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The Weirdest People In The World Summary
The Weirdest People In The World
by Joseph Henrich 2020 704 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
Psychology
History
Science
Edmund Burke Summary
Edmund Burke
by Russell Kirk 2014 110 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Why Americans Hate Politics Summary
Why Americans Hate Politics
by E.J. Dionne 2013 484 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
American
Clean Summary
Clean
by James Hamblin 2020 304 pages
3.91
4k+ ratings
Science
Health
History
American Sketches Summary
American Sketches
Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
by Walter Isaacson 2009 308 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
X Saves the World Summary
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
by Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 pages
3.46
500+ ratings
Sociology
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Pop Culture
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 260 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
by Pamela Paul 2021 1088 pages
3.41
2k+ ratings
Essays
History
Humor
The Devil Never Sleeps Summary
The Devil Never Sleeps
by Juliette Kayyem 2022 775 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Business
Brown Enough Summary
Brown Enough
by Christopher Rivas 2022 336 pages
4.29
100+ ratings
Memoir
Race
Anti Racist
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Inventors)
by Hourly History 2016 43 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Biography
History
Historical
Messi vs. Ronaldo Summary
Messi vs. Ronaldo
One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game
by Jonathan Clegg 2022 315 pages
4.2
500+ ratings
Sports
Soccer
Football
The Mark of a Giant Summary
The Mark of a Giant
7 People Who Changed the World
by Ted Stewart 2013 320 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince Summary
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince
In Search of Saint-Exupéry's Lost Child
by Pierre Lassus 2017 198 pages
3.25
50+ ratings
Books About Books
History
Biography
Strong Inside Summary
Strong Inside
Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
by Andrew Maraniss 2014 480 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Sports
Biography
History
A Natural History of Human Emotions Summary
A Natural History of Human Emotions
by Stuart Walton 2016 436 pages
3.66
10+ ratings
History
Psychology
Science
Firefighters Summary
Firefighters
Their Lives in Their Own Words
by Dennis Smith 2010 378 pages
4.1
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Emergency Services
A Lab of One's Own Summary
A Lab of One's Own
One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
by Rita Colwell 2020 282 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Feminism
Rudolf Steiner Summary
Rudolf Steiner
An Introduction to His Life and Work
by Gary Lachman 2007 304 pages
3.93
100+ ratings
Biography
Philosophy
Religion
Backstory Summary
Backstory
Inside the Business of News
by Ken Auletta 2004 372 pages
3.57
50+ ratings
Journalism
Business
History
How Woke Won Summary
How Woke Won
The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason
by Joanna Williams 2022 305 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know Book 28) Summary
Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know Book 28)
by Candace Rose Rardon 2020 144 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Tea
Food
Cookbooks
LeaderShift Summary
LeaderShift
A Call for Americans to Finally Stand Up and Lead
by Orrin Woodward 2013 191 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
History
Innovate Like Edison Summary
Innovate Like Edison
The Five-Step System for Breakthrough Business Success
by Michael J. Gelb 2007 320 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Business
Biography
Personal Development
The Long Alliance Summary
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
by Gabriel Debenedetti 2022 421 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition Summary
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition
by John Perkins 2023 384 pages
3.87
37k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle 2023 368 pages
4.28
2k+ ratings
Science
Climate Change
Politics
Ten Days in a Mad-House Summary
Ten Days in a Mad-House
Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors
by Nellie Bly 2021 97 pages
3.86
20k+ ratings
History
Classics
Psychology
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
by Bernie Sanders 2023 297 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
In the Land of Israel Summary
In the Land of Israel
by Amos Oz 1993 296 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Israel
Jewish
History
The Story of My Life Summary
The Story of My Life
by Helen Keller 2017 152 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
How to Read the Bible Summary
How to Read the Bible
A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
by James L. Kugel 2012 852 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Religion
History
Theology
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond 2023 304 pages
4.27
40k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Can't We Just Print More Money? Summary
Can't We Just Print More Money?
by The Bank of England 2022 320 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
The Teachers Summary
The Teachers
A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
by Alexandra Robbins 2023 384 pages
4.19
3k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Sociology
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 279 pages
4.11
11k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
TORY NATION Summary
TORY NATION
by Samuel Earle 2023 304 pages
4.22
50+ ratings
Politics
History
Power and Progress Summary
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
by Daron Acemoglu 2023 560 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Hitler's American Model Summary
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
by James Q. Whitman 2017 224 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Brave Genius Summary
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
by Sean B. Carroll 2013 594 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
History
Science
Biography
The Road to Unfreedom Summary
The Road to Unfreedom
Russia, Europe, America
by Timothy Snyder 2018 368 pages
4.36
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
Russia
Moneyball - The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Summary
Moneyball - The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
by Michael Lewis
4.26
100k+ ratings
Sports
Baseball
Business
Recoding America Summary
Recoding America
Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
by Jennifer Pahlka 2023 336 pages
4.43
1k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Government
The Capitalist Manifesto Summary
The Capitalist Manifesto
by Johan Norberg 2023 304 pages
4.32
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Laws of Human Nature Summary
The Laws of Human Nature
by Robert Greene 2018 624 pages
4.37
21k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable Summary
If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable
by Mikko Hypponen 2022 288 pages
4.1
1k+ ratings
Technology
Finnish Literature
History
Values, Voice and Virtue Summary
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
by Matthew Goodwin 2023 272 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Hackers Summary
Hackers
by Steven Levy 2010 520 pages
4.16
8k+ ratings
History
Technology
Computer Science
The Truth About Trump Summary
The Truth About Trump
by Michael D'Antonio 2016 414 pages
3.56
500+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Business
The Essays of Warren Buffett Summary
The Essays of Warren Buffett
Lessons for Corporate America
by Lawrence A. Cunningham 10/2019 488 pages
4.54
100+ ratings
Business
Finance
Money
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