Politics

Last Updated: October 5, 2024

The Art of Power: My Story as American’s First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker–how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance.

Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics by Elle Reeve

A kaleidoscopic combination of deeply sourced, on-the-ground reporting and novelistic storytelling, detailing America at a crossroads as the battle between the right and left spills out from the dark corners of the internet into the real world.

All in the Family: the Trumps and How We Got This Way by Fred C. Trump III

Fred Trump never asked for any of this. The divisive politics. The endless headlines. A hijacked last name. The heat-seeking uncle, rising from real estate scion to gossip column fixture to The Apprentice host to President of the United States. Fred just wanted a happy life and a satisfying career. But a fight for his son’s health and safety forced him onto a center stage that he had never wanted. And now, at a crucial point for our nation, he is stepping forward again.

New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West by David E. Sanger with Mary K. Brooks

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adversaries-Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia-based on deep reporting from inside the White House, U.S. intelligence agencies, technology firms, and foreign governments.

Exurbia Now: the Battleground of American Democracy by David Masciotra

The suburbs have become too liberal and diverse for many white American conservatives, so “exurbia”-areas outside the cities and their suburbs-are becoming the staging ground for the radical right extremist insurgency.

Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit.

The Hidden History of the White House: Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments by Corey Mead

This book places readers in the point of view of the historical figures–power brokers and everyday Americans alike–who lived through such pivotal events as Andrew Jackson’s disastrous 1829 inauguration, when a populist mob overran and trashed the White House; Woodrow Wilson’s stroke, which led to his wife Edith serving as a shadow president during the final months of his administration; Abraham Lincoln’s clandestine journey to Washington to dodge an assassination plot on the eve of the Civil War; Winston Churchill’s wartime sojourn at the White House, during which he and FDR developed plans to defeat Germany; and Barack Obama’s decision to green-light the daring Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden.