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Core shelf picks for fascism & totalitarianism readers.

Last refreshed 2026-03-02.

  1. Hannah Arendt: the Origins of Totalitarianism Expanded Edition (LOA #389)

    1. Hannah Arendt: the Origins of Totalitarianism Expanded Edition (LOA #389)

    Hannah Arendt, Jerome Kohn
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism and totalitarianism.
  2. How Fascism Works

    2. How Fascism Works

    Jason F. Stanley
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism.
  3. Erasing History

    3. Erasing History

    Jason F. Stanley
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism.
  4. On Fascism

    4. On Fascism

    Matthew C. Macwilliams
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism.
  5. Antifa

    5. Antifa

    Mark Bray
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism.
  6. The Anatomy of Fascism

    6. The Anatomy of Fascism

    Robert O. Paxton
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism.
  7. Blackshirts and Reds

    7. Blackshirts and Reds

    Michael Parenti
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism.
  8. To Catch a Fascist

    8. To Catch a Fascist

    Christopher Mathias
    Included for strong white alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  9. How to Be a Dictator

    9. How to Be a Dictator

    Frank Dikötter
    Included for strong african alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  10. The Dictator's Handbook

    10. The Dictator's Handbook

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
    Included for strong political alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  11. The Midnight Kingdom

    11. The Midnight Kingdom

    Jared Yates Sexton
    Included for strong gifts alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  12. How to Spot a Fascist

    12. How to Spot a Fascist

    Umberto Eco, Richard Dixon
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism.
  13. Into That Darkness

    13. Into That Darkness

    Gitta Sereny
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism and totalitarianism.
  14. Unhumans

    14. Unhumans

    Jack Posobiec, Joshua Lisec
    Included for strong book club alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  15. Black Sun

    15. Black Sun

    Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism.
  16. The Echo Machine

    16. The Echo Machine

    David Pakman
    Included for strong political alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  17. Autocrats Vs. Democrats

    17. Autocrats Vs. Democrats

    Michael McFaul
    Included for strong history alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  18. Mussolini's Italy

    18. Mussolini's Italy

    Richard J.B. Bosworth
    Fits this list for its focus on fascism.
  19. Why Fascists Fear Teachers

    19. Why Fascists Fear Teachers

    Randi Weingarten
    Included for strong best alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  20. Last Call at the Hotel Imperial

    20. Last Call at the Hotel Imperial

    Deborah Cohen
    Included for strong death alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  21. Hitler's American Friends

    21. Hitler's American Friends

    Bradley W. Hart
    Included for strong america alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  22. How to Stand Up to a Dictator

    22. How to Stand Up to a Dictator

    Maria Ressa, Amal Clooney
    Included for strong about alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  23. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

    23. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

    Peter Pomerantsev
    Included for strong century alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.
  24. Tyrant

    24. Tyrant

    Stephen Greenblatt
    Included for strong book club alignment with this fascism & totalitarianism list.

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