Politics Book Summaries

Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
The Singapore Story Summary
The Singapore Story
Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
by Lee Kuan Yew 1998 680 pages
4.28
3.2K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Autocracy, Inc. Summary
Autocracy, Inc.
by Anne Applebaum 2024 224 pages
4.23
10.1K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Franklin Scandal Summary
The Franklin Scandal
A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal
by Nick Bryant 2008 650 pages
4.27
765 ratings
True Crime
History
Conspiracy Theories
Doughnut Economics Summary
Doughnut Economics
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
by Kate Raworth 2017 384 pages
4.18
14.8K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.18
3.0K ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Spheres of Justice Summary
Spheres of Justice
A Defense of Pluralism and Equality
by Michael Walzer 1983 363 pages
3.80
711 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
Trump Summary
Trump
The Art of the Deal
by Donald J. Trump 1987 384 pages
3.70
23.8K ratings
Business
Biography
Politics
How Fascism Works Summary
How Fascism Works
The Politics of Us and Them
by Jason F. Stanley 2018 240 pages
4.22
11.3K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Walden & Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden & Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 320 pages
3.94
38.5K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Bad Samaritans Summary
Bad Samaritans
The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang 2007 288 pages
4.20
5.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Cicero Summary
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt 2001 364 pages
3.89
8.0K ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Civilization Summary
Civilization
The West and the Rest
by Niall Ferguson 2011 402 pages
3.86
10.0K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Discovery of India Summary
The Discovery of India
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1946 656 pages
4.09
8.5K ratings
History
India
Politics
Design Justice Summary
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020 360 pages
4.18
506 ratings
Design
Technology
Social Justice
The Evolution of Cooperation Summary
The Evolution of Cooperation
by Robert Axelrod 1984 264 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
Economics
Science
Psychology
Naked Economics Summary
Naked Economics
Undressing the Dismal Science
by Charles Wheelan 2002 384 pages
4.03
19.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Atatürk Summary
Atatürk
The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
by Andrew Mango 1999 666 pages
4.16
1.4K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Wealth of Nations Summary
The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith 2010 416 pages
3.92
372 ratings
Economics
Business
Philosophy
The Wisdom of Crowds Summary
The Wisdom of Crowds
by James Surowiecki 2004 306 pages
3.82
24.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Economics
What Money Can't Buy Summary
What Money Can't Buy
The Moral Limits of Markets
by Michael J. Sandel 2012 256 pages
3.93
13.6K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Capital in the Twenty First Century Summary
Capital in the Twenty First Century
by Thomas Piketty 2013 685 pages
4.06
33.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Empire Summary
Empire
How Britain Made the Modern World
by Niall Ferguson 2003 422 pages
3.93
9.5K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Misbelief Summary
Misbelief
What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
by Dan Ariely 2023 320 pages
3.92
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Nordic Theory of Everything Summary
The Nordic Theory of Everything
In Search of a Better Life
by Anu Partanen 2016 448 pages
3.86
8.6K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Memoir
Hood Feminism Summary
Hood Feminism
Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
by Mikki Kendall 2020 267 pages
4.36
59.5K ratings
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
The Logic of Political Survival Summary
The Logic of Political Survival
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2003 550 pages
3.97
155 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
Toward a Feminist Theory of the State Summary
Toward a Feminist Theory of the State
by Catharine A. MacKinnon 1989 352 pages
4.00
516 ratings
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
The World for Sale Summary
The World for Sale
Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
by Javier Blas 2021 410 pages
4.33
10.4K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
440.0K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages
4.35
3.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
How to Have Impossible Conversations Summary
How to Have Impossible Conversations
A Very Practical Guide
by Peter Boghossian 2019 272 pages
3.91
2.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The India Way Summary
The India Way
Strategies for an Uncertain World
by S. Jaishankar 2020 240 pages
3.94
1.5K ratings
India
Politics
International Relations
Albion's Seed Summary
Albion's Seed
Four British Folkways in America
by David Hackett Fischer 1989 946 pages
4.37
3.4K ratings
History
American History
American
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent
A Modern Manual to Getting Marvelously, Obscenely Rich
by Sam Wilkin 2015 432 pages
3.69
349 ratings
Business
Finance
Money
The Open Society and Its Enemies Summary
The Open Society and Its Enemies
by Karl Popper 1956 920 pages
4.23
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
After the Prophet Summary
After the Prophet
The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
by Lesley Hazleton 2009 256 pages
4.09
9.3K ratings
History
Religion
Islam
Not the End of the World Summary
Not the End of the World
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
by Hannah Ritchie 2024 352 pages
4.24
5.5K ratings
Science
Environment
Climate Change
The Oil Curse Summary
The Oil Curse
How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations
by Michael L. Ross 2012 312 pages
3.96
199 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Feminism Is for Everybody Summary
Feminism Is for Everybody
Passionate Politics
by bell hooks 2000 123 pages
4.16
26.7K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Lords of Finance Summary
Lords of Finance
The Bankers Who Broke the World
by Liaquat Ahamed 2009 564 pages
4.03
16.1K ratings
History
Economics
Finance
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Summary
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice
by Jeffrey H. Reiman 1979 288 pages
3.93
568 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Social Justice
The Meritocracy Trap Summary
The Meritocracy Trap
How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
by Daniel Markovits 2019 448 pages
3.83
2.1K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Pakistan Summary
Pakistan
A Hard Country
by Anatol Lieven 2011 592 pages
4.12
2.4K ratings
Pakistan
History
Politics
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy Summary
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
Towards a Radical Democratic Politics
by Ernesto Laclau 1985 198 pages
3.84
1.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act Summary
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
by Bob Joseph 2018 160 pages
4.57
9.4K ratings
Indigenous
History
Canada
New Ideas from Dead Economists Summary
New Ideas from Dead Economists
An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought
by Todd G. Buchholz 1989 352 pages
3.84
2.4K ratings
Economics
History
Business
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises Summary
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises
by Ray Dalio 2018 456 pages
4.36
2.9K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The New Geography of Jobs Summary
The New Geography of Jobs
by Enrico Moretti 2012 294 pages
4.03
2.7K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Fourth Industrial Revolution Summary
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
by Klaus Schwab 2016 198 pages
3.58
4.7K ratings
Business
Economics
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