Matt Taibbi 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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Author of GRIFTOPIA, THE DIVIDE, THE BUSINESS SECRETS OF DRUG DEALING, and HATE INC.

The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
Anti-disinformation America recalls “a very intolerant Midwestern church congregation, in which anybody who speaks about the pastor” is shunned. “We’re back to ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson, ‘The Scarlet Letter’ by Hawthorne,” says @walterkirn https://t.co/I2Z5owftEj
Hardcover, 2008
$34.25$17.13 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Science
Education Experts
It's one thing to tell voters they need to defer to "experts" in economics, foreign policy, and medical science. But parenting? Why elitist attitudes about education are destined to fail politically: https://t.co/oEVhS3tXAH
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The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
Nicholas Tomalin
I’ve found so many great books at library sales, as recently as last weekend in Montclair, NJ. They’re great precisely because they’re old, weird titles, like “The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst” or “The Long Walk” or “Just About Everybody vs. Howard Hughes.” https://twitter.com/carrionflower1/status/1515080187851030541
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The Nose
Nikolai Gogol
The Anthology of Funny: Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose" https://t.co/KPKDhwnXXB
Paperback, 2016
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The New Kremlinology: Understanding Regime Personalization in Russia
Alexander Baturo
The New Kremlinology: Reading the New York Times, by @mtaibbi https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-new-kremlinology-reading-the?r=5mz1&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Hardcover, 2021
$97.00$72.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Nose
Gogol Nikolai
The Anthology of Funny: Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose" https://t.co/KPKDhwnXXB
Paperback, 2017
$6.38$3.19 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love in the Time of Contagion: A Diagnosis
Laura Kipnis
Is sex "our era's communist threat"? Interview with Laura Kipnis, author of “Unwanted Advances” and “Love in the Time of Contagion”: https://t.co/EMvzR0gVEj
Hardcover, 2022
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The Division of Light and Power
Dennis Kucinich
RT @kthalps: Dennis @Dennis_Kucinich talks to #usefulidiotsPod about his new book "The Division of Light and Power", taking on power, liter…
Paperback, 2021
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: in large print
Mark Twain
NOW w VIDEO: Episode 45: "America This Week," in which @walterkirn and Matt avoid the Russia bait-bucket, discuss the Dem’s pathologizing of dissent, and read Mark Twain's "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" https://t.co/ysfBW2woH1 https://t.co/f6ikVW03pg
Hardcover, 2022
$52.90$27.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump
Spencer Ackerman
Fascinating interview with Reign of Terror author @attackerman on Useful Idiots with @kthalps about the underpublicized catastrophes of the War on Terror period: https://t.co/nHTwSbKw1w
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book