Politics Book Summaries

Pharma Summary
Pharma
Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
by Gerald Posner 2020 816 pages
4.19
756 ratings
Business
Science
History
The Way of the Knife Summary
The Way of the Knife
The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
by Mark Mazzetti 2013 381 pages
3.85
3.9K ratings
History
Politics
Military Fiction
Meltdown Summary
Meltdown
A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse
by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009 194 pages
4.08
2.5K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Lazarus Heist Summary
The Lazarus Heist
From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War
by Geoff White 2022 304 pages
4.15
1.4K ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
Why Liberalism Failed Summary
Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen 2018 248 pages
3.86
3.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Founding Brothers Summary
Founding Brothers
The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J. Ellis 2000 288 pages
3.95
46.7K ratings
History
American History
Biography
The Rant Zone Summary
The Rant Zone
An All-Out Blitz Against Soul-Sucking Jobs, Twisted Child Stars, Holistic Loons, and People Who Eat Their Dogs!
by Dennis Miller 2001 208 pages
3.57
369 ratings
Humor
Comedy
Politics
Underground Empire Summary
Underground Empire
How America Weaponized the World Economy
by Henry Farrell 2023 288 pages
4.04
766 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Face Value Summary
Face Value
The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
by Alexander Todorov 2017 323 pages
4.06
109 ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Contesting Democracy Summary
Contesting Democracy
Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
by Jan-Werner MΓΌller 2006 304 pages
4.03
147 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
A Graphic Novel
by Martin Rowson 2018 80 pages
3.95
690 ratings
Graphic Novels
Politics
Comics
Order out of Chaos Summary
Order out of Chaos
Win Every Negotiation, Thrive in Adversity, and Become a World-Class Communicator
by Scott Walker 2023 256 pages
3.59
159 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
A History of Bangladesh Summary
A History of Bangladesh
by Willem van Schendel 2009 374 pages
4.21
234 ratings
History
Bangladesh
Asia
Dignity in a Digital Age Summary
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
by Ro Khanna 2022 368 pages
3.70
146 ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
Respect in a World of Inequality Summary
Respect in a World of Inequality
by Richard Sennett 2003 306 pages
3.69
236 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Society
The Perfect Police State Summary
The Perfect Police State
An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
by Geoffrey Cain 2021 304 pages
4.22
1.0K ratings
Politics
China
History
Davos Man Summary
Davos Man
How the Billionaires Devoured the World
by Peter S. Goodman 2022 480 pages
3.92
1.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The Human Condition Summary
The Human Condition
by Hannah Arendt 1958 349 pages
4.20
9.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Truce Summary
The Truce
Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party
by Hunter Walker 2024 320 pages
3.91
105 ratings
Politics
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense Summary
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
by Lawrence G. McDonald 2009 368 pages
3.90
3.2K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Bobby Kennedy Summary
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
by Larry Tye 2016 608 pages
4.39
2.6K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
by Henry David Thoreau 1866 188 pages
4.06
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Camp of the Saints Summary
The Camp of the Saints
by Jean Raspail 1973 316 pages
3.82
1.7K ratings
Politics
Literature
Dystopia
The Hate Next Door Summary
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
by Matson Browning 2023 368 pages
4.13
397 ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
by William J. Barber II 2024 270 pages
4.31
504 ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
The Oligarchs Summary
The Oligarchs
Wealth and Power in the New Russia
by David E. Hoffman 2002 575 pages
4.16
1.0K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
Hive Mind Summary
Hive Mind
How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
by Garett Jones 2015 184 pages
3.56
327 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Sociology
The Edifice Complex Summary
The Edifice Complex
How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World
by Deyan Sudjic 2005 403 pages
3.78
345 ratings
Architecture
Politics
Urban Studies
Identity Summary
Identity
The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
by Francis Fukuyama 2018 240 pages
3.85
6.3K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
One World Summary
One World
The Ethics of Globalization
by Peter Singer 2002 272 pages
3.72
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Fight for Liberty Summary
Fight for Liberty
Defending Democracy in the Age of Trump
by Mark Lasswell 2018 320 pages
3.88
49 ratings
Politics
History
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
by Mark Engler 2016 368 pages
4.20
1.2K ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Devil's Game Summary
Devil's Game
How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam
by Robert Dreyfuss 2005 400 pages
4.00
261 ratings
Politics
History
Islam
The Anti-capitalistic Mentality Summary
The Anti-capitalistic Mentality
by Ludwig von Mises 1956 88 pages
3.97
2.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Summary
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2016 270 pages
4.47
2.3K ratings
Race
Politics
History
Homage to Catalonia Summary
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell 1938 232 pages
4.09
67.2K ratings
History
Politics
Classics
Exposure Summary
Exposure
Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont
by Robert Bilott 2019 400 pages
4.50
2.1K ratings
Science
History
Environment
What Would the Great Economists Do? Summary
What Would the Great Economists Do?
How Twelve Brilliant Minds Would Solve Today's Biggest Problems
by Linda Yueh 2018 368 pages
3.67
961 ratings
Economics
History
Business
War on Ivermectin Summary
War on Ivermectin
The Medicine that Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemic
by Pierre Kory 2023 312 pages
4.70
264 ratings
Health
Medical
Medicine
Renegade Summary
Renegade
The Making of a President
by Richard Wolffe 2009 356 pages
3.94
2.0K ratings
Politics
Biography
History
The Populist Delusion Summary
The Populist Delusion
by Neema Parvini 2022 174 pages
4.35
472 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
Crashed Summary
Crashed
How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
by Adam Tooze 2018 720 pages
4.28
4.0K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Jewish Space Lasers Summary
Jewish Space Lasers
The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories
by Mike Rothschild 2023 336 pages
3.81
825 ratings
History
Politics
Jewish
Mexico Summary
Mexico
Biography of Power
by Enrique Krauze 1997 896 pages
4.27
634 ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Portfolios of the Poor Summary
Portfolios of the Poor
How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day
by Daryl Collins 2009 296 pages
3.95
1.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Poverty
Behind the Green Mask Summary
Behind the Green Mask
by Rosa Koire 2011 172 pages
4.27
363 ratings
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
History
Savarkar Summary
Savarkar
A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966
by Vikram Sampath 2021 600 pages
4.70
428 ratings
History
Biography
India
Blind Spots Summary
Blind Spots
Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It
by Max H. Bazerman 2011 191 pages
3.67
575 ratings
Psychology
Business
Philosophy
The End of Policing Summary
The End of Policing
by Alex S. Vitale 2017 272 pages
4.18
11.9K ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
Bunk Summary
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by Kevin Young 2017 560 pages
3.17
1.1K ratings
History
Psychology
Sociology
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