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Red Summer Summary
Red Summer
The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
by Cameron McWhirter 2011 272 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
History
American History
Race
Finks Summary
Finks
How the CIA Tricked the World's Best Writers
by Joel Whitney 2017 348 pages
3.96
166 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Becoming Madam Secretary Summary
Becoming Madam Secretary
by Stephanie Dray 2024 528 pages
4.45
26k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Rural Versus Urban Summary
Rural Versus Urban
The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy
by Suzanne Mettler 2025 310 pages
4.33
54 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Triangle of Power Summary
The Triangle of Power
Rebalancing the New World Order
by Alexander Stubb 2026 216 pages
4.13
397 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
From Silk to Silicon Summary
From Silk to Silicon
The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives
by Jeffrey E. Garten 2016 464 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
History
Business
Economics
Liberty and Coercion Summary
Liberty and Coercion
The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present
by Gary Gerstle 2015 472 pages
4.04
77 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Not "A Nation of Immigrants" Summary
Not "A Nation of Immigrants"
Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2021 392 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Capital and Ideology Summary
Capital and Ideology
by Thomas Piketty 2019 1104 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Law Summary
The Law
by Frédéric Bastiat 1849 61 pages
4.33
14k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Iran's Grand Strategy Summary
Iran's Grand Strategy
A Political History
by Vali Nasr 2025 408 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Iran
Racial Innocence Summary
Racial Innocence
Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality
by Tanya Katerí Hernández 2022 208 pages
4.32
332 ratings
Race
Social Justice
Latinx
Rise Summary
Rise
In Defense of Judeo-Christian Values and Freedom
by Brigitte Gabriel 2018 272 pages
4.31
100 ratings
Politics
History
Christianity
2020 Summary
2020
One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
by Eric Klinenberg 2024 464 pages
3.89
432 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
The Rise and Decline of Nations Summary
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities
by Mancur Olson 1982 276 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Democracy for Realists Summary
Democracy for Realists
Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
by Christopher H. Achen 2016 408 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
It's Even Worse Than It Looks Summary
It's Even Worse Than It Looks
How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism
by Thomas E. Mann 2012 225 pages
3.89
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Kaput Summary
Kaput
The End of the German Miracle
by Wolfgang Münchau 2006 220 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
How to Lie with Maps Summary
How to Lie with Maps
by Mark Monmonier 1991 207 pages
3.58
1k+ ratings
Geography
Maps
Cartography
The Undertow Summary
The Undertow
Scenes from a Slow Civil War
by Jeff Sharlet 2023 352 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Religion
Why Leaders Lie Summary
Why Leaders Lie
The Truth About Lying in International Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer 2010 160 pages
3.47
500+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
Captains Of Consciousness Summary
Captains Of Consciousness
Advertising And The Social Roots Of The Consumer Culture
by Stuart Ewen 1977 272 pages
4.10
229 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
A Theory of Justice Summary
A Theory of Justice
by John Rawls 1971 824 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Law
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece Summary
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
by Josiah Ober 2015 416 pages
3.94
308 ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens Summary
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens
Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People
by Josiah Ober 1989 408 pages
3.71
48 ratings
History
Politics
Classics
This Vast Southern Empire Summary
This Vast Southern Empire
Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy
by Matthew Karp 2016 368 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
History
American History
Politics
While Justice Sleeps Summary
While Justice Sleeps
by Stacey Abrams 2021 367 pages
3.95
45k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
What I Saw at the Revolution Summary
What I Saw at the Revolution
A Political Life in the Reagan Era
by Peggy Noonan 1990 384 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Lords of the Sea Summary
Lords of the Sea
The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
by John R. Hale 2009 395 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Military History
Slavery's Constitution Summary
Slavery's Constitution
From Revolution to Ratification
by David Waldstreicher 2009 208 pages
3.69
250 ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Age of Abundance Summary
The Age of Abundance
How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture
by Brink Lindsey 2007 400 pages
3.51
134 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism Summary
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
by Daniel Bell 1976 363 pages
3.83
301 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Mediocre Summary
Mediocre
The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
by Ijeoma Oluo 2020 278 pages
4.39
17k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
Neither Liberal nor Conservative Summary
Neither Liberal nor Conservative
Ideological Innocence in the American Public
by Donald R. Kinder 2017 224 pages
3.90
61 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Read For School
Le suicide français Summary
Le suicide français
by Éric Zemmour 2014 544 pages
3.51
294 ratings
France
Politics
History
Nemesis Summary
Nemesis
Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens
by David Stuttard 2018 380 pages
4.28
162 ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
The Great Exception Summary
The Great Exception
The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
by Jefferson R. Cowie 2016 288 pages
3.90
203 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Young Man in a Hurry Summary
Young Man in a Hurry
A Memoir of Discovery
by Gavin Newsom 2026 304 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Politics
Biography
The Age of Responsibility Summary
The Age of Responsibility
Luck, Choice, and the Welfare State
by Yascha Mounk 2017 288 pages
3.66
82 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Right-Wing Women Summary
Right-Wing Women
by Andrea Dworkin 1983 255 pages
4.31
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
The Myth of Nations Summary
The Myth of Nations
The Medieval Origins of Europe
by Patrick J. Geary 2001 216 pages
3.83
409 ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
The Price of Democracy Summary
The Price of Democracy
The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History
by Vanessa S. Williamson 2025 249 pages
4.33
69 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Everybody Loses Summary
Everybody Loses
The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling
by Danny Funt 2026 320 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Sports
Politics
History
Klan-destine Relationships Summary
Klan-destine Relationships
A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan
by Daryl Davis 1997 315 pages
4.20
168 ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
The Instability of Truth Summary
The Instability of Truth
Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion
by Rebecca Lemov 2025 464 pages
3.66
272 ratings
Psychology
History
Science
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism Summary
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism
by Theda Skocpol 2011 264 pages
3.82
413 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Ill Winds Summary
Ill Winds
Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
by Larry Diamond 2019 368 pages
3.99
274 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
It Was All a Lie Summary
It Was All a Lie
How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump
by Stuart Stevens 2020 256 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Explaining Postmodernism Summary
Explaining Postmodernism
Skepticism And Socialism From Rousseau To Foucault
by Stephen R.C. Hicks 2004 230 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The War on the West Summary
The War on the West
by Douglas Murray 2022 308 pages
4.26
9k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
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