Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Politics, Crime, and Law
Choose a book about contemporary or historical political systems, political organizing and activism, crime and punishment generally or specifically, law and the legal system, and related topics.
All books added
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

Bill Browder

380 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative tense medium-paced
The General Strike Of 1842 by Mick Jenkins

The General Strike Of 1842

Mick Jenkins

300 pages • missing pub info (editions)

informative inspiring medium-paced
The 1842 General Strike: Richard Pilling and the Lancashire Chartists by Mark Krantz
The 1842 General Strike: Richard Pilling and the Lancashire Chartists
—
Mark Krantz

The 1842 General Strike: Richard Pilling and the Lancashire Chartists

Mark Krantz

30 pages • missing pub info (editions)

The Dark Side: Infamous Japanese Crimes and Criminals by Mark Schreiber
The Dark Side: Infamous Japanese Crimes and Criminals
—
Mark Schreiber

The Dark Side: Infamous Japanese Crimes and Criminals

Mark Schreiber

250 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

Rupert Holmes

388 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark funny mysterious medium-paced
The Rule of Laws: A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World by Fernanda Pirie

The Rule of Laws: A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World

Fernanda Pirie

576 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures by Matthew Bogdanos

Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures

Matthew Bogdanos

335 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional medium-paced
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale

The End of Policing

Alex S. Vitale

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Law: The Way of the Ancestors by Marcia Langton, Aaron Corn

Law: The Way of the Ancestors

First Knowledges #6

Marcia Langton, Aaron Corn

227 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced