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Freakonomics Rev Ed Summary
Freakonomics Rev Ed
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2010 350 pages
4.01
800k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
The Tipping Point Summary
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell 2006 298 pages
4
800k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2007 296 pages
3.96
600k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Quiet Summary
Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by Susan Cain 2012 352 pages
4.08
400k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance 2018 291 pages
3.86
400k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societi
by Jared Diamond 1999 528 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Talking to Strangers Summary
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
by Malcolm Gladwell 2019 401 pages
4
300k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2017 464 pages
4.21
200k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
David and Goliath Summary
David and Goliath
Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell 2013 320 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Psychopath Test Summary
The Psychopath Test
A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson 2011 290 pages
3.95
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 414 pages
4
100k+ ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
Predictably Irrational Summary
Predictably Irrational
The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely 2010 380 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
What the Dog Saw Summary
What the Dog Saw
And Other Adventures
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 433 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Essays
The Art of Loving Summary
The Art of Loving
by Erich Fromm 2013 968 pages
4.01
82k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
So You've Been Publicly Shamed Summary
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson 2015 306 pages
3.93
63k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Journalism
The Righteous Mind Summary
The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by Jonathan Haidt 2012 530 pages
4.21
57k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Religion
Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2012 546 pages
4.08
51k+ 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 Greg Lukianoff 2018 352 pages
4.24
44k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Games People Play Summary
Games People Play
by Eric Berne 1996 216 pages
3.74
38k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Bullshit Jobs Summary
Bullshit Jobs
A Theory
by David Graeber 2019 320 pages
4.03
26k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Justice Summary
Justice
What's the Right Thing to Do
by Michael J. Sandel 2009 322 pages
4.31
24k+ ratings
Philosophy
Law
Sociology
The Lucifer Effect Summary
The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2008 576 pages
3.92
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Far From The Tree Summary
Far From The Tree
A Dozen Kinds of Love
by Andrew Solomon 2013 976 pages
4.26
21k+ ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Science
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
by Edward S. Herman 2010 464 pages
4.24
21k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Social Intelligence Summary
Social Intelligence
The New Science of Human Relationships
by Daniel Goleman 2006 403 pages
3.99
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker 1997 336 pages
4.08
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
The Second Mountain Summary
The Second Mountain
by David Brooks 2019 344 pages
3.76
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer 2002 384 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2010 402 pages
4.13
6k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Fourth Turning Summary
The Fourth Turning
by William Strauss 2009 402 pages
3.88
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together
Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
by Sherry Turkle 2011
3.62
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Technology
Sociology
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 352 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
4.25
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021 368 pages
4.02
3k+ ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowell 2012 795 pages
4.29
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Art of Manliness Summary
The Art of Manliness
Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man
by Brett McKay 2009 288 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 2018 160 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Work Summary
Work
A History of How we spend our Time
by James Suzman 2020 464 pages
3.85
2k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Economics
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 400 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
by Gary A. Haugen 2014 368 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids Summary
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids
Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think
by Bryan Caplan 2011 242 pages
3.54
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Economics
Psychology
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here
What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
by Neil Howe 2023 336 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Bachelor Girl Summary
Bachelor Girl
100 Years of Breaking the Rules — a Social History of Living Single
by Betsy Israel 2009 324 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
Happy as a Dane Summary
Happy as a Dane
10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
by Malene Rydahl 2017 144 pages
3.46
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Adult
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
by Slavoj Žižek 2019 70 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
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
3.46
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
4.07
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
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
3.6
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Race
The Irrational Bundle Summary
The Irrational Bundle
by Dan Ariely 2013 763 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
The Good-Enough Life Summary
The Good-Enough Life
by Avram Alpert 2022 327 pages
3.44
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Hard-Core Romance Summary
Hard-Core Romance
Fifty Shades of Grey, Best-Sellers, and Society
by Eva Illouz 2014 97 pages
3.52
100+ ratings
Sociology
Feminism
Sexuality
The Diversity Illusion Summary
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration How to Set it Right
by Ed West 2013 288 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
4.13
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Crime
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014 450 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
Google Archipelago Summary
Google Archipelago
The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom
by Michael Rectenwald 2019 156 pages
3.9
100+ ratings
Politics
Cultural
Education
Shattered Nation Summary
Shattered Nation
Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State
by Danny Dorling 2023 288 pages
4.05
50+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Matthew Effect Summary
The Matthew Effect
How Advantage Begets Further Advantage
by Daniel Rigney 2010 178 pages
3.68
10+ ratings
Sociology
Economics
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