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The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages
4.19
455 ratings
History
American History
Biography
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean 2007 364 pages
4.06
331 ratings
Politics
History
American
کلبه ی عمو تام Summary
کلبه ی عمو تام
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852
3.92
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Broke Summary
Broke
The Plan to Restore our Trust, Truth and Treasure
by Glenn Beck 2010 406 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
As I Lay Dying Summary
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner 1930 288 pages
3.72
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
These Truths Summary
These Truths
A History of the United States
by Jill Lepore 2018 960 pages
4.40
13k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Best American Essays 2018 Summary
Best American Essays 2018
by Hilton Als 2018 336 pages
3.53
350 ratings
Essays
Anthologies
21st Century
America Last Summary
America Last
The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators
by Jacob Heilbrunn 2024 264 pages
3.84
239 ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Buccaneers Summary
The Buccaneers
by Edith Wharton 1938 406 pages
3.85
8k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
The House of Mirth Summary
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton 1905 351 pages
3.98
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
BOOM Summary
BOOM
Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever. A Long, Strange Journey Along the Keystone XL Pipeline
by Tony Horwitz 2014 116 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Travel
Environment
Politics
The House of the Seven Gables Summary
The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851 225 pages
3.45
43k+ ratings
Classics
Gothic
Literature
Vineland Summary
Vineland
by Thomas Pynchon 1990 480 pages
3.75
18k+ ratings
Literature
Literary Fiction
Novels
Not Stolen Summary
Not Stolen
The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World
by Jeff Fynn-Paul 2023 397 pages
4.13
463 ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Winter of Our Discontent Summary
The Winter of Our Discontent
by John Steinbeck 1961 291 pages
4.01
54k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
American
Moon Palace Summary
Moon Palace
by Paul Auster 1989 320 pages
3.98
29k+ ratings
American
Contemporary
Novels
Absalom, Absalom! Summary
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner 1936 316 pages
3.99
48k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
by Ben Shapiro 2020 288 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
America and the World in the Free Market Era
by Gary Gerstle 2022 432 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
After the Fall Summary
After the Fall
The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've Made
by Ben Rhodes 2022 384 pages
4.15
157 ratings
Politics
History
American
The Best American Short Stories 2024 Summary
The Best American Short Stories 2024
by Lauren Groff 2024 400 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Short Stories
Anthologies
Contemporary
United States of Distraction Summary
United States of Distraction
Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It)
by Mickey Huff 2019 248 pages
3.74
114 ratings
Politics
History
American
V. Summary
V.
by Thomas Pynchon 1963 640 pages
3.97
25k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Bleeding Edge Summary
Bleeding Edge
by Thomas Pynchon 2013 477 pages
3.62
14k+ ratings
Mystery
Novels
Literature
Illiberal America Summary
Illiberal America
A History
by Steven Hahn 2024 464 pages
4.16
300 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy Summary
Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
by Kishore Mahbubani 2020 320 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
China
Politics
History
America, América Summary
America, América
A New History of the New World
by Greg Grandin 2025 768 pages
4.49
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Lions and Scavengers Summary
Lions and Scavengers
The True Story of America
by Ben Shapiro 2025 256 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American
American Crucible Summary
American Crucible
Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
by Gary Gerstle 2001 472 pages
3.82
246 ratings
History
American History
Race
American Slavery, American Freedom Summary
American Slavery, American Freedom
by Edmund S. Morgan 1975 464 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
History
American History
Race
American Therapy Summary
American Therapy
The Rise of Psychotherapy in the United States
by Jonathan Engel 2008 368 pages
3.39
70 ratings
Psychology
History
Psychological
The Counter-Revolution of 1776 Summary
The Counter-Revolution of 1776
Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
by Gerald Horne 2014 363 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
History
American History
Race
Democracy in Chains Summary
Democracy in Chains
The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
by Nancy MacLean 2017 334 pages
4.29
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Framers' Coup Summary
The Framers' Coup
The Making of the United States Constitution
by Michael J. Klarman 2016 880 pages
4.41
422 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Identity Crisis Summary
Identity Crisis
The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America
by John Sides 2018 352 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Ideas with Consequences Summary
Ideas with Consequences
The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution
by Amanda Hollis-Brusky 2014 266 pages
3.84
88 ratings
Politics
Law
History
Laboratories of Autocracy Summary
Laboratories of Autocracy
A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines
by David Pepper 2021 452 pages
4.48
338 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Rural Versus Urban Summary
Rural Versus Urban
The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy
by Suzanne Mettler 2025 310 pages
4.28
46 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Hell of Good Intentions Summary
The Hell of Good Intentions
America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy
by Stephen M. Walt 2018 400 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Look Homeward, Angel Summary
Look Homeward, Angel
by Thomas Wolfe 1929 544 pages
3.91
15k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 Summary
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913
by C. Vann Woodward 1951 656 pages
4.11
240 ratings
History
American History
Race
Justice on the Brink Summary
Justice on the Brink
The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court
by Linda Greenhouse 2021 336 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Law
The Populist Moment Summary
The Populist Moment
A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America
by Lawrence Goodwyn 1978 384 pages
3.80
335 ratings
History
Politics
American History
A Nation Without Borders Summary
A Nation Without Borders
The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910
by Steven Hahn 2016 608 pages
4.00
332 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Why the New Deal Matters Summary
Why the New Deal Matters
by Eric Rauchway 2021 232 pages
3.98
235 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Next American Nation Summary
The Next American Nation
The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution
by Michael Lind 1995 448 pages
3.95
87 ratings
Politics
History
Cultural
The Game Summary
The Game
by Jack London
by Jack London 1905 47 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Novels
A Nation of Deadbeats Summary
A Nation of Deadbeats
An Uncommon History of America's Financial Disasters
by Scott Reynolds Nelson 2012 352 pages
3.69
136 ratings
History
Economics
Politics
The Red and the Blue Summary
The Red and the Blue
The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
by Steve Kornacki 2018
4.20
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Slave Breeding Summary
Slave Breeding
Sex, Violence, and Memory in African American History
by Gregory D. Smithers 2012 320 pages
3.73
51 ratings
History
African American
American History
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