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The English Teacher Looks at the Best Novels About Politics

Our maverick English Teacher, confronted by an election year that feels like fiction ( and dystopian fiction at that), reflects on fictional treatments of politics. Here are 38 novels (plus 3 published plays and tv scripts ) that explore in various ways our body politic. Some are serious novels, some are thrillers, some are satires, a few are speculative allegories and one or two are overwrought potboilers. All of them are well worth reading.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
Absolute Power
2
David Baldacci
Advise and Consent (Allen Drury)
Advise and Consent
3
Allen Drury
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
4
Robert Penn Warren
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
5
George Orwell
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
6
Ayn Rand
The Best Man (Gore Vidal)
The Best Man
7
Gore Vidal
Boomsday
Boomsday
8
The Complete Yes Minister (Jonathan Lynn)
The Complete Yes Minister
9
Jonathan Lynn
The Constant Gardener (John Le Carre)
The Constant Gardener
10
John Le Carre
Convention (Bailey and Knebel)
Convention
11
Bailey and Knebel
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
12
Arthur Miller
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
13
Arthur Koestler
Democracy (Henry Adams)
Democracy
14
Henry Adams
Fail-Safe
Fail-Safe
15
Fever in the Blood (William Pearson)
Fever in the Blood
16
William Pearson
The First Circle (Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
17
Solzhenitsyn
The Ghost (Robert Harris)
The Ghost
18
Robert Harris
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
19
John Steinbeck
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
20
Jonathan Swift
House of Cards (Michael Dobbs)
House of Cards
21
Michael Dobbs
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
22
Sinclair Lewis
The Last Hurrah (Edwin O'Connor)
The Last Hurrah
23
Edwin O'Connor
The Man (Irving Wallace)
The Man
24
Irving Wallace
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
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
27
Robert A. Heinlein
Night of Camp David (Fletcher Knebel)
Night of Camp David
28
Fletcher Knebel
No Way to Treat a First Lady: A Novel (Christopher Buckley)
No Way to Treat a First Lady: A Novel
29
Christopher Buckley
The Parallax View (Singer)
The Parallax View
30
Singer
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
31
Philip Roth
Primary Colors (Joe Klein)
Primary Colors
32
Joe Klein
Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
Seven Days in May
33
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
The Shockwave Rider
The Shockwave Rider
34
Supreme Courtship (Christopher Buckley)
Supreme Courtship
35
Christopher Buckley
Thank You for Smoking (Christopher Buckley)
Thank You for Smoking
36
Christopher Buckley
Vanished (Fletcher Knibel)
Vanished
37
Fletcher Knibel
A Very British Coup
A Very British Coup
38
Wag the Dog (Larry Beinhart)
Wag the Dog
39
Larry Beinhart
The White House Mess (Buckley)
The White House Mess
40
Buckley
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