Politics books

Find the New Statesman’s latest politics book reviews and our curated lists featuring the best writing on politics.

New Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.

By New Statesman

From Kosovo to Ukraine, Lawrence Freedman’s book Command explores the catastrophes that occur when state and military strategy collide.

By David Reynolds

This list offers the most incisive books on the past and present of Russia and its president.

By New Statesman

A new biography charts the rapid political rise – and moral compromises – of Sinn Féin’s leader.

By Martin Fletcher

His memoir Hillbilly Elegy was a bestseller; now he’s a Trumpist with Senate ambitions. Is James David Vance the future…

By Sarah Baxter

The economist who predicted the 2008 crash warns that a combination of uncontrolled inflation and ballooning debt will push the…

By Will Dunn

Maggie Haberman’s Confidence Man is the best account yet of Trump’s path to the presidency – and a crucial guide…

By Jonathan Powell

Keith Fisher’s A Pipeline Runs Through It charts how oil revolutionised transport and war, and continues to shape today’s geopolitics.

By Brendan Simms