Most Influential Political Books of the 20th Century

Explore the most influential political books of the 20th century that shaped ideologies, revolutions, and global discourse. Discover timeless works by key thinkers that redefine power, democracy, and society.

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The Affluent Society

by John Kenneth Galbraith

On the economics of abundance
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Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand’s magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told …
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Being and Nothingness

by Jean-Paul Sartre

Sartre explains the theory of existential psychoanalysis in this treatise on human reality.
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

by Dee Brown

Documents and personal narratives record the experiences of Native Americans during the nineteenth century.
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The Feminine Mystique

by Betty Friedan

The book that changed the consciousness of a country—and the world. Landmark, groundbreaking, classic—these adjectives barely describe the earthshaking and long-lasting effects of Betty Friedan's …
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Free to choose

 

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God and Man at Yale

by William F. Buckley

The conservative's early views on the quality of education and religion at Yale.
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prisoners and Soviet archives, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn reveals …
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Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this deeply compelling novel and epic milestone of American literature, a nameless narrator tells his story …
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One-Dimensional Man

by Herbert Marcuse

Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, …
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The Open Society and Its Enemies: The spell of Plato

by Karl Raimund Popper

Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in …
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Silent Spring

by Rachel Carson

The essential, cornerstone book of modern environmentalism is now offered in a handsome 40th anniversary edition which features a new Introduction by activist Terry Tempest …
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Witness

by Whittaker Chambers

The author recounts the forces that shaped his life, describes his involvement with the Communist Party, and explains the reasons for his identification of Alger …