Anne Applebaum, author portrait
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Anne Applebaum

After seventeen years as a columnist at The Washington Post, ANNE APPLEBAUM became a staff writer at The Atlantic in January 2020. She is the author of five critically acclaimed and award-winning books: Twilight of Democracy, Red Famine, Iron Curtain, Between East and West, and Gulag, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. She divides her time between Poland, where her husband is foreign minister, and Washington, D.C.
Autocracy, Inc.
Twilight of Democracy
Red Famine
Between East and West
Iron Curtain
Gulag

Books

Autocracy, Inc.
Twilight of Democracy
Red Famine
Between East and West
Iron Curtain
Gulag

The 3 Penguin Random House Books Barack Obama Recommends You Read Before Election Day

Former President Barack Obama posted a message on his Facebook page on Friday, October 12, that began, “I wanted to share a handful of books and articles that speak to the current political moment and something I’ve been talking about around the country this fall.” Among the books that Obama has read and recommends that everyone consider reading before

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