kev’s bookshelf 

These books represent some of my favorites. They each helped me develop my values and understanding of the world, and, most importantly, they inspired me in one way or the other to begin the story of this campaign. If you happen to pick up one or a few of these books, I hope they may inspire you, teach you, or, to plagiarize Vonnegut, “help you get through this thing, whatever it is.”

Book cover of 'A Man Without a Country' by Kurt Vonnegut. The cover features a minimalistic white line drawing of a person's profile on a yellow background. The title is in large white text at the bottom, and the author's name is in large dark blue text at the top. There is a quote from Los Angeles Times in small text near the bottom left. The cover also mentions that the book is a New York Times bestseller.
The book cover for 'Poverty, by America' by Matthew Desmond, featuring a black background with the title in large, bold letters, some in gray, blue, red, and white, and a subtitle noting it as a New York Times bestseller, with author's name and mention of his previous book 'Evicted'.
Cover of the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee, featuring a tree with green leaves on a brown background and a black top section.
Cover of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays, parts one, two, and three, with artistic illustrations and bold text.
Book cover for 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley, featuring a vintage illustration of a human figure with robotic internal parts and gears, with arms raised, set against a radiating background.
Cover of a biography book about Abraham Lincoln titled A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White, Jr., featuring a portrait of Lincoln's face.
Book cover of 'The Brain-Dead Megaphone' by George Saunders, featuring illustrations of a vintage television with a cracked screen, surrounded by cacti, and quotes from Jonathan Franzen and Zadie Smith.
Cover of the book 'Go Set a Watchman' by Harper Lee, featuring a stylized illustration of a tree and train tracks.
Cover of the book titled '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' by Jules Verne, depicting an underwater scene with fish, a submarine, and divers.
Book cover for Fahrenheit 451, 60th Anniversary Edition by Ray Bradbury, featuring a stylized black book with piano keys on the top, set against a red background.
Book cover of 'On Liberty' by John Stuart Mill, published by Dover Thrift Editions, featuring a portrait of John Stuart Mill.
Book cover titled "The Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith, featuring a detailed black-and-white illustration of 18th-century man with curled wig and formal attire.
Book cover of 'The Echo of Greece' by Edith Hamilton, with a red background, black text, and an illustration of two classical Greek figures in black on a reddish background at the bottom.
Book cover of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson, featuring a black and white illustration of two characters in a car driving through a desert, with cacti and clouds in the background, and a gold circle commemorating the 50th anniversary edition.
Cover of a book titled "Richard III: The Life and Death of King Richard the Third" by William Shakespeare, part of the Easy Reading Series, published by Forgotten Books. The cover features a red wax seal with an F in the center.
A sepia-toned photograph of Booker T. Washington, an African American man, sitting in a wooden chair dressed in a suit. The text reads "Up from Slavery" and "Booker T. Washington".
Vintage green book cover titled 'From the Earth to the Moon' by Jules Verne, featuring an illustration of a rocket launching towards the moon with stars and clouds in the background.
Book cover titled 'Behind the Scenes' featuring a woman in historical clothing, with a background of the White House, and text about Elizabeth Keckley's experiences.
Book cover titled "Freak Power: Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff" with a black background. The title is above a white star with rounded points. Inside the star is a raised fist holding a green and black circular object. The author's name is at the bottom of the cover, with additional contributors noted.
Book cover titled 'Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72' by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, with illustrations by Ralph Steadman. The cover features a stylized skull with a patriotic American flag pattern and cracks.
Book cover of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, featuring a bust-style portrait of Julius Caesar.
Book cover of 'Evicted' by Matthew Desmond, featuring a shadow of a collage of rectangles and circles on a light background, with medals indicating awards from the New York Times and the New York Times Book Review.
Book cover for 'Stony the Road' by Henry Louis Gates Jr., featuring black silhouette of a person's profile in front of historical black-and-white illustrations, with white background and black text.
Book cover for "To Engineer is Human" by Henry Petroski featuring a black and white photo of the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse.
Book cover of 'Bluebeard' by Kurt Vonnegut, featuring a stylized cartoonish blue butterfly drawing on a yellow background.
Book cover of Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities" featuring a historical scene of Parisians and revolutionaries marching with weapons and a red flag.
Book cover featuring a black and white portrait of Sinclair Lewis wearing a suit and tie, with the title 'Babitt' in large white letters, and the author's name in gold below, decorated with gold and blue borders.
Book cover of 'The Righteous Mind' by Jonathan Haidt, with illustrations of a small dragon-like creature and a winged warrior.
Book cover titled "Buying the Vote: A History of Campaign Finance Reform" by Robert E. Mutch, featuring a yellow background with an illustration of a ballot box with money inside.