Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Book Recommendations

10 Books Recommended by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

1. Team of Rivals

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is a 2005 book by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

2. One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

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One Hundred Years of Solitude is a 1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez.

3. Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a 2013 book by Thomas Piketty.

4. The Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita

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Also recommended by Sandeep Maheshwari and Wim Hof

5. Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest

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Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by David Foster Wallace.

6. Why We Can’t Wait

Why We Can't Wait

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Why We Can’t Wait is a 1964 book by Martin Luther King Jr.

7. Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays is a collection of essays by David Foster Wallace, it was first published in 2005.

8. Hope in the Dark

Hope in the Dark

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Hope in the Dark is a 2004 book by Rebecca Solnit.

9. The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde

The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde

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It is a complete collection of over 300 poems by Audre Lorde.

10. The Search for Common Ground

The Search for Common Ground

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The Search for Common Ground is a 1986 book by Howard Thurman.

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