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Books recommended by politicians

168 books recommended by 25 people in this group, ordered by how many of them picked it.

Most picked in this group

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    Democracy in America

    Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835

    Karl RoveRobert Reich

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    James

    Percival Everett · 2024

    Barack Obama

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    The Sixth Extinction

    Elizabeth Kolbert · 2014

    Barack Obama

    1pick here

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    Audition

    Katie Kitamura · 2025

    Barack Obama

    1pick here

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    Flashlight

    Susan Choi · 2025

    Barack Obama

    1pick here

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    1929

    Andrew Ross Sorkin · 2025

    Barack Obama

    1pick here

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    A Marriage at Sea

    Sophie Elmhirst · 2026

    Barack Obama

    1pick here

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    Bad Blood

    John Carreyrou · 2018

    Jeffrey Archer

    1pick here

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    Flat Earth News

    Nick Davies · 2008

    Max Mosley

    1pick here

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    Kin

    Tayari Jones · 2026

    Barack Obama

    1pick here

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    On Liberty

    John Stuart Mill · 1859

    Peter Singer

    1pick here

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    Orbital

    Samantha Harvey · 2023

    Barack Obama

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    Team of Rivals

    Doris Kearns Goodwin · 2003

    Antonio Villaraigosa

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    The Road to Serfdom

    Friedrich Hayek · 1944

    Mitch Daniels

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    The Ultimate Resource 2

    Julian L. Simon · 1996

    Matt Ridley

    1pick here

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    The Underground Railroad

    Colson Whitehead · 2000

    Barack Obama

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    A New World Order

    Caryl Phillips · 2001

    DLDavid Lammy

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    A Stranger in Europe

    Stephen Wall · 2008

    David Owen

    1pick here

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    A World Appears

    Michael Pollan · 2026

    Barack Obama

    1pick here

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    Abundance

    Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson · 2025

    Barack Obama

    1pick here

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    After Europe

    Ivan Krastev · 2017

    Yuli Tamir

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    Banal Nationalism

    Michael Billig · 1995

    Yuli Tamir

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    Bounce

    Matthew Syed · 2010

    Max Mosley

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    Brainwash

    Dominic Streatfeild · 2006

    Max Mosley

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    Capitalism and Freedom

    Milton Friedman · 1962

    Karl Rove

    1pick here

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    Catch Me If You Can

    Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding · 2005

    Jeffrey Archer

    1pick here

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    Chavs

    Owen Jones · 2011

    DLDavid Lammy

    1pick here

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    Chips

    Sir Henry Channon · 2021

    Chris Mullin

    1pick here

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    City of Thorns

    Ben Rawlence · 2016

    David Miliband

    1pick here

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    Cool Machine

    Colson Whitehead

    Barack Obama

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    Cyber War

    Richard A Clarke and Robert Knake · 2010

    Joseph Nye

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    Dead and Alive

    Zadie Smith · 2025

    Barack Obama

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    Disraeli

    Robert Blake · 1966

    DHDouglas Hurd

    1pick here

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    Eden

    D R Thorpe · 1973

    DHDouglas Hurd

    1pick here

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    Edward Heath

    Philip Ziegler · 2010

    DHDouglas Hurd

    1pick here

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    Gladstone

    Roy Jenkins · 1995

    DHDouglas Hurd

    1pick here

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    Goldfinger

    Ian Fleming · 1958

    Jeffrey Archer

    1pick here

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    Growth: A Reckoning

    Daniel Susskind · 2024

    Barack Obama

    1pick here

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    H Is for Hawk

    Helen Macdonald · 2006

    Barack Obama

    1pick here

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