RIFFS: Self-help books for the Trump era
Some prompts for struggling writers
By Megan Peck Shub
As we contemplate the next four years, we figure the nonfiction market will be ripe for some timely motivational books, self-help texts, and guides to living in a very different United States. Here are ten starter ideas. Pitch us your own in the comments.
A Handy Guide to Purifying and Fluorinating Your Own Drinking Water: A Manual for the Post-EPA USA
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Political Dissidents
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: The Rich Dads are Richer, the Poor Dads are Poorer, and Somehow Crypto is Involved (2025 Edition)
Basic Wrestling Moves Defined, or, A Survey of the New Federal Education Curriculum
Who Moved My Medicaid? An Updated Version of the Bestselling Parable About Mice Scampering Around a Maze for Cheese — but Make it Healthcare!
How to Win Cabinet Appointments and Influence Presidents (Leatherbound Special Edition)
Mastering the Art of French Cooking Without the FDA: Listeria- and Salmonella-safe Ideas for Home Cooks
Real-Estate Investments in Yellowstone National Park for Dummies
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck…About Christmas Decorations: Melania’s Guide to Holiday Entertaining
Daddy, Why is Mommy Crying Again?: How to Explain to Children Why Mom is Always Crying
We hope The Ink will be essential to the thinking and reimagining and reckoning and doing that all lie ahead. We want to thank you for being a part of what we are and what we do, and we promise you that this community is going to find every way possible to be there for you in the times that lie ahead and be there for this country and for what it can be still.
Megan Peck Shub is an Emmy and Peabody-winning writer/producer; she has worked on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) and Finding Your Roots (PBS).
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