Saving Democracy by David Pepper. Pepper — a lawyer, writer, political activist and former Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party — details concrete ways individuals and groups can fight for democracy. Pepper offers case studies and best practices that have worked elsewhere.

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism. Anne Applebaum, an award-winning historian of Soviet atrocities, and one of the first American journalists to raise an alarm about antidemocratic trends in the United States, explains why elites around the world are drawn to nationalism and authoritarianism.

How Democracies Die. Having spent more than two decades studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America, Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt make their case that democracies die slowly as critical institutions, such as the judiciary and the press, are weakened and long-standing political norms are dismissed. They note several exit ramps on the road to authoritarianism, but is it too late for America?