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The Opening of P&P at Union Market

After months of preparation, we’re excited to announce the opening on June 19 of a Politics and Prose branch in the Union Market district in northeast DC. Many of you may be familiar with efforts underway in recent years to revitalize that historic DC neighborhood, once a hub for food distribution throughout the city. The... read more

In conversation with Tayla Burney

Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 6 p.m.

The Marginalized Majority

Monday, July 23, 2018 at 7 p.m.

At the Wharf

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 7 p.m.

New in Fiction

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 7 p.m.

Bestsellers

The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis Cover Image

The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics Cover Image

From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir Cover Image

The Cooperstown Casebook: Who's in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques Cover Image

The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy Cover Image

Calypso Cover Image

Fascism: A Warning Cover Image

The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels Cover Image

The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House Cover Image

Educated: A Memoir Cover Image

My Year of Rest and Relaxation Cover Image

The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) Cover Image

The Necklace and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) Cover Image

Warlight Cover Image

The President Is Missing Cover Image

Clock Dance Cover Image

Early Work Cover Image

A Gentleman in Moscow Cover Image

An American Marriage Cover Image

A Terrible Country Cover Image

Children & Teens Books

The Journey Cover Image

All of Us Cover Image

Marwan's Journey Cover Image

Her Right Foot Cover Image

Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation Cover Image

The Old Man Cover Image

Audiobooks: Start Listening

The Power Cover Image

Grant Cover Image

Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel Cover Image

Music

Next Events

Fri

20

7:00 pm

John Lingan - Homeplace: A Southern Town, a Country Legend, and the Last Days of a Mountaintop Honky-Tonk — in conversation with Maxwell George

Fri

20

7:00 pm

Cara Black - Murder on the Left Bank — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

Sat

21

1:00 pm

Bryan W. Marshall and Bruce C. Wolpe - The Committee: A Study of Policy, Power, Politics and Obama's Historic Legislative Agenda on Capitol Hill — in conversation with Tamera Luzzatto

Sat

21

3:30 pm

Andrew Lawler - The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke

Sat

21

6:00 pm

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ - Stay With Me — in conversation with Tayla Burney

Sat

21

8:00 pm

Nerds! Trivia Night

Sun

22

1:00 pm

Scott Raymond Einberger - With Distance in His Eyes: The Environmental Life and Legacy of Stewart Udall

Sun

22

3:00 pm

Jamie Weisman - We Are Gathered

Sun

22

5:00 pm

POSTPONED - NOW SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 11: Teach-In on Gun Control with Avery Gardiner and Craig Whitney

Mon

23

7:00 pm

Onnesha Roychoudhuri - The Marginalized Majority: Claiming Our Power in a Post-Truth America — in conversation with Adele M. Stan

Tue

24

7:00 pm

Jo Piazza - Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win — at The Wharf

Tue

24

7:00 pm

Sam Pizzigati - The Case for a Maximum Wage

Staff Picks

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Shocking and unsettling, My Absolute Darling is at times difficult to read, the novel follows fourteen-... read more
/staff-pick/my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation-ottessa-moshfegh

On one hand, I could praise Ottessa Moshfegh for the risks she takes: the confidence to frame her novel... read more
/staff-pick/lawn-boy-jonathan-evison

All you merchants of doom and gloom out there, a forewarning: here's a book that leaves you no choice... read more
/staff-pick/double-cross-true-story-of-d-day-spies-ben-macintyre

The tales of the double agents featured in this book sound too good to be true, which makes it all the... read more
/staff-pick/supreme-command-soldiers-statesmen-and-leadership-in-wartime-eliot-cohen

What makes a great leader? In Supreme Command, Cohen examines this question by studying four of the most... read more
/staff-pick/bloodlands-europe-between-hitler-and-stalin-timothy-snyder

In Bloodlands, Timothy Snyder argues that the Holocaust is just one part of a larger tragedy: that of... read more

/children-and-teens/book-reviews

Sierra Santiago has no way of anticipating what is to come for her or for her changing Brooklyn... read more
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The bewitchingly charming Mouse Paint (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $7.99), written and illustrated by... read more
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Don't let Arree Chung's new book, Mixed: A Colorful Story (Holt, $17.99), fool you with its simple... read more

Gifts & Accessories

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Politics & Prose Gift Cards can be purchased here on our website or at the store... read more
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We’re stuck on you, your notebook, laptop, and really anywhere else you care to (... read more
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