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Dream President-Novelist Collaborations

Inspired by the James Patterson and Bill Clinton novel collaboration, here are ten dream pairings of presidents and novelists alive at the same time.

This is the Sci-Fi Future that Liberals Want

These science fiction books portray the future this specific liberal wants.

Advice for Politicians from The Picture of Dorian Gray

What members of Congress and other politicians can learn from Oscar Wilde's classic The Picture of Dorian Gray.

A Russian History Reading List

A guide to learning about Russian history, from the revolution to Putin.

The Book We Really Don’t Want to Finish: #DNFTrump

The book community over on Twitter has created a wonderfully bookish hashtag on the current state of American politics.

#SpicerFacts and Orwell’s 1984

With a Trump presidency in progress, it's starting to feel positively Orwellian.

Spider Jerusalem Is The Hero I Need Right Now

Spider Jerusalem is a truth-telling, badass journalist in an era of political corruption.

All Books Are Political

The book world, from publishing to reviewing to what readers pick up, is inherently political.

Books the Obamas Should Write

The Obama's will be missed after the Inauguration. But with their sudden wealth of free time, I've thought of some books the Obamas should write.

Out of the Attic: Nonfiction about the Holocaust

Memoirs and nonfiction about the Holocaust to read in the face of rising anti-Semitism and hate crimes.