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• The Right to Vote

  the Contested History of Democracy in the United States

  Keyssar, Alexander

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  Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Give Us the Ballot

  the Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America

  Berman, Ari,

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  A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2015 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015 A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thank You for Voting

  the Maddening, Enlightening, Inspiring Truth About Voting in America

  Smith, Erin Geiger,

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  In this concise, lively look at the past, present, and future of voting, a journalist examines the long and continuing fight for voting equality, why so few Americans today vote, and innovative ways to educate and motivate them; included are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A User's Guide to Democracy

  How America Works

  Capodice, Nick,

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  From Nick Capodice & Hannah McCarthy, the hosts of New Hampshire Public Radio’s Civics 101, and New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro, A User's Guide to Democracy is a lively crash course in everything you should know about how the US government works. Do…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Democracies Die

  Levitsky, Steven,

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  WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITH BOOK PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Time, Foreign Affairs, WBUR, Paste Donald Trump’s presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we’d be…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A People's History of the United States

  Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010,

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  Historian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, a landmark work of social history, chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its emphasis on great men in high…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lies That Kill

  a Citizen's Guide to Disinformation

  Kamarck, Elaine C.,

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  "Everyone, whether they work in the public sector or are private citizens, will find this book invaluable.” - Booklist, Starred Review Disinformation made possible by rapid advances in cheap, digital technology, and promoted by organized networks,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All We Say

  the Battle for American Identity : a History in 15 Speeches

  Rhodes, Ben, 1977-

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  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • What does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? This sweeping history of the United States told through fifteen speeches relives the battle over American identity, from a New York Times bestselling author and one of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Person, No Vote

  How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy

  Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine),

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  As featured in the documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the National Book Award in Nonfiction An NPR Politics Podcast Book Club Choice Named one of the Best…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Democracy in America

  Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859

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  The most faithful and nuanced translation of the definitive work for understanding America Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic was like. What struck him most was the country's equality of conditions,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We the Women

  the Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America

  O'Donnell, Norah,

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  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union “This terrific book reveals the central, though often…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 1776

  McCullough, David G

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  America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The U.S. Constitution

  a Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader

  Murray, Melissa,

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  From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, podcast host,and legal expertcomes an accessible and modern guide on how to read and understand the U.S. Constitution. Think of this as the U.S. Constitution explained by America’s favorite law…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• America, U.S.A.

  How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversary

  Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968-

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  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The New York Times bestselling author of Begin Again confronts America’s unfinished story in this blistering reassessment of race, freedom, and the myths that bind us. “A thoughtful, insightful, beautifully written book…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

  Isaacson, Walter,

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  America’s bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans—and explains how it should shape our politics today. To celebrate America’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We the People

  a History of the U.S. Constitution

  Lepore, Jill, 1966-

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  WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, New Yorker,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• These Truths

  a History of the United States

  Lepore, Jill, 1966-

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  New York Times Bestseller In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Struggle

  Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union : An Anthology

  Meacham, Jon,

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  INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The American Spirit

  Who We Are and What We Stand for

  McCullough, David G,

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  A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, one of America’s most honored historians—winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom—that reminds us of the enduring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Democracy Awakening

  Notes on the State of America

  Richardson, Heather Cox,

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  A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era’s most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the…Read moreRead more of this annotation