Politics Book Summaries

Utopia for Realists Summary
Utopia for Realists
How We Can Build the Ideal World
by Rutger Bregman 2014 262 pages
4.22
40.8K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Anarchist Cookbook Summary
The Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell 1971 160 pages
3.50
2.5K ratings
Politics
Banned Books
Reference
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism Summary
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
by Martin Wolf 2023 496 pages
3.93
899 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages
4.06
598 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
John Adams Summary
John Adams
by David McCullough 2001 751 pages
4.08
371.2K ratings
History
Biography
American History
Applied Economics Summary
Applied Economics
Thinking Beyond Stage One
by Thomas Sowell 2003 256 pages
4.18
2.5K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Liberalism Summary
Liberalism
The Classical Tradition
by Ludwig von Mises 1927 203 pages
4.16
1.9K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Democracy in America Summary
Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835 983 pages
4.05
26.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
A Call to Action Summary
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
by Jimmy Carter 2014 211 pages
4.04
2.2K ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Dark Money Summary
Dark Money
The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by Jane Mayer 2016 464 pages
4.31
26.5K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Phishing for Phools Summary
Phishing for Phools
The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
by George A. Akerlof 2015 288 pages
3.43
2.3K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
Personal History Summary
Personal History
A Memoir
by Katharine Graham 1997 642 pages
4.09
24.3K ratings
Biography
Memoir
History
Imaginary Homelands Summary
Imaginary Homelands
Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
by Salman Rushdie 1991 448 pages
3.98
1.5K ratings
Essays
India
Politics
Fault Lines Summary
Fault Lines
The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe
by Voddie T. Baucham Jr. 2021 271 pages
4.44
6.4K ratings
Christian
Theology
Politics
The Price We Pay Summary
The Price We Pay
What Broke American Health Careβ€”and How to Fix It
by Marty Makary 2019 288 pages
4.46
4.1K ratings
Health Care
Medicine
Health
The Square and the Tower Summary
The Square and the Tower
Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
by Niall Ferguson 2017 592 pages
3.66
4.2K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Liberty Summary
Liberty
Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty
by Isaiah Berlin 1969 416 pages
4.15
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
10 Judgements That Changed India Summary
10 Judgements That Changed India
by Zia Mody 2013 249 pages
4.07
1.7K ratings
India
Law
History
The Dawn of Everything Summary
The Dawn of Everything
A New History of Humanity
by David Graeber 2021 692 pages
4.19
23.5K ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
Mossad Summary
Mossad
The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010 388 pages
4.19
15.0K ratings
History
Israel
Espionage
Consumed Summary
Consumed
On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change
by Aja Barber 2021 288 pages
3.96
4.4K ratings
Environment
Social Justice
Politics
We Are Not Yet Equal Summary
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
by Carol Anderson 2018 270 pages
4.39
768 ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
In Defense of a Liberal Education Summary
In Defense of a Liberal Education
by Fareed Zakaria 2015 208 pages
3.83
3.1K ratings
Education
Philosophy
Politics
The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856 300 pages
4.05
2.5K ratings
History
Politics
France
Permanent Record Summary
Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden 2019 339 pages
4.30
56.0K ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Killing Kennedy Summary
Killing Kennedy
The End of Camelot
by Bill O'Reilly 2012 325 pages
4.11
60.7K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages
4.40
3.3K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance 2016 264 pages
3.85
480.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
The Room Where It Happened Summary
The Room Where It Happened
A White House Memoir
by John Bolton 2020 588 pages
3.16
14.5K ratings
Politics
History
Memoir
The Rare Metals War Summary
The Rare Metals War
the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies
by Guillaume Pitron 2018 288 pages
4.03
1.2K ratings
Science
Technology
Economics
Hardball Summary
Hardball
How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game
by Chris Matthews 1988 240 pages
3.50
1.8K ratings
Politics
School
Political Science
All the Shah's Men Summary
All the Shah's Men
An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
by Stephen Kinzer 2003 272 pages
4.29
10.5K ratings
History
Politics
Iran
Rules for Revolutionaries Summary
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
by Becky Bond 2016 200 pages
3.83
747 ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Words That Work Summary
Words That Work
It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear
by Frank Luntz 2006 350 pages
3.63
2.5K ratings
Communication
Business
Writing
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Summary
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
by Bill Gates 2021 272 pages
4.12
49.7K ratings
Science
Climate Change
Environment
What Is Populism? Summary
What Is Populism?
by Jan-Werner MΓΌller 2014 136 pages
3.82
2.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Dreams from My Father Summary
Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance; The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama 2008
4.04
510 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels Summary
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
by Alex Epstein 2014 248 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
Politics
Science
Economics
The Return of Marco Polo's World Summary
The Return of Marco Polo's World
War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century
by Robert D. Kaplan 2018 304 pages
3.79
815 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Escaping the Housing Trap Summary
Escaping the Housing Trap
The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
by Charles L. Marohn Jr. 2024 240 pages
4.40
336 ratings
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Economics
Girl on Girl Summary
Girl on Girl
How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
by Sophie Gilbert 2025 352 pages
4.19
318 ratings
Feminism
Pop Culture
History
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014 448 pages
4.01
144 ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
The Why Axis Summary
The Why Axis
Hidden Motives and The Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life
by Uri Gneezy 2013 290 pages
3.67
1.3K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
How Asia Works Summary
How Asia Works
Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
by Joe Studwell 2013 320 pages
4.26
4.8K ratings
Economics
Business
History
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power Summary
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power
5 Battlegrounds
by Rajiv Malhotra 2021 520 pages
4.27
199 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Politics
The Politics Industry Summary
The Politics Industry
How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy
by Katherine M. Gehl 2020 272 pages
4.33
647 ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
The Invention of the Jewish People Summary
The Invention of the Jewish People
by Shlomo Sand 2008 332 pages
4.13
1.7K ratings
History
Politics
Religion
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique MoΓ―si 2008 192 pages
3.64
487 ratings
Politics
Psychology
International Relations
The Color of Law Summary
The Color of Law
A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
by Richard Rothstein 2017 368 pages
4.44
43.4K ratings
History
Race
Politics
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