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Stranger in the Shogun's City Summary
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
by Amy Stanley 2020 352 pages
3.77
2.3K ratings
History
Japan
Biography
Blood and Oil Summary
Blood and Oil
Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
by Bradley Hope 2020 368 pages
4.25
9.3K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Lead Yourself First Summary
Lead Yourself First
Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude
by Raymond M. Kethledge 2017 240 pages
3.75
1.2K ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
50 People Every Christian Should Know Summary
50 People Every Christian Should Know
Learning from Spiritual Giants of the Faith
by Warren W. Wiersbe 2009 398 pages
4.06
1.3K ratings
Biography
Christian
History
The Philosophy of History Summary
The Philosophy of History
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1831 480 pages
3.82
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
Dead Wake Summary
Dead Wake
The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson 2015 430 pages
4.13
155.4K ratings
History
Book Club
Historical
Liftoff Summary
Liftoff
Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
by Eric Berger 2021 288 pages
4.47
6.1K ratings
Business
Space
Science
Cinema Speculation Summary
Cinema Speculation
by Quentin Tarantino 2022 391 pages
4.05
13.1K ratings
Film
Media Tie In
Memoir
Open Socrates Summary
Open Socrates
The Case for a Philosophical Life
by Agnes Callard 2025 416 pages
4.00
276 ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
The Way to Wealth Summary
The Way to Wealth
by Benjamin Franklin 1757 30 pages
4.09
3.2K ratings
Finance
Business
History
Easy Money Summary
Easy Money
Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
by Ben McKenzie 2023 304 pages
3.97
3.3K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Tesla Summary
Tesla
Man Out of Time
by Margaret Cheney 1981 400 pages
3.70
6.5K ratings
Biography
Science
History
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur
America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy
by Yanis Varoufakis 2011 252 pages
4.17
2.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Citizens Summary
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
by Jon Alexander 2022 320 pages
4.08
256 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East Summary
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East
by Bernard Lewis 2001 186 pages
3.54
3.9K ratings
History
Islam
Religion
A Call to Action Summary
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
by Jimmy Carter 2014 211 pages
4.04
2.2K ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
The End of Fashion Summary
The End of Fashion
How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever
by Teri Agins 1999 352 pages
3.87
1.1K ratings
Fashion
Business
History
An Era of Darkness Summary
An Era of Darkness
The British Empire in India
by Shashi Tharoor 2016 360 pages
4.17
12.2K ratings
History
India
Politics
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan 2006 450 pages
4.19
208.3K ratings
Food
Science
Health
From Dictatorship to Democracy Summary
From Dictatorship to Democracy
by Gene Sharp 1993 93 pages
3.82
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Sophie's World Summary
Sophie's World
A Graphic Novel About the History of Philosophy Vol I: From Socrates to Galileo
by Jostein Gaarder 2022 264 pages
4.07
823 ratings
Philosophy
Graphic Novels
Bande DessinΓ©e
The Great Debate Summary
The Great Debate
Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
by Yuval Levin 2013 296 pages
3.87
1.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Beyond The Story Summary
Beyond The Story
10-Year Record of BTS
by Myeongseok Kang 2023 544 pages
4.63
10.7K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Music
Brand Failures Summary
Brand Failures
The Truth about the 100 Biggest Branding Mistakes of All Time
by Matt Haig 2003 310 pages
3.58
582 ratings
Business
Economics
Management
Melania Summary
Melania
by Melania Trump 2024 338 pages
3.83
12.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
Viking Age Iceland Summary
Viking Age Iceland
by Jesse L. Byock 2001 448 pages
4.09
656 ratings
History
Medieval
Historical
Engines That Move Markets Summary
Engines That Move Markets
Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond
by Alasdair Nairn 2001 494 pages
4.37
194 ratings
Finance
Business
History
Darwin's Dangerous Idea Summary
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Evolution and the Meanings of Life
by Daniel C. Dennett 1995 588 pages
4.07
16.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
How to Save the West Summary
How to Save the West
Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
by Spencer Klavan 2023 256 pages
4.29
424 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
What We Owe the Future Summary
What We Owe the Future
by William MacAskill 2022 335 pages
3.83
6.1K ratings
Philosophy
Science
History
The Koran Summary
The Koran
A Very Short Introduction
by Michael A. Cook 2000 176 pages
3.37
787 ratings
Religion
Islam
History
Malcolm X Summary
Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
by Manning Marable 2011 608 pages
4.18
19.8K ratings
Biography
History
Race
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Summary
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
by Joseph A. Schumpeter 1942 460 pages
3.99
2.9K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand 1946 340 pages
3.89
4.4K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
by Paul Krugman 2008 224 pages
3.83
8.8K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Letters to a Young Contrarian Summary
Letters to a Young Contrarian
by Christopher Hitchens 2001 141 pages
4.13
12.5K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Average Is Over Summary
Average Is Over
Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
by Tyler Cowen 2013 304 pages
3.64
2.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Stamped Summary
Stamped
Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds 2020 294 pages
4.47
53.2K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle 2023 368 pages
4.28
3.4K ratings
Science
Climate Change
Politics
Rosa Parks Summary
Rosa Parks
My Story
by Rosa Parks 1948 188 pages
4.18
2.6K ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm
America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
by George Friedman 2020 256 pages
4.06
2.3K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Mandela's Way Summary
Mandela's Way
Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
by Richard Stengel 2009 243 pages
4.11
3.1K ratings
Biography
History
Self Help
The Voice of Human Justice Summary
The Voice of Human Justice
by George Jordac 2008
4.35
127 ratings
Religion
Biography
History
We Have Never Been Woke Summary
We Have Never Been Woke
The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
by Musa al-Gharbi 2024 432 pages
4.29
489 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
The Spy and the Traitor Summary
The Spy and the Traitor
The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by Ben Macintyre 2018 384 pages
4.52
80.8K ratings
History
Espionage
Biography
The Bomber Mafia Summary
The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
by Malcolm Gladwell 2021 256 pages
4.03
60.3K ratings
History
War
World War II
The Lost City of Z Summary
The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by David Grann 2009 339 pages
3.90
105.1K ratings
History
Adventure
Travel
Mix It Up Summary
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
by David Grazian 2010 256 pages
3.50
104 ratings
Sociology
School
History
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith 2012 592 pages
4.19
854 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture
The Fight for the Future of Movies
by Ben Fritz 2018 309 pages
4.02
2.2K ratings
Film
Business
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