After Trump’s return to power in January 2025, Gaslit Nation launched a book club not just to inform, but to fortify. Each selection is a lifeline offering strategy, moral clarity, and community in an age of disinformation and despair.
This isn’t just a book club. It’s a survival toolkit for our time.
Read with us. Build with us. Let’s overcome the chaos together.
Join us on the last Monday of every month at 4 PM ET at the Gaslit Nation Salon for a live discussion of that month’s book or film. Recordings are available on Patreon, along with bonus shows, ad-free episodes, and more, at Patreon.com/Gaslit. Discounted annual and gift memberships available.
Check out our schedule below:
February – Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl and The Stranger by Albert Camus
Survival and absurdity under totalitarianism: one man finds purpose in a concentration camp, another questions meaning under occupation. (Book club recording here).
March – From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp
A handbook of nonviolent action, this foundational text offers strategic tools for dismantling authoritarian regimes. (Book club recording here).
April – Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
A near-future America unravels. A young Black woman builds a new belief system—and a movement—amid societal collapse. (Book club recording here).
May – Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King Jr.
How the Montgomery Bus Boycott was won. MLK’s essential guide to grassroots organizing. (Book club recording here).
June – The Gay Revolution by Lillian Faderman
The LGBTQ+ rights movement through the stories of those who led it, showing small groups of people make the difference. Book club this coming Monday June 30 4pm ET.
July – Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A wartime allegory on wonder, loss, and resistance. Book club: July 28 4pm ET
August – The Lives of Others and I’m Still Here
Two films where art challenges dictatorship—from East Germany to Brazil. Book club: August 25 4pm ET
September – Harriet, the Moses of Her People by Sarah Hopkins Bradford
Harriet Tubman’s story, in her own words based on interviews with The General herself. B
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