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Books like On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
The best books like On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder is about democracy, tyranny, resistance. 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.
- 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 history read.
Read the summary → - Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Homo Deus picks up where Sapiens left off, but turns to face the other direction.
A kindred history read.
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 history read.
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- Political Order and Political Decay
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Political Order and Political Decay
Francis Fukuyama · History
Political Order and Political Decay is the second volume of Francis Fukuyama's ambitious two-volume study of political development.
Shares democracy and political institutions with On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
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.
Shares democracy and political institutions with On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
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.
Shares democracy and political institutions with On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
Read the summary → - 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 political institutions with On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
Read the summary → - A People's History of the United States
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A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn · History
Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, first published in 1980, retells American history from the perspective of those who rarely appear in conventional textbooks: Native Americans, enslaved people, industrial workers, women, immigrants, and dissidents of various kinds.
Both dig into resistance.
Read the summary → - Annals of Imperial Rome
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Tacitus · History
Tacitus wrote the Annals in the early second century CE as a history of Rome from the death of Augustus to the death of Nero — the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, covering roughly 14 to 68 CE.
Both dig into tyranny.
Read the summary → - Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King
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Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King
Lloyd Bradley · History
Lloyd Bradley's Bass Culture is the definitive popular history of Jamaican music from the late 1940s through the 1990s, tracing the full arc from mento and ska through rocksteady, reggae, dancehall, and ragga.
Both dig into resistance.
Read the summary → - Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
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Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
Timothy Snyder · History
Black Earth is Timothy Snyder's reinterpretation of the Holocaust that places it in an ecological and political framework rather than a strictly ideological one.
Both dig into political institutions.
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.
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Books like On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century: quick answers
What are the best books like On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century?
The best books like On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, such as democracy, tyranny, resistance.
What should I read after On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century?
A natural next read after On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century is Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. A kindred history read. Other strong choices are Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama.
What books are similar to On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder?
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century centers on democracy, tyranny, resistance. Books with a similar feel include Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It by Yascha Mounk — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
