How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil
Published 2022
448 pages
The most popular government & public policy books of 2022
Books on government and public policy look at how states are actually run. Parliaments, elections, civil services and courts are examined, along with the choices governments make on health, education, housing and taxes. For anyone who wants to know why policy succeeds or fails. This list shows the ones first published in 2022.
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And There Was Light Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham
Published 2022
720 pages
Confidence Man The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Maggie Haberman
2022 · 2025 edition
624 pages
Allow Me to Retort A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
Elie Mystal
Published 2022
270 pages
Of Boys and Men Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
Richard V. Reeves
Published 2022
256 pages
Unthinkable Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
Jamie Raskin
Published 2022
428 pages
The Climate Book
Greta Thunberg
Published 2022
464 pages
Battle for the American Mind
Pete Hegseth, David Goodwin
Published 2022
288 pages
The Naked Don't Fear the Water An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
Matthieu Aikins
Published 2022
325 pages
Grace
Cody Keenan
2022 · 2023 edition
320 pages
Why We Did it A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
Tim Miller
Published 2022
259 pages
Profiles in Ignorance How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz
Published 2022
320 pages
Lessons from the Edge A Memoir
Marie Yovanovitch
Published 2022
394 pages
Thank You for Your Servitude
Mark Leibovich
Published 2022
352 pages
Invisible Storm A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD
Jason Kander
Published 2022
224 pages
Watergate A New History
Garrett M. Graff
Published 2022
832 pages
Regenesis Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
George Monbiot
Published 2022
352 pages
The Emergency A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER
Thomas Fisher
2022 · 2023 edition
288 pages
Liberalism and Its Discontents
Francis Fukuyama
2022 · 2023 edition
192 pages
The Bond King How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All
Mary Childs
Published 2022
336 pages
The Intersectional Environmentalist How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet
Leah Thomas
Published 2022
192 pages
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms The History and Future of American Intelligence
Amy B. Zegart
Published 2022
424 pages
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Bill Gates
Published 2022
304 pages
Battling the Big Lie How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media are Destroying America
Dan Pfeiffer
Published 2022
336 pages