‘America (The Book)’

Non-fiction book that parodies and satirizes American history, politics and culture.

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The design is attached loosely to the format of a civics textbook, using bureaucratic and educational charts and diagrams.

Jon Stewart's America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction sold over 2 million copies and stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for over a year, making it the biggest non-fiction seller of 2004.

Pentagram designed this book and its follow-up Earth (The Book) in close collaboration with Jon Stewart and the Daily Show writers. America (The Book) looks at the American government and the design is attached loosely to the format of a civics textbook, using bureaucratic and educational charts and diagrams.