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Non-Fiction Books That Explain America in 2017

A list of political, socioeconomic, historic nonfiction books that explain how America became a house divided.
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Trust Me, I'm Lying (Ryan Holiday)
Trust Me, I'm Lying
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Ryan Holiday
Twilight of the Elites
Twilight of the Elites
2
Strangers in Their Own Land (Arlie Russell Hochschild)
Strangers in Their Own Land
3
Arlie Russell Hochschild
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap (Stephanie Coontz)
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
4
Stephanie Coontz
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
5
Hillbilly Elegy (JD Vance)
Hillbilly Elegy
6
JD Vance
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
7
Alexander
Dark Money (Mayer)
Dark Money
8
Mayer
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
9
Michael Pollan
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
10
Howard Zinn
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the I (Malala Yousafzai and Christian Lamb)
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the I
11
Malala Yousafzai and Christian Lamb
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
12
Ibram X. Kendi
The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News --- And Divid (Gabriel Sherman)
The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News --- And Divid
13
Gabriel Sherman
Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do About It (Kate Harding)
Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do About It
14
Kate Harding
The Party Is Over: Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless & the Middle Class Got Shafted (Mike Lofgren)
The Party Is Over: Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless & the Middle Class Got Shafted
15
Mike Lofgren
The Muslims Are Coming! (Arun Kundani)
The Muslims Are Coming!
16
Arun Kundani
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
17
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Outsider in the White House (Bernie Sanders)
Outsider in the White House
18
Bernie Sanders
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
19
Steven D. Levitt
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
20
Malcom Gladwell
The Notorious RBG (Irin Karmon)
The Notorious RBG
21
Irin Karmon
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
22
Jared Diamond
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
23
Azar Nafisi
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America (Michael Eric Dyson)
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
24
Michael Eric Dyson
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (Jonathan Haidt)
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
25
Jonathan Haidt
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era (Wesley Lowery)
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era
26
Wesley Lowery
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
27
With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln Stephen B. Oates By
With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln Stephen B. Oates By
28
The World Is Flat
The World Is Flat
29
Three Cups of Tea (Greg Mortenson)
Three Cups of Tea
30
Greg Mortenson
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
31
Dave Cullen
Modern Romance (Aziz Ansari)
Modern Romance
32
Aziz Ansari
America's Bitter Pill (Steven Brill)
America's Bitter Pill
33
Steven Brill
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