The Resistance Reading List · 2016–18

The historical bookshelf.

Eight titles from the original selection. Keep the historical context, examine the argument, and leave room for questions.

A sample of the 229-post legacy catalog, not a complete migration. Years refer to first publication; linked publisher or library pages may describe later editions.

8 books

  1. Nonfiction · 2018

    How Democracies Die

    Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt

    Comparative political history

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  2. Nonfiction · 2017

    On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

    Timothy Snyder

    Historical lessons and civic essays

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  3. Nonfiction · 2018

    Fascism: A Warning

    Madeleine Albright

    History through a diplomat’s perspective

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  4. Nonfiction · 2010

    The New Jim Crow

    Michelle Alexander

    Race and mass incarceration

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  5. Nonfiction · 2018

    The Death of Truth

    Michiko Kakutani

    Language, media, and public argument

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  6. Nonfiction · 2018

    The Plot to Destroy Democracy

    Malcolm Nance

    A period account of Russian interference

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  7. Nonfiction · 2017

    What Unites Us

    Dan Rather & Elliot Kirschner

    Personal reflections on civic life

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  8. Fiction · 1949

    1984

    George Orwell

    A dystopian novel about power and language

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