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The Democracy Project Summary
The Democracy Project
A History, a Crisis, a Movement
by David Graeber 2013 352 pages
4.09
1.7K ratings
Politics
History
Anthropology
The Great Transformation Summary
The Great Transformation
The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
by Karl Polanyi 2001 360 pages
4.2
5.2K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Don’t Burn This Book Summary
Don’t Burn This Book
Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason
by Dave Rubin 2020 256 pages
3.77
3.8K ratings
Politics
Biography
Philosophy
How Migration Really Works Summary
How Migration Really Works
A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics
by Hein de Haas 2023 436 pages
4.38
1.6K ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Black Folk Summary
Black Folk
The Roots of the Black Working Class
by Blair L.M. Kelley 2023 352 pages
4.49
370 ratings
History
Race
Politics
The Dignity of Difference Summary
The Dignity of Difference
How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
by Jonathan Sacks 2002 216 pages
4.28
551 ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Judaism
The Republic for Which It Stands Summary
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
by Richard White 2017 928 pages
4.17
1.5K ratings
History
American History
Politics
Glimpses of Utopia Summary
Glimpses of Utopia
Real ideas for a fairer world
by Jess Scully 2020 532 pages
3.97
110 ratings
Politics
Economics
Half Lion Summary
Half Lion
How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
by Vinay Sitapati 2016 371 pages
4.43
2.3K ratings
History
India
Politics
How to Educate a Citizen Summary
How to Educate a Citizen
The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation
by E.D. Hirsch Jr. 2020 224 pages
3.82
386 ratings
Education
Politics
History
Conspirituality Summary
Conspirituality
How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat
by Derek Beres 2023 384 pages
4.03
1.3K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
Angela Merkel Summary
Angela Merkel
Europe's Most Influential Leader
by Matt Qvortrup 2016 376 pages
3.77
369 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Tell Your Children Summary
Tell Your Children
The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence
by Alex Berenson 2019 272 pages
4.00
1.0K ratings
Science
Health
Politics
The Age of Grievance Summary
The Age of Grievance
by Frank Bruni 2024 288 pages
4.10
1.5K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
Shitbürgertum Summary
Shitbürgertum
by Ulf Poschardt 2025 164 pages
3.35
169 ratings
Politics
German Literature
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
by Kishore Mahbubani 2018 112 pages
3.70
931 ratings
Politics
China
History
Wildland Summary
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
by Evan Osnos 2021 465 pages
4.23
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Homage to Catalonia Summary
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell 1938 232 pages
4.09
67.2K ratings
History
Politics
Classics
The Enlightenment Summary
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction
by John Robertson 2015 147 pages
3.57
283 ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
The Rise of the Outsiders Summary
The Rise of the Outsiders
How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way
by Steve Richards 2017 320 pages
3.66
145 ratings
Politics
21st Century
History
International Relations Summary
International Relations
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Wilkinson 2007 160 pages
3.32
738 ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
American Marxism Summary
American Marxism
by Mark R. Levin 2021 317 pages
4.17
4.1K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Aristocracy of Talent Summary
The Aristocracy of Talent
How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
by Adrian Wooldridge 2021 481 pages
3.88
482 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
After the Music Stopped Summary
After the Music Stopped
The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
by Alan S. Blinder 2013 496 pages
4.11
2.1K ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Coming China Wars Summary
The Coming China Wars
Where They Will Be Fought And How They Can Be Won
by Peter Navarro 2006 263 pages
3.32
211 ratings
China
Politics
History
Lifehouse Summary
Lifehouse
Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire
by Adam Greenfield 2024 272 pages
3.87
52 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Self Help
The Gun Summary
The Gun
by C.J. Chivers 2010 496 pages
3.99
2.2K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
Silent Coup Summary
Silent Coup
How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
by Claire Provost 2023 296 pages
4.36
188 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Forgotten Man Summary
The Forgotten Man
A New History of the Great Depression
by Amity Shlaes 2007 390 pages
3.91
6.2K ratings
History
Economics
Politics
How to Be Less Stupid About Race Summary
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
by Crystal Marie Fleming 2018 240 pages
4.28
2.7K ratings
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
A Culture of Growth Summary
A Culture of Growth
The Origins of the Modern Economy
by Joel Mokyr 2016 403 pages
3.9
326 ratings
Economics
History
Science
UFOs and the National Security State Summary
UFOs and the National Security State
The Cover-up Exposed 1973-1991
by Richard M. Dolan 2009 638 pages
4.38
270 ratings
History
Paranormal
Conspiracy Theories
How Countries Go Broke Summary
How Countries Go Broke
The Big Cycle
by Ray Dalio 2025 400 pages
4.12
1.1K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Real Price of Everything Summary
The Real Price of Everything
Rediscovering The Six Classics of Economics
by Michael Lewis 2007 1467 pages
3.71
127 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Penguin and the Leviathan Summary
The Penguin and the Leviathan
How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest
by Yochai Benkler 2011 272 pages
3.70
348 ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
by Malcolm Harris 2017 261 pages
3.78
2.3K ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
A Splendid Exchange Summary
A Splendid Exchange
How Trade Shaped the World
by William J. Bernstein 2008 477 pages
4.16
3.3K ratings
History
Economics
Business
المراقبة السائلة Summary
المراقبة السائلة
by Zygmunt Bauman 2012 160 pages
3.79
474 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
Confidence Man Summary
Confidence Man
The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
by Maggie Haberman 2022 597 pages
4.09
10.2K ratings
Politics
Biography
History
Wealth and Power Summary
Wealth and Power
China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
by Orville Schell 2013 478 pages
4.24
1.1K ratings
China
History
Politics
Environmental Economics Summary
Environmental Economics
A Very Short Introduction
by Stephen Smith 2011 136 pages
3.61
223 ratings
Economics
Environment
Science
Twilight of the Elites Summary
Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
by Christopher L. Hayes 2012 304 pages
4.00
6.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls 2007 496 pages
4.13
282 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Portfolios of the Poor Summary
Portfolios of the Poor
How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day
by Daryl Collins 2009 296 pages
3.95
1.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Poverty
The False White Gospel Summary
The False White Gospel
Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy
by Jim Wallis 2024 286 pages
4.23
706 ratings
Religion
Politics
Christianity
A New Foreign Policy Summary
A New Foreign Policy
Beyond American Exceptionalism
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018 262 pages
3.83
276 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Master of Disguise Summary
The Master of Disguise
My Secret Life in the CIA
by Antonio J. Mendez 1999 384 pages
3.85
3.3K ratings
History
Biography
Espionage
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.71
930 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Fall of the Ottomans Summary
The Fall of the Ottomans
The Great War in the Middle East
by Eugene Rogan 2015 512 pages
4.17
4.5K ratings
History
World War I
War
Manifesting Justice Summary
Manifesting Justice
Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
by Valena E. Beety 2022 320 pages
4.33
117 ratings
Politics
History
True Crime
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