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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

1. The House of Kennedy
James Patterson
The House of Kennedy: Paperback – March 2, 2021
2. When We Were The Kennedys
Monica Wood
When We Were The Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine
3. The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!
George Lakoff
The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
4. The United States of Trump
Bill O'Reilly, Bill O'Reilly
The United States of Trump: How the President Really Sees America
5. Shah of Shahs
Ryszard Kapuscinski, Ryszard Kapuściński
Shah of Shahs: Paperback – February 4, 1992
6. The Deviant's War
Eric Cervini
The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America
7. A Field Guide to Lies
Daniel J. Levitin
A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking with Statistics and the Scientific Method
8. The Confidante
Christopher C. Gorham
The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America
9. The Doomsday Machine
Daniel Ellsberg
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
10. This is London
Ben Judah
This is London: Life and Death in the World City
11. The Loudest Voice in the Room
Gabriel Sherman
The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country
12. I Want to Burn This Place Down
Maris Kreizman
I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays
13. Preventable
Andy Slavitt
Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response
14. The Meat Racket
Christopher Leonard
The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business
15. The Technological Society
Jacques Ellul, John Wilkinson
The Technological Society: Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 1964
16. The Right
Matthew Continetti
The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
17. Seeking Shelter
Jeff Hobbs
Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America
18. World History 101
Tom Head PhD, Tom Head
World History 101: From ancient Mesopotamia and the Viking conquests to NATO and WikiLeaks, an essential primer on world history
19. Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth
The Washington Post Fact Checker Staff, The Washington Post
Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth: The President's Falsehoods, Misleading Claims and Flat-Out Lies
20. Radical Inclusion
David Moinina Sengeh
Radical Inclusion: Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World
21. The Man Who Would Be King
Karen Elliott House
The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia
22. The Georgetown Set
Gregg Herken
The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington
23. Survival of the City
Edward Glaeser, David Cutler
Survival of the City: The Future of Urban Life in an Age of Isolation
24. More and More and More
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy

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