Here are some recommended books; both to deal with the current crisis and to temporarily escape from it.

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. This short book was written in 2017 during the first governmental crisis. It provides twenty short lessons on tyranny from the 20th century. The book is concise, cheap, very readable, and provides some real actions we can take to deal with a tyrannical government. Highly recommended.

#1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER• A“bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times)

“Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”—Masha Gessen