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The Worldly Philosophers Summary
The Worldly Philosophers
by Robert L. Heilbroner 1953 368 pages
4.16
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The Long Game Summary
The Long Game
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by Rush Doshi 2021 432 pages
4.02
1.0K ratings
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The Best and the Brightest Summary
The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam 1969 688 pages
4.27
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Destiny of the Republic Summary
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard 2011 339 pages
4.22
80.2K ratings
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The Doctor and the Saint Summary
The Doctor and the Saint
The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
by Arundhati Roy 2017 184 pages
4.32
2.5K ratings
India
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At the Existentialist Café Summary
At the Existentialist Café
by Sarah Bakewell 2016 440 pages
4.24
18.2K ratings
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National Identity Summary
National Identity
by Anthony D. Smith 1991 240 pages
3.70
233 ratings
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Life at the Bottom Summary
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The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
by Theodore Dalrymple 2001 284 pages
4.23
3.8K ratings
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The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm
America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
by George Friedman 2020 256 pages
4.06
2.3K ratings
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Censored Summary
Censored
Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
by Margaret E. Roberts 2018 281 pages
4.17
117 ratings
China
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History
The Technology Trap Summary
The Technology Trap
Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
by Carl Benedikt Frey 2019 480 pages
4.13
579 ratings
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The Accidental Superpower Summary
The Accidental Superpower
The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
by Peter Zeihan 2014 384 pages
4.33
5.4K ratings
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History
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The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages
3.97
5.7K ratings
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The Constitution of Knowledge Summary
The Constitution of Knowledge
A Defense of Truth
by Jonathan Rauch 2021 318 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
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History
Bibi Summary
Bibi
My Story
by Benjamin Netanyahu 2022 733 pages
4.46
2.0K ratings
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Capitalism without Capital Summary
Capitalism without Capital
The Rise of the Intangible Economy
by Jonathan Haskel 2017 288 pages
3.78
2.4K ratings
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Minima Moralia Summary
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
by Theodor W. Adorno 1951 256 pages
4.24
4.6K ratings
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The Climate Book Summary
The Climate Book
The Facts and the Solutions
by Greta Thunberg 2022 464 pages
4.40
2.9K ratings
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The Genius of Israel Summary
The Genius of Israel
The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
by Dan Senor 2023 336 pages
4.38
1.1K ratings
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Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back
by Guy Shrubsole 2019 385 pages
4.22
1.3K ratings
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Environment
The Future of Freedom Summary
The Future of Freedom
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed Zakaria 2003 295 pages
4.02
3.4K ratings
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The Contrarian Summary
The Contrarian
Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power
by Max Chafkin 2021 400 pages
3.60
2.1K ratings
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Animal Spirits Summary
Animal Spirits
How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
by George A. Akerlof 2008 248 pages
3.78
5.1K ratings
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Fake Law Summary
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
by The Secret Barrister 2020 400 pages
4.20
4.7K ratings
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Crime
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle 2023 368 pages
4.28
3.4K ratings
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The Hundred-Year Marathon Summary
The Hundred-Year Marathon
China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
by Michael Pillsbury 2014 336 pages
4.20
4.6K ratings
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Target Tehran Summary
Target Tehran
How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East
by Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023 432 pages
4.06
316 ratings
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Narconomics Summary
Narconomics
How to Run a Drug Cartel
by Tom Wainwright 2016 288 pages
4.15
11.2K ratings
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Crime
Strangers in Their Own Land Summary
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 242 pages
4.12
17.4K ratings
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Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
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People, Power, and Profits Summary
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019 366 pages
3.88
2.0K ratings
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Business
Shape Summary
Shape
The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
by Jordan Ellenberg 2021 480 pages
3.73
2.0K ratings
Science
Mathematics
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Palaces for the People Summary
Palaces for the People
How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
by Eric Klinenberg 2018 288 pages
3.96
5.1K ratings
Sociology
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Urban Planning
Edible Economics Summary
Edible Economics
A Hungry Economist Explains the World
by Ha-Joon Chang 2022 224 pages
3.83
2.3K ratings
Economics
Food
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The Hacking of the American Mind Summary
The Hacking of the American Mind
The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
by Robert H. Lustig 2017 352 pages
4.09
2.8K ratings
Health
Psychology
Science
Against the Grain Summary
Against the Grain
A Deep History of the Earliest States
by James C. Scott 2017 312 pages
4.13
4.5K ratings
History
Anthropology
Politics
The Billion Dollar Spy Summary
The Billion Dollar Spy
A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
by David E. Hoffman 2015 336 pages
4.23
15.2K ratings
History
Espionage
Russia
No More Tears Summary
No More Tears
The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
by Gardiner Harris 2025 464 pages
4.28
1.4K ratings
History
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Less Than Nothing Summary
Less Than Nothing
Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism
by Slavoj Žižek 2012 1056 pages
4.17
609 ratings
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Thinking Like a Lawyer Summary
Thinking Like a Lawyer
A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning
by Frederick Schauer 2009 256 pages
3.87
297 ratings
Law
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Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2023 224 pages
4.42
2.3K ratings
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History
Capitalism in America Summary
Capitalism in America
An Economic History of the United States
by Alan Greenspan 2018 496 pages
4.07
2.2K ratings
Economics
History
Business
American Made Summary
American Made
What Happens to People When Work Disappears
by Farah Stockman 2021 418 pages
4.31
1.4K ratings
Politics
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Sludge Summary
Sludge
What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It
by Cass R. Sunstein 2021 155 pages
3.34
301 ratings
Economics
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Psychology
Crystallizing Public Opinion Summary
Crystallizing Public Opinion
by Edward L. Bernays 1923 218 pages
3.80
871 ratings
Psychology
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Sociology
How to Win an Argument Summary
How to Win an Argument
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 288 pages
3.66
811 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Gaza in Crisis Summary
Gaza in Crisis
Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
by Noam Chomsky 2010 240 pages
4.14
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
War
Area 51 Summary
Area 51
An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
by Annie Jacobsen 2011 540 pages
3.85
10.3K ratings
History
Science
Military Fiction
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
Iran Awakening Summary
Iran Awakening
A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
by Shirin Ebadi 2006 232 pages
4.17
5.6K ratings
Iran
Memoir
History
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