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14 Buzzworthy Politics Books to Kick Off the Election Year
14 Buzzworthy Politics Books to Kick Off the Election Year

14 Buzzworthy Politics Books to Kick Off the Election Year

The harsh reality of the election year is about to touch down with Iowa's presidential caucuses kicking off in less than 2 weeks. This is a great time to think deliberately about your media diet and how you want to take in the information (and noise) that is coming on like a tidal wave as we approach the Trump trials, primary season, and all the debates and controversy that come with the horse race. Our vote is for replacing your social media scrolling and muting the talking heads background noise with books that help you stay thoughtful, engaged and informed. Here are 14 new and forthcoming books about politics, democracy and civic engagement that are bound to get buzz over the next few months.

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Book Cover for: The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle Fora New American Politics, Joshua Green
This author, a Bloomberg correspondent whose last book chronicled Steve Bannon and his sphere of conservative populism, crosses the aisle to examine progressive populism in this profile of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders.

The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle Fora New American Politics

Joshua Green

The author has always believed that America's fractured political landscape was set off by the 2008 financial crisis. In this book, he explores how the rise of left-wing populism is reshaping the Democratic Party with a vision for a post-Trump and post-neoliberal era.

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Hardcover, 2024

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Maga Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right-Wing (and How I Got Out), Tina Nguyen
A truly insider take on the MAGA movement from former Vanity Fair journalist and founding partner of Puck, Tina Nguyen.

The Maga Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right-Wing (and How I Got Out)

Tina Nguyen

From working for Tucker Carlson in her first job to blogging for conservative outlets before becoming a political reporter, Nguyen had first-hand experience of the growing Trump movement. In this book, she pulls back the curtain on the MAGA recruiting machine.

Hardcover, 2024

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party, Hunter Walker
The definitive history of upheaval in the Democratic Party — and some insightful commentary on what comes next.

The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party

Hunter Walker

Journalists Walker and Luppen provide a fascinating tick-tok of the transformation of the Democratic party, dishing on backroom party negotiations, exposing what's underneath the tensions between progressive and centrist candidates, and covering milestones such as Bernie Sander's primary loss in 2020 with deep original reporting.

Kirkus ReviewsKirkus Reviews

Hardcover, 2024

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hit 'em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game, Rachel Bitecofer
Political analyst and election forecaster Rachel Bitecofer has become a strategist for the Democratic party, and this book is a rallying cry for how to elevate the brand of the Democratic party at this pivotal time.

Hit 'em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game

Rachel Bitecofer

Bitecofer takes a deep dive into the Republicans' playbook, and shares strategies on how the Democrats can counteract it with their own plan to wage electoral war on the offensive. DNC Chair Jaime Harrison blurbed the book as a "must-read" for any Dem official, candidate or consultant.

Hardcover, 2024

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Swamp Monsters: Trump vs. Desantis--The Greatest Show on Earth (or at Least in Florida), Matt Dixon
An entertaining and incisive look at the clash within MAGA republicanism that has defined the current state of the Republican party.

Swamp Monsters: Trump vs. Desantis--The Greatest Show on Earth (or at Least in Florida)

Matt Dixon

The New York Times listed the book on a shortlist of noteworthy January releases:"With fresh insights from a chorus of mostly anonymous political insiders, he charts DeSantis’s rise from relative obscurity in Congress to the Florida governor’s mansion and into the race for the White House."

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Hardcover, 2024

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Filibustered!: How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America, Jeff Merkley
Washington wonks are praising this treatise by the U.S. Senator from Oregon on how today's dysfunctional Senate can be reformed through restoring a less destructive version of the speaking filibuster.

Filibustered!: How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America

Jeff Merkley

"Dissecting the origins of the legislative procedure, by which a single lawmaker can prevent the Senate from voting on a bill, Merkley and Zamore explain the filibuster’s evolution over time... an accessible and detailed explanation of a powerful but poorly understood force in American politics." —Publishers Weekly

Hardcover, 2024

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education, Laura Pappano
A fascinating deep dive into parent activism during an era in which public schools have increasingly become a flash point for partisan politics.

School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education

Laura Pappano

A tour through such issues as public school book banning and the critical race theory controversy, Laura Pappano offers an investigative study into the far-right's impact on schools, and how parent activism is shaping the future of public education.

Hardcover, 2024

$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Taking Down Trump: 12 Rules for Prosecuting Donald Trump by Someone Who Did It Successfully, Tristan Snell
Finding it hard to follow the legal cases against Trump and understand how plausible it is that he will be found guilty? A former Assistant Attorney General of New York who led the prosecution of Trump University shares his 12-step plan to take down the presidential candidate.

Taking Down Trump: 12 Rules for Prosecuting Donald Trump by Someone Who Did It Successfully

Tristan Snell

Snell lays out 12 key rules for how to beat Trump—including: how to stand up to Trump's bullying, how voters hold prosecutors accountable, and how to get key figures to cooperate with critical evidence.

Hardcover, 2024

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Year Zero: The Five-Year Presidency, Christopher P. Liddell
A former White House deputy Chief of Staff offers an operating manual for kickstarting effective presidential governance – before candidates are even elected.

Year Zero: The Five-Year Presidency

Christopher P. Liddell

Lidell lays out concrete recommendations for how incoming presidents can rebuild voters' trust in their governance during the year before their inauguration through assembling a leadership team, acquiring institutional knowledge, designing structures and decision-making apparatus, and more.

Hardcover, 2024

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary, Melissa Murray
Bone up on the facts and context of the four criminal indictments facing Trump in this detailed and expert compendium. They are as riveting to read as an unputdownable whodunit or political thriller...

The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary

Melissa Murray

Timed to release at the start of Trump's first trial in March, this volume edited by NYU law professors and MSNBC contributors Melissa Murray and Andrew Weissmann includes annotations, a timeline of the critical events leading to these cases, and extensive commentary.

Paperback, 2024

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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