Politics Book Summaries

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
America Summary
America
The Farewell Tour
by Chris Hedges 2018 400 pages
4.23
2.6K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Propaganda Blitz Summary
Propaganda Blitz
How the Corporate Media Distort Reality
by David Edwards 2018 336 pages
4.31
176 ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
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 Age of Grievance Summary
The Age of Grievance
by Frank Bruni 2024 288 pages
4.10
1.5K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
The Rejected Stone Summary
The Rejected Stone
Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
by Al Sharpton 2013 272 pages
4.17
146 ratings
Politics
Memoir
African American
The Sirens' Call Summary
The Sirens' Call
How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
by Christopher L. Hayes 2025 336 pages
4.05
3.1K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Technology
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense Summary
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
by Lawrence G. McDonald 2009 368 pages
3.90
3.2K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
India Is Broken Summary
India Is Broken
A People Betrayed, Independence to Today
by Ashoka Mody 2023 528 pages
4.24
241 ratings
India
History
Politics
Freak Kingdom Summary
Freak Kingdom
Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism
by Timothy Denevi 2018 416 pages
4.25
523 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement Summary
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision
by Barbara Ransby 2003 496 pages
4.33
1.6K ratings
History
Biography
Race
Modern Misogyny Summary
Modern Misogyny
Anti-Feminism in a Post-Feminist Era
by Kristin J. Anderson 2014 208 pages
4.12
86 ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Politics
The Big Change Summary
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900-50
by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pages
3.94
217 ratings
History
American History
Economics
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
Entrepreneurial Nation Summary
Entrepreneurial Nation
Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future
by Ro Khanna 2012 272 pages
3.71
28 ratings
Politics
Business
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela Summary
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela
by Zelda la Grange 2014 384 pages
3.80
1.4K ratings
Biography
Africa
Memoir
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey
The Education of an Unlikely Activist
by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages
3.91
1.3K ratings
Environment
Memoir
Politics
The Good State Summary
The Good State
On the Principles of Democracy
by A.C. Grayling 2020 256 pages
3.84
116 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
by Henry David Thoreau 1866 188 pages
4.06
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Attack from Within Summary
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
by Barbara McQuade 2024 384 pages
4.14
2.1K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Drawdown Summary
Drawdown
The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
by Paul Hawken 2017 240 pages
4.40
4.3K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Spirit of Our Politics Summary
The Spirit of Our Politics
Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life
by Michael Wear 2024 256 pages
4.21
250 ratings
Politics
Theology
Christian
All the Presidents' Bankers Summary
All the Presidents' Bankers
The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power
by Nomi Prins 2014 544 pages
4.07
511 ratings
History
Economics
Politics
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft Summary
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft
A Guide to Getting Out
by Aph Ko 2019 168 pages
4.48
294 ratings
Race
Vegan
Social Justice
A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics Summary
A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics
by David A. Moss 2007 208 pages
4.04
1.1K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Darkness at Noon Summary
Darkness at Noon
by Arthur Koestler 1940 216 pages
4.12
32.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Politics
Bull by the Horns Summary
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
by Sheila Bair 2012 432 pages
3.91
487 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Crazy for God Summary
Crazy for God
How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back
by Frank Schaeffer 2007 304 pages
3.68
2.2K ratings
Religion
Memoir
Biography
Nothing to Hide Summary
Nothing to Hide
The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security
by Daniel J. Solove 2011 256 pages
3.85
183 ratings
Law
Politics
Technology
Frenemies Summary
Frenemies
The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business
by Ken Auletta 2018 368 pages
3.42
579 ratings
Business
Technology
Psychology
Islam and Democracy Summary
Islam and Democracy
Fear of the Modern World
by Fatema Mernissi 1992 197 pages
3.78
193 ratings
Islam
Politics
Religion
The Shadow of the Great Game Summary
The Shadow of the Great Game
The Untold Story of India's Partition
by Narendra Singh Sarila 2006 320 pages
4.15
281 ratings
History
India
Politics
Persuasive Pro Life Summary
Persuasive Pro Life
How to Talk about Our Culture's Toughest Issue
by Trent Horn 2014 208 pages
4.60
388 ratings
Catholic
Religion
Politics
The Underground Girls of Kabul Summary
The Underground Girls of Kabul
In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
by Jenny Nordberg 2014 350 pages
4.11
13.9K ratings
History
Feminism
Book Club
The Anarchist in the Library Summary
The Anarchist in the Library
How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004 272 pages
3.51
175 ratings
Library Science
Technology
Politics
International Law Summary
International Law
by Malcolm N. Shaw 1991 1434 pages
4.20
418 ratings
Law
International Relations
Textbooks
Becoming Kim Jong Un Summary
Becoming Kim Jong Un
A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
by Jung H. Pak 2020 336 pages
3.77
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The New Vichy Syndrome Summary
The New Vichy Syndrome
Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
by Theodore Dalrymple 2010 160 pages
3.91
232 ratings
Politics
History
Essays
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
Population 10 Billion Summary
Population 10 Billion
by Danny Dorling 2013 448 pages
3.42
180 ratings
Geography
Science
Politics
Adam and Eve After the Pill Summary
Adam and Eve After the Pill
Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
by Mary Eberstadt 2012 175 pages
3.98
498 ratings
Catholic
Sociology
Philosophy
The Accidental President of Brazil Summary
The Accidental President of Brazil
A Memoir
by Fernando Henrique Cardoso 2006 291 pages
4.14
477 ratings
History
Brazil
Biography
The Conversation Summary
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
by Robert Livingston 2021 368 pages
4.37
537 ratings
Race
Business
Social Justice
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
A Prescription for Action
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.32
286 ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
"I Have Nothing to Hide" Summary
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
by Heidi Boghosian 2021 240 pages
3.64
183 ratings
Politics
Science
Technology
The Ministry of Truth Summary
The Ministry of Truth
The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
by Dorian Lynskey 2019 368 pages
4.13
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve Summary
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
by Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 pages
4.20
123 ratings
Economics
Banking
Finance
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
by Mark Engler 2016 368 pages
4.20
1.2K ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
An Ugly Truth Summary
An Ugly Truth
Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
by Sheera Frenkel 2021 352 pages
3.97
6.8K ratings
Business
Technology
Politics
Socialism Betrayed Summary
Socialism Betrayed
Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union
by Roger Keeran 2004 230 pages
4.39
455 ratings
History
Politics
Russia
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