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Books like Political Order and Political Decay
The best books like Political Order and Political Decay are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama is about political institutions, democracy, governance. 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 → - Guns, Germs, and Steel
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Jared Diamond · Science
Guns, Germs, and Steel is Jared Diamond's attempt to answer a question posed to him by a Papua New Guinean politician named Yali: why did Europeans end up with so much cargo — wealth, technology, power — while other peoples had comparatively little?
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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- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder · History
On Tyranny is Timothy Snyder's brief handbook drawn from the history of twentieth-century authoritarianism.
Shares political institutions and democracy with Political Order and Political Decay.
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 political institutions and democracy with Political Order and Political Decay.
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 political institutions and democracy with Political Order and Political Decay.
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 political institutions and democracy with Political Order and Political Decay.
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.
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.
Read the summary → - 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.
Both dig into democracy.
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.
Both dig into democracy.
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Books like Political Order and Political Decay: quick answers
What are the best books like Political Order and Political Decay?
The best books like Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder, 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 Political Order and Political Decay, such as political institutions, democracy, governance.
What should I read after Political Order and Political Decay?
A natural next read after Political Order and Political Decay is Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. A kindred history read. Other strong choices are Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder.
What books are similar to Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama?
Political Order and Political Decay centers on political institutions, democracy, governance. Books with a similar feel include Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder, 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.
