Politics Book Summaries

Kingdoms in Conflict Summary
Kingdoms in Conflict
by Charles W. Colson 1987 448 pages
4.08
315 ratings
Christian
Politics
Theology
The Handover Summary
The Handover
How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs
by David Runciman 2023 352 pages
3.71
185 ratings
Politics
Technology
History
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
by Steven Conn 2023 320 pages
4.01
125 ratings
History
Urbanism
Politics
Promise Me, Dad Summary
Promise Me, Dad
A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
by Joe Biden 2017 260 pages
4.14
23.8K ratings
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Propaganda and the Public Mind Summary
Propaganda and the Public Mind
by Noam Chomsky 1998 256 pages
4.06
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
How Judges Think Summary
How Judges Think
by Richard A. Posner 2008 400 pages
3.82
373 ratings
Law
Politics
Psychology
Bad City Summary
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
by Paul Pringle 2022 304 pages
4.21
3.5K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Planet on Fire Summary
Planet on Fire
A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown
by Mathew Lawrence 2021 289 pages
3.66
168 ratings
Environment
Politics
Climate Change
Davos Man Summary
Davos Man
How the Billionaires Devoured the World
by Peter S. Goodman 2022 480 pages
3.92
1.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
We Are Free to Change the World Summary
We Are Free to Change the World
Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience
by Lyndsey Stonebridge 2024 368 pages
4.12
315 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Politics
The Jews Summary
The Jews
by Hilaire Belloc 1922 120 pages
3.81
128 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
One Nation Under Therapy Summary
One Nation Under Therapy
How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance
by Christina Hoff Sommers 2005 320 pages
3.60
370 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Fire in the Lake Summary
Fire in the Lake
The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
by Frances FitzGerald 1972 500 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
History
War
Asia
Touched Out Summary
Touched Out
Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control
by Amanda Montei 2023 256 pages
4.18
358 ratings
Feminism
Parenting
Memoir
The End of Policing Summary
The End of Policing
by Alex S. Vitale 2017 272 pages
4.18
11.9K ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
Lead from the Outside Summary
Lead from the Outside
How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
by Stacey Abrams 2018 226 pages
4.24
6.9K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Leadership
Red Capitalism Summary
Red Capitalism
The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise
by Carl E. Walter 2010 256 pages
3.85
453 ratings
China
Economics
History
Defending the Free Market Summary
Defending the Free Market
The Moral Case for a Free Economy
by Robert Sirico 2012 256 pages
4.14
250 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The AI Con Summary
The AI Con
How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want
by Emily M. Bender 2025 288 pages
3.82
693 ratings
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Politics
The Primal Prescription Summary
The Primal Prescription
Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole
by Doug McGuff 2015 463 pages
4.23
128 ratings
Health
Economics
Medicine
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy Summary
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
How the New World Order, Man-Made Diseases, and Zombie Banks Are Destroying America
by Jim Marrs 2010 496 pages
3.91
729 ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
The Mexico Reader Summary
The Mexico Reader
History, Culture, Politics
by Gilbert M. Joseph 2002 808 pages
4.09
319 ratings
History
Politics
Latin American History
Hall of Mirrors Summary
Hall of Mirrors
The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses - and Misuses - of History
by Barry Eichengreen 2014 520 pages
4.01
285 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Steal This Book Summary
Steal This Book
by Abbie Hoffman 1971 352 pages
3.61
4.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Reading the Constitution Summary
Reading the Constitution
Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
by Stephen Breyer 2024 368 pages
3.99
768 ratings
Politics
Law
History
Revolusi Summary
Revolusi
Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld
by David Van Reybrouck 2020 640 pages
4.54
3.8K ratings
History
Asia
Politics
Freedomnomics Summary
Freedomnomics
Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
by John R. Lott Jr. 2007 275 pages
3.55
574 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane 2011 575 pages
4.15
422 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Blind Spots Summary
Blind Spots
Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It
by Max H. Bazerman 2011 191 pages
3.67
575 ratings
Psychology
Business
Philosophy
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
by William J. Barber II 2024 270 pages
4.31
504 ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
Gaffs Summary
Gaffs
Why No One Can Get a House, and What We Can Do About it
by Rory Hearne 2022 352 pages
3.54
162 ratings
Politics
Irish Literature
Ireland
In an Uncertain World Summary
In an Uncertain World
Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington
by Robert E. Rubin 2003 448 pages
3.70
654 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
From Fatwa to Jihad Summary
From Fatwa to Jihad
by Kenan Malik 2009 266 pages
4.03
278 ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Plutocrats Summary
Plutocrats
The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
by Chrystia Freeland 2012 352 pages
3.62
3.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
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
Securing Democracy Summary
Securing Democracy
My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Brazil
by Glenn Greenwald 2021 280 pages
4.31
142 ratings
Politics
History
Brazil
The Plague Year Summary
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
by Lawrence Wright 2020 336 pages
4.12
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
Science
House of Trump, House of Putin Summary
House of Trump, House of Putin
The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
by Craig Unger 2018 382 pages
4.02
1.7K ratings
Politics
History
Russia
The Lincoln Conspiracy Summary
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President⁠—and Why It Failed
by Brad Meltzer 2020 448 pages
4.32
6.4K ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Summary
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
by Jonathan Blitzer 2024 544 pages
4.47
7.5K ratings
History
Politics
Social Justice
Meltdown Summary
Meltdown
A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse
by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009 194 pages
4.08
2.5K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Manifesta Summary
Manifesta
Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
by Jennifer Baumgardner 2000 416 pages
3.73
3.1K ratings
Feminism
Gender
Politics
41 Summary
41
A Portrait of My Father
by George W. Bush 2014 294 pages
4.07
11.5K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
No Democracy Lasts Forever Summary
No Democracy Lasts Forever
How the Constitution Threatens the United States
by Erwin Chemerinsky 2024 240 pages
3.88
227 ratings
Politics
History
Law
Most Dangerous Summary
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
by Steve Sheinkin 2015 370 pages
4.19
6.0K ratings
History
Biography
War
The Ballot and the Bible Summary
The Ballot and the Bible
How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
by Kaitlyn Schiess 2023 224 pages
4.23
1.4K ratings
Politics
Theology
Christian
A Great Place To Have A War Summary
A Great Place To Have A War
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
by Joshua Kurlantzick 2017 336 pages
3.90
751 ratings
History
War
Politics
Democracy Rules Summary
Democracy Rules
by Jan-Werner Müller 2021 256 pages
3.41
150 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Soccer in Sun and Shadow Summary
Soccer in Sun and Shadow
by Eduardo Galeano 1995 256 pages
4.20
8.5K ratings
Sports
Football
Soccer
Shitbürgertum Summary
Shitbürgertum
by Ulf Poschardt 2025 164 pages
3.35
169 ratings
Politics
German Literature
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