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The Facebook Effect Summary
The Facebook Effect
The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World
by David Kirkpatrick 2010 384 pages
3.86
11.9K ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
The Return of Marco Polo's World Summary
The Return of Marco Polo's World
War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century
by Robert D. Kaplan 2018 304 pages
3.79
815 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
World on the Brink Summary
World on the Brink
How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024 400 pages
4.26
604 ratings
China
Politics
History
After Steve Summary
After Steve
How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul
by Tripp Mickle 2022 512 pages
4.10
2.9K ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
Seven Women Summary
Seven Women
And the Secret of Their Greatness
by Eric Metaxas 2015 215 pages
4.18
6.7K ratings
Biography
Christian
History
The Revolution Betrayed Summary
The Revolution Betrayed
by Leon Trotsky 1937 240 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Why Empires Fall Summary
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
by Peter Heather 1983 185 pages
3.60
655 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Science of Yoga Summary
The Science of Yoga
The Risks and the Rewards
by William J. Broad 2012 298 pages
3.74
3.4K ratings
Science
Health
Fitness
The Warmth of Other Suns Summary
The Warmth of Other Suns
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson 2010 622 pages
4.48
111.6K ratings
History
Race
Book Club
The Hero With a Thousand Faces Summary
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell 1949 416 pages
4.13
43.7K ratings
Mythology
Philosophy
Psychology
Against Our Will Summary
Against Our Will
Men, Women and Rape
by Susan Brownmiller 1975 472 pages
4.05
4.1K ratings
Feminism
Gender Studies
History
The Road to Mecca Summary
The Road to Mecca
by Muhammad Asad 1954 375 pages
4.48
5.9K ratings
Islam
Religion
Biography
No Hero Summary
No Hero
The Evolution of a Navy SEAL
by Mark Owen 2014 304 pages
4.14
5.1K ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret Summary
Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret
by F. Howard Taylor 1932 256 pages
4.28
8.5K ratings
Biography
Christian
Christianity
Weapons of Mass Instruction Summary
Weapons of Mass Instruction
A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto 2008 192 pages
4.23
3.2K ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
"Believing Women" in Islam Summary
"Believing Women" in Islam
Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an
by Asma Barlas 2002 274 pages
4.27
1.4K ratings
Islam
Religion
Feminism
The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856 300 pages
4.05
2.5K ratings
History
Politics
France
Chokepoint Capitalism Summary
Chokepoint Capitalism
How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
by Rebecca Giblin 2022 312 pages
4.25
1.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Broken Code Summary
Broken Code
Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets
by Jeff Horwitz 2023 528 pages
3.90
606 ratings
Technology
Business
Politics
The Unexpected Spy Summary
The Unexpected Spy
From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists
by Tracy Walder 2020 272 pages
3.84
5.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
Natural Born Heroes Summary
Natural Born Heroes
How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
by Christopher McDougall 2013 337 pages
3.84
9.7K ratings
History
Sports
Health
Original Sins Summary
Original Sins
The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
by Eve L. Ewing 2025 400 pages
4.60
462 ratings
History
Education
Race
Why Science Does Not Disprove God Summary
Why Science Does Not Disprove God
by Amir D. Aczel 2013 304 pages
3.79
633 ratings
Science
Religion
Philosophy
The Accidental Billionaires Summary
The Accidental Billionaires
The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal
by Ben Mezrich 2009 255 pages
3.59
16.9K ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
Glimpses of World History Summary
Glimpses of World History
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934 1193 pages
4.32
2.1K ratings
History
India
World History
J.R.R. Tolkien Summary
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
by Humphrey Carpenter 1977 288 pages
4.05
16.1K ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
In Search of Sisterhood Summary
In Search of Sisterhood
Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement
by Paula J. Giddings 1988 336 pages
4.54
411 ratings
History
Feminism
African American
Bonhoeffer Summary
Bonhoeffer
Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
by Eric Metaxas 2010 608 pages
4.22
79.3K ratings
Biography
History
Christian
Martin Luther Summary
Martin Luther
The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
by Eric Metaxas 2017 480 pages
4.14
8.4K ratings
Biography
History
Christian
The Scam Summary
The Scam
by Debashis Basu 1993 378 pages
3.96
741 ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappé 2006 320 pages
4.54
9.3K ratings
History
Politics
War
The Pattern Seekers Summary
The Pattern Seekers
How Autism Drives Human Invention
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2020 272 pages
3.50
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Science
How to Rule the World Summary
How to Rule the World
A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
by André de Guillaume 2002 144 pages
3.66
539 ratings
Humor
Politics
History
The Nazis Summary
The Nazis
A Warning from History
by Laurence Rees 1997 256 pages
4.29
1.3K ratings
History
World War II
War
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy Summary
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
by Tim Harford 2017 336 pages
4.07
4.0K ratings
Economics
History
Business
The Mystery of Capital Summary
The Mystery of Capital
Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
by Hernando de Soto 2000 288 pages
3.99
4.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Ten Types of Human Summary
The Ten Types of Human
Who We Are and Who We Can Be
by Dexter Dias 2018 816 pages
4.17
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Muhammad Summary
Muhammad
A Biography of the Prophet
by Karen Armstrong 1991 290 pages
4.19
7.0K ratings
Religion
Islam
History
10 Judgements That Changed India Summary
10 Judgements That Changed India
by Zia Mody 2013 249 pages
4.07
1.7K ratings
India
Law
History
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
by Howard Zinn 1994 214 pages
4.35
3.6K ratings
History
Politics
Memoir
The World Atlas of Coffee Summary
The World Atlas of Coffee
From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed
by James Hoffmann 2014 256 pages
4.39
3.7K ratings
Food
Cooking
History
Pendulum Summary
Pendulum
How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future: PDF Included
by Roy H. Williams 2012
3.71
396 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
How to Stop Fascism Summary
How to Stop Fascism
History, Ideology, Resistance
by Paul Mason 2021 320 pages
4.02
332 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Only Game in Town Summary
The Only Game in Town
Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
by Mohamed El-Erian 2016 320 pages
3.57
1.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Walt Disney Summary
Walt Disney
The Triumph of the American Imagination
by Neal Gabler 2006 851 pages
4.06
11.1K ratings
Biography
History
Business
On Democracies and Death Cults Summary
On Democracies and Death Cults
Israel and the Future of Civilization
by Douglas Murray 2025 240 pages
4.47
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
Israel
First Principles Summary
First Principles
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
by Thomas E. Ricks 2020 416 pages
4.07
3.7K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
A More Beautiful and Terrible History Summary
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
by Jeanne Theoharis 2018 278 pages
4.32
749 ratings
History
Race
Politics
A Fever in the Heartland Summary
A Fever in the Heartland
The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
by Timothy Egan 2023 432 pages
4.36
41.0K ratings
History
True Crime
Book Club
The First Muslim Summary
The First Muslim
The Story of Muhammad
by Lesley Hazleton 2013 320 pages
3.99
4.8K ratings
Religion
History
Islam
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