Doppiozero Launches Book Series on America Ahead of November Midterm Elections

Italian cultural publication Doppiozero has announced a series of articles dedicated to books — both fiction and nonfiction — aimed at helping readers understand the United States in the run-up to the November 8 midterm elections. Claudio Castellacci and Anita Romanello are the authors behind the initiative, which was announced on September 18, 2026. The series will examine daily developments in a country the editors describe as complex and impenetrable, yet still influential over global affairs. The project also addresses what the publication calls an unpredictable presidency that generates ongoing concern, fear, and anxiety. The stated goal is to use books as a lens for interpreting the present, and possibly to read the future through the past. The announcement invokes the phrase "siamo tutti americani" (we are all Americans), which became widespread after the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. According to the publication, that expression carried a meaning of solidarity with a wounded America at the time, but today it may suggest something different — that what happens across the Atlantic has direct relevance to readers elsewhere. The midterm vote will determine representation in both the House and the Senate. The series is positioned as a way to fill the period leading up to election day with accessible reading recommendations.