Among Silber's most important political writing is "Socialism; What Went Wrong", an examination of the theoretical and practical events in the USSR leading up to its collapse. His only non-political book in the last 20 years is "A Patient's Guide to Hip and Knee Replacement" based on his own experience with these operations. Silber's most recent book, "Press Box Red", tells the story of sports editor Lester Rodney, whose decade-long campaign in the pages of the "Daily Worker" helped pave the way for the racial integration of major league baseball.