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Books We Should Read to Help Us Deal With the World Now

42 books - fiction, history, non-fiction, polemic - that just might help us get a grip on the current strangeness that is our world.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
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Orwell
2034: A Novel of the Next World War (Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis)
2034: A Novel of the Next World War
2
Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
2054 (Elliot Ackerman)
2054
3
Elliot Ackerman
The 80 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time (Vankin)
The 80 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
4
Vankin
Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
Absolute Power
5
David Baldacci
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
6
Robert Penn Warren
Alone Together (Sherry Turkle)
Alone Together
7
Sherry Turkle
Authoritarian Nightmare (Dean)
Authoritarian Nightmare
8
Dean
Battle for the American Mind (Hegseth)
Battle for the American Mind
9
Hegseth
The Big Lie (Lemire)
The Big Lie
10
Lemire
Conspiracy (Pipes)
Conspiracy
11
Pipes
Conspiracy Theories (Fenster)
Conspiracy Theories
12
Fenster
Darkness at Noon (Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
13
Koestler
Elmer Gantry (Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
14
Lewis
Fear (Bob Woodward)
Fear
15
Bob Woodward
The Final Days (Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein)
The Final Days
16
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
17
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
18
Margaret Atwood
Idiot America (Charles P. Pierce)
Idiot America
19
Charles P. Pierce
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
20
Sinclair Lewis
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
21
Shakespeare
The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
The Long Tomorrow
22
Leigh Brackett
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth
23
Shakespeare
Make Russia Great Again (Christopher Buckley)
Make Russia Great Again
24
Christopher Buckley
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
25
Philip K. Dick
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
26
Richard Condon
Midnight in Washington (Adam B. Schiff)
Midnight in Washington
27
Adam B. Schiff
Night of Camp David (Knebel)
Night of Camp David
28
Knebel
The Nightmare Years (William L. Shirer)
The Nightmare Years
29
William L. Shirer
Nostromo (Conrad)
Nostromo
30
Conrad
Nuclear Folly (Plokhy)
Nuclear Folly
31
Plokhy
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays (Richard Hofstadter)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
32
Richard Hofstadter
Peril (Bob Woodward and Robert Costa)
Peril
33
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
34
William L. Shirer
Selling Fear (Camp)
Selling Fear
35
Camp
Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
Seven Days in May
36
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
The Shockwave Rider (Brunner)
The Shockwave Rider
37
Brunner
Silent Invasion (Deborah Birx)
Silent Invasion
38
Deborah Birx
The Skeptic's Guide to the Future (Novella)
The Skeptic's Guide to the Future
39
Novella
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (Steven Novella)
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
40
Steven Novella
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