History Book Summaries

Uncharted Summary
Uncharted
How to Map the Future
by Margaret Heffernan 2020 362 pages
3.66
435 ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Financial Literacy Summary
Financial Literacy
Finding Your Way in the Financial Markets
by Connel Fullenkamp 2003 24 pages
4.01
249 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Wyatt Earp Summary
Wyatt Earp
The Life Behind the Legend
by Casey Tefertiller 1997 416 pages
4.00
777 ratings
History
Biography
Westerns
Autobiography of Mark Twain Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 414 pages
3.80
8.7K ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
Europe Summary
Europe
The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present
by Brendan Simms 2013 720 pages
3.95
743 ratings
History
European History
Politics
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
A Life From Beginning to End
by Hourly History 2016 39 pages
4.18
600 ratings
Biography
History
Historical
Soul Machine Summary
Soul Machine
The Invention of the Modern Mind
by George Makari 2015 672 pages
3.82
154 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
History
A Woman of No Importance Summary
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
by Sonia Purnell 2019 352 pages
4.15
57.0K ratings
History
Biography
Book Club
Broad Band Summary
Broad Band
The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
by Claire L. Evans 2018 288 pages
3.93
2.4K ratings
History
Science
Feminism
The Faithful Preacher Summary
The Faithful Preacher
Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors
by Thabiti M. Anyabwile 2007 192 pages
4.23
163 ratings
Biography
Theology
History
The Holocaust Industry Summary
The Holocaust Industry
Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
by Norman G. Finkelstein 2000 286 pages
4.12
3.5K ratings
History
Politics
Holocaust
Decline and Fall Summary
Decline and Fall
The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America
by John Michael Greer 2014 304 pages
4.29
153 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The God Particle Summary
The God Particle
If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
by Leon M. Lederman 1993 448 pages
4.15
4.1K ratings
Science
Physics
History
The Great Wall Summary
The Great Wall
China Against the World, 1000 BC - AD 2000
by Julia Lovell 1981 432 pages
3.47
326 ratings
History
China
Asia
The Underground Girls of Kabul Summary
The Underground Girls of Kabul
In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
by Jenny Nordberg 2014 350 pages
4.11
13.9K ratings
History
Feminism
Book Club
A Brief History of Indonesia Summary
A Brief History of Indonesia
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
by Tim Hannigan 2015 288 pages
4.03
1.3K ratings
History
Asia
Travel
A Criminal History of Mankind Summary
A Criminal History of Mankind
by Colin Wilson 1985 815 pages
3.90
763 ratings
History
Psychology
True Crime
Seldom Disappointed Summary
Seldom Disappointed
A Memoir
by Tony Hillerman 2001 368 pages
4.00
764 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Billion-Dollar Ball Summary
Billion-Dollar Ball
A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football
by Gilbert M. Gaul 2015 264 pages
3.87
630 ratings
Sports
Football
Education
Gray Matters Summary
Gray Matters
A Biography of Brain Surgery
by Theodore H. Schwartz 2024 512 pages
4.39
815 ratings
Science
Medicine
Medical
Bright-Sided Summary
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages
3.73
10.2K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
From Miniskirt to Hijab Summary
From Miniskirt to Hijab
A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
by Jacqueline Saper 2019 240 pages
4.15
578 ratings
Iran
Memoir
Biography
Henry V Summary
Henry V
The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
by Dan Jones 2024 432 pages
4.43
4.3K ratings
History
Biography
Medieval
Jewish Space Lasers Summary
Jewish Space Lasers
The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories
by Mike Rothschild 2023 336 pages
3.81
825 ratings
History
Politics
Jewish
A Reasonable Response Summary
A Reasonable Response
Answers to Tough Questions on God, Christianity, and the Bible
by William Lane Craig 2013 432 pages
3.96
125 ratings
Christianity
Philosophy
Theology
Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony Summary
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time
by Marcia Bartusiak 2000 272 pages
4.03
194 ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Violence Project Summary
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
by Jillian Peterson 2021 240 pages
4.46
1.3K ratings
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
The Primal Prescription Summary
The Primal Prescription
Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole
by Doug McGuff 2015 463 pages
4.23
128 ratings
Health
Economics
Medicine
Winter Is Coming Summary
Winter Is Coming
Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
by Garry Kasparov 2015 290 pages
4.04
3.4K ratings
Politics
Russia
History
The Edifice Complex Summary
The Edifice Complex
How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World
by Deyan Sudjic 2005 403 pages
3.78
345 ratings
Architecture
Politics
Urban Studies
Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography
by Karen Blumenthal 2012 320 pages
3.95
6.4K ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
Eastward to Tartary Summary
Eastward to Tartary
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by Robert D. Kaplan 2000 384 pages
4.04
1.7K ratings
Travel
History
Politics
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
by Walter Russell Mead 2004 256 pages
3.65
105 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
Tory Nation Summary
Tory Nation
How one party took over
by Samuel Earle 2023
4.19
63 ratings
Politics
History
Mother of Invention Summary
Mother of Invention
How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men
by Katrine Marçal 2020 296 pages
3.90
2.3K ratings
Feminism
History
Economics
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State Summary
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State
Why Americans Vote the Way They Do
by Andrew Gelman 2008 240 pages
3.64
371 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Blood & Oil Summary
Blood & Oil
A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah
by Manucher Farmanfarmaian 1997 515 pages
3.99
154 ratings
Iran
History
Memoir
Slanted Summary
Slanted
by Sharyl Attkisson 2020 316 pages
4.31
1.0K ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
The Nazi Conspiracy Summary
The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
by Brad Meltzer 2023 400 pages
4.15
9.2K ratings
History
World War II
Politics
The Quakers Summary
The Quakers
A Very Short Introduction
by Pink Dandelion 2008 142 pages
3.68
355 ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination Summary
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
by Gary Lachman 2017 145 pages
4.25
230 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Occult
The Dark Valley Summary
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages
4.18
593 ratings
History
European History
World History
Our Kind Summary
Our Kind
Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going
by Marvin Harris 1989 547 pages
4.16
655 ratings
Anthropology
Science
History
Shipwrecked! Summary
Shipwrecked!
Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor
by Martin W. Sandler 2023 138 pages
3.91
188 ratings
History
Middle Grade
Science
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
The Alchemists Summary
The Alchemists
Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire
by Neil Irwin 2013 448 pages
4.05
1.4K ratings
Economics
Finance
History
William Blake vs the World Summary
William Blake vs the World
by John Higgs 2021 280 pages
4.16
981 ratings
Biography
Art
Poetry
The Road to Little Dribbling Summary
The Road to Little Dribbling
Adventures of an American in Britain
by Bill Bryson 2015 380 pages
3.72
37.8K ratings
Travel
Humor
Memoir
Uncontrolled Spread Summary
Uncontrolled Spread
Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
by Scott Gottlieb 2021 480 pages
4.07
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Health
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