Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry is a lengthy western that begins in the tiny town of Lonesome Dove, Texas. At 850+ pages, the book is lengthy yet highly readable. It also happened to earn the Pulitzer Prize in 1986. The story revolves around two aging
How To Destroy America In Three Easy Steps is conservative commentator and author Ben Shapiro’s latest book. Shapiro is extremely bright and his book mirrors the way he talks. It is fast paced, if a bit rushed and loaded with useful information. With a provocative
Fortitude – American Resilience in the Era of Outrage tells the story of Navy SEAL and United States Representative from Texas, Dan Crenshaw. But more than that, this book is a model of how to thrive cancel culture and self pity to led a happy
Them By Ben Sasse is a dive into our deepening divide in politics and life experiences. Sasse is a U.S. Senator from Nebraska and a gifted writer and speaker. Them: Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal starts out explaining how loneliness, often
Church of Cowards: A Wake-Up Call to Complacent Christians is written by culture commentator Matt Walsh. Walsh is largely known from his popular podcast/show on the conservative media website, The Daily Wire. But Matt’s writing and public speeches are what makes him even more interesting
The Compton Cowboys is a story about several young black men and women who grew up riding horses in Compton, California. Each person has an interesting, and usually harrowing tale, about growing up around gangs, drugs, alcohol, and violence. But each story is enlivened by
Live Free Or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink is a quickly produced book by conservative talk show and television host, Sean Hannity. Like any political book, this book is bias towards Hannity’s conservative ideas. But it is well-sourced and timely, and provides
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan chronicles America’s largest forest fire, a massive blaze that torched around 3.2 million acres of western forest. This blaze in 1910 was the perfect combo of a dry summer and the
Ron Chernow’s Grant is a long yet readable, well-rounded biography of the 18th president of the United States. Ulysses S. Grant remains one of the best yet underrated American presidents. A perennial underdog, Grant was filled with failures, missteps, and terrible judgement of character. Yet
A. Scott Berg’s Wilson is a comprehensive biography by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Berg. Heavily referenced and loaded with minute detail, Wilson is highly readable and quite balanced. As a great historian should do, A. Scott Berg does a great job for the most part