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Ben Rhodes Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Ben Rhodes is an author. Pod Save The World, MSNBC, Author - After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made: https://t.co/qzG9cDCc2X

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Book Cover for: Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning, Peter Beinart

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning

Peter Beinart
Ben RhodesBen Rhodes

It is incredibly powerful and fearless... there's no self-censorship. It does not mince words. It's deeply informed, deeply personal. Definitely worth checking out.

Hardcover, 2025

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Private Spy: The Letters of John Le Carré, John Le Carré

A Private Spy: The Letters of John Le Carré

John Le Carré
Ben RhodesBen Rhodes

Through his correspondence, we learn a lot about le Carré’s habits as a writer. There are literary feuds, frustrations with critics... Despite his success, you get the sense that le Carré never let go of his insecurities about being taken seriously as a novelist...

Hardcover, 2022

$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the Maga Media Are Destroying America, Dan Pfeiffer

Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the Maga Media Are Destroying America

Dan Pfeiffer
Ben RhodesBen Rhodes

I got to read Battling the Big Lie and it’s a smart, funny, enraging and enjoyable read that makes sense of our seemingly nonsensical political, media and tech world. Great stuff @danpfeiffer https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/1532767129870643205

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cuba: An American History, Ada Ferrer

Cuba: An American History

Ada Ferrer
Ben RhodesBen Rhodes

You can't understand what's happening in Cuba without understanding its unique history and complicated relationship with the US - I've read Ada Ferrer's new book, and it's indispensable in offering that context: https://simonandschuster.com/books/Cuba/Ada-Ferrer/97tw81501154553

Paperback, 2022

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book