History Book Summaries

My Men Are My Heroes Summary
My Men Are My Heroes
The Brad Kasal Story
by Brad Kasal 2007 287 pages
4.18
609 ratings
Military Fiction
History
War
Passport to Magonia Summary
Passport to Magonia
On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds
by Jacques F. Vallée 1993 372 pages
4.21
1.5K ratings
Paranormal
History
Folklore
I Think, Therefore I Am Summary
I Think, Therefore I Am
All the Philosophy You Need to Know
by Lesley Levene 2010 192 pages
3.42
839 ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
Māori History Summary
Māori History
A Captivating Guide to the History of the Indigenous Polynesian People of New Zealand
by Captivating History 2022 138 pages
3.78
116 ratings
History
The Message Summary
The Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2024 232 pages
4.51
38.1K ratings
Politics
Essays
History
Girly Drinks Summary
Girly Drinks
A World History of Women and Alcohol
by Mallory O'Meara 2021 384 pages
4.16
3.5K ratings
History
Feminism
Food
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One
How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry
by William K. Black 1995 352 pages
4.09
170 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Comandante ad Auschwitz Summary
Comandante ad Auschwitz
by Rudolf Höss 1956 266 pages
3.86
3.5K ratings
History
Holocaust
Biography
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The Downfall of Liberal Civilization
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.07
426 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Days of Rage Summary
Days of Rage
America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
by Bryan Burrough 2015 608 pages
3.96
2.4K ratings
History
Politics
American History
Ben & Jerry's Summary
Ben & Jerry's
The Inside Scoop: How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor
by Fred Lager 1994 276 pages
3.87
342 ratings
Business
Food
Biography
Demopolis Summary
Demopolis
Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice
by Josiah Ober 2019 222 pages
3.39
23 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Except for Palestine Summary
Except for Palestine
The Limits of Progressive Politics
by Marc Lamont Hill 2021 227 pages
4.20
4.3K ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
The Shortest History of Economics Summary
The Shortest History of Economics
by Andrew Leigh 2024 241 pages
3.94
1.1K ratings
Economics
History
Business
An American Sickness Summary
An American Sickness
How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017 656 pages
4.3
8.1K ratings
Health Care
Health
Medicine
Black in Blues Summary
Black in Blues
How a Color Tells the Story of My People
by Imani Perry 2025 256 pages
4.3
1.7K ratings
History
Essays
Race
Intellectuals Summary
Intellectuals
From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
by Paul Johnson 2007 416 pages
3.87
2.5K ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
Palestine Summary
Palestine
Peace Not Apartheid
by Jimmy Carter 2006 288 pages
3.92
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
The International Jew Summary
The International Jew
The World's Foremost Problem
by Anonymous 2009 166 pages
3.82
45 ratings
Politics
History
The Almightier Summary
The Almightier
How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin
by Paul Vigna 2025 304 pages
3.74
39 ratings
History
Business
Historical
A Patriot's History of the United States Summary
A Patriot's History of the United States
From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
by Larry Schweikart 2007 932 pages
4.11
3.9K ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Complete World of Greek Mythology Summary
The Complete World of Greek Mythology
by Richard Buxton 2004 256 pages
4.23
2.1K ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
History
Aion Summary
Aion
by C.G. Jung 1979 353 pages
4.37
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Religion
There Was and There Was Not Summary
There Was and There Was Not
A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond
by Meline Toumani 2014 304 pages
4.07
575 ratings
History
Memoir
Travel
Why Trust Matters Summary
Why Trust Matters
An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us
by Benjamin Ho 2021 336 pages
3.71
52 ratings
Economics
Business
History
The Infernal Machine Summary
The Infernal Machine
A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
by Steven Johnson 2024 368 pages
4.03
1.6K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
How God Became Jesus Summary
How God Became Jesus
The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature—A Response To Bart Ehrman
by Michael F. Bird 2014 233 pages
3.82
349 ratings
Theology
Religion
History
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A History from Socrates to Social Media
by Jacob Mchangama 2022 528 pages
4.19
476 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Buckley Summary
Buckley
The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
by Sam Tanenhaus 2025 1040 pages
4.21
268 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Zorg Summary
The Zorg
A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
by Siddharth Kara 2025 304 pages
4.26
761 ratings
History
Africa
Crime
Fight for Liberty Summary
Fight for Liberty
Defending Democracy in the Age of Trump
by Mark Lasswell 2018 320 pages
3.88
49 ratings
Politics
History
Treasury of Greek Mythology Summary
Treasury of Greek Mythology
Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters
by Donna Jo Napoli 2011 192 pages
4.02
3.3K ratings
Mythology
Greek Mythology
Folklore
On Muscle Summary
On Muscle
The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
by Bonnie Tsui 2025 256 pages
3.81
795 ratings
Science
Health
Memoir
Growth Summary
Growth
From Microorganisms to Megacities
by Vaclav Smil 2019 664 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Economics
Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel Summary
Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel
by William G. Dever 2005 344 pages
3.92
298 ratings
History
Religion
Archaeology
A Natural History of Human Emotions Summary
A Natural History of Human Emotions
by Stuart Walton 2005 432 pages
3.61
23 ratings
History
Psychology
Science
The Palestinian Delusion Summary
The Palestinian Delusion
The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process
by Robert Spencer 2019 304 pages
4
485 ratings
History
Politics
Israel
Numbers Don't Lie Summary
Numbers Don't Lie
71 Things You Need to Know About the World
by Vaclav Smil 2020 384 pages
3.83
10.2K ratings
Science
History
Economics
Ultrasociety Summary
Ultrasociety
How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
by Peter Turchin 2015 274 pages
4.12
450 ratings
History
Anthropology
Sociology
Confident Women Summary
Confident Women
Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion
by Tori Telfer 2021 352 pages
3.71
4.1K ratings
True Crime
History
Feminism
A Concise History of the Middle East Summary
A Concise History of the Middle East
by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr 2005 576 pages
3.72
952 ratings
History
Middle East
Politics
The Acid Queen Summary
The Acid Queen
The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary
by Susannah Cahalan 2025 384 pages
3.99
341 ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Summary
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
by David Hume 1998 160 pages
3.97
6.0K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1 Summary
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1
1913-1951
by Allan H. Meltzer 2003 808 pages
4.04
51 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Triumph of Doubt Summary
The Triumph of Doubt
Dark Money and the Science of Deception
by David Michaels 2020 344 pages
4.07
214 ratings
Science
Politics
History
Fifth Sun Summary
Fifth Sun
A New History of the Aztecs
by Camilla Townsend 2019 336 pages
4.09
5.1K ratings
History
Historical
World History
Palestine Summary
Palestine
A Four Thousand Year History
by Nur Masalha 2018 304 pages
4.02
1.2K ratings
History
Middle East
Politics
A Black Women's History of the United States Summary
A Black Women's History of the United States
by Daina Ramey Berry 2020 273 pages
4.29
3.6K ratings
History
Race
Feminism
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? Summary
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?
The Munk Debates
by Steven Pinker 2016 128 pages
3.34
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Politics
The Story of Art Without Men Summary
The Story of Art Without Men
by Katy Hessel 2022 352 pages
4.3
4.0K ratings
Art
History
Feminism
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