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.
 Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
| 6 reads |
 The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
| 1 read |
 Divided by Terror: American Patriotism After 9/11
| 1 read |
 Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free
| 1 read |
 American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation
| 2 reads |
 The Debt Trap
| 3 reads |
 Unnatural Disasters
| 1 read |
 Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal
| 1 read |
 American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears
| 3 reads |
 Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
| 4 reads |
 Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation
| 3 reads |
 Vexed Vexed
| 1 read |
 No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants
| 1 read |
 The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
| 18 reads |
 Those Who Wander
| 6 reads |
 The Politics Industry
| 3 reads |
 Political Junkies
| 1 read |
 How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart
| 3 reads |
 Spite: The Upside of Your Dark Side
| 1 read |
 Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump
| 1 read |