Reading List
Ezra Klein
Journalist & Podcast Host
Ezra Klein is an American journalist and political commentator. He rose to prominence as a policy blogger, ran the Wonkblog section at The Washington Post, and in 2014 co-founded the explanatory news site Vox, where he was editor-in-chief and later editor-at-large. He has been a New York Times columnist since 2021 and hosts The Ezra Klein Show podcast. His books are Why We’re Polarized (2020) and Abundance (2025), written with Derek Thompson.
On Press
The Liberal Values That Shaped the News
by Matthew Pressman · History
“What Pressman shows is that the decisions we make are, in turn, shaped by broader forces around us, and that different technological and social eras create very different forms of media.” — via Article, January 2020
The Final Days
by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein · History
“All the President's Men is Woodward and Bernstein's best-known book, but The Final Days is, for my money, more revelatory. It's particularly good on the way Nixon's circle justified what they had done, and what they were protecting.” — via Article, January 2020
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
An Introduction to Carnism
by Melanie Joy · 2010 · Nonfiction
“Over the past few years, I've become convinced that the way we treat animals is a signal moral horror of our age. But then why is it so easy to ignore? Why do so many of us ignore it? This book is about how we think about how we treat animals, and it's a powerful lesson in how dominant ideologies protect and hide themselves in all areas of life.” — via Article, January 2020
White Rage
The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
by Carol Anderson · History
“Anderson's book compellingly recenters America's racial narrative on the propulsive power of white fury. The sentiments she traces, and the force they carry, don't just explain our political past; they also reveal our political present.” — via Article, January 2020
Drift into Failure
From Hunting Broken Components to Understanding Complex Systems
by Sidney Dekker · Business
“For the most part, the way we think about problems afflicting complex ecosystems is reductive and wrong. Neither this book nor any other has all the answers, but this one offers a better frame.” — via Article, January 2020
Uncivil Agreement
How Politics Became Our Identity
by Lilliana Mason · Nonfiction
“This is the academic book on identity polarization. It's a touchstone for understanding politics in this era, and one of the works that have done the most to shape my thinking.” — via Article, January 2020
