Best politics books

84 of the world's most popular books — descriptions, covers, and classic quotes.

Politics books on Book Drop explain power, institutions, and how public stories get made. They are for readers who want context, not a team jersey.

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Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner book cover

Legacy of Ashes

Tim Weiner

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff book cover

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Shoshana Zuboff

Mutual Aid by Dean Spade book cover

Mutual Aid

Dean Spade

Die Känguru-Chroniken by Marc-Uwe Kling book cover

Die Känguru-Chroniken

Marc-Uwe Kling

Industrial Society and Its Future by Theodore Kaczynski book cover

Industrial Society and Its Future

Theodore Kaczynski

Πολιτικά (Politiká) by Aristotle book cover

Πολιτικά (Politiká)

Aristotle

The dilemma of toxic substance regulation by John M. Mendeloff book cover

The dilemma of toxic substance regulation

John M. Mendeloff

Dell'Arte della Guerra by Niccolò Machiavelli book cover

Dell'Arte della Guerra

Niccolò Machiavelli

Crazy like us by Ethan Watters book cover

Crazy like us

Ethan Watters

The war on normal people by Andrew Yang book cover

The war on normal people

Andrew Yang

War on Peace by Ronan Farrow book cover

War on Peace

Ronan Farrow

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington book cover

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Samuel P. Huntington

The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis book cover

The Cold War

John Lewis Gaddis

The prince, and selected discourses by Niccolò Machiavelli book cover

The prince, and selected discourses

Niccolò Machiavelli

Ten days in a mad-house by Nellie Bly book cover

Ten days in a mad-house

Nellie Bly

A Nation of Idiots by Daksh Tyagi book cover

A Nation of Idiots

Daksh Tyagi

The World Is Flat -A Brief History OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Thomas L. Friedman book cover

The World Is Flat -A Brief History OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Thomas L. Friedman

Political Ideologies by Andrew Heywood book cover

Political Ideologies

Andrew Heywood

State and Revolution by Vladimir Il’ich Lenin book cover

State and Revolution

Vladimir Il’ich Lenin

Modern political analysis by Robert Alan Dahl book cover

Modern political analysis

Robert Alan Dahl

Asylums by Erving Goffman book cover

Asylums

Erving Goffman

Two Treatises on Government by John Locke book cover

Two Treatises on Government

John Locke

College Scam by Charlie Kirk book cover

College Scam

Charlie Kirk

Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick book cover

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Robert Nozick

Political thought from Plato to the present by Mont Judd Harmon book cover

Political thought from Plato to the present

Mont Judd Harmon

Triumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser book cover

Triumph of the City

Edward L. Glaeser

Chto delatʹ? by Vladimir Il’ich Lenin book cover

Chto delatʹ?

Vladimir Il’ich Lenin

Drawdown by Paul Hawken book cover

Drawdown

Paul Hawken

Modern politics and government by Alan R. Ball book cover

Modern politics and government

Alan R. Ball

The human polity by Kay Lawson book cover

The human polity

Kay Lawson

Rules for radicals

Rules for radicals

Saul David Alinsky

Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky book cover

Hegemony or Survival

Noam Chomsky

Der Einzige und sein Eigentum by Max Stirner book cover

Der Einzige und sein Eigentum

Max Stirner

Living my Life by Emma Goldman book cover

Living my Life

Emma Goldman

Economics of regulation and antitrust by W. Kip Viscusi book cover

Economics of regulation and antitrust

W. Kip Viscusi

A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke book cover

A Letter Concerning Toleration

John Locke