Politics Book Summaries

The Accidental Admiral Summary
The Accidental Admiral
A Sailor Takes Command at NATO
by James G. Stavridis 2014 288 pages
3.98
240 ratings
Military Fiction
Biography
Leadership
Buckley Summary
Buckley
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
by Carl T. Bogus 2011 416 pages
3.76
146 ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Closing of the American Mind Summary
The Closing of the American Mind
by Allan Bloom 1987 392 pages
3.76
5.8K ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
The Rage of a Privileged Class Summary
The Rage of a Privileged Class
by Ellis Cose 1993 192 pages
3.96
156 ratings
Race
Sociology
Politics
Prisoner Summary
Prisoner
My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out
by Jason Rezaian 2019 320 pages
3.90
1.6K ratings
Memoir
Iran
Biography
Days of Fire Summary
Days of Fire
Bush and Cheney in the White House
by Peter Baker 2013 816 pages
4.11
3.5K ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Democracy Summary
Democracy
The God That Failed
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe 2001 304 pages
4.15
2.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Reckless Endangerment Summary
Reckless Endangerment
How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
by Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 pages
3.96
1.5K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
A New Foreign Policy Summary
A New Foreign Policy
Beyond American Exceptionalism
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018 262 pages
3.83
276 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
House of Bush, House of Saud Summary
House of Bush, House of Saud
The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
by Craig Unger 2004 384 pages
3.91
1.5K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Static Summary
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
by Amy Goodman 2006 338 pages
4.06
380 ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
The Afrikaners Summary
The Afrikaners
Biography of a People
by Hermann Giliomee 2003 720 pages
4.17
130 ratings
History
Africa
South Africa
Full Frontal Feminism Summary
Full Frontal Feminism
by Jessica Valenti 2007 271 pages
3.86
8.1K ratings
Feminism
Gender Studies
Gender
A Simple Government Summary
A Simple Government
Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington
by Mike Huckabee 2011 240 pages
3.75
301 ratings
Politics
History
Government
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas
Inside the New Global Sex Trade
by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages
3.90
951 ratings
True Crime
Feminism
Sociology
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
4.41
14.8K ratings
Politics
Religion
History
The Spymasters Summary
The Spymasters
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
The Afghanistan Papers Summary
The Afghanistan Papers
A Secret History of the War
by Craig Whitlock 2021 368 pages
4.25
6.3K ratings
History
Politics
War
The People's Platform Summary
The People's Platform
Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
by Astra Taylor 2012 288 pages
4.04
604 ratings
Technology
Politics
Sociology
Liberty for All Summary
Liberty for All
Defending Everyone's Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age
by Andrew T. Walker 2021 272 pages
3.98
125 ratings
Theology
Politics
Cultural
Hate Inc. Summary
Hate Inc.
Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
by Matt Taibbi 2019 380 pages
4.10
5.5K ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
The Primal Prescription Summary
The Primal Prescription
Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole
by Doug McGuff 2015 463 pages
4.23
128 ratings
Health
Economics
Medicine
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.34
151.0K ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
Groupthink Summary
Groupthink
A Study in Self Delusion
by Christopher Booker 2020 240 pages
3.13
112 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
In Praise of Prejudice Summary
In Praise of Prejudice
The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
by Theodore Dalrymple 2007 129 pages
4.05
506 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Modern Misogyny Summary
Modern Misogyny
Anti-Feminism in a Post-Feminist Era
by Kristin J. Anderson 2014 208 pages
4.12
86 ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Politics
The Undocumented Americans Summary
The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2020 208 pages
4.38
24.4K ratings
Memoir
Politics
Social Justice
How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference Summary
How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference
by Rebecca Huntley 2020 304 pages
3.89
356 ratings
Climate Change
Environment
Sustainability
Planet on Fire Summary
Planet on Fire
A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown
by Mathew Lawrence 2021 289 pages
3.66
168 ratings
Environment
Politics
Climate Change
To Save Everything, Click Here Summary
To Save Everything, Click Here
The Folly of Technological Solutionism
by Evgeny Morozov 2013 415 pages
3.68
1.4K ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Politics
Freedomnomics Summary
Freedomnomics
Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
by John R. Lott Jr. 2007 275 pages
3.55
574 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Good Reasonable People Summary
Good Reasonable People
The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide
by Keith Payne 2024 272 pages
4.06
606 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Kremlin Rising Summary
Kremlin Rising
Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution
by Peter Baker 2005 464 pages
3.88
320 ratings
Russia
History
Politics
Kurdish Women's Stories Summary
Kurdish Women's Stories
by Houzan Mahmoud 2021 224 pages
4.46
169 ratings
Feminism
Short Stories
Memoir
Excellent Daughters Summary
Excellent Daughters
The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World
by Katherine Zoepf 2016 258 pages
3.87
1.1K ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
Lincoln on Leadership for Today Summary
Lincoln on Leadership for Today
Abraham Lincoln’s Approach to Twenty-First-Century Issues
by Donald T. Phillips 2017 336 pages
3.84
235 ratings
Leadership
History
Politics
The Secret Barrister Summary
The Secret Barrister
Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
by The Secret Barrister 2018 385 pages
3.89
21.3K ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
The Great Tech Game Summary
The Great Tech Game
How Technology Is Shaping Geopolitics and the Destiny of Nations
by Anirudh Suri 2022 718 pages
4.46
125 ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
Meme Wars Summary
Meme Wars
The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America
by Joan Donovan 2022 432 pages
4.00
435 ratings
Politics
Technology
History
Christianity and Critical Race Theory Summary
Christianity and Critical Race Theory
A Faithful and Constructive Conversation
by Robert Chao Romero 2023 208 pages
4.26
93 ratings
Theology
Race
Christianity
Freedom Farmers Summary
Freedom Farmers
Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement
by Monica M. White 2018 208 pages
4.34
372 ratings
History
Food
Race
The New Penguin History of Canada Summary
The New Penguin History of Canada
by Robert Bothwell 2006 500 pages
3.58
376 ratings
History
Canada
Politics
Dear Madam President Summary
Dear Madam President
An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World
by Jennifer Palmieri 2018 179 pages
3.89
5.4K ratings
Politics
Feminism
Memoir
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
by Kishore Mahbubani 2018 112 pages
3.70
931 ratings
Politics
China
History
Freedom and Neurobiology Summary
Freedom and Neurobiology
Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
by John R. Searle 2005 113 pages
3.55
244 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Neuroscience
The Good State Summary
The Good State
On the Principles of Democracy
by A.C. Grayling 2020 256 pages
3.84
116 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2 Summary
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
1962 - 1994
by Nelson Mandela 2003 450 pages
4.41
572 ratings
Biography
History
Africa
Facts and Other Lies Summary
Facts and Other Lies
Welcome to the Disinformation Age
by Ed Coper 2022 392 pages
4.18
220 ratings
Social Issues
Politics
Tomatoland Summary
Tomatoland
How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
by Barry Estabrook 2011 240 pages
3.95
4.5K ratings
Food
Science
History
Politics Summary
Politics
Between the Extremes
by Nick Clegg 2016 262 pages
3.73
1.1K ratings
Politics
Biography
Biography Memoir
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