To get a more well-rounded view and to expand your mind, try reading an article or book featuring an opposing political point of view. Here are some ideas for where to start. Click on a title to find it in our catalog:
Democratic-Leaning Books
Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future By Pete Buttigieg
Listen, Liberal, or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? by Thomas Frank
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
Act of Congress: How America’s Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn’t by Robert G. Kaiser
The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
This Fight is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America’s Middle Class by Elizabeth Warren
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Republican-Leaning Books
The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America by Arthur Brooks
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton and Rose Friedman
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink By Sean Hannity
Blackout: How Black America Can Make its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation By Candace Owens
The Reagan Diaries by Ronald Reagan
The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great by Ben Shapiro
Libertarian-Leaning Books
Libertarianism: A Primer by David Boaz
Don’t Hurt People and Don’t Take Their Stuff: A Libertarian Manifesto by Matt Kibbe
Don’t Burn this Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason By Dave Rubin