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AI's Top 50 Nonfiction Books to Understand American Society

I asked ChatGPT to generate a list of 50 nonfiction books that people should read to better understand American society, and this is what it said.
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The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
1
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
2
Alexis De Tocqueville
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
3
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
4
Upton Sinclair
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
5
Betty Friedan
The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama)
The Audacity of Hope
6
Barack Obama
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
7
Rachel Carson
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
8
Alexander
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
9
Matthew Desmond
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
10
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs, and Steel
11
Jared Diamond
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
12
Isabel Wilkerson
Hillbilly Elegy (JD Vance)
Hillbilly Elegy
13
JD Vance
No Logo (Naomi Klein)
No Logo
14
Naomi Klein
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (Shoshana Zuboff)
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
15
Shoshana Zuboff
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
16
Barbara Ehrenreich
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
17
Michelle Obama
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs)
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
18
Jane Jacobs
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
19
James Baldwin
Dopesick (Beth Macy)
Dopesick
20
Beth Macy
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for (Greg Lukianoff)
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation For
21
Greg Lukianoff
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
22
Yuval Noah Harari
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
23
Barack Obama
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
24
Simone De Beauvoir
The Uninhabitable Earth (David Wallace-Wells)
The Uninhabitable Earth
25
David Wallace-Wells
The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
The Color of Law
26
Richard Rothstein
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
27
John Hersey
The Road to Serfdom (F.A. Hayek)
The Road to Serfdom
28
F.A. Hayek
The Pentagon Papers: The Secret History of the Vietnam War (Neil Sheehan)
The Pentagon Papers: The Secret History of the Vietnam War
29
Neil Sheehan
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Robert Putnam)
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
30
Robert Putnam
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
31
Naomi Klein
Dark Money (Mayer)
Dark Money
32
Mayer
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
33
Jeannette Walls
Stamped From the Beginning (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning
34
Ibram X. Kendi
This Changes Everything (Naomi Klein)
This Changes Everything
35
Naomi Klein
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
36
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower
37
The Big Short
The Big Short
38
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business (Clayton M. Christensen)
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business
39
Clayton M. Christensen
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
40
Audre Lorde
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