Politics Book Summaries

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
Truth in Our Times Summary
Truth in Our Times
Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
by David E. McCraw 2019 304 pages
4.14
593 ratings
Politics
Journalism
Memoir
The Right to Privacy Summary
The Right to Privacy
by Caroline Kennedy 1995 432 pages
3.95
338 ratings
Law
Politics
History
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
Fortitude Summary
Fortitude
American Resilience in the Era of Outrage
by Dan Crenshaw 2020 256 pages
4.40
8.0K ratings
Politics
Biography
Self Help
The Retreat of Western Liberalism Summary
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
by Edward Luce 2017 234 pages
4.01
2.9K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
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
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
The Servile State Summary
The Servile State
by Hilaire Belloc 1912 208 pages
3.98
601 ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The JFK Conspiracy Summary
The JFK Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed
by Brad Meltzer 2025 304 pages
4.14
3.4K ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve Summary
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
by Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 pages
4.20
123 ratings
Economics
Banking
Finance
After the Music Stopped Summary
After the Music Stopped
The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
by Alan S. Blinder 2013 496 pages
4.11
2.1K ratings
Economics
History
Finance
George Washington Summary
George Washington
by James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 pages
3.98
1.1K ratings
Biography
History
Presidents
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
In the Enemy's House Summary
In the Enemy's House
The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies
by Howard Blum 2018 352 pages
4.14
2.0K ratings
History
Espionage
Russia
The Republic for Which It Stands Summary
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
by Richard White 2017 928 pages
4.17
1.5K ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Origins of Woke Summary
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
by Richard Hanania 2023 270 pages
3.77
247 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
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
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
Black Flags Summary
Black Flags
The Rise of ISIS
by Joby Warrick 2016 368 pages
4.32
15.8K ratings
History
Politics
War
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
Why Liberalism Failed Summary
Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen 2018 248 pages
3.86
3.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Upswing Summary
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
by Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pages
3.95
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
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
Paint Your Town Red Summary
Paint Your Town Red
How Preston Took Back Control and Your Town Can Too
by Matthew Brown 2021 300 pages
3.71
165 ratings
Politics
Economics
Urbanism
Tell Your Children Summary
Tell Your Children
The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence
by Alex Berenson 2019 272 pages
4.00
1.0K ratings
Science
Health
Politics
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
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
by Steve Keen 2017 140 pages
4.24
274 ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
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
Jews Don't Count Summary
Jews Don't Count
by David Baddiel 2021 144 pages
4.20
12.5K ratings
Politics
Jewish
History
From Poor Law to Welfare State Summary
From Poor Law to Welfare State
A History of Social Welfare in America
by Walter I. Trattner 1974 464 pages
3.71
308 ratings
Social Work
History
Politics
The Smear Summary
The Smear
How the Secret Art of Character Assassination Controls What You Think, What You Read, and How You Vote
by Sharyl Attkisson 2017 288 pages
4.22
1.5K ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
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
Sisters in Law Summary
Sisters in Law
How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
by Linda R. Hirshman 2015 390 pages
3.84
5.3K ratings
History
Biography
Feminism
From Here to Equality Summary
From Here to Equality
Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century
by William A. Darity Jr. 2020 424 pages
4.39
585 ratings
History
Politics
Race
All or Nothing Summary
All or Nothing
How Trump Recaptured America
by Michael Wolff 2025 400 pages
3.76
577 ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
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
A State of Fear Summary
A State of Fear
How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
by Laura Dodsworth 2021 320 pages
4.33
770 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
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
Behind the Screen Summary
Behind the Screen
Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
by Sarah T. Roberts 2019 280 pages
3.66
151 ratings
Technology
Internet
Sociology
How to stand Up to a Dictator Summary
How to stand Up to a Dictator
by Maria Ressa 2022 288 pages
4.35
4.7K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
Kurdish Women's Stories Summary
Kurdish Women's Stories
by Houzan Mahmoud 2021 224 pages
4.46
169 ratings
Feminism
Short Stories
Memoir
Anti-Pluralism Summary
Anti-Pluralism
The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy
by William A. Galston 2018 176 pages
3.76
140 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
Equal Is Unfair Summary
Equal Is Unfair
America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
by Don Watkins 2016 258 pages
4.07
555 ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Run to Win Summary
Run to Win
Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World
by Stephanie Schriock 2021 368 pages
3.62
226 ratings
Leadership
Politics
Feminism
Discrimination and Disparities Summary
Discrimination and Disparities
by Thomas Sowell 2018 192 pages
4.47
5.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
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 Real Anthony Fauci Summary
The Real Anthony Fauci
Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2021 934 pages
4.49
8.4K ratings
Politics
Health
History
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
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