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Fault Lines Summary
Fault Lines
Fractured Families and How to Mend Them
by Karl Pillemer 2020 288 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Family
Fragmented Democracy Summary
Fragmented Democracy
Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics
by Jamila Michener 2018 236 pages
4.23
120 ratings
Politics
Race
Health Care
Social Darwinism in American Thought Summary
Social Darwinism in American Thought
by Richard Hofstadter 1955 278 pages
3.78
290 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Decline of the West Summary
The Decline of the West
by Oswald Spengler 1918 486 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Capital Order Summary
The Capital Order
How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
by Clara E. Mattei 2022 480 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Logic of Collective Action Summary
The Logic of Collective Action
Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
by Mancur Olson 1965 186 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Political Science
Together Summary
Together
The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation
by Richard Sennett 2011 336 pages
3.81
469 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
The Macho Paradox Summary
The Macho Paradox
Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help
by Jackson Katz 2006 304 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Gender
Sociology
Cultural Backlash Summary
Cultural Backlash
Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism
by Pippa Norris 2019 554 pages
3.81
180 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
A Brief History of Equality Summary
A Brief History of Equality
by Thomas Piketty 2021 288 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Why Cities Lose Summary
Why Cities Lose
The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
by Jonathan A. Rodden 2019 336 pages
3.78
252 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Colonialism Summary
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
by Nigel Biggar 2023 480 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Born to Rebel Summary
Born to Rebel
Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives
by Frank J. Sulloway 1996 672 pages
3.73
324 ratings
Psychology
Science
Parenting
The Vanishing American Adult Summary
The Vanishing American Adult
Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
by Ben Sasse 2017 393 pages
4.03
6k+ ratings
Politics
Parenting
Education
The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity Summary
The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity
Twelve Lectures
by Jürgen Habermas 1985 450 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Theory
Racism Summary
Racism
A Short History
by George M. Fredrickson 2002 224 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
History
Race
Sociology
Aesthetics of Excess Summary
Aesthetics of Excess
The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment
by Jillian Hernandez 2020 320 pages
4.26
42 ratings
Race
Latinx
Theory
The Flag and the Cross Summary
The Flag and the Cross
White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
by Philip S. Gorski 2022 176 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Getting a Job Summary
Getting a Job
A Study of Contacts and Careers
by Mark Granovetter 1995 259 pages
3.64
50 ratings
Sociology
Economics
Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany by Rogers Brubaker Summary
Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany by Rogers Brubaker
by Rogers Brubaker 1992
3.68
84 ratings
History
Politics
France
The Authoritarian Personality Summary
The Authoritarian Personality
by Theodor W. Adorno 1950 976 pages
3.80
387 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
The Forgotten Language Summary
The Forgotten Language
An Introduction to the Understanding of Dreams, Fairy Tales, and Myths
by Erich Fromm 1976 263 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Mythology
On Settler Colonialism Summary
On Settler Colonialism
Ideology, Violence, and Justice
by Adam Kirsch 2024 160 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Israel
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World
Tales of Marx and Marxism
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 2011 470 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Politics of Resentment Summary
The Politics of Resentment
Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
by Katherine J. Cramer 2016 225 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Taking America Back for God Summary
Taking America Back for God
Christian Nationalism in the United States
by Andrew L. Whitehead 2020 288 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
Christianity
A Paradise Built in Hell Summary
A Paradise Built in Hell
The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
by Rebecca Solnit 2009 353 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Let Them Eat Tweets Summary
Let Them Eat Tweets
How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality
by Jacob S. Hacker 2020 288 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Democracy Summary
Democracy
by Charles Tilly 2007 248 pages
3.64
173 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Durable Inequality Summary
Durable Inequality
by Charles Tilly 1998 312 pages
4.03
114 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Economics
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
War! What Is It Good For? Summary
War! What Is It Good For?
Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots
by Ian Morris 2014 512 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
History
War
Military Fiction
Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens Summary
Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens
by Robert-Vincent Joule 1997 286 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
The Functions of Social Conflict Summary
The Functions of Social Conflict
by Lewis A. Coser 1956 192 pages
3.99
84 ratings
Sociology
Social Science
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism Summary
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
by Daniel Bell 1976 363 pages
3.83
301 ratings
Economics
Sociology
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 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
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
Diversity and Complexity Summary
Diversity and Complexity
by Scott E. Page 2010 304 pages
4.12
207 ratings
Science
Economics
Business
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
The Undertow Summary
The Undertow
Scenes from a Slow Civil War
by Jeff Sharlet 2023 352 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Religion
A Different Mirror Summary
A Different Mirror
A History of Multicultural America
by Ronald Takaki 1993 508 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
2020 Summary
2020
One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
by Eric Klinenberg 2024 464 pages
3.89
439 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
The War on the West Summary
The War on the West
by Douglas Murray 2022 308 pages
4.26
9k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Virtuous Violence Summary
Virtuous Violence
Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships
by Alan Page Fiske 2014 384 pages
3.90
77 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
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
The Sociology of Anthony Giddens Summary
The Sociology of Anthony Giddens
by Steven Loyal 2003 256 pages
4.31
16 ratings
Sociology
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
The Audit Society Summary
The Audit Society
Rituals of Verification
by Michael Power 1997 202 pages
3.92
36 ratings
Sociology
Anthropology
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
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