Books Recommended by Ezra Klein
Stealth Democracy
Americans' Beliefs About How Government Should Work
John R. Hibbing
Source: "One of the more frustrating dynamics in politics is many voters assume that if something was good or obvious, it'd be bipartisan, and if it's not, that means something is wrong." - Ezra Klein
What We Owe the Future
William MacAskill
Source: "Will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the better." - Ezra Klein
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
Lee Drutman
Source: "He's more optimistic than I am about multiparty democracy solving our ills, but he's absolutely right on the structural nature of two-party duopoly." - Ezra Klein
The Price of Peace
Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
Zachary D. Carter
Source: "A brilliant exploration of the question 'what is economics for?' disguised as an excellent biography of John Maynard Keynes." - Ezra Klein
The Ministry for the Future
A Novel
Kim Stanley Robinson
Source: "Near-future fiction about the world climate change is creating, and how it will change us, and we will change it." - Ezra Klein
Beyond Ideology
Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U. S. Senate
Frances E. Lee
Source: "The book that is probably the most influential for me in thinking about how American politics really works." - Ezra Klein
Down Girl
The Logic of Misogyny
Kate Manne
Source: "One of a few essential texts for understanding politics (and American life) today." - Ezra Klein
Something Deeply Hidden
Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
Sean Carroll
Source: "Great if you like feeling very confused about the nature of reality, which I guess I do." - Ezra Klein
Let the People Pick the President
The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
Jesse Wegman
Source: "Great if you want to go deep on the case against the electoral college." - Ezra Klein
Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America
George C. Edwards III
Source: "Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein
On Deaf Ears
The Limits of the Bully Pulpit
George C. Edwards III
Source: "Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein
Predicting the Presidency
The Potential of Persuasive Leadership
George C. Edwards III
Source: "Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein
The Polarized Presidency of George W. Bush
George C. Edwards III
Source: "Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein
Overreach
Leadership in the Obama Presidency
George C. Edwards III
Source: "Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein
The Gamble
Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election
John Sides
Source: "A series of political scientists on the 2012 election I think is really helpful." - Ezra Klein
The Shallows
What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Nicholas Carr
Source: "One of the most prescient books of the digital age." - Ezra Klein
This is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar
Source: Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter.
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