The New York Review of Books

How to Follow Our Weird Politics

May 10, 2012

The Candidate: What It Takes to Win—and Hold—the White House by Samuel L. Popkin

Why George Romney Didn’t Run

March 22, 2012

Willard Mitt Romney

February 23, 2012

The Real Romney by Michael Kranish and Scott Helman

Mitt Romney: An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics by R.B. Scott

The ‘CEO of Self’

December 22, 2011

This is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House by Herman Cain

The Racist Redskins

November 10, 2011

Showdown: JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins by Thomas G. Smith

Republican Days of Wrath

September 29, 2011

Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America by Ann Coulter

Red Army: The Radical Network that Must Be Defeated to Save America by Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott

The Budget Battles on Which His Reelection Depends

May 26, 2011

Obama at the Edge

February 10, 2011

Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House by Richard Wolffe

Can Obama Rise Again?

December 9, 2010

Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics by Ari Berman

The Mendacity of Hope: Barack Obama and the Betrayal of American Liberalism by Roger D. Hodge

Who’s Afraid of a Filibuster?

November 11, 2010

The Elections: How Bad for Democrats?

October 28, 2010

The Specter Haunting the Senate

September 30, 2010

Politics or Principle?: Filibustering in the United States Senate by Sarah A. Binder and Steven S. Smith


Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate by Gregory Koger

Elizabeth Drew Was First

April 29, 2010

After the Victory, What?

April 29, 2010

The Money Fighting Health Care Reform

April 8, 2010

Who Are the Blue Dogs?

December 3, 2009

Something New on the Mall

October 22, 2009

‘The Unencumbered Man’

July 2, 2009

Washington: Will the Lobbyists Win?

April 9, 2009

So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government by Robert G. Kaiser

A Swing to Obama

February 12, 2009

How Historic a Victory?

December 18, 2008

A Fateful Election

November 6, 2008

Night Comes to the Appalachians

September 25, 2008

Coal River by Michael Shnayerson

The Scotia Widows:Inside Their LawsuitAgainst Big Daddy Coal by Gerald M. Stern

Monongah: The Tragic Story of the Worst Industrial Accident in US History by Davitt McAteer

Who Is John McCain?

June 12, 2008

Free Ride: John McCain and the Media by David Brock and Paul Waldman

The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don’t Trust Him—and Why Independents Shouldn’t by Cliff Schecter

McCain: The Myth of a Maverick by Matt Welch

A Possibly Super Problem

March 20, 2008

They’d Rather Be Right

January 17, 2008

Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again by David Frum

They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons by Jacob Heilbrunn

The Partisan

November 22, 2007

The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman

Election Fever

November 8, 2007

Citizen Gore

September 27, 2007

The Assault on Reason by Al Gore

Can We Know Her?

July 19, 2007

A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Carl Bernstein

Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr.

How Democrats Should Talk

May 31, 2007

The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina by Frank Rich

Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear by Dr. Frank Luntz

The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation by Drew Westen

The Democrats

March 15, 2007

The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008 by Mark Halperin and John F. Harris

Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time by Senator Chuck Schumer, with Daniel Squadron

The Plan: Big Ideas for America by Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Reed

Take It Back: A Battle Plan for Democratic Victory by James Carville and Paul Begala

The Moral Center: How We Can Reclaim Our Country from Die-Hard Extremists, Rogue Corporations, Hollywood Hacks, and Pretend Patriots by David Callahan

Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians by Laura Flanders

Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South by Thomas F. Schaller

Better Late Than Never

January 11, 2007

“Work Hard, Study…and Keep Out of Politics!”: Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life by James A. Baker III, with Steve Fiffer

The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward—A New Approach by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, co-chairs

Invitation to a Steak-Fry

January 11, 2007

The Phenomenon

November 30, 2006

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama

The Boss

December 1, 2005

Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York by Kenneth D. Ackerman

New York’s Finest

February 12, 2004

The Great Mayor: Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of New York by Alyn Brodsky

Battleground Zero

May 1, 2003

American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center by William Langewiesche

The World Trade Center: Before, During, & After

March 28, 2002

Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York’s World Trade Center by Eric Darton

Twin Towers: The Life of New York City’s World Trade Center by Angus Kress Gillespie

The Story Behind the Towers

March 14, 2002

Empire on the Hudson: Entrepreneurial Vision and Political Power at the Port of New York Authority by Jameson W. Doig

Obama's Second Act?

December 22, 2010

The Senate's Energy Failure

July 27, 2010

Suddenly a Political Mastermind?

March 22, 2010

Obama: One-Eighth of a Presidency

December 23, 2009

Why Health Care Reform is Going to the Dogs

November 12, 2009