Books
Books that help you understand the world — and find your place in it.
Andrea’s books connect authoritarian history, creative resistance, and the moral courage required to build a livable future.
Author. Filmmaker. Host of Gaslit Nation.
A Reasonable Guide for Unreasonable Women
Tarcher Penguin Random House
A bold, empowering guide to finding your voice and harnessing your creative power.
Mrs. Orwell
23rd St. Macmillan
Eileen Blair, wife and partner of George Orwell, is brought out of her husband’s shadow in this riveting graphic novel, which follows the couple’s tireless campaign to fight for the truth through the power of art.
In the Shadow of Stalin:
The Story of Mr. Jones
Oni Oni-Lion Forge
The story of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones, whose reporting exposed the Holodomor, Stalin’s 1933 genocide famine in Ukraine, and the machinery of Soviet propaganda at enormous personal risk. Winner of the Ringo Award for Best Non-Fiction Comic and selected by the Junior Library Guild.
Dictatorship: It’s Easier Than You Think!
First Second Macmillan
A satirical guide to the authoritarian playbook, showing how demagogues consolidate power, weaponize lies, silence critics, and exploit corruption.
Orwell and The Refugees:
The Untold Story of Animal Farm
Independent Digital Edition
The hidden refugee history behind Animal Farm, connecting Orwell’s anti-totalitarian warning to the people who carried the truth of Stalinism into the wider world. Features Andrea’s personal family history.