Cultural Book Summaries

The Longing for Less Summary
The Longing for Less
Living with Minimalism
by Kyle Chayka 2020 272 pages
3.48
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Art
Design
Chief Joy Officer Summary
Chief Joy Officer
How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear
by Richard Sheridan 2018 288 pages
3.93
461 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Adam and Eve After the Pill Summary
Adam and Eve After the Pill
Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
by Mary Eberstadt 2012 175 pages
3.98
498 ratings
Catholic
Sociology
Philosophy
The New Vichy Syndrome Summary
The New Vichy Syndrome
Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
by Theodore Dalrymple 2010 160 pages
3.91
232 ratings
Politics
History
Essays
Good Reasonable People Summary
Good Reasonable People
The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide
by Keith Payne 2024 272 pages
4.06
606 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Chief Culture Officer Summary
Chief Culture Officer
How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
by Grant McCracken 2009 272 pages
3.76
253 ratings
Business
Anthropology
Sociology
Loving the City Summary
Loving the City
Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
by Timothy J. Keller 2016 336 pages
4.29
220 ratings
Christian
Faith
Spirituality
Clock of the Long Now Summary
Clock of the Long Now
Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
by Stewart Brand 1999 208 pages
4.10
790 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition Summary
Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition
by Lizzie Post 2022 405 pages
4.33
136 ratings
Self Help
Reference
Sociology
Wired for Culture Summary
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
by Mark Pagel 2012 432 pages
3.87
297 ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Step Across This Line Summary
Step Across This Line
Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
by Salman Rushdie 2002 416 pages
3.93
1.2K ratings
Essays
India
Politics
Pink Floyd and Philosophy Summary
Pink Floyd and Philosophy
Careful with that Axiom, Eugene!
by George A. Reisch 2010 288 pages
3.80
269 ratings
Philosophy
Music
Cultural
Culture Summary
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
by Martin Puchner 2023 384 pages
3.82
538 ratings
History
Art
Sociology
The Myth of Equality Summary
The Myth of Equality
Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege
by Ken Wytsma 2017 208 pages
4.31
883 ratings
Race
Social Justice
Christian
Unhumans Summary
Unhumans
The Secret History of Communist Revolutions
by Jack Posobiec 2024 272 pages
4.08
625 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Book of Drugs Summary
The Book of Drugs
A Memoir
by Mike Doughty 2012 256 pages
3.63
1.6K ratings
Memoir
Music
Biography
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence
Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
by Michael Harris 2014 243 pages
3.64
1.8K ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
In Praise of Prejudice Summary
In Praise of Prejudice
The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
by Theodore Dalrymple 2007 129 pages
4.05
506 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Liberty for All Summary
Liberty for All
Defending Everyone's Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age
by Andrew T. Walker 2021 272 pages
3.98
125 ratings
Theology
Politics
Cultural
Mother American Night Summary
Mother American Night
My Life and Crazy Times
by John Perry Barlow 2018 288 pages
4.18
701 ratings
Biography
Music
Memoir
The Rage of a Privileged Class Summary
The Rage of a Privileged Class
by Ellis Cose 1993 192 pages
3.96
156 ratings
Race
Sociology
Politics
Tell Your Children Summary
Tell Your Children
The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence
by Alex Berenson 2019 272 pages
4.00
1.0K ratings
Science
Health
Politics
The People's Platform Summary
The People's Platform
Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
by Astra Taylor 2012 288 pages
4.04
604 ratings
Technology
Politics
Sociology
The Eclipse of God Summary
The Eclipse of God
Our Nation's Disastrous Search for a More Inclusive Deity
by Erwin W. Lutzer 2024 304 pages
4.65
185 ratings
Faith
Christian
Theology
The Passion of the Western Mind Summary
The Passion of the Western Mind
Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View
by Richard Tarnas 1991 560 pages
4.23
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Flawless Summary
Flawless
Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
by Elise Hu 2023 310 pages
4.07
2.3K ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Asia
The Way Out Summary
The Way Out
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
by Peter T. Coleman 2021 296 pages
3.81
135 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Leadership
What's Mine Is Yours Summary
What's Mine Is Yours
The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
by Rachel Botsman 2010
3.97
1.3K ratings
Business
Economics
Sociology
Why Liberalism Failed Summary
Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen 2018 248 pages
3.86
3.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling Summary
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Career Strategies for Asians
by Jane Hyun 2005 352 pages
3.51
239 ratings
Business
Self Help
Asian Literature
The Miracle of the Kurds Summary
The Miracle of the Kurds
A Remarkable Story of Hope Reborn in Northern Iraq
by Stephen Mansfield 2014 272 pages
4.08
321 ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Love as a Business Strategy Summary
Love as a Business Strategy
Resilience, Belonging & Success
by Mohammad F. Anwar 2021 336 pages
4.22
196 ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Why? Summary
Why?
What Makes Us Curious
by Mario Livio 2017 272 pages
3.54
769 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
America's Cultural Revolution Summary
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
by Christopher F. Rufo 2023 352 pages
4.25
924 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Age of Grievance Summary
The Age of Grievance
by Frank Bruni 2024 288 pages
4.10
1.5K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
The Listening Society Summary
The Listening Society
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
by Hanzi Freinacht 2017 475 pages
4.52
373 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
The Unprotected Class Summary
The Unprotected Class
How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart
by Jeremy Carl 2024 400 pages
4.32
130 ratings
Politics
History
Race
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination Summary
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
by Gary Lachman 2017 145 pages
4.25
230 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Occult
When the Moon is Low Summary
When the Moon is Low
by Nadia Hashimi 2015 384 pages
4.12
16.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Tearing Us Apart Summary
Tearing Us Apart
How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing
by Ryan T. Anderson 2022 320 pages
4.51
194 ratings
Cultural
Politics
Philosophy
Everybody Matters Summary
Everybody Matters
The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family
by Bob Chapman 2015 272 pages
4.04
1.1K ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
The Gutenberg Parenthesis Summary
The Gutenberg Parenthesis
The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet
by Jeff Jarvis 2023 328 pages
3.89
148 ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
Hollywood Heroes Summary
Hollywood Heroes
How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God
by Frank Turek 2022 243 pages
4.41
290 ratings
Christian
Religion
Cultural
You are Being Lied To Summary
You are Being Lied To
The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths
by Russ Kick 2001 350 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
The Bengalis Summary
The Bengalis
A Portrait of a Community
by Sudeep Chakravarti 2017 496 pages
3.88
207 ratings
History
India
Bangladesh
#GOSPEL Summary
#GOSPEL
Life, Hope, and Truth for Generation Now
by Daniel Rice 2017 240 pages
4.05
169 ratings
Christian
Religion
Self Help
Bobos in Paradise Summary
Bobos in Paradise
The New Upper Class and How They Got There
by David Brooks 2000 284 pages
3.62
4.5K ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Desiring the Kingdom Summary
Desiring the Kingdom
Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation
by James K.A. Smith 2009 238 pages
4.22
3.5K ratings
Theology
Philosophy
Education
The Joy of Pain Summary
The Joy of Pain
Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature
by Richard H. Smith 2013 238 pages
3.45
259 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
The Arabs in History Summary
The Arabs in History
by Bernard Lewis 1950 256 pages
3.73
432 ratings
History
Islam
Religion
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