Cultural Book Summaries

Mood Machine Summary
Mood Machine
The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
by Liz Pelly 2025 288 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Music
Technology
Business
The Madness of Crowds Summary
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity
by Douglas Murray 2019 293 pages
4.20
16k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Everyone Is African Summary
Everyone Is African
How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
by Daniel J. Fairbanks 2015 191 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Science
Race
History
The Case for Christian Nationalism Summary
The Case for Christian Nationalism
by Stephen Wolfe 2022 479 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Politics
Theology
Philosophy
The Perennials Summary
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
by Mauro F. Guillén 2023 263 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Sociology
Business
Society
Why Men Fight Summary
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell 1916 280 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
How to Listen to Jazz Summary
How to Listen to Jazz
by Ted Gioia 2016 272 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Music
Jazz
History
Mexican WhiteBoy Summary
Mexican WhiteBoy
by Matt de la Peña 2008 256 pages
3.86
5k+ ratings
Young Adult
Sports
Realistic Fiction
The Best Place to Work Summary
The Best Place to Work
The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace
by Ron Friedman 2014 352 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Psychology
Every Song Ever Summary
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
by Ben Ratliff 2016 272 pages
3.29
500+ ratings
Music
Art
Unfinished
The Quick Fix Summary
The Quick Fix
Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
by Jesse Singal 2021 352 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Men and Marriage Summary
Men and Marriage
by George Gilder 1986 240 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Marriage
Cultural
Politics
365 Days Of Walking The Red Road Summary
365 Days Of Walking The Red Road
The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day
by Terri Jean 2003 461 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Native American
Spirituality
Cultural
Culture Jam Summary
Culture Jam
How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - and Why We Must
by Kalle Lasn 1999 272 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Why the Germans Do it Better Summary
Why the Germans Do it Better
Notes from a Grown-Up Country
by John Kampfner 2020 320 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Germany
Community Building on the Web Summary
Community Building on the Web
Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities
by Amy Jo Kim 1999 380 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Cultural
Design
Business
A Creative Minority Summary
A Creative Minority
Influencing Culture Through Redemptive Participation
by Jon Tyson 2016 65 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Faith
Theology
Cultural
The Song Machine Summary
The Song Machine
Inside the Hit Factory
by John Seabrook 2015 368 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
Music
Business
History
Out of My Skull Summary
Out of My Skull
The Psychology of Boredom
by James Danckert 2020 288 pages
3.53
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Signals Are Talking Summary
The Signals Are Talking
Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s Mainstream
by Amy Webb 2016 336 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Business
Technology
Cultural
Cynical Theories Summary
Cynical Theories
How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
by Helen Pluckrose 2020 348 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
You Are Not a Gadget Summary
You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier 2010 221 pages
3.56
6k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Science
Cultures and Organizations Summary
Cultures and Organizations
Software of the Mind
by Geert Hofstede 1993 300 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Business
Cultural
Psychology
The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety Summary
The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety
Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation
by Timothy R. Clark 2020 192 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Leadership
Psychology
Business
Riding the Waves of Culture Summary
Riding the Waves of Culture
Understanding Diversity in Global Business
by Charles Hampden-Turner 1989 274 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Business
Cultural
Management
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed
Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
by Thomas Sowell 1995 320 pages
4.40
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The News Summary
The News
A User's Manual
by Alain de Botton 2014 272 pages
3.58
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Journalism
Politics
The Power of Language Summary
The Power of Language
How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds
by Viorica Marian 2023 288 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Science
Japonisme Summary
Japonisme
Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi and more
by Erin Niimi Longhurst 2018 293 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Japan
Self Help
Japanese Literature
American Girls Summary
American Girls
Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
by Nancy Jo Sales 2016 418 pages
3.60
2k+ ratings
Parenting
Sociology
Feminism
A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography Summary
A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography
by David Platt 2015 267 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
Christian
Christian Living
Theology
Joy, Inc. Summary
Joy, Inc.
How We Built a Workplace People Love
by Richard Sheridan 2013 288 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Everything Bad is Good for You Summary
Everything Bad is Good for You
How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter
by Steven Johnson 2005 254 pages
3.49
5k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Cultural
Meet Generation Z Summary
Meet Generation Z
Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World
by James Emery White 2017 224 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Christian
Cultural
Evangelism
In Praise of Slowness Summary
In Praise of Slowness
Challenging the Cult of Speed
by Carl Honoré 2004 321 pages
3.65
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
by Jared Diamond 2012 512 pages
3.78
10k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
The Misfit Economy Summary
The Misfit Economy
Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs
by Alexa Clay 2015 256 pages
3.28
500+ ratings
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Call of the Mall Summary
Call of the Mall
The Geography of Shopping
by Paco Underhill 2004 240 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
The Internet of Us Summary
The Internet of Us
Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
by Michael Patrick Lynch 2016 256 pages
3.51
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Technology
Psychology
Nation of Victims Summary
Nation of Victims
Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022 288 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
by Matthew d'Ancona 2017 167 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
Under Our Skin Summary
Under Our Skin
Getting Real about Race–And Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations That Divide Us
by Benjamin Watson 2015 240 pages
4.38
1k+ ratings
Race
Christian
Social Justice
The Joy of Work Summary
The Joy of Work
30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love With Your Job Again
by Bruce Daisley 2019
3.82
500+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Productivity
Etiquette Guide to Japan Summary
Etiquette Guide to Japan
Know the Rules That Make the Difference
by Boyé Lafayette De Mente 1990 128 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Japan
Travel
Reference
The Nones Summary
The Nones
Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going
by Ryan P. Burge 2021 157 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Religion
Sociology
History
The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It Summary
The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It
by Jonathan L. Zittrain 2008 342 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Technology
Internet
Business
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture Summary
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
by David S. Kidder 2008 378 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Reference
Trivia
History
The Designful Company Summary
The Designful Company
How to Build a Culture of Nonstop Innovation
by Marty Neumeier 2008 194 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Business
Design
Leadership
The English Summary
The English
A Portrait of a People
by Jeremy Paxman 1998 309 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
History
British Literature
Politics
Reactivity Summary
Reactivity
How the Gospel Transforms Our Actions and Reactions
by Paul David Tripp 2022 170 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Christian Living
Christian
Faith
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