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Never Enough Summary
Never Enough
When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It
by Jennifer Breheny Wallace 2023 320 pages
4.15
6k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Self Help
A History of Modern Iran Summary
A History of Modern Iran
by Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
History
Iran
Politics
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021 368 pages
4.02
4k+ ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
Technopoly Summary
Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
by Neil Postman 1992 222 pages
3.95
4k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Sociology
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
by Michael J. Sandel 2020 272 pages
4.19
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
David and Goliath Summary
David and Goliath
Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell 2013 305 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Amor Líquido Summary
Amor Líquido
by Zygmunt Bauman 2003 190 pages
3.76
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
29k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Fourth Turning Summary
The Fourth Turning
An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
by William Strauss 1996 400 pages
3.88
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong
Adventures in the Margin of Error
by Kathryn Schulz 2010 339 pages
3.94
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Second Curve Summary
The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
by Charles B. Handy 2015 240 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Business
Society
Management
Suicide Summary
Suicide
A Study in Sociology
by Émile Durkheim 1897 405 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker 1973 336 pages
4.06
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 1978 228 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Bowling Alone Summary
Bowling Alone
The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 pages
3.85
8k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Laziness Does Not Exist Summary
Laziness Does Not Exist
by Devon Price 2021 256 pages
3.92
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche Summary
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
by Erich Fromm 1976 182 pages
4.18
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Hero and the Outlaw Summary
The Hero and the Outlaw
Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes
by Margaret Mark 2001 400 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Design
Evolutionary Psychology Summary
Evolutionary Psychology
The New Science of the Mind
by David M. Buss 2014 518 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
Sensemaking in Organizations Summary
Sensemaking in Organizations
by Karl E. Weick 1995 248 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Business
Sociology
Leadership
The Anatomy of Violence Summary
The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
by Adrian Raine 2013 501 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Crime
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
by Shoshana Zuboff 2018 691 pages
4.06
12k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Technology
Anti-Oedipus Summary
Anti-Oedipus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze 1972 400 pages
4.17
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
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
3.92
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Caste Summary
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020 544 pages
4.53
100k+ ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
Capitalist Realism Summary
Capitalist Realism
Is There No Alternative?
by Mark Fisher 2009 81 pages
4.21
35k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
A Conflict of Visions Summary
A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
by Thomas Sowell 1986 304 pages
4.32
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
The Paradox of Choice Summary
The Paradox of Choice
Why More Is Less
by Barry Schwartz 2004 265 pages
3.84
36k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936 100 pages
4.61
8k+ ratings
India
History
Politics
The Four Pivots Summary
The Four Pivots
Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
by Shawn A. Ginwright 2022 272 pages
4.37
500+ ratings
Social Justice
Self Help
Politics
So You've Been Publicly Shamed Summary
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson 2015 290 pages
3.93
64k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Book Club
Generations Summary
Generations
The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
by Jean M. Twenge 2023 560 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
History
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Survival of the Richest Summary
Survival of the Richest
Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
by Douglas Rushkoff 2022 224 pages
3.85
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Technology
The New Jim Crow Summary
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander 2010 290 pages
4.52
100k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.34
100k+ ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
The Art of Choosing Summary
The Art of Choosing
by Sheena Iyengar 1989 352 pages
3.83
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Nordic Theory of Everything Summary
The Nordic Theory of Everything
In Search of a Better Life
by Anu Partanen 2016 448 pages
3.86
8k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Memoir
Buyology Summary
Buyology
Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2008 241 pages
3.76
14k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Summary
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice
by Jeffrey H. Reiman 1979 288 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Social Justice
The Anatomy of Fascism Summary
The Anatomy of Fascism
by Robert O. Paxton 2004 336 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Status Anxiety Summary
Status Anxiety
by Alain de Botton 2004 306 pages
3.89
20k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Evicted Summary
Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond 2016 418 pages
4.47
100k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Social Justice
The End of History and the Last Man Summary
The End of History and the Last Man
by Francis Fukuyama 1992 464 pages
3.60
7k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures Summary
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 444 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Essays
The Status Game Summary
The Status Game
On Human Life and How to Play It
by Will Storr 2021 437 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 270 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
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