Books to Read under the Trump Administration

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,775 ratings
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U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) (Books of American Wisdom)
U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) (Books of American Wisdom) 4.52 avg rating — 27,061 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,602 ratings
4.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,489 ratings
5.
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century 4.27 avg rating — 89,871 ratings
6.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,528 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,121 ratings
8.
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating — 259,680 ratings
9.
It Can't Happen Here
It Can't Happen Here 3.80 avg rating — 22,839 ratings
10.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,713 ratings
11.
The Lorax
The Lorax
by: Dr. Seuss
4.35 avg rating — 363,659 ratings
12.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,263 ratings
13.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,144 ratings
14.
The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism 4.30 avg rating — 13,913 ratings
15.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,891 ratings
16.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,692 ratings
17.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,443 ratings
18.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating — 144,570 ratings
19.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,039 ratings
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 4.29 avg rating — 51,930 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,148 ratings
22.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,296 ratings
23.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 3.97 avg rating — 72,715 ratings
24.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,987 ratings
25.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,905 ratings
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 365,557 ratings
27.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,362 ratings
28.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,229 ratings
29.
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right 4.12 avg rating — 17,561 ratings
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right 4.31 avg rating — 26,724 ratings
31.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,922 ratings
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Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,720 ratings
33.
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America 3.76 avg rating — 24,553 ratings
34.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating — 26,627 ratings
35.
We
We 3.88 avg rating — 107,848 ratings
36.
The Plot Against America
The Plot Against America 3.81 avg rating — 67,293 ratings
37.
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media 4.24 avg rating — 23,235 ratings
38.
What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America
What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America 3.59 avg rating — 565 ratings
39.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,538 ratings
40.
Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,562 ratings
40.
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need 4.10 avg rating — 10,392 ratings
42.
Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda
Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda 4.37 avg rating — 114 ratings
43.
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion 4.20 avg rating — 63,320 ratings
44.
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything 3.96 avg rating — 111,005 ratings
45.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,158 ratings
46.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,911 ratings
47.
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin 3.82 avg rating — 11,841 ratings
48.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,278 ratings
49.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,779 ratings
50.
What Happened
What Happened 3.92 avg rating — 60,668 ratings
51.
Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,383 ratings
52.
March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,869 ratings
53.
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business 4.16 avg rating — 36,095 ratings
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Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,464 ratings
55.
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties 4.37 avg rating — 491 ratings
56.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 4.53 avg rating — 37,881 ratings
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Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,000 ratings
58.
Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives
Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives 3.97 avg rating — 6,981 ratings
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Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,284 ratings
60.
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating — 189,227 ratings
61.
On the Beach
On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 48,154 ratings
62.
Everyday Sexism
Everyday Sexism 4.26 avg rating — 12,320 ratings
63.
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In 4.22 avg rating — 7,750 ratings
63.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,694 ratings
65.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,767 ratings
66.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,043 ratings
67.
Fear: Trump in the White House
Fear: Trump in the White House 3.87 avg rating — 64,797 ratings
68.
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia 3.97 avg rating — 11,441 ratings
69.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,762 ratings
70.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea 4.45 avg rating — 96,056 ratings
71.
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them 3.82 avg rating — 29,649 ratings
72.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed 4.30 avg rating — 37,855 ratings
72.
Unwind (Unwind, #1)
Unwind (Unwind, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 244,622 ratings
74.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,124 ratings
75.
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future 4.16 avg rating — 30,315 ratings
76.
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man 3.82 avg rating — 95,051 ratings
77.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,180 ratings
78.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,860 ratings
79.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,270 ratings
80.
Every Man Dies Alone
Every Man Dies Alone 4.27 avg rating — 35,336 ratings
81.
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership 4.09 avg rating — 49,071 ratings
82.
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom 4.45 avg rating — 12,301 ratings
83.
The Decline of the West
The Decline of the West 4.06 avg rating — 2,170 ratings
84.
Fascism: A Warning
Fascism: A Warning 4.25 avg rating — 20,515 ratings
85.
The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics 3.74 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
86.
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House 3.44 avg rating — 76,850 ratings
87.
Blood Numbers
Blood Numbers 4.21 avg rating — 736 ratings
88.
The Butter Battle Book
The Butter Battle Book
by: Dr. Seuss
4.15 avg rating — 14,447 ratings
89.
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by: Suki Kim
3.93 avg rating — 21,798 ratings
89.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,303 ratings
91.
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics 4.26 avg rating — 10,888 ratings
92.
Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans
Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans 3.96 avg rating — 2,378 ratings
93.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,137 ratings
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Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
by: Katy Tur
3.96 avg rating — 17,464 ratings
95.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin 3.89 avg rating — 215,175 ratings
96.
The Trial and Death of Socrates
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by: Plato
4.12 avg rating — 44,772 ratings
97.
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life 4.11 avg rating — 3,513 ratings
98.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,751 ratings
99.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems 4.32 avg rating — 22,468 ratings
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Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think
Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think 4.03 avg rating — 1,680 ratings
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