Best Progressive Reads

101.
Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush 4.09 avg rating — 2,254 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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Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right
Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right 3.82 avg rating — 29,648 ratings
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Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America 4.16 avg rating — 9,538 ratings
105.
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II 4.20 avg rating — 46,353 ratings
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,784 ratings
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Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World 3.99 avg rating — 2,271 ratings
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Animal Farm / 1984
Animal Farm / 1984 4.30 avg rating — 211,277 ratings
109.
The Assault on Reason
The Assault on Reason
by: Al Gore
3.78 avg rating — 7,356 ratings
110.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating — 18,481 ratings
111.
The Republican War on Science
The Republican War on Science 3.82 avg rating — 1,252 ratings
112.
Buck: A Memoir
Buck: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 3,060 ratings
113.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,335 ratings
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The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths 3.93 avg rating — 7,618 ratings
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community 3.85 avg rating — 8,660 ratings
116.
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class 4.09 avg rating — 10,489 ratings
117.
Men Explain Things to Me
Men Explain Things to Me 3.83 avg rating — 85,152 ratings
118.
The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science—and Reality
The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science—and Reality 3.85 avg rating — 1,500 ratings
119.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 117,718 ratings
120.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,221 ratings
121.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,496 ratings
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century 3.89 avg rating — 2,769 ratings
122.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,425 ratings
124.
Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics
Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics 3.70 avg rating — 447 ratings
125.
The Age of Reform
The Age of Reform 3.91 avg rating — 1,955 ratings
126.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 338,285 ratings
127.
Fault Lines: Views across Haiti's Divide
Fault Lines: Views across Haiti's Divide 4.27 avg rating — 48 ratings
127.
She Who Rose From Ashes
She Who Rose From Ashes 4.49 avg rating — 49 ratings
127.
Palestinian Dissident
Palestinian Dissident 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings
130.
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times 4.34 avg rating — 3,634 ratings
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The United States of Elfin: Imagining a More Elven Style of Government
The United States of Elfin: Imagining a More Elven Style of Government it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
132.
Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies
Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies 4.34 avg rating — 176 ratings
133.
The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them
The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them 4.11 avg rating — 857 ratings
133.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,373 ratings
135.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,559 ratings
136.
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story 3.96 avg rating — 16,713 ratings
137.
The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth
The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth 4.56 avg rating — 435 ratings
138.
The Age of American Unreason
The Age of American Unreason 3.84 avg rating — 3,261 ratings
139.
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
140.
Conservatives Without Conscience
Conservatives Without Conscience 3.98 avg rating — 1,745 ratings
141.
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America 4.14 avg rating — 17,867 ratings
142.
Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues
Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues 4.24 avg rating — 234 ratings
143.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,815 ratings
144.
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
The Radicalism of the American Revolution 4.08 avg rating — 5,312 ratings
145.
Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights
Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights 4.20 avg rating — 622 ratings
145.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,034 ratings
147.
Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House
Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House 3.58 avg rating — 2,806 ratings
148.
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century 4.27 avg rating — 89,945 ratings
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army 3.81 avg rating — 8,291 ratings
149.
The Mismeasure of Man
The Mismeasure of Man 4.05 avg rating — 9,212 ratings
151.
Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda 4.02 avg rating — 8,498 ratings
152.
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism 4.06 avg rating — 4,572 ratings
153.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,874 ratings
154.
The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century 3.91 avg rating — 2,010 ratings
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Wild Land
Wild Land 3.65 avg rating — 34 ratings
155.
Steam Drills, Treadmills and Shooting Stars - a story of our times -
Steam Drills, Treadmills and Shooting Stars - a story of our times - 4.18 avg rating — 40 ratings
155.
Root of the Spark
Root of the Spark 4.07 avg rating — 44 ratings
158.
Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia
Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia 4.49 avg rating — 185 ratings
159.
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States 4.02 avg rating — 296 ratings
160.
The Shame of the Nation
The Shame of the Nation 4.14 avg rating — 5,065 ratings
161.
Against Empire
Against Empire 4.36 avg rating — 1,116 ratings
162.
Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky 4.41 avg rating — 9,419 ratings
163.
The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many
The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many 4.01 avg rating — 1,026 ratings
163.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 4.48 avg rating — 113,293 ratings
165.
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 44,287 ratings
166.
Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power 4.21 avg rating — 3,796 ratings
167.
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful 4.26 avg rating — 1,310 ratings
168.
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 — 37,885 ratings
169.
The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation 4.05 avg rating — 1,608 ratings
170.
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America 4.29 avg rating — 4,898 ratings
171.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine 4.30 avg rating — 168,106 ratings
171.
My Country 'Tis of Thee
My Country 'Tis of Thee 3.61 avg rating — 956 ratings
173.
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market 3.78 avg rating — 6,368 ratings
173.
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman 3.97 avg rating — 8,729 ratings
175.
The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too
The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too 3.95 avg rating — 488 ratings
176.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me 4.11 avg rating — 69,183 ratings
177.
Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision
Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision 3.86 avg rating — 216 ratings
178.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,574 ratings
179.
Howard Zinn on War
Howard Zinn on War 4.26 avg rating — 390 ratings
180.
The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule
The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule 3.97 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
181.
Stupid White Men
Stupid White Men 3.33 avg rating — 16,695 ratings
182.
Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis
Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis 3.90 avg rating — 4,072 ratings
183.
Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence 3.92 avg rating — 218 ratings
183.
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 — 612,724 ratings
185.
Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism
Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism 3.99 avg rating — 1,934 ratings
186.
The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer
The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer 3.84 avg rating — 240 ratings
187.
Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology 4.23 avg rating — 813 ratings
187.
MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change
MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change 3.65 avg rating — 110 ratings
189.
American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation
American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation 3.59 avg rating — 242 ratings
190.
Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild
Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild 4.05 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling 4.14 avg rating — 11,730 ratings
191.
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service 4.33 avg rating — 3,399 ratings
193.
Politixworks
Politixworks 4.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
193.
The STREAM TONE: The Future of Personal Computing?
The STREAM TONE: The Future of Personal Computing? 3.17 avg rating — 23 ratings
193.
A Modern Declaration of Independence: Crimes Against Humanity and a New System
A Modern Declaration of Independence: Crimes Against Humanity and a New System 4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings
196.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,131 ratings
196.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,287 ratings
196.
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World 4.07 avg rating — 6,285 ratings
199.
Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate 4.14 avg rating — 8,954 ratings
199.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City 4.47 avg rating — 109,956 ratings
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