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How Woke Won Summary
How Woke Won
The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason
by Joanna Williams 2022 270 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Not Working Summary
Not Working
Losing a Job in Today's Great Recession
by D.W. Gibson 2012 470 pages
3.69
50+ ratings
Sociology
Economics
Social Psychology Summary
Social Psychology
A Very Short Introduction
by Richard J. Crisp 2015 144 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
The Challenger Launch Decision Summary
The Challenger Launch Decision
Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
by Diane Vaughan 1996 592 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
History
Science
Space
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
by Saket Soni 2023 368 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Where We Stand Summary
Where We Stand
Class Matters
by bell hooks 2000 164 pages
4.23
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Foolproof Summary
Foolproof
Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity
by Sander van der Linden 2023 368 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Science
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond 2023 304 pages
4.27
50k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Feminism or Death Summary
Feminism or Death
by Françoise d'Eaubonne 1974 352 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
France
Hard-Core Romance Summary
Hard-Core Romance
"Fifty Shades of Grey," Best-Sellers, and Society
by Eva Illouz 2013 97 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
Sociology
Feminism
Sexuality
The Teachers Summary
The Teachers
A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
by Alexandra Robbins 2023 372 pages
4.18
3k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Sociology
For the Culture Summary
For the Culture
The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do, and Who We Want to Be
by Marcus Collins 2023 304 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Selfless Summary
Selfless
The Social Creation of “You”
by Brian Lowery 2023 272 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Silent Coup Summary
Silent Coup
How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
by Claire Provost 2023 296 pages
4.39
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Values, Voice and Virtue Summary
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
by Matthew Goodwin 2023
3.77
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here
by Neil Howe 2023
3.96
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Spent Summary
Spent
Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
by Geoffrey Miller 2009 384 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
Talking to Strangers Summary
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
by Malcolm Gladwell 2019 388 pages
4.00
300k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Luxury Fever Summary
Luxury Fever
by Robert H. Frank 1999 326 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Economics
Sociology
Psychology
The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't — and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages
3.97
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
The Violence Project Summary
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
by Jillian Peterson 2021 240 pages
4.47
1k+ ratings
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West Summary
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
by Konstantin Kisin 2022 288 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Perennials Summary
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
by Mauro F. Guillén 2023 263 pages
3.60
100+ ratings
Sociology
Business
History
Buyology Summary
Buyology
Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2008 241 pages
3.76
13k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
Never Enough Summary
Never Enough
When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It
by Jennifer Breheny Wallace 2023 320 pages
4.16
5k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Self Help
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2023 224 pages
4.43
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Chasing the Scream Summary
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
by Johann Hari 2015 400 pages
4.50
20k+ ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance 2016 264 pages
3.85
400k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
Shattered Nation Summary
Shattered Nation
Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State
by Danny Dorling 2023 288 pages
4.04
50+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Get Rich or Lie Trying Summary
Get Rich or Lie Trying
Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy
by Symeon Brown 2022 304 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Sociology
Economics
Business
The Health Gap Summary
The Health Gap
The Challenge of an Unequal World
by Michael G. Marmot 2015 400 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Medicine
Health
Health Care
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Good-Enough Life Summary
The Good-Enough Life
by Avram Alpert 2022 336 pages
3.40
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Status Anxiety Summary
Status Anxiety
by Alain de Botton 2004 306 pages
3.89
20k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Propaganda Summary
Propaganda
The Formation of Men's Attitudes
by Jacques Ellul 1962 352 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Age of Propaganda Summary
Age of Propaganda
The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
by Anthony R. Pratkanis 1991 432 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Business
Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2012 529 pages
4.08
55k+ ratings
Politics
History
Business
Teaching as a Subversive Activity Summary
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
by Neil Postman 1969 219 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
For the Love of Men Summary
For the Love of Men
A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity
by Liz Plank 2019 325 pages
4.29
6k+ ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Gender
Attack from Within Summary
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
by Barbara McQuade 2024 384 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Technology
Passwords Summary
Passwords
by Jean Baudrillard 2000 120 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
by Dan Davies 2024 304 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The Ritual Effect Summary
The Ritual Effect
From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
by Michael Norton 2024 288 pages
3.45
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Science
The Irrational Bundle Summary
The Irrational Bundle
Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
by Dan Ariely 2013 797 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
The Expanding Circle Summary
The Expanding Circle
Ethics and Sociobiology
by Peter Singer 1981 190 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
How Civil Wars Start Summary
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages
4.24
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
Lifehouse Summary
Lifehouse
Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire
by Adam Greenfield 2024 272 pages
3.79
10+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
Invisible Doctrine Summary
Invisible Doctrine
The Secret History of Neoliberalism
by George Monbiot 2024 224 pages
4.43
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Stories Are Weapons Summary
Stories Are Weapons
Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
by Annalee Newitz 2024 246 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
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