Bootleg Betty
Read This Book This Week, Says Bette Midler!
By Mister D
Oct. 29, 2026
From Bette Midler’s Instagram: Read this book before the elections….now, please!
Overview
A New York Times bestseller described by Vox as a bracing Book guide for resisting America’s turn toward authoritarianism. Moreover, it comes from a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present.
“Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting. Moreover, it will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”—Masha Gessen
The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy.
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism described in the Book. Similarly, we are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism.
Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
