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Political Fiction

Page history last edited by Kaite Mediatore Stover 11 years, 5 months ago

Sure it’s a Conspiracy. But what kind?:

Political Fiction

 

Conspiracy There’s some bad people working in good government and vice versa.

 

Absolute Power by David Baldacci—A burglar witnesses a murder that involves the President

 

The Camel Club by David Baldacci—A group of conspiracy theorists must now prove one of their theories is true.

 

Father’s Day by John Calvin Batchelor—After temporarily ceding power for the country to the vice president, the president cannot wrest control back.

 

American Hero by Larry Beinhart—A dying political consultant enlists the aid of a Hollywood director to ensure the re-election of George H.W. Bush.

 

The Librarian by Larry Beinhart—An archivist to a conservative billionaire finds himself on the Ten Most Wanted List.

 

Capitol Conspiracy by William Bernhardt—An Oklahoma defense attorney is drawn into a constitutional battle to severely curtail civil rights.

 

High Crimes by Joseph Finder—A Harvard law professor must defend her husband, a man she learns she barely knows, in a case of high treason.

 

Keys to the Kingdom by Bob Graham—the murder of a 9/11 Commission member has international ramifications.

 

The Pelican Brief by John Grisham—A law student takes on big government in an effort to preserve the environment.

 

Espionage The loner hero saves the world. Usually for the umpteenth time.

 

When the Almond Tree Blossoms by David Aikman—The U.S. is on the cusp of a second Civil War.

 

Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth—the details of an international assassination are intricately plotted in this espionage classic.

 

Remote Control by Kotaro Isaka—An ordinary Japanese man is on the run from authorities who believe he has just tried to assassinate the newly elected Japanese prime minister.

 

Fly By Night by Ward Larsen—A top-secret military drone has crashed in the Horn of Africa and a renegade investigator is sent to bring it back.

 

Historical This ancient text hides a secret about the formation of our government. And the spy business was a lot tougher in World War II.

 

Cold Glory by B. Kent Anderson—The missing pages of a Civil War-era document are causing the assassinations of key political figures.

 

The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry—A secret society of pirates may be behind the assassination of every president in American history.

 

Shining Through by Susan Isaacs—A secretary to a Wall Street financier becomes his wife and the lone woman on a German espionage mission for the US during World War II.

 

Istanbul Passage by Joseph Kanon—At the dawn of the Cold War, an ex-pat American businessman is drawn into one last covert mission.

 

Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer—A former presidential aide is surprised to learn one of the victims of a presidential assassination attempt is alive and stalking the president.

 

The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer—An archivist discovers an old book of George Washington’s and wonders if the President is trying to kill him to obtain it.

 

Politics in Fiction Fiction with strong political elements that isn’t in the thriller genre

 

Primary Colors by Anonymous—a fictionalized account of life on the presidential campaign trail.

 

Boomsday by Christopher Buckley—a young blogger’s “modest proposal” for the overpopulation of the US has tragic and comic consequences.

 

Democracy by Joan Didion—In 1975, the terminal fallout of democracy will alter the lives of three people who don’t know how to live outside a political world.

 

The People’s Choice by Jeff Greenfield—A Midwestern woman’s questions about a presidential election provide an entertaining education about the Electoral College.

 

Echo House by Ward Just—An epic saga of three generations of Washington power brokers and the women who do and don’t love them.

 

Watergate by Thomas Mallon—A fictionalized account of the political scandal from the viewpoints of insiders and outsiders.

 

The Last Hurrah by Edwin O’Connor—A Boston mayor is past his prime but can’t let go of the office to which he has dedicated his public life. A classic.

 

Favorite Son by Steve Sohmer—An ambitious politician gets a boost in the polls and from the media after surviving an assassination attempt.

 

American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld—A political wife finds her private beliefs are in opposition to her public persona.

 

Face Time by Erik Tarloff—An up and coming speech writer wants his girlfriend to give up her older lover, the President.

 

All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren—Another classic about the political rise and fall of Willie Stark, loosely based on the life of Huey Long.

 

Compiled by Kaite Mediatore Stover, Director of Readers Services for The Kansas City Public Library kaitestover@gmail.com http://kaitestover.pbworks.com

 

10/14/12

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