Books:

The Origins of Elected Strongmen: How Personalist Parties Destroy Democracy From Within. Oxford University Press, in press (with Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Joseph Wright)

Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes. Oxford University Press, 2019 (with Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Natasha Lindstaedt)

Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press, 2018

How Dictatorships Work: Power, Personalization, and Collapse. Cambridge University Press, 2018 (with Barbara Geddes and Joseph Wright)

Development and the State in the 21st Century: Tackling the Challenges Facing the Developing World. Palgrave Publishing, 2015 (with Natasha Ezrow and Andrea Kendall-Taylor)

Failed States and Institutional Decay: Understanding Instability and Poverty in the Developing World. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013 (with Natasha Ezrow)

The Politics of Dictatorship: Institutions and Outcomes in Authoritarian Regimes. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011 (with Natasha Ezrow)

Dictators and Dictatorships: Understanding Authoritarian Regimes and Their Leaders. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011 (with Natasha Ezrow)