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24 alternatives to Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

A civilized reference guide for an uncivilized election

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance▲66
The story of Barack Obama
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatil▲56
Politics and Economics of the Future
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
The Sympathizer: A Novel▲66
One man's political beliefs and individual loyalties clash
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
The Muqaddimah▲56
An introduction to history
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Give Us the Ballot▲62
The modern struggle for voting rights in America
2015 · its alternatives →
6
The Righteous Mind▲73
Why good people are divided by politics and religion
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding▲56
Essays on the creation of worlds, from geology to politics
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
The Invisible Bridge▲66
The fall of Nixon and the rise of Reagan
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People- 1: Ron Paul's Baby▲67
Empathy, honesty, and the best raw conversation
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
11
The Divide▲63
American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Spoiled Brats▲60
Hilarious and keen views on millennial culture wars
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
The Myth of the Rational Voter▲56
Why democracies choose bad policies
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
The Elephant in the Room▲65
Whimsical, hilarious and often downright terrifying
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola▲67
America's socio-economic history through the "glass"
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
The New Jim Crow▲73
Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Andy Grove▲76
The life and times of an American
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
The Traitor Baru Cormorant▲55
An epic geopolitical fantasy
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
#AskGaryVee▲95
A take on leadership, social media, and self awareness
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York▲62
Amazing detail on the level of impact one man had on NYC.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Youngblood▲71
The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
We the People▲63
The second generation of Founding Fathers
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Technopoly▲61
The surrender of culture to technology
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
The Outsider: Invest in America▲57
The novel to nurse your election hangover
2016 · theoutsider2016.com · its alternatives →

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