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How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
29.3K ratings
Politics
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On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
by Timothy Snyder 2017 127 pages
4.26
83.8K ratings
History
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Essays
The Happiest Man on Earth Summary
The Happiest Man on Earth
by Eddie Jaku 2020 208 pages
4.62
111.9K ratings
Biography
Memoir
History
A Brief History of Time Summary
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 1988 226 pages
4.21
461.8K ratings
Science
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Bushido Summary
Bushido
The Soul of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe 1899 160 pages
3.85
9.7K ratings
Philosophy
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Technopoly Summary
Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
by Neil Postman 1992 222 pages
3.95
4.9K ratings
Technology
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The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Vรกclav Havel 1978 228 pages
4.21
3.7K ratings
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Technofeudalism Summary
Technofeudalism
What Killed Capitalism
by Yanis Varoufakis 2023 224 pages
4.03
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Digital Gold Summary
Digital Gold
Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
by Nathaniel Popper 2015 416 pages
4.15
6.8K ratings
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Finance
A Book of Five Rings Summary
A Book of Five Rings
The Classic Guide to Strategy
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645 192 pages
3.96
58.3K ratings
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Caste Summary
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020 544 pages
4.53
153.7K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Deficit Myth Summary
The Deficit Myth
Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
by Stephanie Kelton 2020 327 pages
4.03
9.3K ratings
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Manโ€™s Search for Meaning Summary
Manโ€™s Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl 1946 165 pages
4.37
814.6K ratings
Psychology
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Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
by Henry Kissinger 1994 912 pages
4.25
9.0K ratings
History
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International Relations
The New New Thing Summary
The New New Thing
A Silicon Valley Story
by Michael Lewis 1999 349 pages
3.75
10.1K ratings
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The Socratic Method Summary
The Socratic Method
A Practitioner's Handbook
by Ward Farnsworth 2021 243 pages
4.27
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
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Self Help
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages
4.05
145.9K ratings
Biography
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American History
Einstein Summary
Einstein
His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson 2007 675 pages
4.17
195.4K ratings
Biography
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A Man for All Markets Summary
A Man for All Markets
From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
by Edward O. Thorp 2016 416 pages
4.24
7.3K ratings
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Everything Is Tuberculosis Summary
Everything Is Tuberculosis
The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green 2025 208 pages
4.50
37.8K ratings
History
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Health
Letters from a Stoic Summary
Letters from a Stoic
by Seneca 254 pages
4.34
51.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 1997 119 pages
4.06
19.1K ratings
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Politics
India After Gandhi Summary
India After Gandhi
The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha 2007 912 pages
4.39
17.9K ratings
History
Politics
Indian Literature
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
16.8K ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
Destiny Disrupted Summary
Destiny Disrupted
A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
by Tamim Ansary 2009 416 pages
4.40
11.5K ratings
History
Islam
Politics
Too Much and Never Enough Summary
Too Much and Never Enough
How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
by Mary L. Trump 2020 236 pages
3.82
94.0K ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
The Ascent of Money Summary
The Ascent of Money
A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
by Niall Ferguson 2007 496 pages
3.90
29.9K ratings
History
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Finance
AI Needs You Summary
AI Needs You
How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
by Verity Harding 2024 288 pages
3.55
199 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
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Humankind Summary
Humankind
A Hopeful History
by Rutger Bregman 2019 462 pages
4.32
73.1K ratings
History
Psychology
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Answer to History Summary
Answer to History
by Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1979 204 pages
3.88
556 ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Machine That Changed the World Summary
The Machine That Changed the World
The Story of Lean Production
by James P. Womack 1990 323 pages
4.04
2.5K ratings
Business
Management
History
Blueprint for Revolution Summary
Blueprint for Revolution
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
by Srdja Popovic 2015 304 pages
4.31
1.9K ratings
Politics
Activism
History
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
by Paul Kennedy 1987 677 pages
4.14
6.1K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Medieval India Summary
Medieval India
From Sultanat To The Mughals 1526-1748
by Satish Chandra 1997 550 pages
3.97
349 ratings
History
India
Asia
Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography Summary
Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography
The Story Of My Experiments With Truth
by M.K. Gandhi 2020 649 pages
4.05
428 ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
The Power of Myth Summary
The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell 1988 293 pages
4.26
52.8K ratings
Mythology
Philosophy
History
Cosmos Summary
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan 1980 384 pages
4.40
154.2K ratings
Science
Astronomy
Physics
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 pages
4.08
1.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham 2006 360 pages
3.86
82.1K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
Killers of the Flower Moon Summary
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann 2017 359 pages
4.14
416.9K ratings
History
True Crime
Book Club
Beyond Good and Evil Summary
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 240 pages
4.03
107.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Kybalion Summary
Kybalion
A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
by Three Initiates 1912 223 pages
4.24
15.8K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Occult
The Anatomy of Fascism Summary
The Anatomy of Fascism
by Robert O. Paxton 2004 336 pages
4.22
4.8K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Unbroken Summary
Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand 2010 475 pages
4.39
982.2K ratings
History
Biography
Book Club
A Conflict of Visions Summary
A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
by Thomas Sowell 1986 304 pages
4.32
4.5K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
As We Have Always Done Summary
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2017 216 pages
4.57
1.1K ratings
Indigenous
Politics
History
The Art of Making Money Summary
The Art of Making Money
The Story of a Master Counterfeiter
by Jason Kersten 2009 304 pages
4.01
1.5K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
8.1K ratings
Economics
Africa
Politics
In Order to Live Summary
In Order to Live
A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
by Yeonmi Park 2015 273 pages
4.49
97.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Man, the State, and War Summary
Man, the State, and War
A Theoretical Analysis
by Kenneth N. Waltz 1954 263 pages
3.97
2.0K ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
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