HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher: Featured Books and Authors
1. 
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
by:
Rebecca Traister
4.37 avg rating — 11,931 ratings 
4. 
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
by:
Paul Hawken
4.40 avg rating — 4,279 ratings 5. 
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
by:
Jonathan Haidt
4.23 avg rating — 53,287 ratings 6. 
The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
by:
Steve Kornacki
4.20 avg rating — 2,974 ratings 
8. 
In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History
by:
Mitch Landrieu
4.03 avg rating — 2,995 ratings 
10. 
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World 4.02 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
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Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
by:
Nancy MacLean
4.29 avg rating — 4,898 ratings 12. 
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
by:
John Heilemann
4.13 avg rating — 22,714 ratings 
14. 
What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America 4.10 avg rating — 2,074 ratings
15. 
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
by:
Michael Pollan
4.27 avg rating — 82,444 ratings 
17. 
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
by:
Jon Meacham
4.26 avg rating — 15,724 ratings 18. 
Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too
by:
Louie Anderson
3.95 avg rating — 1,118 ratings 19. 
The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America
by:
April Ryan
3.85 avg rating — 92 ratings 
24. 
Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by:
Amy Chua
4.20 avg rating — 4,007 ratings 
24. 
The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
by:
Coleman Hughes
4.37 avg rating — 2,172 ratings 
32. 
Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict
by:
Max Brooks
3.95 avg rating — 345 ratings 33. 
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military 3.65 avg rating — 4,945 ratings
34. 
How the Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016
by:
P.J. O'Rourke
3.45 avg rating — 1,347 ratings 35. 
The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West 3.65 avg rating — 990 ratings
36. 
Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
by:
Michael Isikoff
4.20 avg rating — 6,660 ratings 
38. 
A Governor's Story: The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future 3.67 avg rating — 104 ratings
39. 
The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and his Spies are Undermining America and Dismantling the West
by:
Malcolm W. Nance
4.23 avg rating — 1,409 ratings 
41. 
Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right: American Life in Columns 4.07 avg rating — 145 ratings
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Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News
by:
Clint Watts
3.95 avg rating — 817 ratings 44. 
Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth-and How to Fix It
by:
Dambisa Moyo
3.42 avg rating — 383 ratings 45. 
The Opposite of Hate: A Field Guide to Repairing Our Humanity
by:
Sally Kohn
3.89 avg rating — 1,164 ratings 46. 
The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,549 ratings
47. 
War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
by:
Ronan Farrow
4.15 avg rating — 8,499 ratings 
49. 
To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism
by:
Ross Douthat
3.93 avg rating — 489 ratings 50. 
Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging
by:
Alex Wagner
3.42 avg rating — 838 ratings 51. 
52. 
Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage
by:
Jason Kander
4.34 avg rating — 915 ratings 53. 
Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail
by:
Jonathan Chait
3.87 avg rating — 649 ratings 
55. 
The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
by:
Max Boot
4.22 avg rating — 1,099 ratings 56. 
Sex Matters: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense
by:
Mona Charen
3.73 avg rating — 325 ratings 57. 
The Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election
by:
Malcolm W. Nance
4.08 avg rating — 1,862 ratings 58. 
Before You Wake: Life Lessons from a Father to His Children
by:
Erick Erickson
3.64 avg rating — 141 ratings 
61. 
Klan-destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan
by:
Daryl Davis
4.20 avg rating — 164 ratings 62. 
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
by:
Kurt Andersen
4.09 avg rating — 8,697 ratings 
64. 
Presto! How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
by:
Penn Jillette
3.77 avg rating — 2,887 ratings 65. 
Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
by:
Richard Dawkins
3.98 avg rating — 2,205 ratings 66. 
Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
by:
Jon Meacham
4.13 avg rating — 8,550 ratings 
68. 
Awakening: How America Can Turn from Economic and Moral Destruction Back to Greatness
by:
Reed Ralph
3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings 
70. 
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
by:
Johann Hari
4.26 avg rating — 40,171 ratings 71. 
The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back
by:
Andrew Sullivan
3.75 avg rating — 438 ratings 
74. 
Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role in the World
by:
Ian Bremmer
3.75 avg rating — 899 ratings 75. 
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
by:
Eddie Izzard
3.86 avg rating — 10,157 ratings 76. 
77. 
The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
by:
Ben Sasse
4.03 avg rating — 6,217 ratings 78. 
The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America
by:
Nick Gillespie
3.78 avg rating — 520 ratings 79. 
Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories About My Family You Might Relate To 3.22 avg rating — 454 ratings
81. 
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
by:
George Packer
4.13 avg rating — 12,370 ratings 82. 
The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--And Divided a Country
by:
Gabriel Sherman
3.88 avg rating — 1,878 ratings 83. 
This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class
by:
Elizabeth Warren
4.19 avg rating — 4,902 ratings 
86. 
The Making of the President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution
by:
Roger Stone
3.70 avg rating — 453 ratings 
91. 
A Black Man in the White House: Barack Obama and the Triggering of America's Racial-Aversion Crisis
by:
Cornell Belcher
4.17 avg rating — 106 ratings 92. 
The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up, and Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self
by:
Katty Kay
4.03 avg rating — 1,444 ratings 
94. 
Fight for Liberty: Defending Democracy in the Age of Trump
by:
Mark Lasswell
3.88 avg rating — 49 ratings 95. 
From Cold War To Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia
by:
Michael McFaul
4.04 avg rating — 1,880 ratings 96. 
Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind
by:
Ann Coulter
3.88 avg rating — 490 ratings 97. 
Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
by:
Joshua Green
3.80 avg rating — 5,934 ratings