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Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser 2001 383 pages
3.75
206.1K ratings
Food
Sociology
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Chasing the Scream Summary
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
by Johann Hari 2015 400 pages
4.50
20.8K ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
Flash Boys Summary
Flash Boys
A Wall Street Revolt
by Michael Lewis 2014 304 pages
4.14
88.1K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed
Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
by Thomas Sowell 1995 320 pages
4.40
3.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Yoga Body Summary
Yoga Body
The Origins of Modern Posture Practice
by Mark Singleton 2010 272 pages
3.88
624 ratings
History
Health
Spirituality
This Is Your Mind on Plants Summary
This Is Your Mind on Plants
by Michael Pollan 2021 288 pages
3.87
32.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Nature
Moral Politics Summary
Moral Politics
How Liberals and Conservatives Think
by George Lakoff 1996 471 pages
4.03
1.7K ratings
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Psychology
Philosophy
The India Way Summary
The India Way
Strategies for an Uncertain World
by S. Jaishankar 2020 240 pages
3.94
1.5K ratings
India
Politics
International Relations
Message to the Blackman in America Summary
Message to the Blackman in America
by Elijah Muhammad 1965 386 pages
4.45
897 ratings
Religion
Race
Islam
Shape Summary
Shape
The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
by Jordan Ellenberg 2021 480 pages
3.73
2.0K ratings
Science
Mathematics
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Capital in the Twenty First Century Summary
Capital in the Twenty First Century
by Thomas Piketty 2013 685 pages
4.06
33.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies Summary
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies
The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, The Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, The New World Order, and many, many more
by Arthur Goldwag 2009 400 pages
3.34
793 ratings
History
Religion
Cults
The Identity Trap Summary
The Identity Trap
A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
by Yascha Mounk 2023 414 pages
4.06
2.0K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Complete Chanakya Neeti Summary
Complete Chanakya Neeti
by R.P. Jain 2013 114 pages
3.94
1.6K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
History
The World Is Flat Summary
The World Is Flat
A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
by Thomas L. Friedman 2005 593 pages
3.69
102.3K ratings
History
Business
Economics
The Globalization Paradox Summary
The Globalization Paradox
Democracy and the Future of the World Economy
by Dani Rodrik 2010 368 pages
4.00
1.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Valley of Genius Summary
Valley of Genius
The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley
by Adam Fisher 2018 512 pages
4.08
1.3K ratings
History
Technology
Business
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition
by Timothy Snyder 2017 128 pages
4.46
4.4K ratings
History
Graphic Novels
Politics
Meditations Summary
Meditations
With Selected Correspondence
by Marcus Aurelius 208 pages
4.26
646 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
The Ape that Understood the Universe Summary
The Ape that Understood the Universe
How the Mind and Culture Evolve
by Steve Stewart-Williams 2018 378 pages
4.25
1.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The Genius of Israel Summary
The Genius of Israel
The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
by Dan Senor 2023 336 pages
4.38
1.1K ratings
Israel
History
Jewish
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages
4.03
5.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Classics
Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln Summary
Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln
21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers
by James C. Humes 2002 224 pages
3.93
2.1K ratings
Business
Self Help
Leadership
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
4.22
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Environment
Capitalism in America Summary
Capitalism in America
An Economic History of the United States
by Alan Greenspan 2018 496 pages
4.07
2.2K ratings
Economics
History
Business
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
by Christopher Lasch 1978 368 pages
3.97
4.1K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
The Better Angels of Our Nature Summary
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker 2010 806 pages
4.16
29.1K ratings
History
Psychology
Science
Until the End of Time Summary
Until the End of Time
Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
by Brian Greene 2020 384 pages
4.04
5.8K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Invisible Doctrine Summary
Invisible Doctrine
The Secret History of Neoliberalism
by George Monbiot 2024 224 pages
4.41
1.7K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Summary
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
by Samuel P. Huntington 1996 368 pages
3.78
13.4K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Mythos Summary
Mythos
The Greek Myths Retold
by Stephen Fry 2017 416 pages
4.26
148.2K ratings
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
Son of Hamas Summary
Son of Hamas
A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
by Mosab Hassan Yousef 2011 265 pages
4.23
16.9K ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
The Next 100 Years Summary
The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century
by George Friedman 2008 272 pages
3.67
10.9K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Ramayana Unravelled Summary
Ramayana Unravelled
Lesser Known Facets of Rishi Vālmiki’s Epic
by Ami Ganatra 2022 236 pages
4.38
597 ratings
History
Mythology
Religion
The Fate of Rome Summary
The Fate of Rome
Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
by Kyle Harper 2017 417 pages
4.19
1.9K ratings
History
Ancient History
Science
American Made Summary
American Made
What Happens to People When Work Disappears
by Farah Stockman 2021 418 pages
4.31
1.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 271 pages
4.11
14.2K ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Stalling for Time Summary
Stalling for Time
My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
by Gary Noesner 2010 372 pages
3.93
5.4K ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
SEAL Team Six Summary
SEAL Team Six
Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
by Howard E. Wasdin 2011 331 pages
4.06
17.9K ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Persian Girls Summary
Persian Girls
by Nahid Rachlin 2006 304 pages
3.91
3.5K ratings
Memoir
Iran
Biography
The Grid Summary
The Grid
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
by Gretchen Bakke 2016 384 pages
3.87
4.4K ratings
Science
History
Technology
No Logo Summary
No Logo
by Naomi Klein 2000 528 pages
3.89
32.2K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
A Long Way Gone Summary
A Long Way Gone
Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah 2007 229 pages
4.16
191.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
War
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
62 ratings
Islam
Politics
Religion
Fight Summary
Fight
Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House
by Jonathan Allen 2025 352 pages
4.06
1.7K ratings
Politics
History
The United States Of America
The Road to Serfdom Summary
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages
4.15
25.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
John D. Rockefeller on Making Money Summary
John D. Rockefeller on Making Money
Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth
by John D. Rockefeller 2015 128 pages
3.34
141 ratings
Business
Biography
Finance
The Evolution of Fiqh Summary
The Evolution of Fiqh
Islamic Law & the Madh-habs
by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips 1988 228 pages
4.36
351 ratings
Islam
Religion
History
Fake Law Summary
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
by The Secret Barrister 2020 400 pages
4.20
4.7K ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
Big Gods Summary
Big Gods
How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
by Ara Norenzayan 2013 257 pages
4.02
372 ratings
Religion
History
Psychology
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