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Against Democracy Summary
Against Democracy
by Jason Brennan 2016 304 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Politics
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My Life And Work Summary
My Life And Work
by Henry Ford 1922 140 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Biography
Business
History
Ghetto Summary
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
by Mitchell Duneier 2015 304 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
History
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Callings Summary
Callings
The Purpose and Passion of Work
by Dave Isay 2016 266 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
Memoir
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Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 461 pages
4.21
6k+ ratings
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People, Power, and Profits Summary
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019 366 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Stamped Summary
Stamped
Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds 2020 294 pages
4.47
53k+ ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Rape of the Mind Summary
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956 326 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Once Upon a Time in Russia Summary
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
by Ben Mezrich 2015 288 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages
4.15
1.3M+ ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
We Are Not Yet Equal Summary
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
by Carol Anderson 2018 270 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
Power and Progress Summary
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
by Daron Acemoğlu 2023
3.93
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Truth and Method Summary
Truth and Method
by Hans-Georg Gadamer 1960 640 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
German Literature
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Summary
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
by Joy DeGruy Leary 2005 235 pages
4.49
2k+ ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Psychology Book Summary
The Psychology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Nigel C. Benson 2011 352 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Reference
Mindf*ck Summary
Mindf*ck
Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America
by Christopher Wylie 2019 288 pages
4.36
7k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
History
How to Save the West Summary
How to Save the West
Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
by Spencer Klavan 2023 256 pages
4.29
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The System Summary
The System
Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
by Robert B. Reich 2020 224 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Fall of Heaven Summary
The Fall of Heaven
The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
by Andrew Scott Cooper 2016 608 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
History
Iran
Politics
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
by Paul Krugman 2008 224 pages
3.83
8k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Paul Summary
Paul
The Pagans' Apostle
by Paula Fredriksen 2017 336 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
The Crusades Summary
The Crusades
The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
by Thomas Asbridge 2010 784 pages
4.23
6k+ ratings
History
Religion
Medieval
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone) Summary
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone)
Half Crazy, Half Genius—Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saint’s Last Words
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645 278 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Martial Arts
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Visionaries Summary
The Visionaries
Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times
by Wolfram Eilenberger 2020 399 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages
4.03
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Classics
War on Peace Summary
War on Peace
The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
by Ronan Farrow 2018 392 pages
4.15
8k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
Hitler's American Model Summary
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
by James Q. Whitman 2017 208 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Economic Facts and Fallacies Summary
Economic Facts and Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2007 262 pages
4.23
5k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Evolution of Fiqh Summary
The Evolution of Fiqh
Islamic Law & the Madh-habs
by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips 1988 228 pages
4.36
100+ ratings
Islam
Religion
History
Kushner, Inc. Summary
Kushner, Inc.
Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
by Vicky Ward 2019 304 pages
3.53
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
The Narrow Corridor Summary
The Narrow Corridor
States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2019 560 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen 1995 383 pages
3.97
71k+ ratings
History
Education
Politics
Letters to a Young Contrarian Summary
Letters to a Young Contrarian
by Christopher Hitchens 2001 141 pages
4.13
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
The Technology Trap Summary
The Technology Trap
Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
by Carl Benedikt Frey 2019 480 pages
4.13
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Technology
King of Capital Summary
King of Capital
The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
by David Carey 2010 400 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Biography
Easy Money Summary
Easy Money
Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
by Ben McKenzie 2023 304 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Start-up Nation Summary
Start-up Nation
The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
by Dan Senor 2009 304 pages
4.11
12k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Israel
Atatürk Summary
Atatürk
The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
by Andrew Mango 1999 666 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Power of Women Summary
The Power of Women
A Doctor's Journey of Hope and Healing
by Denis Mukwege 2021 320 pages
4.72
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Health
War
The Hot Zone Summary
The Hot Zone
The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
by Richard Preston 1994 352 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Science
History
Medical
How the World Really Works Summary
How the World Really Works
A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
by Vaclav Smil 2022 326 pages
3.96
12k+ ratings
Science
History
Economics
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy
The Basics
by Nigel Warburton 1995 184 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Reference
History
Counsels and Maxims Summary
Counsels and Maxims
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 116 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Melania Summary
Melania
by Melania Trump 2024 338 pages
3.83
12k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
The Shortest History of China Summary
The Shortest History of China
by Linda Jaivin 2021 263 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
History
China
Asia
The Origins of Virtue Summary
The Origins of Virtue
Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
by Matt Ridley 1997 265 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
21st Century Monetary Policy Summary
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
by Ben S. Bernanke 2022 512 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire
A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
by Bryant Simon 2017 320 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
History
American History
Labor
Women, Race & Class Summary
Women, Race & Class
by Angela Y. Davis 1981 271 pages
4.59
32k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
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