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20268 of 35 books

  • A Grief ObservedC.S. LewisJan
  • The American Revolution and the Fate of the WorldRichard BellFeb
  • Native Nations: A Millennium in North AmericaKathleen DuValApr
  • The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial ReviewLarry D. KramerMay
  • Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal EstablishmentBrad SnyderJul
  • Baby Ninth Amendments: How Americans Embraced Unenumerated Rights and Why It MattersAnthony B SandersJul
  • The Writer and the WitchRobin SloanAug
  • Oath of SwordsDavid WeberAug

202514 of 54 books

  • The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter and SpiritJames Oakes, Evan D. Bernick, Randy E. BarnettJan
  • Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform after the Civil WarMark A. GraberJan
  • IBM and the HolocaustEdwin BlackFeb
  • The Idea of a Party System, Volume 2: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition in the United States, 1780-1840Richard HofstadterMar
  • Congress's Constitution: Legislative Authority and the Separation of PowersJosh ChafetzApr
  • The Paranoid Style in American Politics: An Essay: from The Paranoid Style in American PoliticsRichard HofstadterApr
  • Wind and TruthBrandon SandersonApr
  • Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American EconomyChris HughesMay
  • The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780Rick AtkinsonJul
  • I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland CampaignD. Scott HartwigAug
  • The Sorceress and the VigilantT. R. SohnSep
  • To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862D. Scott HartwigOct
  • The Oldest Constitutional Question: Enumeration and Federal PowerRichard PrimusNov
  • The Will of the ManyJames IslingtonDec

202419 of 76 books

  • Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil WarElizabeth R. VaronJan
  • Hypermedia SystemsCarson GrossJan
  • Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of OriginalismErwin ChemerinskyJan
  • Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van PeltJan
  • Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial ReviewJohn Hart ElyFeb
  • "what Shall We Do with the Negro?": Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War AmericaPaul D. EscottFeb
  • Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal PowerJefferson CowieMar
  • Words of RadianceBrandon SandersonApr
  • Lone WomenVictor LaValleMay
  • America's Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live ByAkhil Reed AmarJun
  • EdgedancerBrandon SandersonJul
  • SkywardBrandon SandersonJul
  • MoonboundRobin SloanAug
  • GileadMarilynne RobinsonAug
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American WestDee BrownSep
  • War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master RaceEdwin BlackOct
  • Washington's CrossingDavid Hackett FischerNov
  • The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They MadeCliff SloanDec
  • The Constitution of the War on DrugsDavid Pozen, Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law Davi…Dec

202311 of 67 books

  • Tress of the Emerald SeaBrandon SandersonMar
  • The Corruption Of Lindsey Graham: A case study in the rise of authoritarianism.William Saletan, William SaletanMay
  • The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the RepublicStephen VladeckMay
  • The Shattering: America in the 1960sKevin BoyleJul
  • The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American DreamPatrick Radden KeefeJul
  • The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval EnglandBrandon SandersonAug
  • Yumi and the Nightmare PainterBrandon SandersonAug
  • Mistborn: The Final EmpireBrandon SandersonOct
  • The Sunlit ManBrandon SandersonOct
  • I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War against ReconstructionKidada E. WilliamsNov
  • The American West: The Invention of a MythDavid Hamilton MurdochNov

202221 of 117 books

  • PiranesiSusanna ClarkeJan
  • The Radicalism of the American RevolutionGordon S. WoodFeb
  • The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the KlanLaurence LeamerFeb
  • Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIDavid GrannMar
  • American Insurgents, American Patriots: The Revolution of the PeopleT.H. BreenMar
  • The Woman They Could Not SilenceKate MooreMar
  • Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on DrugsJohann HariApr
  • 51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional LawJeffrey S. SuttonJun
  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry PlanetBecky ChambersJun
  • The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840Akhil Reed AmarJul
  • The Once and Future WitchesAlix E. HarrowAug
  • The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial HeroPeter S. CanellosAug
  • The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and WarJames BradleyAug
  • The Priory of the Orange TreeSamantha ShannonOct
  • The Ten Thousand Doors of JanuaryAlix E. HarrowOct
  • Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with LessJim VandeHei, Roy Schwartz, Mike AllenOct
  • The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an EmpireWilliam DalrympleOct
  • Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious FreedomSpencer W. McBrideNov
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1Kevin Eastman, Peter LairdDec
  • The Korean WarMax HastingsDec
  • The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later LifeNancy L. MaceDec

202115 of 81 books

  • Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian TerritoryClaudio SauntJan
  • Redemption's BladeAdrian TchaikovskyFeb
  • The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777Rick AtkinsonMar
  • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't KnowAdam GrantMar
  • Klara and the SunKazuo IshiguroApr
  • Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on ViolencePatrick SharkeyMay
  • Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's FoundersDennis C. RasmussenMay
  • Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for MenCaroline Criado PérezJun
  • Death's EndCixin LiuJul
  • Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White SupremacyDavid ZucchinoAug
  • Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921Scott EllsworthAug
  • The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?Michael J. SandelSep
  • The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American CapitalismEdward E. BaptistOct
  • The Nickel BoysColson WhiteheadNov
  • Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945Max HastingsDec

202011 of 89 books

  • Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect PredatorsRonan FarrowJan
  • Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So MuchEldar Shafir, Sendhil MullainathanMar
  • Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving InRoger FisherMar
  • The Infinite GameSimon SinekApr
  • Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal MarchAdam ZamoyskiMay
  • Heaven's Breath: A Natural History of the WindLyall WatsonMay
  • The Three-Body ProblemCixin LiuMay
  • The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in HistoryJohn M. BarryJun
  • The Dark ForestCixin LiuAug
  • Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsIsabel WilkersonSep
  • The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social InjusticeFredrik deBoerOct

201917 of 117 books

  • FoundationsBruce A. AckermanJan
  • Little Fires EverywhereCeleste NgJan
  • Originalism as FaithEric J. SegallJan
  • Everything I Never Told YouCeleste NgJan
  • We the People, Volume 2: TransformationsBruce a. AckermanJan
  • The Strange Career of Jim CrowC. Vann WoodwardMar
  • The Great War: A Combat History of the First World WarPeter HartApr
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into ValuesRobert M. PirsigMay
  • Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to GreatJames C. Collins, James C. CollinsJun
  • A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918G.J. MeyerJun
  • Kolyma StoriesVarlam ShalamovJun
  • American Carnage: Behind the Scenes of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of TrumpTim AlbertaJul
  • Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of LawBruce A. AckermanSep
  • Hannah CoulterWendell BerrySep
  • The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential DemocracyBruce A. Ackerman, Bruce A. AckermanSep
  • Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of AmericaJames PoniewozikSep
  • The Souls of Yellow Folk: EssaysWesley YangNov

201811 of 99 books

  • 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus CreatedCharles C. MannJan
  • Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American DemocracyJonah GoldbergApr
  • What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848Daniel Walker HoweMay
  • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityMatthew DesmondJun
  • Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945David M. KennedyJun
  • The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They DoJudith Rich HarrisJul
  • All Systems RedMartha WellsAug
  • Fidelity: Five storiesWendell BerrySep
  • SPQR: A History of Ancient RomeMary BeardOct
  • How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic RegionJoe StudwellOct
  • Legacies of Losing in American PoliticsNicole Mellow, Jeffrey K. TulisNov

201716 of 87 books

  • Never Let Me GoKazuo IshiguroMar
  • Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty MillionMartin AmisApr
  • When We Were OrphansKazuo IshiguroMay
  • A Collection of EssaysGeorge OrwellMay
  • Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. CialdiniMay
  • The Fellowship of the RingJ.R.R. TolkienMay
  • The Two TowersJ.R.R. TolkienJun
  • The ChangelingVictor LaValleJul
  • The Return of the KingJ.R.R. TolkienJul
  • His Excellency: George WashingtonJoseph J. EllisJul
  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessMichelle AlexanderAug
  • 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before ColumbusCharles C. MannAug
  • SourdoughRobin SloanSep
  • The Library at Mount CharScott HawkinsSep
  • Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive GovernmentChristopher H. Achen, Larry M. BartelsSep
  • Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War EraJames M. McPhersonOct

201614 of 75 books

  • The Freedoms We Lost: Consent and Resistance in Revolutionary AmericaBarbara Clark SmithFeb
  • The Remains of the DayKazuo IshiguroMar
  • Mindset: The New Psychology of SuccessCarol S. DweckMar
  • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and ReligionJonathan HaidtApr
  • The Devil in SilverVictor LaValleJun
  • Big MachineVictor LaValleJul
  • Lucretia and the KroonsVictor LaValleAug
  • Specialization and Trade: A Reintroduction to Economics: An IntroductionArnold KlingAug
  • America's Constitution: A BiographyAkhil Reed AmarAug
  • The Ballad of Black TomVictor LaValleSep
  • United States of Jihad: Who Are America's Homegrown Terrorists, and How Do We Stop Them?Peter BergenSep
  • Underground AirlinesBen H. WintersNov
  • The Underground RailroadColson WhiteheadNov
  • The Buried GiantKazuo IshiguroNov

20157 of 67 books

  • AnnihilationJeff VanderMeerJan
  • The MartianAndy WeirJan
  • The Book of Strange New ThingsMichel FaberMar
  • My ÁntoniaWilla CatherAug
  • Howl's Moving CastleDiana Wynne JonesOct
  • The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness: A Vindication of Democracy and a Critique of its Traditional DefenseReinhold NiebuhrNov
  • The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on NurtureMatt RidleyNov

201411 of 65 books

  • Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?Michael J. SandelJan
  • Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel KahnemanMar
  • Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security StateGarry WillsJun
  • The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the StateJohn MicklethwaitJun
  • Ancillary JusticeAnn LeckieJun
  • Economics: The User's GuideHa-Joon ChangJun
  • On LibertyJohn Stuart MillJul
  • The Road to SerfdomFriedrich A. Hayek, Bruce CaldwellAug
  • The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has DeclinedSteven PinkerSep
  • Gideon's Trumpet: How One Man, a Poor Prisoner, Took His Case to the Supreme Court-And Changed the Law of the United StatesAnthony LewisDec
  • Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and StalinTimothy SnyderDec

201314 of 78 books

  • The Hobbit, or There and Back AgainJ.R.R. TolkienJan
  • Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His SlavesHenry WiencekJan
  • Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour BookstoreRobin SloanFeb
  • Dragonlance Chronicles: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring DawningMargaret Weis, Tracy HickmanMar
  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will TalkElaine Mazlish, Adele FaberApr
  • DRAGONLANCE LEGENDS - Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, Test of the TwinsMargaret Weis, Tracy HickmanMay
  • The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New AmericaGeorge PackerAug
  • Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of NazarethReza AslanOct
  • The Name of the WindPatrick RothfussOct
  • Remote: Office Not RequiredDavid Heinemeier HanssonNov
  • The Wise Man's FearPatrick RothfussNov
  • The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScriptNicholas C. ZakasNov
  • Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and WorkChip Heath, Dan HeathDec
  • WarbreakerBrandon SandersonDec

20126 of 38 books

  • The Sacred BandDavid Anthony DurhamFeb
  • The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of GovernmentEric Liu, Nick HanauerApr
  • Wool OmnibusHugh HoweyJul
  • Betterness: Economics for HumansUmair HaqueJul
  • How We DecideJonah LehrerJul
  • Thinking in Systems: A PrimerDonella H. MeadowsSep

201114 of 88 books

  • Being PeaceThích Nhất HạnhJan
  • That Which You Are Seeking Is Causing You to SeekCheri HuberMar
  • What the Dog Saw: And Other AdventuresMalcolm GladwellMar
  • The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative BattlesSteven PressfieldMar
  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership FablePatrick LencioniApr
  • Ender's GameOrson Scott CardJun
  • Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington, D.C.Harry S. Jaffe, Tom SherwoodJun
  • Beatrice and VirgilYann MartelJul
  • A Game of ThronesGeorge R.R. MartinJul
  • Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010Michael Greenlee, George DurziJul
  • Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of InnovationSteven JohnsonSep
  • Speaker for the DeadOrson Scott CardOct
  • The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It BackAndrew SullivanNov
  • Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and SchoolJohn MedinaDec

20107 of 65 books

  • The Hunger GamesSuzanne CollinsSep
  • Catching FireSuzanne CollinsOct
  • The Evolution of GodRobert WrightNov
  • MockingjaySuzanne CollinsNov
  • Acacia: The War with the MeinDavid Anthony DurhamNov
  • The Other LandsDavid Anthony DurhamDec
  • The Design of Everyday ThingsDonald A. NormanDec

20095 of 47 books

  • A Fire Upon the DeepVernor VingeApr
  • Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (2nd edition)Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. ListerJul
  • Flatland: A Romance of Many DimensionsEdwin A. AbbottAug
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsJ.K. RowlingAug
  • The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass MovementsEric HofferNov

20087 of 40 books

  • Batman: The Dark Knight ReturnsFrank MillerJul
  • WatchmenAlan MooreJul
  • Head First Design PatternsElisabeth Robson, Bert Bates, Eric FreemanJul
  • A Deepness in the SkyVernor VingeOct
  • The Gulag Archipelago, Abridged EditionAleksandr SolzhenitsynDec
  • Man's Search for MeaningViktor E. FranklDec
  • Infinity Hold\3Barry B. LongyearDec