LT picks: Blue Books

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This is a member-created list of "blue books"—books that Democrats like. They will be used in an upcoming feature. Please do not intentionally spike this list with "Politics for Idiots," or whatever.
Membres
40 membres participants
4
Una veritat incòmoda.
de Al Gore
2,399 membres
32 ressenyes
4
10 Membres
waitingtoderail, pammab, janoorani24, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, srbr1212, al.vick, askum, Myrabela
6
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
de Rachel Maddow
1,274 membres
67 ressenyes
4.2
9 Membres
lorax, waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, CherylsPearls, LucindaLibri, lcjones123, al.vick, Myrabela, LTietz
8
A People's History of the United States
de Howard Zinn
14,108 membres
148 ressenyes
4.2
10 Membres
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, pammab, eromsted, metamariposa, norabelle414, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Bluewolf0411, LTietz,srbr1212
10
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
de Barack Obama
9,134 membres
205 ressenyes
3.9
9 Membres
waitingtoderail, pammab, AnnaClaire, norabelle414, LucindaLibri, srbr1212, al.vick, Myrabela, kara.shamy
13
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
de Eric Schlosser
12,232 membres
170 ressenyes
3.9
8 Membres
waitingtoderail, pammab, eromsted, Jestak, lahochstetler, srbr1212, Myrabela, M_Clark
14
The Conscience of a Liberal
de Paul Krugman
1,014 membres
21 ressenyes
4
8 Membres
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela
15
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
de Michelle Alexander
4,854 membres
136 ressenyes
½ 4.4
7 Membres
lorax, pammab, quartzite, eromsted, lahochstetler, kara.shamy, LTietz
16
Earth in the Balance
de Al Gore
1,395 membres
22 ressenyes
½ 3.7
6 Membres
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, norabelle414, LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
17
The Republican War on Science
de Chris Mooney
619 membres
10 ressenyes
½ 3.7
6 Membres
timspalding, lorax, waitingtoderail, quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes
19
Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise
de Barack Obama
433 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.3
6 Membres
prosfilaes, AnnaClaire, LucindaLibri, srbr1212, al.vick, Myrabela
22
Profiles in Courage
de John F. Kennedy
3,187 membres
25 ressenyes
3.8
6 Membres
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, srbr1212, suitable1, Bluewolf0411, al.vick,eromsted
23
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
de bell hooks
1,556 membres
31 ressenyes
3.9
6 Membres
eromsted, lahochstetler, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela, kara.shamy
24
The Feminine Mystique
de Betty Friedan
4,331 membres
46 ressenyes
3.8
6 Membres
janoorani24, eromsted, CherylsPearls, lahochstetler, LucindaLibri, kara.shamy
25
Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
de Al Franken
1,726 membres
33 ressenyes
½ 3.7
6 Membres
waitingtoderail, quartzite, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela, kara.shamy
26
Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
de Molly Ivins
700 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 4.3
6 Membres
claytonhowl, quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, aulsmith, LucindaLibri
27
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
de Christopher Hayes
502 membres
19 ressenyes
3.8
5 Membres
waitingtoderail, Jestak, elenchus, pmtracy, al.vick
28
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America
de Molly Ivins
1,035 membres
14 ressenyes
3.8
5 Membres
quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, LucindaLibri, LTietz
29
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
de Simon Johnson
367 membres
11 ressenyes
3.9
4 Membres
quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes, M_Clark
30
It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us
de Hillary Rodham Clinton
871 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.3
5 Membres
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela
31
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
de Joe Biden
258 membres
9 ressenyes
3.8
5 Membres
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
32
La doctrina del xoc : l'ascens del capitalisme del desastre
de Naomi Klein
5,074 membres
124 ressenyes
4.2
5 Membres
eromsted, Myrabela, kara.shamy, LTietz, M_Clark
33
Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis
de Jimmy Carter
1,672 membres
27 ressenyes
½ 3.7
5 Membres
quartzite, janoorani24, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick
34
The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
de Corey Robin
439 membres
6 ressenyes
3.8
4 Membres
quartzite, eromsted, lahochstetler, prosfilaes
35
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
de Joseph E. Stiglitz
1,050 membres
21 ressenyes
3.8
4 Membres
Jestak, DebSkoff, Myrabela, kara.shamy
36
Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets
de Robert Kuttner
145 membres
1 ressenya
3.8
4 Membres
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith, Myrabela
37
Fahrenheit 451
de Ray Bradbury
50,556 membres
945 ressenyes
4
4 Membres
quartzite, janoorani24, CGlanovsky, cej1027,eromsted
38
Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America
de Eric Alterman
119 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.5
5 Membres
claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, Myrabela
39
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
de Chris Hedges
1,071 membres
12 ressenyes
3.9
5 Membres
claytonhowl, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, aulsmith, Myrabela
40
Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
de George Lakoff
1,551 membres
24 ressenyes
3.8
4 Membres
lorax, waitingtoderail, pammab, prosfilaes
41
L'Atac a la raó
de Al Gore
2,145 membres
39 ressenyes
3.8
4 Membres
waitingtoderail, quartzite, al.vick, Myrabela
42
No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border
de Justin Akers Chacón
203 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.7
4 Membres
quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes, Myrabela
43
Escorxador-5
de Kurt Vonnegut
42,165 membres
667 ressenyes
4.1
4 Membres
quartzite, fuzzy_patters, askum, M_Clark,eromsted
44
The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders
de Keith Olbermann
168 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Membres
waitingtoderail, pammab, prosfilaes, al.vick
45
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
de Paulo Freire
3,926 membres
40 ressenyes
4.1
4 Membres
eromsted, metamariposa, aulsmith, LucindaLibri
47
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
de Edward S. Herman
3,008 membres
22 ressenyes
4.1
4 Membres
waitingtoderail, quartzite, eromsted, aulsmith
48
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
de Jane Mayer
948 membres
25 ressenyes
½ 4.4
4 Membres
eromsted, prosfilaes, aulsmith, Myrabela
49
How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok
de Glenn Greenwald
238 membres
5 ressenyes
4.2
4 Membres
waitingtoderail, quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes
50
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace
de Gore Vidal
700 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Membres
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, aulsmith
51
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
de Stephen Kinzer
748 membres
15 ressenyes
4.1
4 Membres
waitingtoderail, eromsted, Jestak, prosfilaes
52
A Theory of Justice
de John Rawls
2,975 membres
25 ressenyes
3.9
4 Membres
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, Jestak, askum,eromsted
54
Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence
de Christian Parenti
170 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.6
2 Membres
eromsted, askum
55
The Other America: Poverty in the United States
de Michael Harrington
705 membres
9 ressenyes
4.2
3 Membres
claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted
56
1984
de George Orwell
77,322 membres
1,223 ressenyes
4.2
3 Membres
quartzite, John_Vaughan, M_Clark,Myrabela
57
The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
de Paul R. Krugman
1,014 membres
12 ressenyes
3.8
3 Membres
claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted
58
The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker
de Steven Greenhouse
100 membres
1 ressenya
3.8
3 Membres
quartzite, eromsted, Jestak
61
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
de Ronald Takaki
1,211 membres
9 ressenyes
4
3 Membres
eromsted, LucindaLibri, cej1027
62
Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country--And It's Time to Take It Back
de Jim Hightower
330 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Membres
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite
63
Peddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in an Age of Diminished Expectations
de Paul Krugman
299 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.6
3 Membres
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith
64
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63
de Taylor Branch
2,106 membres
21 ressenyes
½ 4.5
3 Membres
eromsted, Jestak, M_Clark
65
A Man Without a Country
de Kurt Vonnegut
4,699 membres
79 ressenyes
3.9
2 Membres
SqueakyChu, CGlanovsky
66
Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
de Frances Fox Piven
363 membres
1 ressenya
4
3 Membres
waitingtoderail, eromsted, aulsmith
67
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
de Marc Reisner
1,654 membres
38 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Membres
quartzite, janoorani24, Jestak
68
Who Will Tell The People? : The Betrayal Of American Democracy
de William Greider
350 membres
1 ressenya
3.8
2 Membres
waitingtoderail, Jestak
69
The official Fahrenheit 9/11 reader
de Michael Moore
318 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Membres
LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
70
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
de Richard Hofstadter
500 membres
5 ressenyes
4.1
3 Membres
quartzite, eromsted, M_Clark
71
Reveille for Radicals
de Saul Alinsky
352 membres
1 ressenya
3.9
3 Membres
eromsted, aulsmith, Myrabela
72
Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
de Amy Goodman
229 membres
1 ressenya
4.1
3 Membres
waitingtoderail, eromsted, aulsmith
73
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
de Bethany McLean
1,196 membres
19 ressenyes
4
3 Membres
quartzite, Jestak, M_Clark
74
The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
de Tim Flannery
1,453 membres
20 ressenyes
4.1
3 Membres
janoorani24, Jestak, Myrabela
75
Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
de Noam Chomsky
2,970 membres
21 ressenyes
3.9
3 Membres
waitingtoderail, eromsted, Myrabela
76
The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes
de Stephen Holmes
72 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Membres
quartzite, Jestak, Myrabela
77
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
de Thomas L. Friedman
3,147 membres
58 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Membres
SqueakyChu, janoorani24, Myrabela,eromsted
78
The Power Elite
de C. Wright Mills
834 membres
9 ressenyes
4
2 Membres
eromsted, elenchus
79
The New Industrial State
de John Kenneth Galbraith
744 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Membres
elenchus, M_Clark
80
Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
de Molly Ivins
742 membres
3 ressenyes
4
2 Membres
claytonhowl, LTietz
81
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
de Jon Stewart
7,208 membres
61 ressenyes
4.1
3 Membres
lorax, quartzite, CGlanovsky,eromsted
82
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
de David Graeber
2,501 membres
67 ressenyes
4.2
3 Membres
eromsted, metamariposa, M_Clark,prosfilaes
83
Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism
de Patricia Hill Collins
228 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Membres
eromsted, kara.shamy
84
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
de Jack N. Rakove
669 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Membres
eromsted, Jestak
85
Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy
de David Daley
134 membres
5 ressenyes
4.2
Membre
M_Clark
86
The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era
de Michael Grunwald
131 membres
2 ressenyes
3.8
Membre
pmtracy
87
Another Dead Republican
de Mark Richard Zubro
33 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.3
Membre
Neil_Plakcy
88
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire
de Angela Y. Davis
183 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Membres
eromsted, prosfilaes
90
My Life
de Bill Clinton
4,313 membres
56 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Membres
waitingtoderail, al.vick, Myrabela,eromsted
91
The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
de Naomi Wolf
786 membres
24 ressenyes
3.9
2 Membres
waitingtoderail, kara.shamy
92
I Am America (And So Can You!)
de Stephen Colbert
5,685 membres
134 ressenyes
3.8
2 Membres
quartzite, CGlanovsky
93
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea
de Mark Blyth
341 membres
22 ressenyes
3.9
2 Membres
Jestak, M_Clark
95
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
de Greg Palast
1,108 membres
5 ressenyes
3.9
2 Membres
claytonhowl, quartzite
96
Losing America
de Robert C. Byrd
163 membres
6 ressenyes
3.9
2 Membres
quartzite, M_Clark
97
Crashing the party
de Ralph Nader
343 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Membres
claytonhowl, Myrabela
98
Incoherent Empire
de Michael Mann
91 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.6
2 Membres
waitingtoderail, eromsted
99
Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
de Howard Zinn
413 membres
2 ressenyes
3.9
2 Membres
waitingtoderail, eromsted
100
An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
de Arundhati Roy
603 membres
5 ressenyes
3.8
2 Membres
eromsted, LucindaLibri