The Fifth Risk

The Fifth Risk is a 2018 non-fiction book by Michael Lewis that examines the transition and political appointments of the Donald Trump presidency, especially with respect to three government agencies: the Department of Energy, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Commerce. The book spent fourteen weeks on The New York Times non-fiction best-seller list. A lengthy excerpt from the book was published twice by The Guardian, using a quote from a top adviser to Trump in the title. Barack and Michelle Obama acquired the rights to the book for a Netflix series about the U.S. government. The 2022 American comedy series The G Word with Adam Conover is "loosely inspired" by the book.