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Books We Should Read to Help Us Deal With the World Now

42 books - fiction, history, non-fiction, polemic - that just might help us get a grip on the current strangeness that is our world.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984 (Orwell)
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2034: A Novel of the Next World War (Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis)
2034: A Novel of the Next World War (Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis)
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2054 (Elliot Ackerman)
2054 (Elliot Ackerman)
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The 80 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time (Vankin)
The 80 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time (Vankin)
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Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
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All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
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Alone Together (Sherry Turkle)
Alone Together (Sherry Turkle)
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Authoritarian Nightmare (Dean)
Authoritarian Nightmare (Dean)
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Battle for the American Mind (Hegseth)
Battle for the American Mind (Hegseth)
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The Big Lie (Lemire)
The Big Lie (Lemire)
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Conspiracy (Pipes)
Conspiracy (Pipes)
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Conspiracy Theories (Fenster)
Conspiracy Theories (Fenster)
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Darkness at Noon (Koestler)
Darkness at Noon (Koestler)
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Elmer Gantry (Lewis)
Elmer Gantry (Lewis)
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Fear (Bob Woodward)
Fear (Bob Woodward)
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The Final Days (Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein)
The Final Days (Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein)
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Idiot America (Charles P. Pierce)
Idiot America (Charles P. Pierce)
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It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
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Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)
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The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
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MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
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Make Russia Great Again (Christopher Buckley)
Make Russia Great Again (Christopher Buckley)
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The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
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The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
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Midnight in Washington (Adam B. Schiff)
Midnight in Washington (Adam B. Schiff)
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Night of Camp David (Knebel)
Night of Camp David (Knebel)
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The Nightmare Years (William L. Shirer)
The Nightmare Years (William L. Shirer)
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Nostromo (Conrad)
Nostromo (Conrad)
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Nuclear Folly (Plokhy)
Nuclear Folly (Plokhy)
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The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays (Richard Hofstadter)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays (Richard Hofstadter)
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Peril (Bob Woodward and Robert Costa)
Peril (Bob Woodward and Robert Costa)
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
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Selling Fear (Camp)
Selling Fear (Camp)
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Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
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The Shockwave Rider (Brunner)
The Shockwave Rider (Brunner)
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Silent Invasion (Deborah Birx)
Silent Invasion (Deborah Birx)
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The Skeptic's Guide to the Future (Novella)
The Skeptic's Guide to the Future (Novella)
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (Steven Novella)
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (Steven Novella)
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