United

Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good

By: Cory Booker

Narrated by: Cory Booker

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • United States Senator Cory Booker, hailed as “one of the key figures for justice and forthrightness in America today” (HuffPost), makes an impassioned case that the virtues of empathy, responsibility, and action must guide our nation toward a brighter future.

Raised in northern New Jersey, Cory Booker went to Stanford University on a football scholarship, accepted a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, then studied at Yale Law School. Upon graduation, his options were limitless.

He chose public service. And in 2013, after more than seven years as mayor of Newark, he became the first Black man elected to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate.

In United, Booker draws on personal experience to issue a stirring call to reorient our nation and our politics around the principles of compassion and solidarity. He speaks of rising above despair to engage with hope, pursuing our shared mission, and embracing our common destiny. Here is his account of his own political education, the moments—some entertaining, some heartbreaking, all of them enlightening—that have shaped his civic vision. Booker shares the lessons he learned from the remarkable men and women who inspired him to serve and whose example fueled his desire to create opportunities for others. Here also are his observations on the issues he cares about most deeply, from race and the crisis of mass incarceration to economic and environmental justice.

In a world where we too easily lose touch with our neighbors, he argues, we must remember that we all rise or fall together—and that we must move beyond mere tolerance for one another toward a deeper connection: love.

Critic reviews

“An exceedingly good book, and an important book, and a reminder of what makes [Cory] Booker an important and, through it all, a promising public figure.”—PolitickerNJ

“What sets Senator Booker’s work apart from that of similar political books is that it seeks to elevate discourse rather than bring down opponents of the opposite partisan persuasion. This is a refreshing take, one that is truly worthy of study and contemplation.”—The Huffington Post

Great book for all people

Inspiring, real, dramatic. And I am not even a Democrat. Incredible stories of what is going on in society and in our individual lives even, and some brave ways to think about them more robustly.

A great book and audiobook

This is one of the better political biographies I have gone through. highly recommend. this is a book you write 3-5 years before a presidential run.

Great Book!!

The book allowed me to see him not as another politician, but rather as a human being that wants to make a difference. There is a sincere tone in his voice as he tells the story. Totally recommend this book.

Hope for Recovery

I feel the promise and hope of the future through this presentation. My prayer is that we survive until the day when more leaders (all of us) join Senator Booker and all he has shared.

We have

We have the right and the will
To create the corrections and fairness .
Cory we see .