Politics Book Summaries

Not for Sale Summary
Not for Sale
The Return of the Global Slave Tradeβ€”and How We Can Fight It
by David Batstone 2007 320 pages
4.24
1.9K ratings
Social Justice
Politics
History
The Emergency Summary
The Emergency
A Personal History
by Coomi Kapoor 2015 400 pages
4.00
1.1K ratings
India
History
Politics
Frenemies Summary
Frenemies
The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business
by Ken Auletta 2018 368 pages
3.42
579 ratings
Business
Technology
Psychology
Values, Voice and Virtue Summary
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
by Matthew Goodwin 2023
3.73
309 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Myth of Equality Summary
The Myth of Equality
Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege
by Ken Wytsma 2017 208 pages
4.31
883 ratings
Race
Social Justice
Christian
The Enlightenment Summary
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction
by John Robertson 2015 147 pages
3.57
283 ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
Putinism Summary
Putinism
Russia and Its Future with the West
by Walter Laqueur 2015 288 pages
3.30
256 ratings
Russia
Politics
History
Wilmington's Lie Summary
Wilmington's Lie
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
by David Zucchino 2020 426 pages
4.43
4.0K ratings
History
Politics
Race
The Silenced Majority Summary
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
by Amy Goodman 2012 342 pages
4.07
248 ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
Why Bharat Matters Summary
Why Bharat Matters
by S. Jaishankar 2024 237 pages
3.91
368 ratings
India
Politics
History
The Myth of the Strong Leader Summary
The Myth of the Strong Leader
Political Leadership in the Modern Age
by Archie Brown 2014 480 pages
3.65
783 ratings
Politics
Leadership
History
Dressed Up for a Riot Summary
Dressed Up for a Riot
Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
by Michael Idov 2018 288 pages
3.62
261 ratings
Russia
Memoir
Politics
The Audacity to Win Summary
The Audacity to Win
The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
by David Plouffe 2009 400 pages
4.00
3.8K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Good Ancestor Summary
The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages
4.07
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
The Economics of Innocent Fraud Summary
The Economics of Innocent Fraud
Truth for Our Time
by John Kenneth Galbraith 2004 62 pages
3.62
508 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Great Crash 1929 Summary
The Great Crash 1929
by John Kenneth Galbraith 1954 206 pages
3.92
6.0K ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela Summary
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela
by Zelda la Grange 2014 384 pages
3.80
1.4K ratings
Biography
Africa
Memoir
Music Summary
Music
A Subversive History
by Ted Gioia 2019 528 pages
4.02
744 ratings
Music
History
Art
Municipal Dreams Summary
Municipal Dreams
The Rise and Fall of Council Housing
by John Boughton 2018 336 pages
3.95
698 ratings
History
Politics
Architecture
Black American Refugee Summary
Black American Refugee
Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream
by Tiffanie Drayton 2022 304 pages
4.03
312 ratings
Memoir
Race
Biography Memoir
Everything for Everyone Summary
Everything for Everyone
The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy
by Nathan Schneider 2018 267 pages
3.95
133 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Making Globalization Work Summary
Making Globalization Work
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2006 384 pages
3.85
2.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Dit kan niet waar zijn. Onder bankiers Summary
Dit kan niet waar zijn. Onder bankiers
by Joris Luyendijk 2015 208 pages
3.84
7.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
SCUM Manifesto Summary
SCUM Manifesto
by Valerie Solanas 1967 96 pages
3.77
11.3K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
Republic of Lies Summary
Republic of Lies
American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
by Anna Merlan 2019 288 pages
3.89
1.8K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
All the Presidents' Bankers Summary
All the Presidents' Bankers
The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power
by Nomi Prins 2014 544 pages
4.07
511 ratings
History
Economics
Politics
No One Man Should Have All That Power Summary
No One Man Should Have All That Power
How Rasputins Manipulate the World
by Amos Barshad 2019 240 pages
3.67
178 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Freak Kingdom Summary
Freak Kingdom
Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism
by Timothy Denevi 2018 416 pages
4.25
523 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement Summary
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision
by Barbara Ransby 2003 496 pages
4.33
1.6K ratings
History
Biography
Race
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other
A New Social Contract for a Better Society
by Minouche Shafik 2021 256 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Black Folk Summary
Black Folk
The Roots of the Black Working Class
by Blair L.M. Kelley 2023 352 pages
4.49
370 ratings
History
Race
Politics
Essential Works of Lenin Summary
Essential Works of Lenin
"What Is to Be Done?" and Other Writings
by Vladimir Lenin 1964 400 pages
4.10
711 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Human Cost of Welfare Summary
The Human Cost of Welfare
How the System Hurts the People It's Supposed to Help
by Phil Harvey 2016 232 pages
4.42
19 ratings
Politics
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World
by John-Paul Flintoff 2012 170 pages
3.73
928 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Politics
Essays on the Great Depression Summary
Essays on the Great Depression
by Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 pages
3.78
128 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Crisis and Command Summary
Crisis and Command
A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush
by John Yoo 2010 544 pages
3.62
129 ratings
History
Politics
Presidents
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
by Allen Frances 2016 336 pages
3.61
279 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.71
930 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Years That Matter Most Summary
The Years That Matter Most
How College Makes or Breaks Us
by Paul Tough 2019 400 pages
4.40
2.3K ratings
Education
Sociology
College
Bull by the Horns Summary
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
by Sheila Bair 2012 432 pages
3.91
487 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Campaign Manager Summary
The Campaign Manager
Running and Winning Local Elections
by Catherine M. Shaw 1996 416 pages
3.94
203 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Reference
Revolutionary Witchcraft Summary
Revolutionary Witchcraft
A Guide to Magical Activism
by Sarah Lyons 2019 168 pages
3.90
517 ratings
Witchcraft
Spirituality
Politics
Crooked Summary
Crooked
Man-Made Disease Explained: The incredible story of metal, microbes, and medicineβ€”hidden within our faces.
by Forrest Maready 2018 406 pages
4.40
164 ratings
Health
History
Science
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 544 pages
4.02
501 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Anarchist Cookbook Summary
The Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell 1971 160 pages
3.50
2.5K ratings
Politics
Banned Books
Reference
Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
by Thomas Sowell 1998 516 pages
4.43
896 ratings
History
Economics
Politics
New Cold Wars Summary
New Cold Wars
China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
by David E. Sanger 2024 528 pages
4.34
1.6K ratings
Politics
History
China
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
A Prescription for Action
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.32
286 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Megafire Summary
Megafire
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
by Michael Kodas 2017 384 pages
4.01
247 ratings
Science
Nature
Climate Change
The Race between Education and Technology Summary
The Race between Education and Technology
by Claudia Goldin 2008 496 pages
3.84
178 ratings
Economics
Education
History
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