A large library for Upgradians, focused on science fiction, history, leadership, humor, and marketing — rolling out to the public one shelf at a time, with an eye toward something bigger.
The Upgradian Library isn't trying to be everything — it's built around six subjects with real depth, collected over time rather than assembled all at once.
The genre that's shaped much of the Upgrade Party's own thinking about civic design, network states, and the future — see the For Your Consideration reading list for a sample of where this overlaps with real-world questions about power and technology.
Especially the kind that rewards a second look — the Marshall Plan, Roman engineering and military structure, ancient welfare systems, and the historical case studies already scattered across this site's reference guides.
Books that hold up to scrutiny alongside genuine skepticism of "great man" narratives — see Thinking Big for the house style: enthusiasm paired with honest caveats.
Because a library that takes itself too seriously stops being fun to browse. Expect some genuinely funny finds mixed in among the weightier material.
The practical, persuasion-focused shelf — useful both for building the Upgrade Party's own campaigns and for understanding how ideas actually spread once they leave a book.
Practical, not paranoid — situational awareness turned into real readiness. See Prepper President for the philosophy, and its own Worst-Case Scenario Survival Game section and Emergency Food Production guide for the hands-on material.
Rather than a single giant catalog dump, the library is surfacing gradually — readable, digestible pieces rather than an overwhelming list.
A running list of book reports already published across upgradeparty.com and amen28.us. This list will grow as more titles graduate from Substack.
Missing a title you'd expect to see? The Substack feed is the most current source — this page catches up periodically.
The long-term goal is to scan the collection into a proper database and eventually connect it to a large language model — an AI that actually knows this library, running on our own systems.
A folder of books is not yet an AI library.
First establish what you can use.
That's the opening line of our own technical reference on exactly this problem — and it's the principle guiding this project from day one.
Every title gets a rights review before it goes anywhere near a database: public domain, licensed, or held pending review. Nothing gets ingested by default just because it's on the shelf.
A rights-aware search index lets the AI cite real passages from cleared books — grounded answers instead of invented ones, with sources a reader can actually check.
The eventual goal is public access to the AI — but only for material that's confirmed public domain or properly licensed. Anything uncertain stays out of the public-facing system entirely.
New books are appearing on our Substack roughly ten a day, as full reports or simple curated lists. The strongest entries eventually get a permanent page here.