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Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963Taylor Branch198838 pts4 wins5 listsSimon & SchusterRace & EthnicityAmerican Politics+2
William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American RepublicAlan Taylor199526 pts3 wins4 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America 1815–1848Daniel Walker Howe200722 pts3 wins4 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to LincolnSean Wilentz200616 pts1 wins3 listsW. W. NortonHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Radicalism of the American RevolutionGordon S. Wood199214 pts2 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
John Maynard Keynes, vol. 2: the Economist as Saviour 1920-1937Robert Skidelsky199314 pts2 wins2 listsMacmillanBiographyAmerican Politics
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for AmericaNancy MacLean201714 pts1 wins2 listsVikingPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White HouseJon Meacham200814 pts1 wins2 listsRandom HouseBiographyAmerican Politics+2
Why Americans Hate Politics: The Death of the Democratic ProcessE. J. Dionne, Jr.199214 pts1 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+2
Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New EnglandJohn Putnam Demos198214 pts1 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
The Ideological Origins of the American RevolutionBernard Bailyn196714 pts1 wins2 listsHarvard University PressHistoryConstitutional History+2
In the Days of McKinleyMargaret Leech195914 pts1 wins2 listsHarper & BrothersBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Era of Good FeelingsGeorge Dangerfield195214 pts1 wins2 listsHarcourt, Brace and CompanyHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
We the People: A History of the U.S. ConstitutionJill Lepore202512 pts1 wins2 listsLiverightHistoryAmerican Politics+2
Thomas Cranmer: A LifeDiarmaid MacCulloch199612 pts3 wins3 listsYale University PressBiographyReligion & Religious Movements+3
Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still CouldAdam Schiff202110 pts1 wins1 listsRandom House Trade PaperbacksPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
Angler: The Cheney Vice PresidencyBarton Gellman200810 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign PolicyIvo H. Daalder, James M. Lindsay200310 pts1 wins1 listsBrookings Institution PressPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the ConstitutionJack N. Rakove199610 pts1 wins1 listsVintage BooksHistoryAmerican Politics+2
Lloyd George: From Peace to War, 1912-1916John Grigg198510 pts1 wins1 listsMethuenHistoryAmerican Politics+1
Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833–1845Robert V. Remini198410 pts1 wins1 listsHarper & RowBiographyAmerican Politics+2
The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, vol. 1: The RenaissanceQuentin Skinner197810 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryAmerican Politics+1
Woodrow Wilson and World Politics: America's Response to War and RevolutionN. Gordon Levin Jr.196810 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Politics+1
The Might of Nations: World Politics in Our TimeJohn G. Stoessinger196410 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HousePolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
The Guns of AugustBarbara W. Tuchman196210 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanWar & MilitaryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Making of the President 1960Theodore H. White196110 pts1 wins1 listsAtheneumPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+2
Children of Crisis, Volumes II and IIIRobert Coles197310 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownSociety & CultureAmerican Politics+2
Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years, 1830-1910Richard Evans198910 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Politics+1
France, 1848-1945: Ambition, Love & PoliticsTheodore Zeldin197410 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Politics
Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and StrategyFrancis J. Gavin202610 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics
The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United StatesAlexander Keyssar200010 pts1 wins3 listsBasic BooksHistoryAmerican Politics+2
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American TragedyTa-Nehisi Coates201710 pts1 wins3 listsOne WorldRace & EthnicityPresidency & Executive Power+1
Federico Garcia Lorca: A LifeIan Gibson19908 pts2 wins2 listsFaber & FaberBiographyAmerican Politics
Edith Sitwell: A Unicorn Among the LionsVictoria Glendinning19818 pts2 wins2 listsUnknown imprintBiographyAmerican Politics
Alexander The GreatRobin Lane Fox19738 pts2 wins2 listsPenguin BooksBiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its FaithsJohn Barton20198 pts1 wins2 listsAllen LaneReligionAmerican Politics
New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century ManhattanJill Lepore20058 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic TechnologyLawrence Weschler19958 pts0 wins2 listsPantheonSociety & CultureIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
The Americans: The Democratic ExperienceDaniel J. Boorstin19738 pts0 wins2 listsRandom HouseHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of EmpireKojo Koram20226 pts1 wins2 listsHodder & StoughtonPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857William Dalrymple20066 pts1 wins2 listsBloomsburyHistoryAmerican Politics+1
Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430–1950Mark Mazower20046 pts1 wins2 listsVintage BooksHistoryReligion & Religious Movements+2
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in AmericaAri Berman20156 pts0 wins2 listsMacmillanHistoryAmerican Politics+2
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the ConstitutionWoody Holton20076 pts0 wins2 listsMacmillanHistoryAmerican Politics+2
Eat the Buddha: The Story of Modern Tibet through the People of One TownBarbara Demick20206 pts0 wins3 listsGranta BooksPolitics & GovernmentLiterature & Writers+3
APA Handbook of Adolescent and Young Adult DevelopmentLisa J. Crockett, Gustavo Carlo, John E. Schulenberg20224 pts1 wins1 listsAmerican Psychological AssociationScienceAmerican Politics
Stars and Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to ObamaSaladin Ambar20224 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressRace & EthnicityAmerican Politics+1
The New Atlantic Order: The Transformation of International Politics, 1860–1933Patrick O. Cohrs20224 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryAmerican Politics
Ancient Maya Politics: A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150–900 CESimon Martin20204 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryAmerican Politics
Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive GovernmentChristopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels20164 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
Democracy: A LifePaul Cartledge20164 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Politics+1
America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the UnionFergus M. Bordewich20124 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryAmerican Politics+3
Modernity and Bourgeois Life: Society, Politics and Culture in England, France and Germany since 1750Jerrold Seigel20124 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryAmerican Politics+1
The Hebrew Republic: Jewish Sources and the Transformation of European Political ThoughtEric Nelson20104 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintReligionAmerican Politics+1
The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu GhraibKaren J. Greenberg, Joshua L. Dratel20054 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressWar & MilitaryAmerican Politics+1
Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia’s Surplus Male PopulationValerie M. Hudson, Andrea M. den Boer20044 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
Identity in DemocracyAmy Gutmann20034 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentHuman Rights & International Law+2
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American ConsensusRick Perlstein20014 pts1 wins1 listsHill and WangHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Anatomy of DisgustWilliam Ian Miller19974 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressSociety & CultureTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Moscow: Governing The Socialist MetropolisTimothy J. Colton19954 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China: Political Reform in the Deng Xiaoping EraMerle Goldman19944 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentAsia & the Pacific+2
A History of WarfareJohn Keegan19934 pts1 wins1 listsKey Porter BooksWar & MilitaryAmerican Politics+1
Clever Hearts: Desmond and Molly Maccarthy: A BiographyHugh Cecil, Mirabel Cecil19904 pts1 wins1 listsOrionBiographyAmerican Politics
Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of GeniusRay Monk19904 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseBiographyAmerican Politics
A Serious Character: The Life of Ezra PoundHumphrey Carpenter19884 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
Ivy When Young: The Early Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett 1884-1919Hilary Spurling19744 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyAmerican Politics
Discoveries of Bones and StonesGeoffrey Grigson19714 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanHistoryAmerican Politics
Mani: Travels in the Southern PeloponnesePatrick Leigh Fermor19584 pts1 wins1 listsJohn MurrayTravel & PlaceRegional & Local History+2
Individual Freedom and Government RestraintsWalter Gellhorn19564 pts1 wins1 listsPraegerPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics
Allies at War: The Politics of Defeating HitlerTim Bouverie20254 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+3
Collected PoemsPeter Porter19834 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressArts & CriticismAmerican Politics
Curzon: Imperial StatesmanDavid Gilmour19944 pts1 wins1 listsJohn MurrayBiographyAmerican Politics+1
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s HeartlandJonathan Metzl20204 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
Missing PersonsE. R. Dodds19774 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressTrue Crime & JusticeAmerican Politics
Negro PoliticiansHarold F. Gosnell19364 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics
NorthSeamus Heaney19754 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureAmerican Politics+1
Political FictionsJoan Didion20014 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics
The Escape From KabulKaren Bartlett20264 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics
The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World PoliticsKathryn Sikkink20124 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentLaw & Legal Change+2
The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 ElectionZachary Karabell20004 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
The Politics of Lying: Government Deception, Secrecy, and PowerDavid Wise19734 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
The Science and Politics of Racial ResearchWilliam H. Tucker19954 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceAmerican Politics+1
Weakness and Deceit: U.S. Policy in El SalvadorRaymond Bonner19854 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics
American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth CenturyMichael Willrich20244 pts0 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryConstitutional History+2
Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North AmericaMichael John Witgen20234 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryAmerican Politics+2
Watergate: A New HistoryGarrett M. Graff20234 pts0 wins1 listsAvid Reader PressHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and DemocracyAnand Giridharadas20224 pts0 wins1 listsKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+2
These Truths: A History of the United StatesJill Lepore20194 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistoryAmerican Politics+2
Tyrant: Shakespeare on PoliticsStephen Greenblatt20194 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
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All awards · Topic: American Politics · Sorted by score · 183 books · filtered