11 best political books of all time
No one knows political books better than the staff at Politics & Prose. Opened in 1984, the Washington, D.C., bookstore is considered a “sacred space” by policymakers and literati alike. So what titles do these Beltway specialists recommend when it comes to politics? Here, according to the staff at Politics & Prose, are 11 of the best political books of all time.
best political books
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1. "Democracy in America," by Alexis de Tocqueville
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2. "All the King’s Men," by Robert Penn Warren
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3. "Team of Rivals," by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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4. "Echo House," by Ward Just
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5. "I, Claudius," by Robert Graves
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6. "Master of the Senate," by Robert A. Caro
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7. "The Bonfire of the Vanities," by Tom Wolfe
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8. "The Butler," by Wil Haygood
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9. "The Handmaid’s Tale," by Margaret Atwood
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10. "The Nine," by Jeffrey Toobin
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11. "This Town," by Mark Leibovich
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