Best Popular Nonfiction Politics Books on Goodreads

1.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating β€” 371,403 ratings
2.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating β€” 285,182 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 β€” 27,061 ratings
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The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating β€” 189,247 ratings
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating β€” 885,819 ratings
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism 4.30 avg rating β€” 13,913 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 β€” 51,932 ratings
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The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating β€” 550,586 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating β€” 445,037 ratings
10.
Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future 4.21 avg rating β€” 16,406 ratings
11.
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating β€” 259,692 ratings
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The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating β€” 220,194 ratings
12.
Women, Race & Class
Women, Race & Class 4.59 avg rating β€” 33,015 ratings
14.
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think 4.36 avg rating β€” 197,289 ratings
15.
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto 4.18 avg rating β€” 7,698 ratings
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Drift
Drift 4.07 avg rating β€” 20,839 ratings
17.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating β€” 357,391 ratings
18.
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 β€” 115,044 ratings
19.
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 β€” 612,699 ratings
20.
Diplomacy
Diplomacy 4.25 avg rating β€” 9,162 ratings
21.
The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,974 ratings
22.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating β€” 55,695 ratings
23.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating β€” 26,630 ratings
24.
Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience 3.94 avg rating β€” 18,960 ratings
25.
On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating β€” 41,825 ratings
26.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating β€” 196,290 ratings
27.
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning 3.95 avg rating β€” 6,003 ratings
28.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
21 Lessons for the 21st Century 4.16 avg rating β€” 172,945 ratings
29.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating β€” 320,734 ratings
30.
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 β€” 144,581 ratings
31.
John Adams
John Adams 4.08 avg rating β€” 373,238 ratings
32.
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators 4.40 avg rating β€” 101,061 ratings
33.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating β€” 26,300 ratings
34.
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 3.75 avg rating β€” 206,251 ratings
35.
A Fighting Chance
A Fighting Chance 4.15 avg rating β€” 14,891 ratings
36.
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century 3.69 avg rating β€” 102,339 ratings
37.
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom 3.90 avg rating β€” 14,797 ratings
38.
All the President’s Men
All the President’s Men 4.18 avg rating β€” 56,974 ratings
39.
Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating β€” 91,944 ratings
40.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 4.19 avg rating β€” 208,899 ratings
41.
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 β€” 29,649 ratings
42.
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime 4.13 avg rating β€” 22,714 ratings
43.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 3.87 avg rating β€” 38,981 ratings
43.
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy 4.38 avg rating β€” 30,602 ratings
43.
Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign
Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign 3.69 avg rating β€” 7,715 ratings
46.
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 4.24 avg rating β€” 35,773 ratings
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Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 38,566 ratings
48.
The Assault on Reason
The Assault on Reason
by: Al Gore
3.78 avg rating β€” 7,356 ratings
49.
Surviving Autocracy
Surviving Autocracy 4.15 avg rating β€” 4,293 ratings
50.
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow 4.19 avg rating β€” 278,884 ratings
50.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating β€” 45,864 ratings
52.
Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class 4.04 avg rating β€” 1,986 ratings
53.
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream 3.83 avg rating β€” 168,478 ratings
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Economics in One Lesson
Economics in One Lesson 4.17 avg rating β€” 21,134 ratings
55.
No Logo
No Logo 3.89 avg rating β€” 32,434 ratings
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A People's History of the World
A People's History of the World 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,556 ratings
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The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy 4.25 avg rating β€” 2,169 ratings
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Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics
Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics 4.41 avg rating β€” 2,636 ratings
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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 β€” 72,722 ratings
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine 4.30 avg rating β€” 168,095 ratings
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Women & Power: A Manifesto
Women & Power: A Manifesto 4.02 avg rating β€” 38,436 ratings
62.
The Road to Serfdom
The Road to Serfdom 4.15 avg rating β€” 25,378 ratings
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Parkland: Birth of a Movement
Parkland: Birth of a Movement 3.97 avg rating β€” 7,429 ratings
64.
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order 3.78 avg rating β€” 13,748 ratings
64.
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything 3.96 avg rating β€” 111,010 ratings
64.
Voices of a People's History of the United States
Voices of a People's History of the United States 4.32 avg rating β€” 2,151 ratings
64.
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality 4.04 avg rating β€” 4,814 ratings
68.
Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom
Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom
by: Ron Paul
4.22 avg rating β€” 3,123 ratings
69.
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East 4.41 avg rating β€” 5,520 ratings
70.
The Law
The Law 4.34 avg rating β€” 13,590 ratings
71.
The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power 4.10 avg rating β€” 210,193 ratings
72.
Politics
Politics
by: Aristotle
3.98 avg rating β€” 41,882 ratings
73.
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton 4.22 avg rating β€” 194,773 ratings
74.
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation 4.56 avg rating β€” 12,675 ratings
75.
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Capital in the Twenty First Century 4.06 avg rating β€” 33,858 ratings
76.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City 4.47 avg rating β€” 109,940 ratings
77.
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court 4.09 avg rating β€” 18,283 ratings
77.
Outsider in the White House
Outsider in the White House 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,619 ratings
79.
Truman
Truman 4.17 avg rating β€” 90,310 ratings
80.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating β€” 115,141 ratings
80.
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them 4.23 avg rating β€” 12,619 ratings
82.
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness 3.84 avg rating β€” 92,729 ratings
83.
Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People
Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People 4.18 avg rating β€” 5,231 ratings
84.
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1) 4.19 avg rating β€” 110,344 ratings
85.
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia 4.19 avg rating β€” 6,913 ratings
86.
The Death of the Liberal Class
The Death of the Liberal Class 4.06 avg rating β€” 3,601 ratings
87.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating β€” 149,038 ratings
88.
Gandhi: An Autobiography
Gandhi: An Autobiography 4.10 avg rating β€” 73,822 ratings
89.
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism 4.11 avg rating β€” 15,874 ratings
90.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea 4.45 avg rating β€” 96,061 ratings
90.
The Captive Mind
The Captive Mind 4.27 avg rating β€” 4,725 ratings
92.
Anatomy of the State
Anatomy of the State 4.19 avg rating β€” 5,998 ratings
93.
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3) 4.42 avg rating β€” 23,635 ratings
94.
My Life
My Life 3.74 avg rating β€” 49,704 ratings
94.
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better 4.13 avg rating β€” 7,059 ratings
96.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating β€” 92,322 ratings
97.
My Beloved World
My Beloved World 4.09 avg rating β€” 33,500 ratings
97.
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement 4.34 avg rating β€” 43,155 ratings
97.
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York 4.52 avg rating β€” 27,075 ratings
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On War
On War 3.96 avg rating β€” 14,229 ratings
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