Check out our Political Fiction OLITICAL OOKS All the King’s Men. Robert Penn Warren. P B ! A southern politician plays dirty politics. Fic Warren, R. P.

Constant Gardener. John le Carré. Political Nonfiction An embassy worker’s personal pursuit of his wife’s killers in Kenya sets him up as their next target. Fic Le Carré.

The Almanac of Political Corruption, Scandals Divine Justice. David Baldacci. and Dirty Politics. Kim Long. 973 Long John Carr becomes the target of a manhunt involving the highest levels of the U.S. government. Fic Baldacci. Blogwars. David D. Permutter. The rise of internet blogs in the influence new Flag for Sunrise. Robert Stone. communication technologies are playing in today’s Americans are drawn into the maelstrom of a small Central politics. 320.973 Permutter American country on the brink of revolution. Fic Stone, R.

Collapse. Jared Diamond. Good Earth. Pearl Buck. Diamond gives a study on the downfall of civilizations, This Pulitzer prize-winning epic portrays China during the tracing patterns of environmental damage, poor political rule of the last emperor. Fic Buck, P. choices, and other factors in their demise. 304.28 Diamond The Handmaid’s Tale. Margaret Atwood. Atwood brings us a fable of the near future where far-right Congress Behaving Badly: the rise of partisanship ideals have been carried to extremes. Fic Atwood, M. and incivility and the death of public trust. Sunil Ahuja. The author examines the end of common The Invisible Man. Ralph Ellison. courtesy and professionalism in the political arena, A young, nameless black man moves through the hellish levels resulting in the decline of meaningful debate on issues. of American intolerance. Fic Ellison, R. 328.73 Ahuja It Can’t Happen Here. Sinclair Lewis. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy and how An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire. fascism could take hold in America. Fic Lewis, S. Arundhati Roy. Roy discusses global politics, democracy, media empires, and the situation in Iraq. 302.2309 Roy The Jungle. Upton Sinclair. Unflinching chronicle of crushing poverty and oppression set Parliament of Whores: a lone humorist attempts in Chicago in the early 1900s. Fic Sinclair, U. to explain the entire U.S. government. P.J. O’Rourke. A conservative humorist takes on the The Last Thing He Wanted. Joan Didion. American political system. 320.973 O’Rourke A reporter inherits her father's secretive life as an arms dealer for the U.S. in Central America. Fic Didion, J. The Political Mind: why you can’t understand 21st century politics with an 18th century brain. Libra. Don DeLillo. A novel about the JFK assassination. George Lakoff. Explains why a great number of FIc, DeLillo, D. Americans actually vote against their own interests. The Manchurian Candidate. Richard Condon. 320.01 Lakoff A psychological thriller - US soldiers are brainwashed and sent home to control the government. Fic Condon, R. The Politics of Heaven: America in fearful times. Earl Shorris. Discusses how, after the September 11th Milagro Beanfield War. John Nichols. Small farmers in attacks, there is a more glaring pervasiveness of religious New Mexico fight for their water rights. Fic Nichols, J. doctrine throughout both major parties and in the formulating of key political decisions. 973.93 Shorris 1984. George Orwell. This classic warns against totalitarianism. Fic Orwell, G. The Power and the Glitter: the Hollywood- Plot Against America. Phillip Roth. Washington conection. Ronald Brownstein. Alternative history— the US negotiates an accord with Adolf Brownstein presents a 20th century history of the Hitler. Fic Roth, P. connections between major players in Hollywood and the nation’s leaders and lawmakers. 973.9 Brownstein Richmond Public Library www.richmondlibrary.org The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America. Larry Elder. A provocative and lively ride into the mind Main Library: 510-620-6561 of one of the nation's most outspoken black libertarians. Bayview Branch: 510-620-6566 306.0973 Elder Westside Branch: 510-620-6567