Politics Book Summaries

Strangers in Their Own Land Summary
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 242 pages
4.12
17.4K ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
The Skin We're In Summary
The Skin We're In
A Year of Black Resistance and Power
by Desmond Cole 2020 248 pages
4.45
10.1K ratings
Canada
Race
Politics
Modern Times Summary
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
by Paul Johnson 1983 880 pages
4.27
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Tyranny of Good Intentions Summary
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
by Paul Craig Roberts 2000 256 pages
4.04
127 ratings
Politics
Law
History
The Age of AI and Our Human Future Summary
The Age of AI and Our Human Future
by Henry Kissinger 2021 272 pages
3.45
4.8K ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
Destiny of the Republic Summary
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard 2011 339 pages
4.22
80.2K ratings
History
Biography
American History
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
A Very Short Introduction
by James Fulcher 2001 160 pages
3.56
1.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
On Speaking Well Summary
On Speaking Well
How to Give a Speech With Style, Substance, and Clarity
by Peggy Noonan 1998 224 pages
3.88
615 ratings
Communication
Self Help
Politics
Khomeinism Summary
Khomeinism
Essays on the Islamic Republic
by Ervand Abrahamian 1993 200 pages
3.85
161 ratings
Iran
History
Politics
The New Case for Gold Summary
The New Case for Gold
by James Rickards 2016 192 pages
3.99
1.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Future of Freedom Summary
The Future of Freedom
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed Zakaria 2003 295 pages
4.02
3.4K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Hacking of the American Mind Summary
The Hacking of the American Mind
The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
by Robert H. Lustig 2017 352 pages
4.09
2.8K ratings
Health
Psychology
Science
Slow Down Summary
Slow Down
The Degrowth Manifesto
by Kōhei Saitō 2020 273 pages
3.94
1.9K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Your Face Belongs to Us Summary
Your Face Belongs to Us
A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It
by Kashmir Hill 2023 352 pages
4.12
2.1K ratings
Technology
Politics
Business
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
424 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton 2013 362 pages
3.82
2.4K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Fix the System, Not the Women Summary
Fix the System, Not the Women
by Laura Bates 2022 208 pages
4.50
4.9K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Womens
Calling Bullshit Summary
Calling Bullshit
The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
by Carl T. Bergstrom 2020 336 pages
4.11
4.9K ratings
Science
Psychology
Business
The Worldly Philosophers Summary
The Worldly Philosophers
by Robert L. Heilbroner 1953 368 pages
4.16
8.7K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
History
The Origins of Political Order Summary
The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
by Francis Fukuyama 2011 585 pages
4.18
10.1K ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
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
4.8K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
The Theory of Money and Credit Summary
The Theory of Money and Credit
by Ludwig von Mises 1912 544 pages
4.21
1.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Philosophy
Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
A Manifesto
by Aaron Bastani 2018 278 pages
3.69
2.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm
How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
by Bjørn Lomborg 2020 320 pages
4.17
2.6K ratings
Science
Politics
Climate Change
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Finnish Lessons Summary
Finnish Lessons
What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?
by Pasi Sahlberg 2011 167 pages
3.89
825 ratings
Education
Teaching
Parenting
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
by Charles Eisenstein 2011 469 pages
4.22
1.8K ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
The Future We Choose Summary
The Future We Choose
Surviving the Climate Crisis
by Christiana Figueres 2020 210 pages
4.05
6.6K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The System Summary
The System
Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
by Robert B. Reich 2020 224 pages
4.28
3.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Letters to a Young Contrarian Summary
Letters to a Young Contrarian
by Christopher Hitchens 2001 141 pages
4.13
12.5K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Read Dangerously Summary
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
by Azar Nafisi 2022 240 pages
4.03
1.9K ratings
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
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
6.3K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
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
8.8K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
A Call to Action Summary
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
by Jimmy Carter 2014 211 pages
4.04
2.2K ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Stamped Summary
Stamped
Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds 2020 294 pages
4.47
53.2K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur
America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy
by Yanis Varoufakis 2011 252 pages
4.17
2.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Love Your Enemies Summary
Love Your Enemies
How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
by Arthur C. Brooks 2019 256 pages
4.29
3.4K ratings
Politics
Self Help
Psychology
Dongri To Dubai Summary
Dongri To Dubai
Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia
by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012 378 pages
3.95
10.5K ratings
Crime
India
History
T-Minus AI Summary
T-Minus AI
Humanity's Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power
by Michael Kanaan 2020 304 pages
3.77
694 ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
The Open Society and Its Enemies Summary
The Open Society and Its Enemies
by Karl Popper 1956 920 pages
4.23
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Why We're Polarized Summary
Why We're Polarized
by Ezra Klein 2020 336 pages
4.22
18.0K ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Where We Stand Summary
Where We Stand
Class Matters
by bell hooks 2000 164 pages
4.23
2.8K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Rebel Cities Summary
Rebel Cities
From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
by David Harvey 2012 206 pages
3.92
2.0K ratings
Politics
Urbanism
Urban Studies
The Great Debate Summary
The Great Debate
Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
by Yuval Levin 2013 296 pages
3.87
1.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Minima Moralia Summary
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
by Theodor W. Adorno 1951 256 pages
4.24
4.6K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
The Political Brain Summary
The Political Brain
The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
by Drew Westen 2007 457 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
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
1.6K ratings
History
Politics
Race
Average Is Over Summary
Average Is Over
Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
by Tyler Cowen 2013 304 pages
3.64
2.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
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