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Democracy in America Summary
Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835 983 pages
4.05
26.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Hard Choices Summary
Hard Choices
by Hillary Rodham Clinton 2013 788 pages
3.61
14.7K ratings
Politics
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Memoir
To Save Everything, Click Here Summary
To Save Everything, Click Here
The Folly of Technological Solutionism
by Evgeny Morozov 2013 415 pages
3.68
1.4K ratings
Technology
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The New Paradigm for Financial Markets Summary
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
by George Soros 2008 163 pages
3.41
1.5K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Enter Ghost Summary
Enter Ghost
by Isabella Hammad 2023 336 pages
4.11
9.1K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Historical Fiction
The China Model Summary
The China Model
Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
by Daniel A. Bell 2015 336 pages
3.63
271 ratings
China
Politics
History
The Fifth Risk Summary
The Fifth Risk
by Michael Lewis 2018 221 pages
4.09
46.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Revolution Betrayed Summary
The Revolution Betrayed
by Leon Trotsky 1937 240 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
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History
Philosophy
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms Summary
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms
The History and Future of American Intelligence
by Amy B. Zegart 2022 360 pages
3.95
1.3K ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
The Art of Worldly Wisdom Summary
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
A Pocket Oracle
by Baltasar Gracián 1647 208 pages
4.18
4.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Citizens Summary
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
by Jon Alexander 2022 320 pages
4.08
256 ratings
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Sociology
Society
Fix the System, Not the Women Summary
Fix the System, Not the Women
by Laura Bates 2022 208 pages
4.50
4.9K ratings
Feminism
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Womens
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
by Paul Krugman 2008 224 pages
3.83
8.8K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018 240 pages
4.00
6.8K ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur
America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy
by Yanis Varoufakis 2011 252 pages
4.17
2.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
How to Change Everything Summary
How to Change Everything
The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other
by Naomi Klein 2021 336 pages
3.89
851 ratings
Environment
Science
Climate Change
How to stand Up to a Dictator Summary
How to stand Up to a Dictator
by Maria Ressa 2022 288 pages
4.35
4.7K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
Strategic Vision Summary
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 2012 224 pages
3.79
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Empire of Normality Summary
Empire of Normality
Neurodiversity and Capitalism
by Robert Chapman 2023 204 pages
4.33
652 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Disability
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
Imaginary Homelands Summary
Imaginary Homelands
Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
by Salman Rushdie 1991 448 pages
3.98
1.5K ratings
Essays
India
Politics
BluOne Ink Hindus in Hindu Rashtra Summary
BluOne Ink Hindus in Hindu Rashtra
by Anand Ranganathan 2023 152 pages
4.46
774 ratings
Politics
History
India
Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary
Counterinsurgency Warfare
Theory and Practice
by David Galula 1964 128 pages
4.02
1.2K ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
Theories of International Relations Summary
Theories of International Relations
by Andrew Linklater 1996 310 pages
3.91
439 ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Truths We Hold Summary
The Truths We Hold
An American Journey
by Kamala Harris 2019 336 pages
4.05
32.1K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
War and Peace and War Summary
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages
4.18
854 ratings
History
Politics
War
Suicide of a Superpower Summary
Suicide of a Superpower
Will America Survive to 2025?
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011 496 pages
4.02
757 ratings
Politics
History
Cult Classics
The New Silk Roads Summary
The New Silk Roads
The Present and Future of the World
by Peter Frankopan 2018 313 pages
3.58
7.7K ratings
History
Politics
China
Best Evidence Summary
Best Evidence
by David S. Lifton 1980 920 pages
4.00
622 ratings
History
Conspiracy Theories
Politics
The Price We Pay Summary
The Price We Pay
What Broke American Health Care—and How to Fix It
by Marty Makary 2019 288 pages
4.46
4.1K ratings
Health Care
Medicine
Health
Colossus Summary
Colossus
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
by Niall Ferguson 2004 417 pages
3.58
2.2K ratings
History
Politics
American History
What Young India Wants Summary
What Young India Wants
by Chetan Bhagat 2012 181 pages
3.26
9.9K ratings
India
Indian Literature
Essays
The Capitalist Manifesto Summary
The Capitalist Manifesto
Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World
by Johan Norberg 2023 331 pages
4.26
641 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
Ten Principles for a Connected World
by Timothy Garton Ash 2017 504 pages
3.97
302 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Law
Four Hundred Souls Summary
Four Hundred Souls
A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
by Ibram X. Kendi 2021 504 pages
4.56
10.6K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
Lawless Summary
Lawless
How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
by Leah Litman 2025 320 pages
4.32
186 ratings
Politics
History
Law
The Light We Carry Summary
The Light We Carry
Overcoming in Uncertain Times
by Michelle Obama 2022 319 pages
4.27
93.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
The Problem of Political Authority Summary
The Problem of Political Authority
An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey
by Michael Huemer 2012 365 pages
4.38
683 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Premonition Summary
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
by Michael Lewis 2021 304 pages
4.33
41.8K ratings
Science
History
Politics
Freedom from Fear Summary
Freedom from Fear
The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
by David M. Kennedy 1999 936 pages
4.20
5.3K ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Wise Men Summary
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
by Walter Isaacson 1986 864 pages
4.10
4.2K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism Summary
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
by Martin Wolf 2023 496 pages
3.93
899 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Future Is Asian Summary
The Future Is Asian
by Parag Khanna 2019 448 pages
3.70
1.3K ratings
Politics
China
Economics
Original Sin Summary
Original Sin
President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
by Jake Tapper 2025 352 pages
3.77
3.5K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Education of Cyrus Summary
The Education of Cyrus
by Xenophon 320 pages
4.13
1.8K ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
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 Great War for Civilisation Summary
The Great War for Civilisation
The Conquest of the Middle East
by Robert Fisk 2005 1111 pages
4.41
5.5K ratings
History
Politics
War
The New Urban Crisis Summary
The New Urban Crisis
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It
by Richard Florida 2017 336 pages
3.51
1.3K ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Politics
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
Objectivism Summary
Objectivism
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
by Leonard Peikoff 1991 493 pages
3.76
5.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
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