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Becoming Summary
Becoming
by Michelle Obama 2018 426 pages
4.45
1.1M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
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
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
We Should All Be Feminists Summary
We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2012 65 pages
4.40
300k+ ratings
Feminism
Essays
Politics
Just Mercy Summary
Just Mercy
by Bryan Stevenson 2014 336 pages
4.63
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Social Justice
Race
Team of Rivals Summary
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Summary
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Science
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Biography
History
American History
Prisoners of Geography Summary
Prisoners of Geography
Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
by Tim Marshall 2015 256 pages
4.19
100k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
Too Much and Never Enough Summary
Too Much and Never Enough
How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
by Mary L. Trump 2020 236 pages
3.82
92k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Nudge Summary
Nudge
Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Richard H. Thaler 2008 260 pages
3.84
90k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
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
The Coddling of the American Mind Summary
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
by Jonathan Haidt 2018 352 pages
4.24
50k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 600 pages
4.15
41k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Bullshit Jobs Summary
Bullshit Jobs
A Theory
by David Graeber 2018 335 pages
4.03
29k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Beyond Order Summary
Beyond Order
12 More Rules For Life
by Jordan B. Peterson 2021 432 pages
4.16
28k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
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
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
by Edward S. Herman 1988 412 pages
4.24
22k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 1997 119 pages
4.06
18k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
AI Superpowers Summary
AI Superpowers
China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
by Kai-Fu Lee 2018 255 pages
4.09
15k+ ratings
Business
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 271 pages
4.11
13k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics
A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell 2000 448 pages
4.36
13k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
World Order Summary
World Order
by Henry Kissinger 2014 420 pages
4.05
13k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The World As It Is Summary
The World As It Is
Inside the Obama White House
by Ben Rhodes 2018 480 pages
4.30
12k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
When McKinsey Comes to Town Summary
When McKinsey Comes to Town
by Walt Bogdanich 2022 368 pages
3.80
9k+ ratings
Business
Politics
History
The Coming Wave Summary
The Coming Wave
Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
by Mustafa Suleyman 2023 332 pages
3.85
9k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
The Deficit Myth Summary
The Deficit Myth
Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
by Stephanie Kelton 2020 327 pages
4.03
9k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
7k+ ratings
Economics
Africa
Politics
The Master Switch Summary
The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by Tim Wu 2010 384 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
History
Technology
Business
Cicero Summary
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt 2001 364 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
The Bottom Billion Summary
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
by Paul Collier 2007 205 pages
3.85
7k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
International Development
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 352 pages
4.13
6k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
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 Starfish and the Spider Summary
The Starfish and the Spider
The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
by Ori Brafman 2006 240 pages
3.83
6k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Revenge Of Geography Summary
The Revenge Of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
by Robert D. Kaplan 2012 432 pages
3.78
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
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
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
Currency Wars Summary
Currency Wars
The Making of the Next Global Crisis
by James Rickards 2011 304 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Bridge Summary
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
by David Remnick 2010 656 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Fake Law Summary
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
by The Secret Barrister 2020 400 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
The Age of AI and Our Human Future Summary
The Age of AI and Our Human Future
by Henry Kissinger 2021 272 pages
3.46
4k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
The Panama Papers Summary
The Panama Papers
Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
by Frederik Obermaier 2016 400 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
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
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowell 2009 416 pages
4.29
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 1978 228 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Cult of Trump Summary
The Cult of Trump
A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control
by Steven Hassan 2019 320 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Cults
Lady Justice Summary
Lady Justice
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
by Dahlia Lithwick 2022 368 pages
4.40
2k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
History
Keynes Hayek Summary
Keynes Hayek
The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
by Nicholas Wapshott 2011 400 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels Summary
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
by Alex Epstein 2014 248 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Politics
Science
Economics
The Obamas Summary
The Obamas
by Jodi Kantor 2011 368 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
Occupy Summary
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky 2012 128 pages
3.60
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
A Call to Action Summary
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
by Jimmy Carter 2014 211 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Kushner, Inc. Summary
Kushner, Inc.
Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
by Vicky Ward 2019 304 pages
3.53
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
Without Their Permission Summary
Without Their Permission
How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed
by Alexis Ohanian 2013 272 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here
by Neil Howe 2023
3.96
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
Broken Money Summary
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
4.66
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
Read Dangerously Summary
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
by Azar Nafisi 2022 240 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
America's Original Sin Summary
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
by Jim Wallis 2016 238 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Race
History
Anti Racist
You Talkin' To Me? Summary
You Talkin' To Me?
Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
by Sam Leith 2011 256 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Writing
Philosophy
Language
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
by Gary A. Haugen 2013 368 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back
by Guy Shrubsole 2019 385 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Environment
Learning from the Germans Summary
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
by Susan Neiman 2019 434 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Keynes Summary
Keynes
The Return of the Master
by Robert Skidelsky 2009 221 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Biography
On Language Summary
On Language
by Noam Chomsky 1998 481 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
Rules for Revolutionaries Summary
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
by Becky Bond 2016 200 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
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
Free Market Revolution Summary
Free Market Revolution
How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government
by Yaron Brook 2012 272 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Chanakya Neeti Summary
Chanakya Neeti
by Ashwini Parashar 2009 128 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Self Help
X Saves the World Summary
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
by Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 pages
3.45
500+ ratings
Sociology
History
Pop Culture
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 272 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Law
Between Barack and a Hard Place Summary
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
by Tim Wise 2009 159 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Race
Politics
Anti Racist
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity
How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
by Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 pages
3.60
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Race
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
by Charles Ferguson 2012 368 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Proof of Conspiracy Summary
Proof of Conspiracy
How Trump's International Collusion Is Threatening American Democracy
by Seth Abramson 2019 592 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Politics
History
True Crime
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva 2015 192 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Food
Agriculture
Politics
The Good-Enough Life Summary
The Good-Enough Life
by Avram Alpert 2022 336 pages
3.40
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Why Businessmen Need Philosophy Summary
Why Businessmen Need Philosophy
by Ayn Rand 1999 203 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
Sold Out Summary
Sold Out
How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation, and Political Instability Will Sink the Global Economy
by James Rickards 2022 272 pages
3.56
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Diversity Illusion Summary
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration & How to Set It Right
by Ed West 2012 312 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Criminal (In)Justice Summary
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
by Rafael A. Mangual 2022 256 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Law
AI Needs You Summary
AI Needs You
How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
by Verity Harding 2024 288 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Business
Keynes Summary
Keynes
A Very Short Introduction
by Robert Skidelsky 2010 208 pages
3.45
100+ ratings
Economics
Biography
History
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences Summary
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences
by Alexander L. George 2005 331 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Political Science
Politics
Social Science
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014 448 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
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
4.06
100+ ratings
Politics
Law
History
Google Archipelago Summary
Google Archipelago
The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom
by Michael Rectenwald 2019 216 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Cultural
Don't Wait For The Next War Summary
Don't Wait For The Next War
Rethinking America's Global Mission
by Wesley K. Clark 2014 272 pages
3.65
50+ ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
History
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution
Fixing America's Problems In Ways Liberals And Conservatives Can Love
by Matt Miller 2003 320 pages
3.99
50+ ratings
Politics
Economics
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
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance Summary
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance
How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims
by Robert Spencer 2005 594 pages
3.68
50+ ratings
Islam
Politics
Religion
Crime & Punishment Summary
Crime & Punishment
Offenders and Victims in a Broken Justice System
by Russell Marks 2015 176 pages
4.13
10+ ratings
Australia
Politics
Law
Entrepreneurial Nation Summary
Entrepreneurial Nation
Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future
by Ro Khanna 2012 272 pages
3.71
10+ ratings
Politics
Business
The Human Cost of Welfare Summary
The Human Cost of Welfare
How the System Hurts the People It's Supposed to Help
by Phil Harvey 2016 232 pages
4.42
10+ ratings
Politics
Justice at Work Summary
Justice at Work
The Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities
by Marc Doussard 2022 252 pages
5.00
3+ ratings
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