Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 | 
Literally one of the worst books I've read. It's just an encyclopedic timeline of US history from 1974 on. No insight, no theory or narrative. Just a recitation of facts. Written by 2 Princeton professors, it comes off like a text book. Absolute garbage.
pickOverview of the recent (last 4-5 decades) history of U.S. politics. We never got to the 70s in my history classes in school and then the next couple decades I was too young to know what was going on or was not paying attention until the last several years, so I found most of this interesting and informative. I skimmed a bit near the end because the events of the past few years are still fresh in my mind.
pickOne of my reading resolutions for this year is to read more nonfiction. I decided to read this to educate myself more on how our country got to the state of disarray it is in today and I definitely learned quite a bit. I was born in 1981 so the struggles of the 70s and most of the 80s were something I didn't have a ton of insight on- this book helped fill a lot of gaps for me. Highly recommend! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kevin Kruse is a history professor at Princeton and is one of my favorite people to follow on Twitter. Excited to dive into this!
Very interesting to read a historical perspective on times I've lived through. You can't really discern the larger patterns while in the midst of them. #nonfiction #history
