"The Platonic ideal of the anti-Trump Trump book. . . . Offers discomfort and reassurance at once." --The Washington Post

"An indispensable voice of and for this moment." --Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny

"Urgent . . . Gessen's credentials as an observer of autocracy are impeccable. . . . Surviving Autocracy sharpens an edge of disgust lately blunted by relentless use." --The New York Review of Books

"The fearless Russian American journalist probes the black hole between fact and fantasy in [a] taut, incisive critique." --O, The Oprah Magazine

"Gessen brings . . . a unique blend of intellect and manifold passions. . . [flashing] the fierce attitude and language of the partisan activist in one moment, returning to the cooler mien of a public intellectual the next." --NPR

"Brilliant. . . . [Gessen's] clarity is gemlike and refusal to equivocate precious." --The Guardian (London)

"A reckoning with what has been lost in the past few years and a map forward with our beliefs intact." --Interview

"Gessen's decades-long experience covering the resurgence of totalitarianism in Russia puts them in a unique position to help Americans understand what is happening to the United States under President Donald Trump. . . . Gessen shows us that having the language to understand what is happening is the first step to surviving, and ultimately resisting, an autocratic future." --The Nation

"It's hard to imagine someone more poised to write a book called Surviving Autocracy than Masha Gessen. . . . It's a crucial book for our times." --The New York Observer

"Unfailingly polemical, precise and analytic." --New Statesman (London)

"A stark wake-up call; to those who are looking for what happens now, Gessen's notes on how we need to rebuild the concept of a 'we' in our time are warm and moving, a light of hope that these years can be survived." --Lit Hub

"A blistering appraisal. . . . Surviving Autocracy isn't merely important reading for anyone who plans to cast a vote in that election, it's essential." --Shelf Awareness

"A brisk, trenchant account . . . . Gessen's meticulous research and familiarity with the political and cultural history of post-Soviet Russia lend her arguments an authority lacking in other takedowns of Trump. Liberals looking to make sense of what they're up against in the 2020 elections should consider this a must-read." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A handbook for an age in which egomania is morphing into autocracy at warp speed. . . . Belongs on the shelf alongside Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny and Amy Siskind's The List as a record of how far we have fallen. Gessen is a Suetonius for our time, documenting the death of the old America while holding out slim hope for its restoration." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Gessen's is a clarion voice in the darkness, offering a sobering but sharp-witted analysis of how American society has changed under Trump. . . . [their] rallying cry is a vital and pressing reminder of what's at stake." --Booklist (starred review)