤝 Inclusive Language 📝 Descriptivism

A World Without "Whom"

The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.

by Emmy J. Favilla 2017 311 pages

3.72

491 ratings

📖 Style Guides 🌐 Internet Linguistics 🔄 Language Evolution 🤝 Inclusive Language 📝 Descriptivism

Forbidden Knowledge

by Terence H. Young • 2023

What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.

💊 Big Pharma 🛡️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🔒 Information Control 📢 Whistleblowing

Forbidden Knowledge

What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.

by Terence H. Young 2023 280 pages

💊 Big Pharma 🛡️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🔒 Information Control 📢 Whistleblowing

Renegade

by Richard Wolffe • 2009

The community-organizer playbook that scaled to a nation, broke every campaign rule, and won.

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🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 📜 Political Biography 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🇺🇸 American Political History 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Biracial Identity

Renegade

The community-organizer playbook that scaled to a nation, broke every campaign rule, and won.

by Richard Wolffe 2009 356 pages

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2k+ ratings

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 📜 Political Biography 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🇺🇸 American Political History 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Biracial Identity

Dressed Up for a Riot

by Michael Idov • 2018

a GQ editor's Moscow: protests fill squares, Pussy Riot faces trial, and cheese turns patriotic.

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🇷🇺 Russian Politics 🧱 Post-Soviet Transition 🎭 Cultural Memoir ✊ Protest Movements 📺 Media Control

Dressed Up for a Riot

a GQ editor's Moscow: protests fill squares, Pussy Riot faces trial, and cheese turns patriotic.

by Michael Idov 2018 288 pages

3.62

274 ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Politics 🧱 Post-Soviet Transition 🎭 Cultural Memoir ✊ Protest Movements 📺 Media Control

Gaslighting America

by Amanda Carpenter • 2018

Why millions cheer when Trump lies: a repeatable playbook that weaponizes psychology and media.

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🎭 Political Manipulation 📺 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Disinformation Tactics 📖 Authoritarian Playbook 📰 Post-Truth Politics

Gaslighting America

Why millions cheer when Trump lies: a repeatable playbook that weaponizes psychology and media.

by Amanda Carpenter 2018 288 pages

3.89

425 ratings

🎭 Political Manipulation 📺 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Disinformation Tactics 📖 Authoritarian Playbook 📰 Post-Truth Politics

SMiLE

by Domenic Priore • 2005

His band buried his pop symphony. Bootleggers kept it alive. It took 37 years to finally premiere.

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🎸 1960s Music 📼 Lost Albums ⚔️ Creative Differences 📻 Bootleg Culture 🏛️ American Mythology

SMiLE

His band buried his pop symphony. Bootleggers kept it alive. It took 37 years to finally premiere.

by Domenic Priore 2005 199 pages

3.80

145 ratings

🎸 1960s Music 📼 Lost Albums ⚔️ Creative Differences 📻 Bootleg Culture 🏛️ American Mythology

Fear Is Just a Word

by Azam Ahmed • 2023

When the Zetas took her daughter, a mother became a detective and hunted every killer herself.

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🩸 Cartel Violence ⚔️ Drug War 🫥 Forced Disappearances 📰 Narrative Journalism 🗣️ Victim Advocacy

Fear Is Just a Word

When the Zetas took her daughter, a mother became a detective and hunted every killer herself.

by Azam Ahmed 2023 384 pages

3.93

1k+ ratings

🩸 Cartel Violence ⚔️ Drug War 🫥 Forced Disappearances 📰 Narrative Journalism 🗣️ Victim Advocacy

Bunk

by Kevin Young • 2017

America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.

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🎭 Hoaxes And Deception 📝 Cultural Criticism 🎪 Racial Appropriation 📚 Literary Hoaxes ✍️ Plagiarism

Bunk

America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.

by Kevin Young 2017 560 pages

3.18

1k+ ratings

🎭 Hoaxes And Deception 📝 Cultural Criticism 🎪 Racial Appropriation 📚 Literary Hoaxes ✍️ Plagiarism

Science Under Siege

by Michael E. Mann • 2025

Five forces are dismantling science. A scientist who has faced them all draws the battle lines.

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🔬 Science Denialism 🌍 Climate Disinformation 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📢 Science Communication ⚔️ Disinformation Warfare

Science Under Siege

Five forces are dismantling science. A scientist who has faced them all draws the battle lines.

by Michael E. Mann 2025 368 pages

4.03

345 ratings

🔬 Science Denialism 🌍 Climate Disinformation 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📢 Science Communication ⚔️ Disinformation Warfare

Susan Sontag

by Jonathan Cott • 1978

Intelligence as a pulse, illness as biology, art as a body: the complete Sontag interview.

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2k+

📝 Cultural Criticism 🏥 Illness Narratives 📷 Photography Criticism ✍️ Writer's Vocation ⚧️ Gender Stereotypes

Susan Sontag

Intelligence as a pulse, illness as biology, art as a body: the complete Sontag interview.

by Jonathan Cott 1978 168 pages

4.22

2k+ ratings

📝 Cultural Criticism 🏥 Illness Narratives 📷 Photography Criticism ✍️ Writer's Vocation ⚧️ Gender Stereotypes

Going Mainstream

by Julia Ebner • 2023

How extremist ideas conquered the mainstream, one online subculture at a time.

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468

💻 Online Radicalization ⚡ Far-Right Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 📰 Disinformation ⚔️ Culture Wars

Going Mainstream

How extremist ideas conquered the mainstream, one online subculture at a time.

by Julia Ebner 2023 249 pages

3.74

468 ratings

💻 Online Radicalization ⚡ Far-Right Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 📰 Disinformation ⚔️ Culture Wars

L'Avversario

by Emmanuel Carrère • 2013

Eighteen years as a fake doctor. His office: a parking lot. Then he killed his family.

3.99

51k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🎭 Pathological Lying 📖 Literary True Crime 🎪 Imposture 🪞 Self-Deception

L'Avversario

Eighteen years as a fake doctor. His office: a parking lot. Then he killed his family.

by Emmanuel Carrère 2013 169 pages

3.99

51k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🎭 Pathological Lying 📖 Literary True Crime 🎪 Imposture 🪞 Self-Deception

More Baths, Less Talking

by Nick Hornby • 2012

A book column about what a middle-aged man actually read, not what he pretended to.

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1k+

📚 Reading Memoirs 🐢 Slow Reading ✍️ Life And Letters 🗞️ Cultural Commentary 🤔 Everyday Philosophy

More Baths, Less Talking

A book column about what a middle-aged man actually read, not what he pretended to.

by Nick Hornby 2012 135 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

📚 Reading Memoirs 🐢 Slow Reading ✍️ Life And Letters 🗞️ Cultural Commentary 🤔 Everyday Philosophy

Pound Foolish

by Helaine Olen • 2012

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

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1k+

🦈 Predatory Finance 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Anti-Self-Help 🏦 Retirement Crisis 🛡️ Consumer Advocacy

Pound Foolish

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

by Helaine Olen 2012 292 pages

3.67

1k+ ratings

🦈 Predatory Finance 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Anti-Self-Help 🏦 Retirement Crisis 🛡️ Consumer Advocacy

We Need New Stories

by Nesrine Malik • 2021

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

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500+

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

We Need New Stories

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

by Nesrine Malik 2021 304 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

How to Lose a Country

by Ece Temelkuran • 2019

A democracy collapses step by step, and the playbook looks the same from Turkey to the West.

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2k+

🗳️ Democratic Backsliding 🎙️ Populist Movements 📰 Post-Truth Politics 👩 Misogyny And Politics 🤝 Resistance Movements

How to Lose a Country

A democracy collapses step by step, and the playbook looks the same from Turkey to the West.

by Ece Temelkuran 2019 289 pages

4.04

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Democratic Backsliding 🎙️ Populist Movements 📰 Post-Truth Politics 👩 Misogyny And Politics 🤝 Resistance Movements

How to Talk to a Science Denier

by Lee McIntyre • 2021

Science denial isn't an information problem. It's an identity trap, and more facts spring it.

3.87

1k+

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