Politics Book Summaries

Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 272 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
A World Without Work Summary
A World Without Work
Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
by Daniel Susskind 2020 307 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Technology
Say Nothing Summary
Say Nothing
A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
by Patrick Radden Keefe 2018 441 pages
4.47
100k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Ireland
Bloodlands Summary
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
by Timothy Snyder 2010 524 pages
4.39
18k+ ratings
History
War
World War II
The Zero Marginal Cost Society Summary
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism
by Jeremy Rifkin 2014 368 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Logically Fallacious Summary
Logically Fallacious
The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies - Academic Edition
by Bo Bennett 2012 460 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Psychology
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 271 pages
4.11
14k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
سيكولوجية الجماهير Summary
سيكولوجية الجماهير
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 200 pages
3.82
19k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
Until We Are Free Summary
Until We Are Free
My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
by Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Iran
Memoir
Politics
New Ideas from Dead Economists Summary
New Ideas from Dead Economists
An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought
by Todd G. Buchholz 1989 352 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Business
Leadership Summary
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 pages
4.40
15k+ ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
The True Believer Summary
The True Believer
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
by Eric Hoffer 1951 177 pages
4.20
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
The Privileged Poor Summary
The Privileged Poor
How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
by Anthony Abraham Jack 2019 288 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
Education
Sociology
Social Justice
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" Summary
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2008 544 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
World War II
The Narrow Corridor Summary
The Narrow Corridor
States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2019 560 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Human Action Summary
Human Action
A Treatise on Economics
by Ludwig von Mises 1940 924 pages
4.34
4k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Better Angels of Our Nature Summary
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker 2010 806 pages
4.16
29k+ ratings
History
Psychology
Science
Ten Myths About Israel Summary
Ten Myths About Israel
by Ilan Pappé 2017 192 pages
4.40
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Israel
Nomad Century Summary
Nomad Century
How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
by Gaia Vince 2022 288 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Lady Justice Summary
Lady Justice
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
by Dahlia Lithwick 2022 368 pages
4.39
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
The Struggle for Pakistan Summary
The Struggle for Pakistan
A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics
by Ayesha Jalal 2014 447 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
History
Pakistan
Politics
Why Vegan? Summary
Why Vegan?
by Peter Singer 2020 87 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Vegan
Food
Animal Spirits Summary
Animal Spirits
How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
by George A. Akerlof 2008 248 pages
3.78
5k+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Finance
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1957 1168 pages
3.69
400k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil
Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
by Vandana Shiva 2008 144 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Environment
Politics
Climate Change
Killing Hope Summary
Killing Hope
U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II
by William Blum 1995 500 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
War
The Age of the Strongman Summary
The Age of the Strongman
How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World
by Gideon Rachman 2022 288 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Lincoln on Leadership Summary
Lincoln on Leadership
Executive Strategies for Tough Times
by Donald T. Phillips 1993 193 pages
4.15
7k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
History
After the Prophet Summary
After the Prophet
The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
by Lesley Hazleton 2009 256 pages
4.09
9k+ ratings
History
Religion
Islam
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
by Christopher Lasch 1978 368 pages
3.97
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1986 400 pages
4.34
23k+ ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything Summary
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Tales from the Pentagon
by Rosa Brooks 2016 448 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Military Fiction
The Skin We're In Summary
The Skin We're In
A Year of Black Resistance and Power
by Desmond Cole 2020 248 pages
4.45
10k+ ratings
Canada
Race
Politics
The Myth of Male Power Summary
The Myth of Male Power
by Warren Farrell 1993 448 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Feminism
The Second Founding Summary
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
by Eric Foner 2019 224 pages
4.23
2k+ ratings
History
American History
Civil War
1984 and Philosophy Summary
1984 and Philosophy
Is Resistance Futile?
by Ezio Di Nucci 2018 256 pages
4.26
10+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
The Post-American World Summary
The Post-American World
by Fareed Zakaria 2008 292 pages
3.86
12k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
What Went Wrong with Capitalism Summary
What Went Wrong with Capitalism
by Ruchir Sharma 2024 384 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
by Slavoj Žižek 2018 70 pages
3.57
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 123 pages
3.94
21k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Women & Power Summary
Women & Power
A Manifesto
by Mary Beard 2017 115 pages
4.02
38k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Essays
Modern Times Summary
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
by Paul Johnson 1983 880 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
Win Bigly Summary
Win Bigly
Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
by Scott Adams 2017 304 pages
3.73
5k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Business
The Tyranny of Good Intentions Summary
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
by Paul Craig Roberts 2000 256 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Politics
Law
History
Red Team Summary
Red Team
How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy
by Micah Zenko 2015 336 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Military Fiction
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 325 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
The World Is Flat Summary
The World Is Flat
A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
by Thomas L. Friedman 2005 593 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
History
Business
Economics
The Corrosion of Character Summary
The Corrosion of Character
The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennett 1996 176 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Economics
Politics
Cult of the Dead Cow Summary
Cult of the Dead Cow
How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
by Joseph Menn 2019 256 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Technology
History
Hackers
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 320 pages
4.28
23k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
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