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The Victory of Reason Summary
The Victory of Reason
How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success
by Rodney Stark 2005 304 pages
3.99
899 ratings
History
Religion
Christianity
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 Summary
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1996 354 pages
4.26
4.6K ratings
History
Economics
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The Souls of Black Folk Summary
The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. Du Bois 1996 288 pages
4.31
44.6K ratings
History
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Race
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
428 ratings
Psychology
Business
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The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 Summary
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1996 627 pages
4.29
7.8K ratings
History
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World History
After the Fall Summary
After the Fall
The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've Made
by Ben Rhodes 2022 384 pages
4.17
144 ratings
Politics
History
American
Industrial Society and Its Future Summary
Industrial Society and Its Future
The Unabomber Manifesto by Ted Kaczynski
by Ted Kaczynski 2024 100 pages
3.89
121 ratings
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Losing Our Religion Summary
Losing Our Religion
An Altar Call for Evangelical America
by Russell D. Moore 2023 272 pages
4.31
2.5K ratings
Religion
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Christian
Fight Oligarchy Summary
Fight Oligarchy
by Bernie Sanders 2025 160 pages
4.36
922 ratings
Politics
History
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Infidel Summary
Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2007 353 pages
4.2
92.4K ratings
Memoir
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The Fourth Political Theory Summary
The Fourth Political Theory
by Alexander Dugin 2012 211 pages
3.3
771 ratings
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How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
by Ben Shapiro 2020 288 pages
4.08
5.0K ratings
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Bailout Nation Summary
Bailout Nation
How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
by Barry Ritholtz 2009 332 pages
3.87
567 ratings
Economics
Finance
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United States of Distraction Summary
United States of Distraction
Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It)
by Mickey Huff 2019 248 pages
3.74
112 ratings
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American
Born in Blood Summary
Born in Blood
The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry
by John J. Robinson 1989 400 pages
3.94
1.3K ratings
History
Occult
Religion
The Flight Of The Eagle Summary
The Flight Of The Eagle
by J. Krishnamurti 2004 174 pages
4.23
445 ratings
Philosophy
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Bronze Age Mindset Summary
Bronze Age Mindset
by Bronze Age Pervert 2018 198 pages
3.82
3.9K ratings
Philosophy
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History
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914 Summary
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1989 405 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
History
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World History
Nations and Nationalism since 1780 Summary
Nations and Nationalism since 1780
Programme, Myth, Reality
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1992 214 pages
3.91
2.1K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Tits Up Summary
Tits Up
What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts
by Sarah Thornton 2024 336 pages
3.68
1.7K ratings
Feminism
History
Science
Fed Up Summary
Fed Up
Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
by Gemma Hartley 2018 272 pages
3.71
3.7K ratings
Feminism
Self Help
Womens
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays Summary
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays
by Richard M. Ebeling 1996 125 pages
4.16
601 ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Authoritarian Nightmare Summary
Authoritarian Nightmare
Trump and His Followers
by John W. Dean 2020 368 pages
4.15
869 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
After the Fall Summary
After the Fall
Being American in the World We've Made
by Ben Rhodes 2021 339 pages
4.19
4.9K ratings
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History
Memoir
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch 1995 276 pages
3.98
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Code Warriors Summary
Code Warriors
NSA's Code Breakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union
by Stephen Budiansky 2016 416 pages
3.72
751 ratings
History
Espionage
Politics
Arguably Summary
Arguably
Selected Essays
by Christopher Hitchens 2011 816 pages
4.2
9.9K ratings
Essays
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Philosophy
Outclassed Summary
Outclassed
How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back
by Joan C. Williams 2025 368 pages
4.11
172 ratings
Politics
Economics
Slavery by Another Name Summary
Slavery by Another Name
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
by Douglas A. Blackmon 2008 480 pages
4.38
7.1K ratings
History
Race
Politics
1916 Summary
1916
A Novel of the Irish Rebellion
by Morgan Llywelyn 1999 576 pages
4.08
4.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Irish Literature
1494 Summary
1494
How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half
by Stephen R. Bown 2012 304 pages
3.89
359 ratings
History
Spain
Politics
Spy Schools Summary
Spy Schools
How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities
by Daniel Golden 2017 352 pages
3.56
314 ratings
History
Politics
Education
Against the Web Summary
Against the Web
A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
by Michael Brooks 2020 96 pages
4.1
1.9K ratings
Politics
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Essays
Radical Inclusion Summary
Radical Inclusion
What the Post-9/11 World Should Have Taught Us About Leadership
by Martin E. Dempsey 2018 176 pages
3.96
559 ratings
Leadership
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Military Fiction
Crazy Like Us Summary
Crazy Like Us
The Globalization of the American Psyche
by Ethan Watters 2010 320 pages
4.09
4.3K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
History
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Summary
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2014 320 pages
4.37
20.2K ratings
History
Indigenous
Social Justice
Worse Than Slavery Summary
Worse Than Slavery
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
by David M. Oshinsky 1997 320 pages
4.3
1.1K ratings
History
Race
African American
Overthrow Summary
Overthrow
America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
by Stephen Kinzer 2007 384 pages
4.17
4.6K ratings
History
Politics
American History
Wars and Capital (Semiotext Summary
Wars and Capital (Semiotext
by Éric Alliez 2018 453 pages
3.89
27 ratings
Philosophy
War
Politics
Unforgiving Places Summary
Unforgiving Places
The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
by Jens Ludwig 2025 352 pages
4.25
126 ratings
Crime
Politics
History
Smoke and Ashes Summary
Smoke and Ashes
A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories
by Amitav Ghosh 2023 417 pages
4.06
1.6K ratings
History
China
India
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
428 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
Motherland Summary
Motherland
A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
by Julia Ioffe 2025 512 pages
4.59
448 ratings
History
Russia
Feminism
You Can’t Be Serious Summary
You Can’t Be Serious
by Kal Penn 2021 368 pages
4.21
10.2K ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Paper Promises Summary
Paper Promises
Debt, Money, and the New World Order
by Philip Coggan 2012 304 pages
3.94
550 ratings
Economics
Finance
History
Off the Edge Summary
Off the Edge
Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
by Kelly Weill 2022 245 pages
3.79
2.0K ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism Summary
The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism
The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens
by Christopher Hitchens 2011 332 pages
4.11
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Religion
Whole Numbers and Half Truths Summary
Whole Numbers and Half Truths
by Rukmini S. 2021 324 pages
4.22
1.1K ratings
India
Economics
Politics
Goliath's Curse Summary
Goliath's Curse
The History and Future of Societal Collapse
by Luke Kemp 2025 592 pages
4.16
511 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Freezing Order Summary
Freezing Order
by Bill Browder 2022 313 pages
4.34
26.7K ratings
Politics
History
Russia
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