To explore more deeply into this year's election here's a list of books the political issues we face.

Inventing Al Gore
Bill Turque

In Praise of Public Life
Joseph I. Lieberman

Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

Eyewitness to Power
David Gergen

Cutting Corporate Welfare
Ralph Nader

To Vote or Not to Vote?
Andre Blais

A Charge to Keep
George W. Bush and Hughes, Karen

Campaign Finance Reform
Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, and Frank Sorauf

Why Americans Still Don't Vote
Frances Piven Fox and Richard A. Cloward

Rich Media, Poor Democracy
Robert McChesney Waterman

Democracy Derailed
David S. Broder

Checkbook Democracy
Darrell M. West

Power and the Presidency
Robert A. Wilson