Last Updated: February 7, 2025
Shameless: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
by Brian Tyler Cohen
From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler Cohen takes a step back from the day-to-day news cycle to explain how American politics has turned into such a dumpster fire–and what Democrats need to do to get us out of it.
A Certain Idea of America: Selected Writings
by Peggy Noonan
From Pulitzer-prize winning Wall Street Journal columnist and New York Times bestselling author Peggy Noonan, a masterclass in how to see and love America. In this new collection of her essential recent work, Noonan demonstrates the erudition, wisdom and humor that have made her one of America’s most admired writers. This book is a celebration of what America has been, is, and can be.
Truths: The Future of America First
by Vivek Ramaswamy
Ramaswamy shows exactly how honesty about the most important issues will get our country back on track. The America First movement emphasizes the issues that bring us together, not what divides us. It asks that we put our country over politics, merit over grievance, and truth over lies. Ramaswamy tells us the truth about our political system, and the people who control it, and exhorts us to exercise our right to self-governance again.
The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency
by David M. Rubenstein
Blending history and anecdote, Rubenstein chronicles the journeys of the presidents who have defined America as it exists now, what they envision for its future, and their legacy on the world stage. Drawing from his own experience in the Carter administration, he engages in dialogues with our nation’s presidents and the historians who study them.
Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives
by Sami Sage & Emily Amick
In today’s political climate, it’s hard not to get discouraged. Isolated, doom scrolling, lacking a sense of purpose or community… it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the dire state of American democracy and do nothing, because why try when the odds are never in our favor? Sage & Amick want to reframe civic engagement as a form of self-care: an assertion of one’s values and self-respect. This book is not just about voting, but about claiming your singular place in your country and community.
Melania
by Melania Trump
Melania reflects on her Slovenian childhood, the pivotal moments that led her to the world of high fashion in Europe and New York, and the serendipitous meeting with Donald Trump, a chance encounter that forever changed the course of her life.