• The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians and Other European Immigrants Out of America (2019)

    "The story of this triumph of ignorance has been told before, but never more vividly than by Daniel Okrent. . . A rigorously historical work." --The Washington Post

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  • Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (2010)

    “A remarkably original account of the Prohibition Era, a 14-year orgy of lawbreaking that permanently transformed American social life…. A narrative delight.” —David Oshinsky, New York Times Book Review

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  • Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center (2003)

    “Supremely entertaining…. Okrent’s cartwheeling account of how Rock Center came together is indispensable.” — Richard Lacayo, Time

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  • Public Editor #1: The Collected Columns of the First Ombudsman of the New York Times

    “Controversial, provocative, probing, revelatory, often combative, occasionally humorous…. [A] strong collection.” — Publishers Weekly

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  • 9 Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game (1985)

    “An outstanding piece of sports journalism….The best book about the best game there is.” —Kevin Hourigan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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