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

  1. The Right

    1. The Right

    Matthew Continetti
    The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
  2. Shameless

    2. Shameless

    Brian Tyler Cohen
    Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
  3. The MAGA Doctrine

    3. The MAGA Doctrine

    Charlie Kirk
    The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future
  4. The Enemy Within

    4. The Enemy Within

    David Horowitz
    The Enemy Within: How a Totalitarian Movement is Destroying America
  5. Why We're Polarized

    5. Why We're Polarized

    Ezra Klein
    A Politics pick for readers exploring Why We're Polarized.
  6. Democracy in Chains

    6. Democracy in Chains

    Nancy MacLean
    Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
  7. Why We Did It

    7. Why We Did It

    Tim Miller
    Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
  8. Social Justice Fallacies

    8. Social Justice Fallacies

    Thomas Sowell
    A Politics pick for readers exploring Social Justice Fallacies.
  9. Dark Money

    9. Dark Money

    Jane Mayer
    Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
  10. Liberty and Tyranny

    10. Liberty and Tyranny

    Mark R. Levin
    Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
  11. It's Even Worse Than It Looks

    11. It's Even Worse Than It Looks

    Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein
    It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism
  12. America's Cultural Revolution

    12. America's Cultural Revolution

    Christopher F. Rufo
    America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
  13. Where Have All the Democrats Gone?

    13. Where Have All the Democrats Gone?

    John B. Judis, Ruy Teixeira
    Where Have All the Democrats Gone?: The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extremes
  14. Divided We Fall

    14. Divided We Fall

    David French
    Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation
  15. What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't, Fourth Edition

    15. What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't, Fourth Edition

    Jessamyn Conrad, Martin Garbus
    What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't, Fourth Edition: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues That Matter
  16. Strangers in Their Own Land

    16. Strangers in Their Own Land

    Arlie Russell Hochschild
    Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
  17. The Righteous Mind

    17. The Righteous Mind

    Jonathan Haidt
    The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
  18. To Make Men Free

    18. To Make Men Free

    Heather Cox Richardson
    To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party
  19. The Dying Citizen

    19. The Dying Citizen

    Victor Davis Hanson
    The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America
  20. Freedom and Virtue

    20. Freedom and Virtue

    George W. Carey
    Freedom and Virtue: The Conservative Libertarian Debate
  21. Listen, Liberal

    21. Listen, Liberal

    Thomas Frank
    Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
  22. Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

    22. Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

    Wilfred Reilly
    Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America's School Curricula
  23. The Madness of Crowds

    23. The Madness of Crowds

    Douglas Murray
    The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
  24. American Covenant

    24. American Covenant

    Yuval Levin
    American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again

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