America

United States history, politics and society.

Recommended

9 books someone recommended or argued with.

Means of Ascent
Robert A. Caro
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Cited on Dwarkesh Podcast, Founders
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro
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Cited on Dwarkesh Podcast
Days of Rage
Bryan Burrough
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Fears of a Setting Sun
Dennis C. Rasmussen
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on EconTalk
Hard Times
Studs Terkel
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on The Tim Ferriss Show
Master of the Senate
Robert A. Caro
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Dwarkesh Podcast
The Best and the Brightest
David Halberstam
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
The Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Founders
Working
Studs Terkel
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on The Tim Ferriss Show

Also mentioned

Named in passing or by their own author.

Autobiography
Benjamin Franklin
Passing references only
Cited on Founders
But What If We're Wrong?
Chuck Klosterman
Passing references only
Cited on EconTalk
How to Eat an Elephant
Sarah Longwell
🎙️ 1 Author Plug
Cited on The Ezra Klein Show
Least of Us
Sam Quinones
🎙️ 1 Author Plug
Cited on EconTalk
Melting Point : Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land
Rachel Cockerell
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Cited on EconTalk
On Settler Colonialism
On Settler Colonialism
Adam Kirsch
🎙️ 1 Author Plug
Cited on EconTalk
The Fourth Turning
William Strauss
Passing references only
Cited on Lex Fridman Podcast
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Passing references only
Cited on Lex Fridman Podcast
Wealth Against Commonwealth
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Passing references only
Cited on The Knowledge Project
Who Really Cares
Arthur C. Brooks
🎙️ 1 Author Plug
Cited on Conversations with Tyler