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.
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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
de Rachel Maddow
1,358 membres
71 ressenyes
4.1
9 Members
lorax, waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, CherylsPearls, LucindaLibri, lcjones123, al.vick, Myrabela, LTietz
8
A People's History of the United States
de Howard Zinn
14,776 membres
159 ressenyes
4.2
10 Members
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
9,507 membres
211 ressenyes
3.9
9 Members
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
12,493 membres
171 ressenyes
3.9
8 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, eromsted, Jestak, lahochstetler, srbr1212, Myrabela, M_Clark
14
The Conscience of a Liberal
de Paul Krugman
1,056 membres
23 ressenyes
4
8 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela
15
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
de Michelle Alexander
5,304 membres
139 ressenyes
½ 4.4
7 Members
lorax, pammab, quartzite, eromsted, lahochstetler, kara.shamy, LTietz
16
Earth in the Balance
de Al Gore
1,440 membres
22 ressenyes
½ 3.7
6 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, norabelle414, LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
17
The Republican War on Science
de Chris Mooney
630 membres
10 ressenyes
½ 3.7
6 Members
timspalding, lorax, waitingtoderail, quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes
18
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
de Stephanie Coontz
1,006 membres
13 ressenyes
3.8
7 Members
quartzite, eromsted, CherylsPearls, Jestak, lahochstetler, LucindaLibri, Myrabela
19
Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise
de Barack Obama
451 membres
8 ressenyes
½ 3.3
6 Members
prosfilaes, AnnaClaire, LucindaLibri, srbr1212, al.vick, Myrabela
22
Profiles in Courage
de John F. Kennedy
3,380 membres
25 ressenyes
3.8
6 Members
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, srbr1212, suitable1, Bluewolf0411, al.vick,eromsted
23
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
de bell hooks
1,685 membres
32 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
eromsted, lahochstetler, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela, kara.shamy
24
The Feminine Mystique
de Betty Friedan
4,553 membres
50 ressenyes
3.8
6 Members
janoorani24, eromsted, CherylsPearls, lahochstetler, LucindaLibri, kara.shamy
25
Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
de Al Franken
1,749 membres
35 ressenyes
½ 3.7
6 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela, kara.shamy
26
Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
de Molly Ivins
719 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 4.3
6 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, aulsmith, LucindaLibri
27
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
de Christopher Hayes
531 membres
19 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
waitingtoderail, Jestak, elenchus, pmtracy, al.vick
28
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America
de Molly Ivins
1,053 membres
14 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, LucindaLibri, LTietz
29
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
de Simon Johnson
380 membres
11 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes, M_Clark
30
It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us
de Hillary Rodham Clinton
915 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.3
5 Members
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela
31
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
de Joe Biden
279 membres
10 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
32
La doctrina del xoc : l'ascens del capitalisme del desastre
de Naomi Klein
5,379 membres
129 ressenyes
4.2
5 Members
eromsted, Myrabela, kara.shamy, LTietz, M_Clark
33
Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis
de Jimmy Carter
1,744 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 3.7
5 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick
34
The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
de Corey Robin
470 membres
8 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
quartzite, eromsted, lahochstetler, prosfilaes
35
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
de Joseph E. Stiglitz
1,136 membres
24 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
Jestak, DebSkoff, Myrabela, kara.shamy
36
Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets
de Robert Kuttner
150 membres
1 ressenya
3.8
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith, Myrabela
37
Fahrenheit 451
de Ray Bradbury
53,955 membres
999 ressenyes
4
4 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, CGlanovsky, cej1027,eromsted
38
Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America
de Eric Alterman
125 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.3
5 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, Myrabela
39
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
de Chris Hedges
1,136 membres
13 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
claytonhowl, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, aulsmith, Myrabela
40
Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
de George Lakoff
1,608 membres
24 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
lorax, waitingtoderail, pammab, prosfilaes
41
L'Atac a la raó
de Al Gore
2,206 membres
39 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
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
212 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.7
4 Members
quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes, Myrabela
43
Escorxador-5
de Kurt Vonnegut
44,034 membres
706 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
quartzite, fuzzy_patters, askum, M_Clark,eromsted
44
The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders
de Keith Olbermann
175 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, prosfilaes, al.vick
45
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
de Paulo Freire
4,246 membres
44 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
eromsted, metamariposa, aulsmith, LucindaLibri
47
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
de Edward S. Herman
3,277 membres
25 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
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
988 membres
26 ressenyes
½ 4.3
4 Members
eromsted, prosfilaes, aulsmith, Myrabela
49
How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok
de Glenn Greenwald
238 membres
4 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes
50
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace
de Gore Vidal
714 membres
8 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, aulsmith
51
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
de Stephen Kinzer
797 membres
15 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, Jestak, prosfilaes
52
A Theory of Justice
de John Rawls
3,149 membres
24 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, Jestak, askum,eromsted
54
Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence
de Christian Parenti
188 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.6
2 Members
eromsted, askum
55
The Other America: Poverty in the United States
de Michael Harrington
731 membres
8 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted
56
1984
de George Orwell
82,026 membres
1,272 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
quartzite, John_Vaughan, M_Clark,Myrabela
57
The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
de Paul R. Krugman
1,030 membres
14 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted
58
The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker
de Steven Greenhouse
106 membres
1 ressenya
3.8
3 Members
quartzite, eromsted, Jestak
61
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
de Ronald Takaki
1,296 membres
10 ressenyes
4
3 Members
eromsted, LucindaLibri, cej1027
62
Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country--And It's Time to Take It Back
de Jim Hightower
334 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite
63
Peddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in an Age of Diminished Expectations
de Paul Krugman
311 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.6
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith
64
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63
de Taylor Branch
2,217 membres
21 ressenyes
½ 4.5
3 Members
eromsted, Jestak, M_Clark
65
A Man Without a Country
de Kurt Vonnegut
4,875 membres
84 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
SqueakyChu, CGlanovsky
66
Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
de Frances Fox Piven
380 membres
1 ressenya
4
3 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, aulsmith
67
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
de Marc Reisner
1,747 membres
35 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, Jestak
68
Who Will Tell The People? : The Betrayal Of American Democracy
de William Greider
367 membres
1 ressenya
3.9
2 Members
waitingtoderail, Jestak
69
The official Fahrenheit 9/11 reader
de Michael Moore
330 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
70
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
de Richard Hofstadter
530 membres
5 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
quartzite, eromsted, M_Clark
71
Reveille for Radicals
de Saul Alinsky
364 membres
1 ressenya
3.9
3 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, Myrabela
72
Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
de Amy Goodman
242 membres
1 ressenya
4.1
3 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, aulsmith
73
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
de Bethany McLean
1,267 membres
20 ressenyes
4
3 Members
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
1,494 membres
20 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
janoorani24, Jestak, Myrabela
75
Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
de Noam Chomsky
3,060 membres
21 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, Myrabela
76
The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes
de Stephen Holmes
76 membres
2 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, Myrabela
77
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America
de Thomas L. Friedman
3,282 membres
59 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
SqueakyChu, janoorani24, Myrabela,eromsted
78
The Power Elite
de C. Wright Mills
882 membres
9 ressenyes
4
2 Members
eromsted, elenchus
79
The New Industrial State
de John Kenneth Galbraith
776 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
elenchus, M_Clark
80
Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
de Molly Ivins
751 membres
3 ressenyes
4
2 Members
claytonhowl, LTietz
81
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
de Jon Stewart
7,415 membres
61 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
lorax, quartzite, CGlanovsky,eromsted
82
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
de David Graeber
2,800 membres
71 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
eromsted, metamariposa, M_Clark,prosfilaes
83
Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism
de Patricia Hill Collins
243 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
eromsted, kara.shamy
84
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
de Jack N. Rakove
705 membres
5 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, Jestak
85
Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy
de David Daley
144 membres
5 ressenyes
4.1
Member
M_Clark
86
The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era
de Michael Grunwald
133 membres
2 ressenyes
3.8
Member
pmtracy
87
Another Dead Republican
de Mark Richard Zubro
34 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.3
Member
Neil_Plakcy
88
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire
de Angela Y. Davis
206 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
eromsted, prosfilaes
90
My Life
de Bill Clinton
4,474 membres
57 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
waitingtoderail, al.vick, Myrabela,eromsted
91
The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
de Naomi Wolf
803 membres
24 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
waitingtoderail, kara.shamy
92
I Am America (And So Can You!)
de Stephen Colbert
5,865 membres
132 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
quartzite, CGlanovsky
93
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea
de Mark Blyth
369 membres
22 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Jestak, M_Clark
95
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
de Greg Palast
1,131 membres
5 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite
96
Losing America
de Robert C. Byrd
175 membres
6 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
quartzite, M_Clark
97
Crashing the party
de Ralph Nader
350 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
claytonhowl, Myrabela
98
Incoherent Empire
de Michael Mann
97 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.6
2 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted
99
Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
de Howard Zinn
425 membres
2 ressenyes
4
2 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted
100
An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
de Arundhati Roy
627 membres
6 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, LucindaLibri