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The Observer 100 Best Political Books - Page 2

This is the list of the Observer's 100 political classics that shaped the modern era published in 2017
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What a Carve Up! (Jonathan Coe)
What a Carve Up!
41
Jonathan Coe
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
42
Chinua Achebe
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
43
George Eliot
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
44
Salman Rushdie
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
45
Anthony Trollope
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
46
William Shakespeare
Mother Courage and Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
Mother Courage and Her Children
47
Bertolt Brecht
Soldiers (Rolf Hochhuth)
Soldiers
48
Rolf Hochhuth
Top Girls (Caryl Churchill)
Top Girls
49
Caryl Churchill
Mountain Language (Harold Pinter)
Mountain Language
50
Harold Pinter
THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND by George Dangerfield
THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND by George Dangerfield
51
In Defence of Politics (Bernard Crick)
In Defence of Politics
52
Bernard Crick
The State and Capitalist Society (Ralph Miliband)
The State and Capitalist Society
53
Ralph Miliband
The Politics of Thatcherism (Stuart Hall)
The Politics of Thatcherism
54
Stuart Hall
Whitehall (Peter Hennessy)
Whitehall
55
Peter Hennessy
The State We're in (Will Hutton)
The State We're In
56
Will Hutton
Political Recruitment: Gender, Race & Class in the British Parliament (Pippa Norris & Joni Lovenduski)
Political Recruitment: Gender, Race & Class in the British Parliament
57
Pippa Norris & Joni Lovenduski
Unjust Rewards: Exposing Greed and Inequality in Britain Today (Polly Toynbee & David Walker)
Unjust Rewards: Exposing Greed and Inequality in Britain Today
58
Polly Toynbee & David Walker
The End of the Party (Andrew Rawnsley)
The End of the Party
59
Andrew Rawnsley
After the Coalition: A Conservative Agenda for Britain (Kwasi Kwarteng, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris S)
After the Coalition: A Conservative Agenda for Britain
60
Kwasi Kwarteng, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris S
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
61
Edward W. Said
Islam and the West (Bernard Lewis)
Islam and the West
62
Bernard Lewis
From the Ruins of Empire (Pankaj Mishra)
From the Ruins of Empire
63
Pankaj Mishra
The Endtimes of Human Rights (Stephen Hopgood)
The Endtimes of Human Rights
64
Stephen Hopgood
Factory Girls: Voices From the Heart of Modern China (Leslie T Chang)
Factory Girls: Voices From the Heart of Modern China
65
Leslie T Chang
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
66
Decolonising the Mind (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Decolonising the Mind
67
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, by Thomas Ricks (Thomas Ricks)
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, by Thomas Ricks
68
Thomas Ricks
The Great Partition (Yasmin Khan)
The Great Partition
69
Yasmin Khan
A Theory of Liberation (Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino)
A Theory of Liberation
70
Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
71
James Baldwin
Discourse on Colonialism (Aime Cesaire)
Discourse on Colonialism
72
Aime Cesaire
The Black Atlantic (Paul Gilroy)
The Black Atlantic
73
Paul Gilroy
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
74
Alex Haley
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
75
Michelle Alexander
History of White People (Nell Irvin Painter)
History of White People
76
Nell Irvin Painter
Race Matters
Race Matters
77
Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain (Peter Fryer)
Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain
78
Peter Fryer
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X & Alex Haley)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
79
Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
80
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