Top Politics & Culture Books by Algorithm

Top 3

#1
Clint Smith

How the Word is Passed

Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation’s collective history, and ourselves.






#2
Abigale Favale

The Genesis of Gender

The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderstood. Weaving personal experience with expert knowledge, Dr. Abigail Favale provides an in-depth yet accessible account of the gender paradigm: a framework for understanding reality and identity that has recently risen to prominence.

#3
Carl R. Trueman

The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self

Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends—yet no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of the self.

Top 100

  1. Four Hundred Souls Ibram X. Kendi
  2. The Fire Next Time James Baldwin
  3. Biblical Critical Theory Christopher Watkin
  4. The Case for Life Scott Klusendorf
  5. Stamped From the Beginning Ibram X. Kendi
  6. Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age Rosaria Butterfield
  7. The New Reformation Shai Linne
  8. The Cross & the Lynching Tree James H. Cone
  9. The Color of Compromise Jamar Tisby
  10. The Air We Breathe Glen Scrivener
  11. The Thomas Sowell Reader
  12. The Toxic War on Masculinity Nancy Pearcy
  13. Evicted Matthew Desmond
  14. The Violence Project Jillian Peterson
  15. Are Women Human? Dorothy Sayers
  16. Fault Lines Voddie Baucham Jr.
  17. The Color of Law Richard Rothstein
  18. Social Justice Fallacies Thomas Sowell
  19. Reading While Black Esau McCaulley
  20. Speeches & Writings 1859-1865 Abraham Lincoln
  21. The Heresy of Orthodoxy Andreas Kostenberger
  22. How to Fight Racism Jamar Tisby
  23. Red, White, & Black Robert L. Woodson Sr.
  24. Slaying Leviathan Glenn S. Sunshine
  25. Between the World & Me Ta-Nehisi Coates
  26. A Gentle Answer Scott Sauls
  27. Before You Vote David Platt
  28. Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth Thaddeus Williams
  29. How to be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi
  30. Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara
  31. How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics Jonathan Leeman
  32. The Debate on the Constitution 1-2 The Founding Fathers
  33. Basic Economics Thomas Sowell
  34. Live Not by Lies Rod Dreher
  35. Shepherds for Sale Megan Basham
  36. Wealth, Poverty & Politics Thomas Sowell
  37. Why Social Justice is not Biblical Justice Scott David Allen
  38. Beautiful Resistance Jon Tyson
  39. Insider Outsider Bryan Loritts
  40. Weep With Me Mark Vroegop
  41. People to be Loved Preston Sprinkle
  42. The Unsettling of America Wendell Berry
  43. The Myth of Religious Violence William T. Cavanaugh
  44. One Blood John M. Perkins
  45. Out of the Ashes Anthony Esolen
  46. The Myth of Equality Ken Wytsma
  47. Embodied Preston Sprinkle
  48. Losing Our Religion Russell Moore
  49. Compassion & Conviction Justin Giboney
  50. A Different Shade of Green Gordon Wilson
  51. The Locust Effect Gary Haugen
  52. Jesus & John Wayne Kristen Kobes Du Mez
  53. The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs
  54. Secular Creed Rebecca McLaughlin
  55. Scandalous Witness Lee Camp
  56. Here Are Your Gods Christopher J.H. Wright
  57. Love Your Enemies Arthur Brooks
  58. Truth Over Tribe Patrick Keith Miller
  59. Political Visions & Illusions David T. Koyzis
  60. The Liturgy of Politics Kaitlyn Schiess
  61. The Power Worshippers Katherine Stewart
  62. A Secular Age Charles Taylor
  63. The Household & the War for the Cosmos C.R. Wiley
  64. No Place for Truth David Wells
  65. Political Order & Political Decay 1-2 Francis Fukuyama
  66. Poverty, by America Matthew Desmond
  67. Take Heart Matt Chandler
  68. Mere Christendom Douglas Wilson
  69. Onward Russell Moore
  70. Christians & the Age of Outrage Ed Stetzer
  71. Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk Eugene Cho
  72. Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 Alana Chan
  73. Evangelical Imagination Karen Swallow Prior
  74. The Coddling of the American Mind Jonathan Haidt
  75. Generous Justice Timothy Keller
  76. Seculosity David Zahl
  77. The Beautiful Community Irwyn L. Ince Jr.
  78. Life at the Bottom Theodore Dalrymple
  79. Jesus Outside the Lines Scott Sauls
  80. Sex, Jesus, & the Conversations the Church Forgot Mo Isom
  81. The Intolerance of Tolerance D.A. Carson
  82. Why We’re Polarized Ezra Klein
  83. Desiring the Kingdom James K.A. Smith
  84. The Myth of a Christian Nation Gregory Boyd
  85. Christless Christianity Michael Horton
  86. How Not to be Secular James K.A. Smith
  87. The Gagging of God D.A. Carson
  88. Selected Speeches & Writings Abraham Lincoln
  89. The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray
  90. When Harry Became Sally Ryan Anderson
  91. How the Nations Rage Jonathan Leeman
  92. Celebrities for Jesus Katelyn Beaty
  93. Learning From the Germans Susan Neiman
  94. The Gospel-Driven Life Michael Horton
  95. Prisoners of Geography Tim Marshall
  96. Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker
  97. The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt
  98. American Nations Colin Woodard
  99. The Case Against Socialism Rand Paul
  100. The End of the World is Just the Beginning Peter Zeihan
  101. The Constitutional Convention James Madison
  102. Irreversible Damage Abigail Shrier

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