Politics and Prose Presents

Michael Lewis and Jacob Weisberg — Blockers and Profiles in Cowardice - with Andrew Sullivan

Blockers. It wasn’t a compliment. In the new Washington, it was the worst thing you could be—especially if you worked in the federal government and wanted to keep your jo

Kenneth R. Feinberg — What is Life Worth? - with Peter L.W. Osnos

The story that inspired the acclaimed motion picture Worth, told by the man behind the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund—a moving saga of national tragedy and healing. Now w

Marcia Chatelain — How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington - with Ashley Preston

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Franchise comes the untold story of the pioneering Black women artists and activists who were seen, but barely heard, at the 196

Hanna Notte — We Shall Outlast Them: Putin's Global Campaign to Defeat the West - With Anton Troianovski

The chilling and revelatory story of how Russia’s confrontation with the West went global. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 produced a rupture with the United States

Min Jin Lee — American Hagwon - with Clint Smith

In schools and churches, hotel rooms and nail salons, law firms and fried-fish shops; in cramped, dingy apartments and luxury, gated communities, the men, women, and chil

Jennifer Welch — Not Today, Fascists: The Lies That Got Us Here, and the Truths That Will Reunite Us - with Jim Acosta

From Jennifer Welch, the host of the wildly popular “I’ve Had It” podcast and a trusted voice in new media, comes a piercing, incisive, no-holds-barred take on the rising

Clifford Thompson — Let Us Go Then, You and I - with David Nicholson

At the funeral of Charles Maddox, Theo Brown hears testimonies about his dead best friend’ s full, rich, glamor-filled life— stories that make Theo wonder if he really kn

Robert Kolker — The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road comes the heart-wrenching journey of a family facing an unthinkable destiny, whose flawed genetic code

Sally Hayden — This Is Also a Love Story: A Reporter's Search for Goodness in a Cruel World - with James Palmer

An acclaimed reporter takes us on an unforgettable journey, capturing the human capacity for love and connection against all odds. We live in an era defined by crisis—whe

Ruth Margalit — In the Belly of the Whale: Portraits from a Fractured Israel - with Celeste Marcus

10 portraits of Israelis from all backgrounds, depicting the war-torn landscape of recent Israeli history: complicated, polarized, lively, argumentative, and—increasingly

Sarah Ignatius — The Kaleidoscope of Destiny - with David Ignatius

It’s 1915. War rages in Europe while Armenians in the Ottoman Empire find themselves unfairly blamed for a major military defeat. Cooped up at home, fourteen-year-old Ara

Christopher Freeburg — Soul: A Brief History of Black Cultural Life - with Tamika Smith

A passionate and illuminating account of soul, the hard-won wisdom shepherded by Black people throughout generations How did enslaved Africans turn America’s infamous fa

John Donnelly — Lifeline: The Story of PEPFAR, the Greatest Humanitarian Initiative of Our Time - with Sheryl Gay Stolberg

An inspiring account of how the US government built a start-up development program to fight AIDS called PEPFAR, which saved more than twenty-six million lives and created

Anand Giridharadas — Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City - with Terry Moran

From acclaimed journalist Anand Giridharadas, a groundbreaking feat of reporting on a tragic encounter in a New York subway car that held up a mirror to a troubled and di

Stephen Wade — Our Common Life: Folksong from the Front Porch to the Concert Hall (Music in American Life) - With Tom Cole

“I can’t teach you, but I can show you.” With these words, Kentucky balladeer Doc Hopkins shared his musical knowledge with a willing student, summoning an independent st

Ayad Akhtar — The Radiance - with Jeffrey Goldberg

When a hit-and-run shatters more than his body, a writer is caught between revelation and madness as an uncanny pull toward a brilliant campus colleague ensnares him in a

Akbar Shahid Ahmed — Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza - with Prem Thakker

A powerful and authoritative account of how the Biden administration fueled atrocities in Gaza, from an award-winning foreign affairs journalist. Following Hamas’s horri

Anthony Scaramucci — All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump - with Katty Kay

We’re living in an age of deep political anger and frustration. Where did it come from? All the Wrong Moves offers a new, eye-opening answer, rooted in history, business,

Nadia Murad — I Choose My Beginning: A Story of Courage and Activism - with Marie Arana

In a lyrical and profoundly moving memoir, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad reclaims her extraordinary journey from the embers of devastation to a fight for freedom

Ke Huy Quan — Never Say Die - with Mallory Yu

Ke Huy Quan’s Hollywood adventure began when he was twelve years old, a mere five years after his family escaped Communist Northern Vietnam and settled down to a relative