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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers 2001 437 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literature
Humor
A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1987 405 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Humor
Literature
Comedy
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Summary
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Essays and Arguments
by David Foster Wallace 1998 368 pages
4.15
49k+ ratings
Essays
Humor
Short Stories
The Age of Innocence Summary
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 2004 336 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization
Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2011 341 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Made in the USA Summary
Made in the USA
The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
by Vaclav Smil 2013 256 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
History
Strangers in Their Own Land Summary
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 368 pages
4.11
16k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Plato, Not Prozac! Summary
Plato, Not Prozac!
Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
by Lou Marinoff 2012 322 pages
3.45
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 2009 544 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Rules for Revolutionaries Summary
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
by Becky Bond 2016 224 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Un-Trumping America Summary
Un-Trumping America
A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again
by Dan Pfeiffer 2020 304 pages
4.21
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
American
We Are the Change We Seek Summary
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 2017 466 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
I Used to Be Charming Summary
I Used to Be Charming
The Rest of Eve Babitz
by Eve Babitz 2019 424 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
Pakistan on the Brink Summary
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
by Ahmed Rashid 2012 256 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Politics
Pakistan
History
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 2003 576 pages
4.17
100+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
First Principles Summary
First Principles
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
by Thomas E. Ricks 2020 415 pages
4.08
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Smart Baseball Summary
Smart Baseball
The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball
by Keith Law 2017 304 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Baseball
Sports
American
Self-Reliance Summary
Self-Reliance
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 2019 54 pages
4
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Five Flirting Styles Summary
The Five Flirting Styles
Use the Science of Flirting to Attract the Love You Really Want
by Jeffrey A. Hall 2013 305 pages
3.49
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Marxismo norteamericano Summary
Marxismo norteamericano
by Mark R. Levin 2022 348 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Why Americans Hate Politics Summary
Why Americans Hate Politics
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 2013 484 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
American
God Is Always Hiring Summary
God Is Always Hiring
50 Lessons for Finding Fulfilling Work
by Regina Brett 2015 289 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
On Fascism Summary
On Fascism
12 Lessons from American History
by Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020 200 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
History
Politics
American
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean 2007 364 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Politics
History
American
Consider the Lobster Summary
Consider the Lobster
And Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace 2005 468 pages
4.19
50k+ ratings
Essays
Philosophy
Short Stories
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 384 pages
4.44
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 336 pages
4.44
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Mao's America Summary
Mao's America
A Survivor's Warning
by Xi Van Fleet 2023 336 pages
4.42
100+ ratings
Politics
History
China
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 2014 496 pages
4.01
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 2002 620 pages
4.42
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 2002 720 pages
3.55
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
The Freelance Content Marketing Writer Summary
The Freelance Content Marketing Writer
Find your perfect clients, Make tons of money and Build a business you love
by Jennifer Goforth Gregory
4.54
100+ ratings
Writing
Business
American
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
3.86
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1996 96 pages
3.80
1.1M+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
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