Books

We can nominate books for the California Council for the Humanities' "Statewide Read" project. Here is a little more from their website:

Books that explore democracy? What does that mean?
Books might speak to any of the following topics or themes—or others:
 * democracy in the context of a pluralistic, diverse, and multicultural society
 * instances (true or fictional) when democracy has failed
 * personal qualities and values that a democracy requires from its members
 * the importance of literacy and information in a democratic society
 * people who have made contributions to democracy throughout history
 * how democratic societies resolve conflicts between the individual and the group, majority and minority interests, and competing visions of a good society
 * the challenge of preserving democracy in wartime

A few ground rules:
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 * Books should relate to the theme of democracy.
 * Books should be enjoyable, stimulating, and thought-provoking reading AND be of interest to the general public.
 * Any genre is acceptable—fiction, non-fiction, fantasy/sci-fi, biography, autobiography, letters, etc. Works may be classics or contemporary, by authors of any nationality or historical period. (No anthologies, please.)
 * //Books I started thinking about://**
 * //Wherever There's a Fight//**
 * //Twilight LA//**
 * //Enrique's Journey//**
 * //Warriors Don't Cry//**
 * //but it also seems like there should be a good one showing the collapse of democracy in Germany. What am I forgetting?//**
 * //What other books can you think of?//**