Politics Book Summaries

Edible Economics Summary
Edible Economics
A Hungry Economist Explains the World
by Ha-Joon Chang 2022 224 pages
3.83
2.3K ratings
Economics
Food
Politics
A Thousand Plateaus Summary
A Thousand Plateaus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze 1980 632 pages
4.33
6.8K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Capitalism and Freedom Summary
Capitalism and Freedom
by Milton Friedman 1962 208 pages
3.90
14.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Dark Alliance Summary
Dark Alliance
The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
by Gary Webb 1998 601 pages
4.29
1.9K ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Pakistan Summary
Pakistan
A Hard Country
by Anatol Lieven 2011 592 pages
4.12
2.4K ratings
Pakistan
History
Politics
Bibi Summary
Bibi
My Story
by Benjamin Netanyahu 2022 733 pages
4.46
2.0K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Against Intellectual Monopoly Summary
Against Intellectual Monopoly
by Michele Boldrin 2008 312 pages
4.03
364 ratings
Economics
Law
Politics
Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 123 pages
3.94
21.5K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
The Age of the Strongman Summary
The Age of the Strongman
How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World
by Gideon Rachman 2022 288 pages
4.05
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Women & Power Summary
Women & Power
A Manifesto
by Mary Beard 2017 115 pages
4.02
38.0K ratings
Feminism
History
Essays
Economic Facts and Fallacies Summary
Economic Facts and Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2007 262 pages
4.23
6.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Mindf*ck Summary
Mindf*ck
Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America
by Christopher Wylie 2019 288 pages
4.36
7.5K ratings
Politics
Technology
History
Cult of the Dead Cow Summary
Cult of the Dead Cow
How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
by Joseph Menn 2019 256 pages
3.74
2.3K ratings
Technology
History
Hackers
Thank You for Smoking Summary
Thank You for Smoking
by Christopher Buckley 1994 272 pages
3.94
12.9K ratings
Humor
Contemporary
Politics
The Wise Men Summary
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
by Walter Isaacson 1986 864 pages
4.10
4.2K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2023 224 pages
4.42
2.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The House of Rothschild, Vol 1 Summary
The House of Rothschild, Vol 1
Money's Prophets, 1798-1848
by Niall Ferguson 1998 544 pages
3.88
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
Finance
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
874 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 272 pages
4.26
606 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
Stop Reading the News Summary
Stop Reading the News
A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life
by Rolf Dobelli 2019
3.71
3.4K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Politics
A Peace to End All Peace Summary
A Peace to End All Peace
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin 1989 635 pages
4.22
9.4K ratings
Politics
War
World History
At the Existentialist Café Summary
At the Existentialist Café
by Sarah Bakewell 2016 440 pages
4.24
18.2K ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Tower of Basel Summary
Tower of Basel
The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World
by Adam LeBor 2013 360 pages
3.81
551 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
A Hacker's Mind Summary
A Hacker's Mind
How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back
by Bruce Schneier 2023 304 pages
3.70
1.1K ratings
Technology
Politics
Business
Dying for a Paycheck Summary
Dying for a Paycheck
How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance—and What We Can Do About It
by Jeffrey Pfeffer 2018 266 pages
3.73
577 ratings
Business
Economics
Leadership
The War Below Summary
The War Below
Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
by Ernest Scheyder 2024 384 pages
3.92
951 ratings
Economics
Science
Politics
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
12.8K ratings
Science
History
Economics
The Divide Summary
The Divide
A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions
by Jason Hickel 2017 368 pages
4.62
3.5K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
This Time Is Different Summary
This Time Is Different
Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
by Carmen M. Reinhart 2009 460 pages
3.76
7.3K ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Shortest History of China Summary
The Shortest History of China
by Linda Jaivin 2021 263 pages
3.98
2.4K ratings
History
China
Asia
The Uninhabitable Earth Summary
The Uninhabitable Earth
Life After Warming
by David Wallace-Wells 2019 310 pages
4.00
29.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Of Boys and Men Summary
Of Boys and Men
Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
by Richard V. Reeves 2022 298 pages
4.05
8.6K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
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
2.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Rule of Law Summary
The Rule of Law
by Tom Bingham 2010 203 pages
4.11
3.1K ratings
Law
Politics
Philosophy
The Art of Power Summary
The Art of Power
My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
by Nancy Pelosi 2024 352 pages
3.98
5.1K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
The Bridge Summary
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
by David Remnick 2010 656 pages
4.10
4.6K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy
The Basics
by Nigel Warburton 1995 184 pages
3.84
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
History
Feminism or Death Summary
Feminism or Death
by Françoise d'Eaubonne 1974 352 pages
3.59
149 ratings
Feminism
Politics
France
Ghetto Summary
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
by Mitchell Duneier 2015 304 pages
3.74
571 ratings
History
Sociology
Race
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
579 ratings
Economics
History
Technology
Animal Spirits Summary
Animal Spirits
How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
by George A. Akerlof 2008 248 pages
3.78
5.1K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Finance
The Sum of Us Summary
The Sum of Us
What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
by Heather McGhee 2021 415 pages
4.62
20.1K ratings
Race
History
Politics
The End of Faith Summary
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris 2004 348 pages
3.90
42.7K ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Rage Becomes Her Summary
Rage Becomes Her
The Power of Women's Anger
by Soraya Chemaly 2018 364 pages
4.34
9.9K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Womens
The Art of Rhetoric Summary
The Art of Rhetoric
by Aristotle 292 pages
3.88
6.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Military Inc. Summary
Military Inc.
Inside Pakistan's Military Economy
by Ayesha Siddiqa 2007 292 pages
3.74
527 ratings
Pakistan
Politics
History
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance 2016 264 pages
3.85
480.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
How Spies Think Summary
How Spies Think
Ten Lessons in Intelligence
by David Omand 2020 344 pages
3.64
739 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Espionage
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never
Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
by Michael Shellenberger 2020 272 pages
4.17
6.0K ratings
Science
Politics
Environment
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