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Broken Money Summary
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
4.66
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
The Ballot and the Bible Summary
The Ballot and the Bible
How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
by Kaitlyn Schiess 2023 224 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Politics
Theology
Christian
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2023 224 pages
4.43
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages
4.41
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Seldom Disappointed Summary
Seldom Disappointed
A Memoir
by Tony Hillerman 2001 368 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Chasing the Scream Summary
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
by Johann Hari 2015 400 pages
4.50
20k+ ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
Mind Hunter Summary
Mind Hunter
Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John E. Douglas 1995 397 pages
4.09
75k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Psychology
The Hate Next Door Summary
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
by Matson Browning 2023 368 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages
4.41
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Walk the Blue Line Summary
Walk the Blue Line
They Walk the Line between Life and Death
by James Patterson 2023 352 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Biography
Crime
English Journey Summary
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley 1934 320 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
Red Notice Summary
Red Notice
A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by Bill Browder 2015 380 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
History
Politics
Russia
Becoming Steve Jobs Summary
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
by Brent Schlender 2015 464 pages
4.14
16k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
Politics On the Edge Summary
Politics On the Edge
A Memoir From Within
by Rory Stewart 2023 436 pages
4.34
13k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Bad City Summary
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
by Paul Pringle 2022 304 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Same as Ever Summary
Same as Ever
A Guide to What Never Changes
by Morgan Housel 2023 240 pages
4.17
17k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Finance
The Genius of Israel Summary
The Genius of Israel
The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
by Dan Senor 2023 336 pages
4.38
500+ ratings
Israel
History
Jewish
Controligarchs Summary
Controligarchs
Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life
by Seamus Bruner 2023 384 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Mao's America Summary
Mao's America
A Survivor’s Warning
by Xi Van Fleet 2023 320 pages
4.45
100+ ratings
Politics
History
China
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Summary
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
by Tim Alberta 2023 506 pages
4.42
13k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Women, Race & Class Summary
Women, Race & Class
by Angela Y. Davis 1981 271 pages
4.58
31k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Race
12 Bytes Summary
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
by Jeanette Winterson 2021 324 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Essays
Science
Technology
Philosophy as a Way of Life Summary
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
by Pierre Hadot 1981 320 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Spirituality
Vienna Summary
Vienna
How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
by Richard Cockett 2023 464 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Travel
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Bill of Obligations Summary
The Bill of Obligations
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
by Richard N. Haass 2023 240 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
How to Stop Fascism Summary
How to Stop Fascism
History, Ideology, Resistance
by Paul Mason 2021 320 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus Summary
Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus
How a Jewish Perspective Can Transform Your Understanding
by Lois Tverberg 2018 289 pages
4.45
1k+ ratings
Christian
Theology
Religion
Letter to the American Church Summary
Letter to the American Church
by Eric Metaxas 2022 159 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
Christian
Christian Living
Religion
Thank God for Bitcoin Summary
Thank God for Bitcoin
The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money
by Bitcoin and Bible Group 2020 148 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Summary
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
by Thomas Cathcart 2007 200 pages
3.76
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Comedy
Ramayana Unravelled Summary
Ramayana Unravelled
Lesser Known Facets of Rishi Vālmiki’s Epic
by Ami Ganatra 2022 236 pages
4.40
500+ ratings
History
Mythology
Religion
Propaganda Summary
Propaganda
The Formation of Men's Attitudes
by Jacques Ellul 1962 352 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
People vs. Donald Trump Summary
People vs. Donald Trump
An Inside Account
by Mark Pomerantz 2023 299 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Crime
Where the Water Goes Summary
Where the Water Goes
Life and Death Along the Colorado River
by David Owen 2017 288 pages
3.92
3k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2012 529 pages
4.08
55k+ ratings
Politics
History
Business
The 33 Strategies of War Summary
The 33 Strategies of War
by Robert Greene 2001 496 pages
4.23
18k+ ratings
Psychology
History
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
History
Trivia
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
by Wes Jackson 2022 184 pages
3.57
100+ ratings
Climate Change
Science
Environment
AI Needs You Summary
AI Needs You
How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
by Verity Harding 2024 288 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Business
Read Write Own Summary
Read Write Own
Building the Next Era of the Internet
by Chris Dixon 2024 320 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Science
Extremely Hardcore Summary
Extremely Hardcore
Inside Elon Musk's Twitter
by Zoë Schiffer 2024 352 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
History
Black Edge Summary
Black Edge
Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
by Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017 295 pages
4.20
16k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Attack from Within Summary
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
by Barbara McQuade 2024 384 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Technology
The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict Summary
The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict
Annotated & Explained
by Thomas Cuong Huynh 2008 256 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
The Scam Summary
The Scam
by Debashis Basu 1993 378 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
The Smear Summary
The Smear
How the Secret Art of Character Assassination Controls What You Think, What You Read, and How You Vote
by Sharyl Attkisson 2017 288 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
Free and Equal Summary
Free and Equal
What Would a Fair Society Look Like?
by Daniel Chandler 2023 416 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
50 Business Classics Summary
50 Business Classics
Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2018 400 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Business
Management
Finance
The Splendid and the Vile Summary
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson 2020 546 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
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