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G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American CenturyBeverly Gage202246 pts5 wins6 listsVikingBiographyPolitical Biography+2
"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of GenocideSamantha Power200336 pts5 wins6 listsBasic BooksPolitics & GovernmentWar & Military Strategy+3
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American IdealsJane Mayer200832 pts5 wins8 listsDoubledayPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001Steve Coll200424 pts3 wins3 listsPenguin BooksWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIATim Weiner200718 pts2 wins3 listsDoubledayHistoryIntellectual Biography+2
National DefenseJames Fallows198118 pts1 wins3 listsVintage BooksPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Hitler 1936-1945: NemesisIan Kershaw200116 pts1 wins3 listsAllen LaneHistoryTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China: An Investigative HistoryPatrick Tyler199914 pts2 wins2 listsPublicAffairsPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global SecuritySarah Chayes201512 pts1 wins2 listsW. W. NortonPolitics & GovernmentCrime, Policing & Violence+1
Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the WorldParmy Olson202410 pts1 wins1 listsSt. Martin's PressTechnologyBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted MicrochipStephen Witt202410 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin Publishing GroupBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and PakistanSteve Coll201810 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of AmazonBrad Stone201310 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Man on Devil's Island: Alfred Dreyfus and the Affair that Divided FranceRuth Harris201010 pts1 wins1 listsAllen LaneHistoryCourts & Trials+3
The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères and Co.William D. Cohan200710 pts1 wins1 listsAnchorBusiness & EconomicsEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
Giordano Bruno and the Embassy AffairJohn Bossy199110 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryEurope & Russia+2
The Emperor's New MindRoger Penrose198910 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin BooksScienceIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
Winston S. Churchill, vol. VI: Finest HourMartin Gilbert198310 pts1 wins1 listsWilliam HeinemannBiographyCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine HansberryImani Perry201810 pts2 wins3 listsBeacon PressBiographyBlack History & Culture+3
Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on TerrorismGeoffrey R. Stone20058 pts2 wins2 listsW. W. NortonPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Poetry and the Fate of the SensesSusan Stewart20028 pts2 wins2 listsUniversity of Chicago PressArts & CriticismDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Fall: The Mystery of Robert MaxwellJohn Preston20218 pts1 wins2 listsVikingBiographyIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of ThoughtAndrew W. Lo20178 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressBusiness & EconomicsScience & Discovery+3
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect PredatorsRonan Farrow20188 pts0 wins2 listsLittle, BrownJournalism & ReportageIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+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 Nuclear Delusion: Soviet-American Relations in the Atomic AgeGeorge F. Kennan19828 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern DetectiveSteven Johnson20256 pts1 wins2 listsRandom HouseTrue Crime & JusticeScience & Discovery+3
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on EarthZoë Schlanger20246 pts0 wins2 listsHarperCollinsScienceOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Watching the Jackals: Prague's Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and RevolutionariesDaniela Richterova20254 pts1 wins1 listsGeorgetown University PressHistoryCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our WorldHelen Czerski20234 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically BetterAbdi Aidid, Benjamin Alarie20234 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Toronto PressTechnologyIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented RhythmDan Charnas20224 pts1 wins1 listsSwift PressBiographyArt, Music & Performance+3
The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern AmericaSarah E. Igo20204 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our PastSarah Parcak20194 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanScienceHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Leading with Dignity: How to Create a Culture That Brings Out the Best in PeopleDonna Hicks20194 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressBusiness & EconomicsIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the WestPayal Arora20194 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressSociety & CultureBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Rise of Big Data PolicingAndrew Guthrie Ferguson20194 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressTrue Crime & JusticeCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the EarthAdam Frank20184 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceScience & Discovery+3
Enduring Uncertainty: Deportation, Punishment and Everyday LifeInes Hasselberg20164 pts1 wins1 listsBerghahn BooksPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
Ruling Minds: Psychology in the British EmpireErik Linstrum20164 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressScienceEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond BraveryCaptain Witold Pilecki20124 pts1 wins1 listsAquila Polonica PublishingMemoir & AutobiographyWorld War Ii+3
The Romantic Machine: Utopian Science and Technology after NapoleonJohn Tresch20124 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance StateShane Harris20104 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of ConsciousnessDaniel C. Dennett20054 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressScienceScience & Discovery+3
The Eye of the Lynx: Galileo, His Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural HistoryDavid Freedberg20034 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our FutureRichard B. Alley20004 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceScience & Discovery+3
A Theory of JusticeJohn Rawls19714 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American CultureMichael G. Kammen19874 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Patrick Leigh-Fermor: An AdventureArtemis Cooper20124 pts1 wins1 listsNew York Review BooksBiographyLatin America & the Caribbean+3
The Politics of Lying: Government Deception, Secrecy, and PowerDavid Wise19734 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the WorldTom Chivers20244 pts0 wins1 listsOrionScienceBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Elon MuskWalter Isaacson20234 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War AssassinationStuart A. Reid20234 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfHistoryVietnam War+2
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold WarBen Macintyre20184 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksWar & MilitaryIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the PentagonRosa Brooks20164 pts0 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterWar & MilitaryFood, Agriculture & Land+3
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research AgencyAnnie Jacobsen20164 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownWar & MilitaryWorld War Ii+2
Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless SurveillanceJulia Angwin20144 pts0 wins1 listsHenry Holt and CompanyTechnologyBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant TechnologiesErik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee20144 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonTechnologyBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin TowersJim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn20064 pts0 wins1 listsTimes BooksJournalism & ReportageIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon PapersDaniel Ellsberg20024 pts0 wins1 listsVikingMemoir & AutobiographyIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Where Is Everybody?Stephen Webb20024 pts0 wins1 listsSpringer Publishing CompanyScienceEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
The Very Best Men: Four Who Dared: The Early Years of the CIAEvan Thomas19964 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra AffairsTheodore Draper19924 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Cover-Up: The Army's Secret Investigation of the Massacre at My Lai 4Seymour Hersh19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the BombWilliam Lanouette, Bela Silard19934 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
Privacy: How to Protect What's Left of ItRobert Ellis Smith19804 pts0 wins1 listsAnchorPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top SecretsMatthew Connelly20234 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama Bin LadenAnthony Summers, Robbyn Swan20124 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance
The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial IntelligencePetra Molnar20244 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintRace & EthnicityIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of WarRaj Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff20244 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Talk to Me: Lessons From a Family Forged by HistoryRich Benjamin20252 pts0 wins1 listsPantheonMemoir & AutobiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
The Coming Storm: A Journey into the Heart of the Conspiracy MachineGabriel Gatehouse20242 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HousePolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
How to Make a Killing: Blood, Death, and Dollars in American MedicineTom Mueller20232 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonMedicine & Public HealthDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy ClampittWillard Spiegelman20232 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfBiographyGender & Feminism+3
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our WorldMax Fisher20222 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownTechnologyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance StateBarton Gellman20202 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of AmericaMargaret O'Mara20192 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressHistoryHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile EnvironmentAmelia Gentleman20192 pts0 wins1 listsFaber & FaberRace & EthnicityEducation & Universities+3
In the Enemy's House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian SpiesHoward Blum20182 pts0 wins1 listsHarperCollinsPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
Let's Explore Diabetes With OwlsDavid Sedaris20132 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownMemoir & AutobiographyIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear WarMichael Dobbs20082 pts0 wins1 listsVintage BooksHistoryWar & Military Strategy+2
Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World WarDavid Edgerton20122 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy RingPete Earley19892 pts0 wins1 listsBantam BooksTrue Crime & JusticeIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got AwayAnn Hagedorn20222 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterTrue Crime & JusticeIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive FreedomRebecca Grant20252 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryReproductive Rights & Family Policy+3
We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream MachineAlissa Wilkinson20252 pts0 wins1 listsLiverightArts & CriticismLiterature & Writers+3
William Blake and the Sea Monsters of LovePhilip Hoare20252 pts0 wins1 listsPegasus BooksArts & CriticismArt, Music & Performance+3
Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World WarsTara Zahra20232 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistoryCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance StateGlenn Greenwald20132 pts0 wins1 listsMetropolitan BooksPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Out in the Rural: A Mississippi Health Center and Its War on PovertyThomas J. Ward, Jr.20170 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressMedicine & Public HealthFood, Agriculture & Land+3
William Blake and the Age of AquariusStephen F. Eisenman20170 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressArts & CriticismEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
A Metaphysics of PsychopathologyPeter Zachar20140 pts0 wins1 listsMIT PressScienceIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of Financial InnovationRichard Bookstaber20070 pts0 wins1 listsWileyBusiness & EconomicsIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Emotional Intelligence: Science and MythGerald Matthews, Moshe Zeidner,, Richard D. Roberts20020 pts0 wins1 listsMIT PressScienceIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
Comparative Cognition: Experimental Explorations of Animal IntelligenceEdward A. Wasserman, Thomas R. Zentall20060 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressScienceScience & Discovery+2
The Free-Market Innovation Machine: Analyzing the Growth Miracle of CapitalismWilliam J. Baumol20020 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressBusiness & EconomicsIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+3
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All awards · Topic: Intelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance · Sorted by score · 97 books · filtered