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The March Of Folly Summary
The March Of Folly
From Troy To Vietnam
by Barbara W. Tuchman 1984 447 pages
4.02
7.1K ratings
History
Politics
War
Khomeinism Summary
Khomeinism
Essays on the Islamic Republic
by Ervand Abrahamian 1993 200 pages
3.85
161 ratings
Iran
History
Politics
Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
A Manifesto
by Aaron Bastani 2018 278 pages
3.69
2.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Shortest History of China Summary
The Shortest History of China
by Linda Jaivin 2021 263 pages
3.98
2.4K ratings
History
China
Asia
Minima Moralia Summary
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
by Theodor W. Adorno 1951 256 pages
4.24
4.6K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Stop Reading the News Summary
Stop Reading the News
A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life
by Rolf Dobelli 2019
3.71
3.4K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Politics
How Propaganda Works Summary
How Propaganda Works
by Jason F. Stanley 2015 376 pages
3.56
700 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Tangled Up in Blue Summary
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
by Rosa Brooks 2021 384 pages
4.07
1.7K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Social Justice
Modern Times Summary
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
by Paul Johnson 1983 880 pages
4.27
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Uninhabitable Earth Summary
The Uninhabitable Earth
Life After Warming
by David Wallace-Wells 2019 310 pages
4.00
29.1K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
On Speaking Well Summary
On Speaking Well
How to Give a Speech With Style, Substance, and Clarity
by Peggy Noonan 1998 224 pages
3.88
615 ratings
Communication
Self Help
Politics
Dying for a Paycheck Summary
Dying for a Paycheck
How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance—and What We Can Do About It
by Jeffrey Pfeffer 2018 266 pages
3.73
577 ratings
Business
Economics
Leadership
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
A Very Short Introduction
by James Fulcher 2001 160 pages
3.56
1.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Summary
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
by Herbert P. Bix 2000 832 pages
3.86
3.2K ratings
History
Japan
Biography
What's Our Problem? Summary
What's Our Problem?
A Self-Help Book for Societies
by Tim Urban 2023 746 pages
4.26
5.0K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
Red Notice Summary
Red Notice
A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by Bill Browder 2015 380 pages
4.44
102.6K ratings
History
Politics
Russia
Critique of Practical Reason Summary
Critique of Practical Reason
by Immanuel Kant 1788 181 pages
3.94
11.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 352 pages
4.13
7.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Cult of the Dead Cow Summary
Cult of the Dead Cow
How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
by Joseph Menn 2019 256 pages
3.74
2.3K ratings
Technology
History
Hackers
Who Is Government? Summary
Who Is Government?
The Untold Story of Public Service
by Michael Lewis 2025 272 pages
4.26
2.6K ratings
Politics
History
Essays
Once Upon a Time in Russia Summary
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
by Ben Mezrich 2015 288 pages
3.85
4.8K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
Freefall Summary
Freefall
America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2010 361 pages
3.88
4.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
The Art of Power Summary
The Art of Power
My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
by Nancy Pelosi 2024 352 pages
3.98
5.1K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand 1946 340 pages
3.89
4.4K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Hitler's American Model Summary
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
by James Q. Whitman 2017 208 pages
3.91
1.6K ratings
History
Politics
Race
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
Business
Politics
Small Is Beautiful Summary
Small Is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973 352 pages
4.09
6.8K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Against Intellectual Monopoly Summary
Against Intellectual Monopoly
by Michele Boldrin 2008 312 pages
4.03
364 ratings
Economics
Law
Politics
Ghetto Summary
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
by Mitchell Duneier 2015 304 pages
3.74
571 ratings
History
Sociology
Race
Blood and Oil Summary
Blood and Oil
Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
by Bradley Hope 2020 368 pages
4.25
9.3K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Travels of A T-Shirt in the Global Economy Summary
The Travels of A T-Shirt in the Global Economy
An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
by Pietra Rivoli 2005 258 pages
3.69
2.9K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
American Sketches Summary
American Sketches
Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
by Walter Isaacson 2009 304 pages
3.76
1.7K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Robber Barons Summary
The Robber Barons
by Matthew Josephson 1934 496 pages
3.73
402 ratings
History
Business
American History
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
Malcolm X Summary
Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
by Manning Marable 2011 608 pages
4.18
19.8K ratings
Biography
History
Race
The Future We Choose Summary
The Future We Choose
Surviving the Climate Crisis
by Christiana Figueres 2020 210 pages
4.05
6.6K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Phenomena Summary
Phenomena
The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
by Annie Jacobsen 2017 544 pages
3.94
1.9K ratings
History
Science
Paranormal
On Liberty Summary
On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill 1859 187 pages
3.96
41.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Excellent Sheep Summary
Excellent Sheep
The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
by William Deresiewicz 2014 245 pages
3.88
6.9K ratings
Education
Sociology
Politics
Education and the Social Order Summary
Education and the Social Order
by Bertrand Russell 1932 160 pages
4.00
204 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
Gomorrah Summary
Gomorrah
by Roberto Saviano 2006 320 pages
3.80
21.5K ratings
Crime
Italy
True Crime
The Strange Death of Europe Summary
The Strange Death of Europe
Immigration, Identity, Islam
by Douglas Murray 2017 352 pages
4.15
12.1K ratings
Politics
History
Religion
Start-up Nation Summary
Start-up Nation
The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
by Dan Senor 2009 304 pages
4.11
12.4K ratings
Business
Economics
Israel
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm
How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
by Bjørn Lomborg 2020 320 pages
4.17
2.6K ratings
Science
Politics
Climate Change
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
by Slavoj Žižek 2018 70 pages
3.57
745 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
by Rashid Khalidi 2020 336 pages
4.49
27.5K ratings
History
Politics
War
Slow Down Summary
Slow Down
The Degrowth Manifesto
by Kōhei Saitō 2020 273 pages
3.94
1.9K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Against Democracy Summary
Against Democracy
by Jason Brennan 2016 304 pages
3.67
1.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
On Leadership Summary
On Leadership
Lessons for the 21st Century
by Tony Blair 2024 368 pages
3.90
485 ratings
Politics
Leadership
Business
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