I would like a list of the top 100 - 300 authors who write about American Politics.

They can be pro-American policy or con... I don't care. I am
interested in knowing who is writing about American Politics in
general.

Hello keyinsight-ga!

Here is a list of 241 different political authors. All come from
either Amazon?s Top 100 or Barnes & Noble?s Top 300 current
bestsellers in the ?Politics & Government? section.

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Aaron J. Klein
Adam Hochschild
Addison Wiggin
Al Franken
Al Gore
Alan Axelrod
Amy Chua
Andrew P. Napolitano
Ann Coulter
Asne Seierstad
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Leaming
Barbara Stanny
Ben Stein
Benjamin M. Friedman
Bernard E. Trainor
Bernard Goldberg
Bernard Lewis
Beverly A. Browning
Bill Gertz
Bill Sammon
Billy Waugh
Bing West
Bruce Bawer
Bruce Feiler
Bruce R. Bartlett
Calvin Trillin
Candice Millard
Carrie L. Lukas
Chalmers Johnson
Charles Bracelen Flood
Chris Matthews
Cokie Roberts
Daniel Goleman
Daniel Yergin
Daphne Nikolopoulos
David Fromkin
David Hackett Fischer
David K. Shipler
David Kupelian
David McCullough
David Owen
David Ray Griffin
David Sirota
Dennis Brindell Fradin
Diana Mason
Dick Morris
Donald T. Phillips
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Dwight Young
Edward Herrmann
Edward Klein
Edward M. Kennedy
Edwin Meese
Efraim Halevy
Eric Boehlert
Eric Haney
Eric Schlosser
Eric Shawn
Erwin Chemerinsky
Francis Fukuyama
Frank Schaeffer
Franklin Foer
Fred Barnes
Friedrich A. Hayek
Gary Berntsen
Gary C. Schroen
George Crile
George J. Thompson
George Jonas
George Lakoff
George Packer
George Soros
Georges Sada
Giles Milton
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Reynolds
Glinda Bridgforth
Gordon S. Wood
Greg Palast
Gregory Jackson
H. R. McMaster
H. W. Brands
Harriet A. Jacobs
Helen Thomas
Howie Carr
Immanuel Ness
Jacob Weisberg
James C. Hunter
James Carville
James H. Webb
James Howard Kunstle
James M. Kouzes
James McGregor
James Risen
James Surowiecki
Jan Gross
Jane Jacobs
Jared Diamond
Jay Winik
Jed Babbin
Jeff Faux
Jeffery Alan Smith
Jeffrey Sachs
Jerome Armstrong
Jim Dwyer
Jim Wallis
Jimmy Carter
Joe Klein
John A. Nagl
John Bogle
John C. Maxwell
John Douglas
John E. O?Neill
John Hersey 
John Kasich
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Laffin
John Lewis Gaddis
John Linder
John Lukacs
John McCain 
John McWhorter
John Norman
John P. Kotter
John Perkins
John Stossel
John W. Dean
Jon Lee Anderson
Jon Stewart
Jonathan Alter
Joseph E. Stiglitz 
Joseph J. Ellis
Joseph Margulies
Joshua Wolf Shenk
Julia Glass
Jung Chang
Justin A. Frank
Karen Armstrong
Karin Evans
Kate Ascher
Kate O'Beirne
Kathleen Sullivan
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Kenji Yoshino
L. Paul Bremer
Lamar Waldron
Lee G. Bolman
Lester R. Brown
Linda R. Hirshman
Louis J. Freeh
Louis Uchitelle
Madeleine Albright
Marcia Angell
Marjorie Williams
Mark Bowden
Mark Crispin Miller
Mark Mathabane
Mark R. Levin
Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
Martin Meredith
Mary Cheney
Melanie Phillips
Michael E. Porter
Michael Gross
Michael Grunwald
Michael Mandelbaum
Michael Moore
Michael R. Gordon
Michael Savage
Michael Scheuer
Michelle Malkin
Neal Boortz
Neil Howe
Noam Chomsky
Norman G. Finkelstein
Oriana Fallaci
Paul Farmer
Pauline Maier
Peter Beinart
Peter G. Northouse
Peter L. Bergen 
Peter Schweizer
Ramesh Ponnuru
Randall Balmer
Richard A. Clarke
Richard Brookhiser
Richard Carwardine
Richard Falk
Richard Miniter
Richard Preston
Richard Reeves
Robert Baer
Robert D. Kaplan
Robert Fisk
Robert Greene
Robert Greene
Robert O'Harrow
Robert Spenser
Robert V. Remini
Ron Chernow
Ron Suskind
Ruby K. Payne
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Russ Kick
Russell Shorto
S. D. Goitein 
Sam Harris
Sam Seder
Samantha Power
Sarah Vowell
Sean Wilentz
Shelby Steele
Sonia Nazario 
Stephen E. Ambrose
Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Leeb
Stephen Sherrill
Steve Coll
Steven B. Smith
Steven Miles
Tamara Draut
Tavis Smiley
Taylor Branch
Ted C. Fishman
Thomas E. Woods
Thomas Frank
Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas More
Thomas S. Bodenheimer
Tom Bethell
Tom Tancredo
Tony Blankley
Tony Zinni
Walid Phares
Walter Isaacson 
William Blum
William Bonner
William Easterly
William L. Shirer
William Queen

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If you have any need of further clarifications, please let me know how I can help.

Sincerely,
Boquinha-ga


Search strategy:

Amazon.com 
Politics, Top 100 Bestsellers
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/new-for-you/top-sellers/-/books/11079/books/0/0/1/ref=pd_ts_pg_1/104-6101180-9138340

Barnesandnoble.com
Politics and Government Bestsellers
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?visgrp=nonfiction&N=4501+4902+236664&Ne=236664&z=y


Search terms:
american "political authors" list
top ?political authors?

Thanks for your answer... your explaination of how you got this answer
is worth hundreds to me!

Thanks very much

Thank you very much for the comment, 5 stars, and generous tip! I'm so
glad that it's so helpful to you! Thank you again!

Sincerely,
Boquinha-ga