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If the Oceans Were Ink Summary
If the Oceans Were Ink
An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
by Carla Power 2015 352 pages
4.11
2.0K ratings
Islam
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Memoir
The Pencil Summary
The Pencil
A History of Design and Circumstance
by Henry Petroski 1992 434 pages
3.81
641 ratings
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Hate Inc. Summary
Hate Inc.
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by Matt Taibbi 2019 380 pages
4.10
5.5K ratings
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Entanglement Summary
Entanglement
by Amir D. Aczel 2002 304 pages
4.01
1.2K ratings
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The Invention of Russia Summary
The Invention of Russia
From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War
by Arkady Ostrovsky 2015 384 pages
4.02
1.8K ratings
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Bird Watching Summary
Bird Watching
On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love
by Larry Bird 1999 352 pages
3.94
423 ratings
Sports
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Selfie Summary
Selfie
How the West Became Self-Obsessed
by Will Storr 2017 416 pages
3.92
3.6K ratings
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How We Eat Summary
How We Eat
The Brave New World of Food and Drink
by Paco Underhill 2022 256 pages
3.52
440 ratings
Food
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Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky 2022 200 pages
4.38
273 ratings
Politics
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Social Justice
A World Undone Summary
A World Undone
The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
by G.J. Meyer 2006 704 pages
4.37
8.7K ratings
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Strong Inside Summary
Strong Inside
Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
by Andrew Maraniss 2014 480 pages
4.20
311 ratings
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Daughters of the Samurai Summary
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
by Janice P. Nimura 2015 352 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
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Japan
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Griftopia Summary
Griftopia
Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
by Matt Taibbi 2010 253 pages
4.16
9.5K ratings
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Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun Summary
Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun
by Wess Roberts 1987 128 pages
3.58
1.5K ratings
Leadership
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The Anti-capitalistic Mentality Summary
The Anti-capitalistic Mentality
by Ludwig von Mises 1956 88 pages
3.97
2.2K ratings
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Five Chimneys Summary
Five Chimneys
A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
by Olga Lengyel 1947 232 pages
4.41
20.1K ratings
Holocaust
History
World War II
Heroic Failure Summary
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
by Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages
4.12
2.2K ratings
Politics
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British Literature
It IS About Islam Summary
It IS About Islam
Exposing the Truth About ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the Caliphate (3)
by Glenn Beck 2015 272 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
Islam
Supernatural Summary
Supernatural
Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
by Graham Hancock 2005 480 pages
4.23
3.3K ratings
History
Spirituality
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Free Market Revolution Summary
Free Market Revolution
How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government
by Yaron Brook 2012 272 pages
4.22
665 ratings
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Philosophy
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future Summary
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
by Johan Norberg 2016 304 pages
4.05
1.7K ratings
Economics
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Politics
The Marvel Studios Story Summary
The Marvel Studios Story
How a Failing Comic Book Publisher Became a Hollywood Superhero
by Charlie Wetzel 2020 192 pages
3.69
186 ratings
History
Business
Comics
UFO Summary
UFO
The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There
by Garrett M. Graff 2023 544 pages
3.69
934 ratings
History
Science
Paranormal
Paperbacks from Hell Summary
Paperbacks from Hell
The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
by Grady Hendrix 2017 254 pages
4.27
11.3K ratings
Horror
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Books About Books
The Greatest Summary
The Greatest
My Own Story
by Richard Durham 1975 415 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Like, Comment, Subscribe Summary
Like, Comment, Subscribe
How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture
by Mark Bergen 2022 464 pages
3.73
1.0K ratings
Business
Technology
History
The Real Anthony Fauci Summary
The Real Anthony Fauci
Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2021 934 pages
4.49
8.4K ratings
Politics
Health
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Flesh and Stone Summary
Flesh and Stone
The Body and the City in Western Civilization
by Richard Sennett 1996 432 pages
4.29
520 ratings
History
Architecture
Sociology
Nelson Mandela Summary
Nelson Mandela
A Biography
by Martin Meredith 1997 596 pages
4.16
336 ratings
Biography
Africa
History
Russia - Culture Smart! Summary
Russia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
by Anna King 2007 168 pages
3.84
131 ratings
Travel
Russia
History
The Double Life of Pocahontas Summary
The Double Life of Pocahontas
by Jean Fritz 1983 96 pages
3.46
767 ratings
History
Biography
Historical
The New Breed Summary
The New Breed
What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots
by Kate Darling 2021 336 pages
3.98
392 ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Clock of the Long Now Summary
Clock of the Long Now
Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
by Stewart Brand 1999 208 pages
4.10
790 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs Summary
Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
by Colin Wilson 1964
3.41
230 ratings
History
Biography
Russia
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
by Saket Soni 2023 368 pages
4.52
893 ratings
History
Politics
Race
Masters of Command Summary
Masters of Command
Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
by Barry S. Strauss 2012 320 pages
4.02
816 ratings
History
Leadership
Ancient History
The Dope Summary
The Dope
The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
by Benjamin T. Smith 2021 464 pages
4.03
1.0K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Black Garden Summary
Black Garden
Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War
by Thomas de Waal 2003 400 pages
4.25
788 ratings
History
Politics
War
White Feminism Summary
White Feminism
From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind
by Koa Beck 2021 300 pages
4.25
2.3K ratings
Feminism
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Race
Moonshot Summary
Moonshot
What Landing a Man on the Moon Teaches Us About Collaboration, Creativity, and the Mind-set for Success
by Richard Wiseman 2019 272 pages
3.89
393 ratings
Space
History
Self Help
The House of Rothschild, Vol 2 Summary
The House of Rothschild, Vol 2
The World's Banker 1849-1999
by Niall Ferguson 1998 592 pages
3.95
651 ratings
History
Biography
Finance
The Turning Point Summary
The Turning Point
Science, Society, and the Rising Culture
by Fritjof Capra 1982 464 pages
4.11
1.5K ratings
Science
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Culture Summary
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
by Martin Puchner 2023 384 pages
3.82
538 ratings
History
Art
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Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Ancient Egyptian Magic Summary
Ancient Egyptian Magic
A Hands-On Guide
by Christina Riggs 2020 208 pages
3.89
197 ratings
Egypt
History
Mythology
The Hand Summary
The Hand
How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture
by Frank R. Wilson 1998 416 pages
3.86
209 ratings
Science
Design
Psychology
The Road to Ruin Summary
The Road to Ruin
The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis
by James Rickards 2016 352 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Uncertainty Summary
Uncertainty
Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
by David Lindley 1996 272 pages
4.01
2.3K ratings
Science
Physics
History
How to Win an Election Summary
How to Win an Election
An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
by Quintus Tullius Cicero 128 pages
3.80
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Making Globalization Work Summary
Making Globalization Work
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2006 384 pages
3.85
2.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
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