David Pepper Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
David Pepper on XDavid Pepper is a politician. “one of the best political-thriller writers on the scene" — latest is non-fiction (“Saving Democracy: A User’s Manual”)

After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics--And How to Fix It
Will BunchJust finished “After the Ivory Tower Falls” by @Will_Bunch Highly recommend. https://t.co/qxsr0OsW3W
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Laboratories: A Guide to Planning, Programming, Procurement, and Design
Fernand DahanThank you. I started with fiction, which I think/hope made Laboratories a much more interesting read than otherwise. But my fiction also draws on the real life dilemmas, issues and questions in politics. Enjoy it, and I look forward to your feedback... https://t.co/7H9v4gjr01
Hardcover, 2001
$69.95Member price:$44.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
A Simple Choice
David PepperFriends in NW Ohio…I will be in Perrysburg at Gathering Volumes on January 10. Come by: https://t.co/WK1iclCeN4 https://t.co/dcEYMYUn75
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Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition
George OrwellI recently re-read “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, only to discover that the human version of it is playing out in the state I call home. So many Napoleons feeding at the trough around here. https://t.co/r5LDU8MtzQ
Paperback, Mass Market, 2004
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Animal Farm: (Annotated Edition)
George OrwellI recently re-read “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, only to discover that the human version of it is playing out in the state I call home. So many Napoleons feeding at the trough around here. https://t.co/r5LDU8MtzQ
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Hughes: Poems: Edited by David Roessel
Langston HughesI bought a books of Langston Hughes poems a few weeks ago. And Freedom’s Plow is my new credo: “We are America! To the enemy who would conquer us from without, We say, NO! To the enemy who would divide And conquer us from within, We say, NO!…” 1/
Hardcover, 1999
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Voter File
David PepperGood. For those who haven’t read it, “The Voter File” is all about the hidden power of statehouses to undermine democracy. It’s a good story. But that theme isn’t fiction, I’m afraid. Grab a copy here: https://t.co/OnoyoZJr8g https://t.co/Ahr8EyITt1
Paperback, 2022
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines
David Pepper“These days, as former Hamilton County, Ohio commissioner David Pepper put it in his book of the same name, many have become “laboratories of autocracy….” https://t.co/8PdMtri7l4
Paperback, 2021
$15.99Member price:$14.39 + Free shipping10% off
Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American
David Pepper“Pepper's new book, "Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American"…provid[es] not just a user's manual, but a diagnostic framework to help users orient themselves to the task at hand. It's a bottom-up guide for saving democracy from below.” https://t.co/eNS72XMV7H
Paperback, 2023
$16.99Member price:$15.29 + Free shipping10% off
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
Jon MeachamI’m reading @jmeacham‘s excellent book on John Lewis. The behavior of the Ohio GOP of simply ignoring clear court orders is the modern-day version of segregationists ignoring US Supreme Court rulings banning forms of segregation—which is what to the Freedom Rides, etc.
Hardcover, 2020
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book