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Books like How Democracies Die
The best books like How Democracies Die are Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt is about democracy, authoritarianism, political norms. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
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Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt · Politics
Tyranny of the Minority is the sequel to How Democracies Die, but it shifts the analytical ground.
Shares democracy and polarization with How Democracies Die.
Read the summary → - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari · Philosophy
Where Sapiens traced humanity's past and Homo Deus speculated about its future, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century plants itself in the present.
A kindred politics read.
Read the summary → - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
A kindred politics read.
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- The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
Timothy Snyder · History
The Road to Unfreedom is Timothy Snyder's analysis of how Russia developed a new form of authoritarian politics under Vladimir Putin and began exporting it to Europe and the United States in the 2010s.
Shares democracy and authoritarianism with How Democracies Die.
Read the summary → - Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
Anne Applebaum · History
Anne Applebaum opens Twilight of Democracy with a party she and her husband hosted on New Year's Eve 1999, celebrating the new millennium with a hundred friends and colleagues in Poland.
Shares democracy and authoritarianism with How Democracies Die.
Read the summary → - Hate, Inc.
- The End of Power
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Moisés Naím · Politics
The End of Power is Moisés Naím's argument that power — the ability to make others do what you want — is becoming easier to acquire, harder to consolidate, and faster to lose.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
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The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson · Politics
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson's follow-up to Why Nations Fail shifts focus from prosperity to liberty.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
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The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
Yascha Mounk · Politics
Yascha Mounk argues that liberal democracy — the marriage of individual rights with popular self-government — is coming apart.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - Democracy in America
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Alexis de Tocqueville · History
Democracy in America, published in two volumes in 1835 and 1840, is Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of the democratic experiment in the United States as a model for what was coming to Europe.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - Faceless Killers
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Henning Mankell · Mystery
Faceless Killers is the first Kurt Wallander novel, published in Swedish in 1991 and translated to English in 1997.
Both dig into institutional decay.
Read the summary → - History of the Peloponnesian War
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History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides · History
Thucydides' account of the twenty-seven-year conflict between Athens and Sparta stands as the founding document of political realism and the first work of history that treats evidence and causation as problems to be solved rather than stories to be told.
Both dig into democracy.
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Books like How Democracies Die: quick answers
What are the best books like How Democracies Die?
The best books like How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with How Democracies Die, such as democracy, authoritarianism, political norms.
What should I read after How Democracies Die?
A natural next read after How Democracies Die is Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. Shares democracy and polarization with How Democracies Die. Other strong choices are 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder.
What books are similar to How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt?
How Democracies Die centers on democracy, authoritarianism, political norms. Books with a similar feel include Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum, Hate, Inc. by Matt Taibbi — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
