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Existentialism Summary
Existentialism
A Very Short Introduction
by Thomas R. Flynn 2006 160 pages
3.48
1.8K ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
The World As It Is Summary
The World As It Is
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by Ben Rhodes 2018 480 pages
4.30
12.3K ratings
Politics
Memoir
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Love Your Enemies Summary
Love Your Enemies
How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
by Arthur C. Brooks 2019 256 pages
4.29
3.4K ratings
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Psychology
Why Empires Fall Summary
Why Empires Fall
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by Peter Heather 1983 185 pages
3.60
655 ratings
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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
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand 1946 340 pages
3.89
4.4K ratings
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Worshipping False Gods Summary
Worshipping False Gods
Ambedkar and the Facts Which Have Been Erased
by Arun Shourie 1997 680 pages
3.81
352 ratings
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India
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Groupthink Summary
Groupthink
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by Irving L. Janis 1982 349 pages
4.13
203 ratings
Psychology
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History
The Robber Barons Summary
The Robber Barons
by Matthew Josephson 1934 496 pages
3.73
402 ratings
History
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American History
Sludge Summary
Sludge
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by Cass R. Sunstein 2021 155 pages
3.34
301 ratings
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On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
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by Timothy Snyder 2017 128 pages
4.46
4.4K ratings
History
Graphic Novels
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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
On Leadership Summary
On Leadership
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by Tony Blair 2024 368 pages
3.90
485 ratings
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Leadership
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Against Intellectual Monopoly Summary
Against Intellectual Monopoly
by Michele Boldrin 2008 312 pages
4.03
364 ratings
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Law
Politics
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 461 pages
4.21
6.3K ratings
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Economics
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
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Memoir
Biography
Nomad Century Summary
Nomad Century
How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
by Gaia Vince 2022 288 pages
3.85
1.4K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
America's Original Sin Summary
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
by Jim Wallis 2016 238 pages
4.08
1.7K ratings
Race
History
Anti Racist
The Oil Kings Summary
The Oil Kings
How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East
by Andrew Scott Cooper 2011 546 pages
4.11
797 ratings
History
Politics
Iran
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
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Finance
On Democracies and Death Cults Summary
On Democracies and Death Cults
Israel and the Future of Civilization
by Douglas Murray 2025 240 pages
4.47
1.4K ratings
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History
Israel
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ Summary
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Paradox of Modern Iran
by Hooman Majd 2008 272 pages
3.77
2.2K ratings
Iran
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Politics
Making Your Case Summary
Making Your Case
The Art of Persuading Judges
by Bryan A. Garner 2007 269 pages
4.10
1.5K ratings
Law
Writing
Reference
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
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Society
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences Summary
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences
by Alexander L. George 2005 331 pages
3.80
172 ratings
Political Science
Politics
Social Science
The Shia Revival Summary
The Shia Revival
How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future
by Vali Nasr 2006 310 pages
3.88
2.4K ratings
History
Religion
Islam
Men Who Hate Women Summary
Men Who Hate Women
by Laura Bates 2020 366 pages
4.34
22.8K ratings
Feminism
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Sociology
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 325 pages
4.09
1.0K ratings
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The Return of Great Powers Summary
The Return of Great Powers
Russia, China, and the Next World War
by Jim Sciutto 2024 368 pages
3.91
1.0K ratings
Politics
History
China
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
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 Culture of Fear Summary
The Culture of Fear
Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
by Barry Glassner 1999 210 pages
3.70
3.7K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Psychology
Malcolm X Summary
Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
by Manning Marable 2011 608 pages
4.18
19.8K ratings
Biography
History
Race
The Kremlin School of Negotiation Summary
The Kremlin School of Negotiation
by Igor Ryzov 2019 379 pages
3.90
525 ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Learning from the Germans Summary
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
by Susan Neiman 2019 434 pages
4.21
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
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
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
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
1984 and Philosophy Summary
1984 and Philosophy
Is Resistance Futile?
by Ezio Di Nucci 2018 256 pages
4.26
39 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Moral Ambition Summary
Moral Ambition
Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
by Rutger Bregman 2024 304 pages
3.74
7.7K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Politics
Free Summary
Free
A Child and a Country at the End of History
by Lea Ypi 2021 288 pages
4.30
18.9K ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
The Art of Life Summary
The Art of Life
by Zygmunt Bauman 2008 208 pages
3.77
822 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
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
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
We Have Never Been Woke Summary
We Have Never Been Woke
The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
by Musa al-Gharbi 2024 432 pages
4.29
489 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
Dreams from My Father Summary
Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama 1995 453 pages
3.94
228.9K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Politics
Curse of the High IQ Summary
Curse of the High IQ
by Aaron Clarey 2016 154 pages
3.52
789 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
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
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
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
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