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Books like The Nineties
A sharp, hyper-articulate time machine that dissects the last era before the internet swallowed reality. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Nineties.
- intellectually playful
- nostalgic
- reflective
- 01
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Chuck Klosterman
A hyper-caffeinated, wildly entertaining deep dive into the profound philosophical truths hidden inside our trashiest pop culture.
- 02
But What If We're Wrong?
Chuck Klosterman
A playful, mind-bending thought experiment that dismantles everything you think you know about the present by viewing it from the distant future.
- 03
The age of great dreams
David R. Farber
A vivid, deeply researched immersion into the turbulent memories and sweeping social transformations of the American 1960s.
- 04
The fourth turning
William Strauss; Neil Howe · 1997
A sweeping, prophetic framework that makes the chaos of modern history feel both terrifyingly inevitable and deeply orderly.
- 05
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman · 1985
A chillingly prescient autopsy of how society traded critical thought for endless, comfortable distraction.
- 06
Assassination vacation
Sarah Vowell
A delightfully morbid and deeply nerdy road trip through the weirdest, darkest corners of American history.
- 07
Empire of illusion
Chris Hedges
A fierce, prophetic dismantling of modern entertainment that leaves you questioning the very fabric of the reality you consume.
- 08
The age of American unreason
Susan Jacoby
A fierce, erudite wake-up call for a culture drowning in infotainment and willful ignorance.
- 09
Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino
A razor-sharp, dizzying plunge into the funhouse mirror of modern internet culture and millennial self-delusion.
- 10
I Like to Watch
Emily Nussbaum
A razor-sharp, passionately argued love letter to the golden age of television that elevates the couch-potato experience to high art.
- 11
A different mirror
Ronald Takaki
A sweeping, deeply humanizing reframing of the American story that centers the voices of those often left out of the textbooks.
- 12
Postwar
Tony Judt · 2005
A magisterial, sweeping journey through the ashes of a shattered continent as it painstakingly rebuilds its identity and its borders.
