To Play the King
by Michael Dobbs | 
A Very British Coup
by Chris Mullin | 
Echo House
by Ward Just | 
House of Cards
by Michael Dobbs | 
The Man
by Irving Wallace | 
First Among Equals
by Jeffrey Archer | 
American Hero
by Larry Beinhart | 
The Final Cut
by Michael Dobbs | 
The Promise of Joy
by Allen Drury | 
Capable of Honor
by Allen Drury |
Corridors of Power
by C. P. Snow | 
In High Places
by Arthur Hailey | 
Primary Colors
by Joe Klein | 
The Race
by Richard North Patterson | 
The Last Hurrah
by Edwin O'Connor | 
Take Me With You
by Catherine Ryan Hyde | 
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo |
Anne of Windy Poplars
by Lucy Maud Montgomery | 
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes | 
Out Stealing Horses
by Per Petterson |
Hailed as "astonishingly powerful" by The New York Times, and "written perfectly" by The Washington Post, Joe Klein's #1 bestseller, Primary Colors, was the most-talked-about political novel of the past century. Now acclaimed journalist and author Joe Klein returns with another brilliant and slyly subversive novel set in the gladiatorial arena he knows so well: politics in modern-day America. U.S. senator Charlie Martin is a hot political property, dashing, honorable, irreverent -- and a decorated Vietnam veteran. The Running Mate follows this brash hero on a wild, exhilarating ride through the minefields of politics as usual. But as Charlie quickly learns, combat is a cakewalk compared with the battles waged by free men in pursuit of glory and power. For Charlie's political star is beginning to wane ... a bid for the presidency ends in failure ... a young campaign volunteer's father decks him -- in front of the cameras ... a well-kept secret from Charlie's Vietnam days is revealed ... and a woman has entered his life -- one who loves him but is appalled by his life's work. Suddenly Charlie must confront the two greatest challenges of his life -- a political opponent who has no scruples and a dazzling, unconventional woman who may force him to choose between love and politics. Charlie's dilemma is one that has come to haunt contemporary American politics: Is it possible to be a good politician and a good man?