Politics and Prose Presents

Leah C. Stokes — The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet - with Gerry Petrella, Maxine Joselow, & Christy Goldfuss

The true, inspiring story of the new parents who spearheaded an unlikely climate victory. From the rising climate advocate named to the Time100 Next list, for political j

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz — The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks Who Saved America - with Nikki M. Taylor

For fans of Master Slave Husband Wife and Django Unchained comes the extraordinary forgotten story of an event known in its day as “the first shots of the Civil War,” fro

Alona Wartofsky, Charles C. Stephenson, Jr., Kato Hammond — Crankin!: Power and Resilience in Washington DC's Go-Go Culture - with Natalie Hopkinson

The definitive history of go-go music and culture Go-go is the heart and soul of Washington, DC's African American culture--a source of resilience for the community and

Marlon James — The Disappearers - with Lily Meyer

In 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play. The men are strangers to one another and each has a different reason for being involved. But they al

Steve Feldstein — Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare - with Marcus Weisgerber

New tech is changing the contours of geopolitical stability—America must act now, or risk losing its global standing forever. Technology has always driven political compe

Adam Jentleson — Supermajority: How Democrats Can Build Lasting Power - with Jerusalem Demsas

From the leading political advisor and best-selling author, a revelatory account of how power is built and a blueprint for Democrats in 2026 and beyond. Supermajorities

Rebecca Blumenstein & Diana Kapp — The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America - with Andrea Mitchell & Mursal Rahim

An inside account of the extraordinary effort by The New York Times to evacuate more than 200 Afghans after the fall of Kabul, highlighting four exceptional young women a

Nikolas Bowie & Daphna Renan — Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People -with Sherrilyn Ifill

From two acclaimed legal scholars, a new history of the Supreme Court that overturns our most basic assumptions about its role in our democracy, showing how it seized the

Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor — End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World - with Wajahat Ali

A scathing investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of the Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries, and populist survivalists who increasingly define the contem

Rachel Pastan — We're So Lucky to Live Here - with Matthew Klam

Grief, the transformative power of art, the meaning of family, and housing affordability are the subjects of this story about a young theater director returning to her ch

Susan Coll — Word Salad - with Tope Folarin

Matilda loves logic and order, and now her structured world is falling apart—in a bookstore. Former economics major Matilda is moving back to her hometown of Washington

Allison Aubrey — Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love - with Rachel Martin

Not long ago, celebrated journalist Allison Aubrey was having breakfast with her youngest child, who suddenly turned to her and said: Stop looking at me. In that moment,

Jared Huffman — No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism - with Congressman Jamie Raskin

From Congressman Jared Huffman, a behind-the-scenes look at the shocking extent of Christian nationalism’s reach in our government—and the fight to defend church-state se

Carolyn Forché — Otherwhere: New and Selected Poems, 1976-2026 - with Maureen Corrigan

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and central figure in American poetry, a landmark collection of new and selected poems chronicling five decades of work marked by moral cou

Timothy W. Ryback — 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy - with Margaret Talbot

From internationally acclaimed historian Timothy W. Ryback, the chilling chronicle of how Adolf Hitler overturned a constitutional democracy in less than eight weeks On

Francis Fukuyama — In the Realm of the Last Man: A Memoir - with Laura K. Field

From the celebrated author of the international bestseller The End of History and the Last Man and other books on the most important political questions of our time, come

Tom Rosenstiel — The Next Journalism: How the Press Must Change to Serve Democracy - with Asma Khalid & John Harwood

An urgent case that the survival of democracy depends on reinventing the press, with ten pioneering reforms to help journalism better serve the public—from the co-author

Priya Parker — The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict - with Clint Smith

A paradigm-shattering exploration of how we fight and how we build healthy conflict, from the author of The Art of Gathering We say we want community. Successful teams. H

John DeFerrari — Palaces of the Public: A Cultural History of Washington, DC's Hotels - with Carolyn Muraskin

A unique look at Washington's landmark hotels and its cultural history Any large city's marquee hotels are a great barometer of its social and cultural life. Washington

Emily Wilson — Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature - with Claire Catenaccio

From the most celebrated translator of our time comes a visionary exploration of how translation reshapes and enriches our understanding of the ancient world. Drawing on