This is a list I originally put together on Threads to explain the election results in ways many likely hadn't considered. Even though I personally rate many of these books low, they all do contain illuminating discussions.
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Rating
Readers Count
Controls
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
Niall Ferguson
3.25
6 reads
The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
Peter T Coleman
5
1 read
Divided by Terror: American Patriotism After 9/11
John Bodnar
4
1 read
Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free
Judge Jed S. Rakoff
5
1 read
American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation
Seth David Radwell
3.5
2 reads
The Debt Trap
Josh Mitchell
4.67
3 reads
Unnatural Disasters
Gonzalo Lizarralde
4
1 read
Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal
Carissa Byrne Hessick
5
1 read
American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears
Farah Stockman
4.17
3 reads
Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
Todd Rose
4.5
4 reads
Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation