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24 books recommended for fans of Persist by Elizabeth Warren, tied together by themes of Legislative Branch, Women in Politics, American Government, and Political.

Top related books to Persist

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

A Fighting Chance

Elizabeth Warren

Themes: Legislative Branch • Women in Politics • American Government

Every Day is a Gift A Memoir

Tammy Duckworth

Themes: Legislative Branch • Women in Politics • American Government

AOC Fighter, Phenom, Changemaker

Prachi Gupta

Themes: Legislative Branch • Women in Politics • American Government

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House

Alyssa Mastromonaco

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

My Vanishing Country A Memoir

Bakari Sellers

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

HRC State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton

Jonathan Allen

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

The Good Fight

Shirley Chisholm

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

Advise and Dissent Memoirs of an Ex-Senator

James G. Abourezk

Themes: Legislative Branch • American Government • Political

Thank You, Georgette

Georgette B. Bérubé

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

#10

Oath and Honor A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

#11

Death of the Senate My Front Row Seat to the Demise of the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body

Ben Nelson

Themes: Legislative Branch • American Government • Political

#12

Here’s the Deal A Memoir

Kellyanne Conway

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

#13

The Dean The Best Seat in the House

John David Dingell

Themes: Legislative Branch • American Government • Political

#14

Condi Vs. Hillary The Next Great Presidential Race

Dick Morris

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

#15

Dying for Joe McCarthy’s Sins The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt

Rodger McDaniel

Themes: Legislative Branch • American Government • Political

#16

A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States

Thomas Jefferson

Themes: Legislative Branch • American Government • Political

#17

To Rescue the Republic Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876

Bret Baier

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

#18

Against the Wind Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009

Neal Gabler

Themes: Legislative Branch • American Government • Political

#19

Any Given Tuesday A Political Love Story

Lis Smith

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

#20

Mr. Smith Goes to Ottawa Life in the House of Commons

David Campbell Docherty

Themes: Legislative Branch • American Government • Political

#21

On the House A Washington Memoir

John Boehner

Themes: Legislative Branch • American Government • Political

#22

Catching the Wind Edward Kennedy and the Liberal Hour, 1932-1975

Neal Gabler

Themes: Legislative Branch • American Government • Political

#23

Back in the Game One Gunman, Countless Heroes, and the Fight for My Life

Steve Scalise

Themes: Legislative Branch • American Government • Political

#24

Daughter of the Heartland My Ode to the Country That Raised Me

Joni Ernst

Themes: Women in Politics • American Government • Political

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Legislative Branch, Women in Politics, American Government — the same threads that run through Persist by Elizabeth Warren. Among the authors featured: Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Prachi Gupta, Alyssa Mastromonaco, and others.