Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
History
Biography
War
The Arab Uprising
The Wave of Protest that Toppled the Status Quo and the Struggle for a New Middle East
Politics
History
Unfinished
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Politics
History
Economics
Behind the Screen
Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
Technology
Internet
Sociology
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
Travel
History
Politics
Shattered Nation
Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Quiet Damage
QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
Politics
History
Psychology
How to Educate a Citizen
The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation
Education
Politics
History
Don’t Burn This Book
Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason
Politics
Biography
Philosophy
Kant
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Biography
History
Return of the Strong Gods
Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West
Politics
History
Philosophy
Half Lion
How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
History
India
Politics
In My Time
A Personal and Political Memoir
Biography
Politics
History
Glimpses of Utopia
Real ideas for a fairer world
Politics
Economics
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Sovietistan
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Travel
History
Asia
One World
The Ethics of Globalization
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
Economics
Sociology
Politics
The Real Price of Everything
Rediscovering The Six Classics of Economics
Economics
Business
Finance
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
History
American History
Politics
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
History
Politics
Social Justice
The Secret Barrister
Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
Law
Politics
Crime
The Rise of the Outsiders
How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way
Politics
21st Century
History
Anti-Tech Revolution
Why and How
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
The Color of Money
Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
History
Race
Economics
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
Politics
History
Sociology
Black Folk
The Roots of the Black Working Class
History
Race
Politics
Outraged
Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground
Politics
Psychology
Self Help
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
History
Africa
Politics
Streetfight
Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
War on Ivermectin
The Medicine that Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemic
Health
Medical
Medicine
The Velvet Rope Economy
How Inequality Became Big Business
Economics
Business
Sociology
The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
History
Politics
American History
The Coming China Wars
Where They Will Be Fought And How They Can Be Won
China
Politics
History
The Penguin and the Leviathan
How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest
Business
Economics
Psychology
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Feminism
Science
Politics
Lifehouse
Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire
Politics
Social Justice
Self Help
Sugar
The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity
History
Food
Science
The Fall of the Ottomans
The Great War in the Middle East
History
World War I
War
The Other Side of Israel
My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide
Israel
Politics
Memoir
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
Sociology
Politics
Essays
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
The New Penguin History of Canada
History
Canada
Politics
Libido Dominandi
Sexual Liberation and Political Control
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Religion
The Age of Turbulence
Economics
Biography
Business
American Marxism
Politics
History
Philosophy
Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
Politics
Economics
History
