History Book Summaries

The Lincoln Conspiracy Summary
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President⁠—and Why It Failed
by Brad Meltzer 2020 448 pages
4.32
6.4K ratings
History
Politics
Biography
A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World
by Christopher Lascelles 2011 241 pages
3.85
1.6K ratings
History
Historical
Reference
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst
by Daniel Reingold 2006 368 pages
3.87
1.1K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
A Dark Muse Summary
A Dark Muse
A History of the Occult
by Gary Lachman 2003 384 pages
3.74
227 ratings
Occult
History
Esoterica
Unmasked Summary
Unmasked
Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
by Andy Ngo 2021 320 pages
4.17
2.7K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Classical Music for Dummies Summary
Classical Music for Dummies
by David Pogue 1997 356 pages
3.94
629 ratings
Music
Reference
Classical Music
We Are Free to Change the World Summary
We Are Free to Change the World
Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience
by Lyndsey Stonebridge 2024 368 pages
4.12
315 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Politics
In an Uncertain World Summary
In an Uncertain World
Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington
by Robert E. Rubin 2003 448 pages
3.70
654 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane 2011 575 pages
4.15
422 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Front Row at the Trump Show Summary
Front Row at the Trump Show
by Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pages
4.27
4.2K ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) Summary
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)
Adventures in Math and Science
by Adam Rutherford 2021 304 pages
4.10
1.7K ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Contesting Democracy Summary
Contesting Democracy
Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
by Jan-Werner Müller 2006 304 pages
4.03
147 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
A Brilliant Life Summary
A Brilliant Life
My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust
by Rachelle Unreich 2023 304 pages
4.30
1.8K ratings
Holocaust
Biography
History
Aristotle Summary
Aristotle
Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher
by John Sellars 2023 123 pages
3.96
157 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
L'arte di essere felici Summary
L'arte di essere felici
by Seneca 128 pages
3.84
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Social Instinct Summary
The Social Instinct
How Cooperation Shaped the World
by Nichola Raihani 2021 304 pages
3.93
606 ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Wrath of Cochise Summary
The Wrath of Cochise
The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars
by Terry Mort 2013 400 pages
3.70
205 ratings
History
American History
Biography
How to Think Like a Woman Summary
How to Think Like a Woman
Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
by Regan Penaluna 2023 320 pages
3.96
1.5K ratings
Philosophy
Feminism
History
Pharma Summary
Pharma
Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
by Gerald Posner 2020 816 pages
4.19
756 ratings
Business
Science
History
The World According to Cunk Summary
The World According to Cunk
An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever
by Philomena Cunk 2024 256 pages
3.95
1.2K ratings
History
Humor
Comedy
House of Trump, House of Putin Summary
House of Trump, House of Putin
The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
by Craig Unger 2018 382 pages
4.02
1.7K ratings
Politics
History
Russia
The Ballot and the Bible Summary
The Ballot and the Bible
How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
by Kaitlyn Schiess 2023 224 pages
4.23
1.4K ratings
Politics
Theology
Christian
World Without Mind Summary
World Without Mind
The Existential Threat of Big Tech
by Franklin Foer 2017 272 pages
3.62
2.2K ratings
Technology
Science
Business
The Betrayal of Anne Frank Summary
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
A Cold Case Investigation
by Rosemary Sullivan 2022 400 pages
3.83
14.3K ratings
History
True Crime
Holocaust
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst
by Daniel Reingold 2006 368 pages
3.87
1.1K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Shivaji Summary
Shivaji
The Grand Rebel
by Dennis Kincaid 1937 346 pages
4.17
859 ratings
History
Biography
India
Eye of the Beholder Summary
Eye of the Beholder
Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
by Laura J. Snyder 2015 448 pages
3.94
378 ratings
History
Science
Art
These Are the Plunderers Summary
These Are the Plunderers
How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America
by Gretchen Morgenson 2023 391 pages
3.73
834 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Targeted Summary
Targeted
The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower s Inside Story of How Big Data, Trump, and Facebook Broke Democracy and How It Can Happen Again
by Brittany Kaiser 2019 400 pages
3.57
1.1K ratings
Politics
Technology
Memoir
A Secret History of Consciousness Summary
A Secret History of Consciousness
by Gary Lachman 2003 352 pages
4.29
236 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
History
Live Alone and Like It Summary
Live Alone and Like It
by Marjorie Hillis 1936 154 pages
3.67
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Feminism
Womens
Deception Summary
Deception
The Great Covid Cover-Up
by Rand Paul 2023 540 pages
4.52
466 ratings
Politics
History
Science
Black Flags, Blue Waters Summary
Black Flags, Blue Waters
The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
by Eric Jay Dolin 2018 380 pages
3.76
4.3K ratings
History
Pirates
American History
Move Fast and Break Things Summary
Move Fast and Break Things
How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
by Jonathan Taplin 2017 320 pages
3.59
1.5K ratings
Business
Technology
Politics
The Lords of Strategy Summary
The Lords of Strategy
The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World
by Walter Kiechel III 2009 368 pages
3.94
2.5K ratings
Business
History
Management
Fly Girls Summary
Fly Girls
How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
by Keith O'Brien 2018 352 pages
3.92
9.0K ratings
History
Biography
Aviation
Enemy of All Mankind Summary
Enemy of All Mankind
A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
by Steven Johnson 2020 286 pages
3.89
4.2K ratings
History
Pirates
True Crime
The Plague Year Summary
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
by Lawrence Wright 2020 336 pages
4.12
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Book on the Bookshelf Summary
The Book on the Bookshelf
by Henry Petroski 1999 304 pages
3.75
1.5K ratings
Books About Books
History
Microhistory
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings Summary
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
by Karl Marx 2005 224 pages
3.63
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Eternity in Their Hearts Summary
Eternity in Their Hearts
Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World
by Don Richardson 1980 223 pages
4.29
4.0K ratings
Christian
Theology
Christianity
Rommel Summary
Rommel
Lessons from Yesterday for Today's Leaders
by Charles Messenger 2009 224 pages
3.40
166 ratings
History
Leadership
World War II
The Atlantis Blueprint Summary
The Atlantis Blueprint
Unlocking the Ancient Mysteries of a Long-lost Civilization
by Rand Flem-Ath 2000 415 pages
3.81
569 ratings
History
Alternate History
Ancient History
Magnificent Rebels Summary
Magnificent Rebels
The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
by Andrea Wulf 2022 512 pages
4.19
2.1K ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
Davos Man Summary
Davos Man
How the Billionaires Devoured the World
by Peter S. Goodman 2022 480 pages
3.92
1.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The Subtle Body Summary
The Subtle Body
The Story of Yoga in America
by Stefanie Syman 2010 400 pages
3.27
263 ratings
Spirituality
History
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings Summary
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
by Octavio Paz 1950 398 pages
4.10
14.3K ratings
Essays
History
Philosophy
Escaping the Rabbit Hole Summary
Escaping the Rabbit Hole
How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect
by Mick West 2018 304 pages
3.77
847 ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
Black Like Me Summary
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin 1961 208 pages
4.11
69.0K ratings
History
Memoir
Classics
The Science of Murder Summary
The Science of Murder
The Forensics of Agatha Christie
by Carla Valentine 2021 432 pages
3.83
2.3K ratings
True Crime
Science
History
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