Politics Book Summaries

The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed
Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
by Thomas Sowell 1995 320 pages
4.40
3.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Post-American World Summary
The Post-American World
by Fareed Zakaria 2008 292 pages
3.86
12.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
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
Win Bigly Summary
Win Bigly
Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
by Scott Adams 2017 304 pages
3.73
5.0K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Business
Leadership Summary
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 pages
4.40
15.3K ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
The Skin We're In Summary
The Skin We're In
A Year of Black Resistance and Power
by Desmond Cole 2020 248 pages
4.45
10.1K ratings
Canada
Race
Politics
Women & Power Summary
Women & Power
A Manifesto
by Mary Beard 2017 115 pages
4.02
38.0K ratings
Feminism
History
Essays
Black Skin, White Masks Summary
Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon 1952 232 pages
4.26
17.8K ratings
Philosophy
Race
Politics
Powershift Summary
Powershift
Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of the 21st Century
by Alvin Toffler 1990 640 pages
4.00
1.1K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The Shock Doctrine Summary
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein 2007 558 pages
4.28
51.1K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 325 pages
4.09
1.0K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
The Hidden Wealth of Nations Summary
The Hidden Wealth of Nations
The Scourge of Tax Havens
by Gabriel Zucman 2015 129 pages
3.96
1.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
The Road to Freedom Summary
The Road to Freedom
Economics and the Good Society
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024 384 pages
4.03
535 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Second Founding Summary
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
by Eric Foner 2019 224 pages
4.23
2.5K ratings
History
American History
Civil War
Edible Economics Summary
Edible Economics
A Hungry Economist Explains the World
by Ha-Joon Chang 2022 224 pages
3.83
2.3K ratings
Economics
Food
Politics
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 272 pages
4.26
606 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
The Age of the Strongman Summary
The Age of the Strongman
How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World
by Gideon Rachman 2022 288 pages
4.05
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Pornland Summary
Pornland
How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
by Gail Dines 2010 204 pages
3.95
1.9K ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
The Sexual Politics of Meat Summary
The Sexual Politics of Meat
A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
by Carol J. Adams 1990 272 pages
4.00
4.2K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Vegan
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1986 400 pages
4.34
23.6K ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
How Economics Explains the World Summary
How Economics Explains the World
A Short History of Humanity
by Andrew Leigh 2024 240 pages
3.96
772 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Animal Spirits Summary
Animal Spirits
How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
by George A. Akerlof 2008 248 pages
3.78
5.1K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Finance
The Case Against Education Summary
The Case Against Education
Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
by Bryan Caplan 2018 416 pages
3.95
2.0K ratings
Education
Economics
Politics
Message to the Blackman in America Summary
Message to the Blackman in America
by Elijah Muhammad 1965 386 pages
4.45
897 ratings
Religion
Race
Islam
Cult of the Dead Cow Summary
Cult of the Dead Cow
How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
by Joseph Menn 2019 256 pages
3.74
2.3K ratings
Technology
History
Hackers
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
by Slavoj Ε½iΕΎek 2018 70 pages
3.57
745 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Situation Room Summary
The Situation Room
The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
by George Stephanopoulos 2024 368 pages
4.36
9.0K ratings
History
Politics
American History
Speechless Summary
Speechless
Controlling Words, Controlling Minds
by Michael J. Knowles 2021 383 pages
4.25
2.8K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
21st Century Monetary Policy Summary
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
by Ben S. Bernanke 2022 512 pages
4.20
923 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
AtatΓΌrk Summary
AtatΓΌrk
The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
by Andrew Mango 1999 666 pages
4.16
1.4K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Alexander Hamilton Summary
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow 2004 818 pages
4.22
192.4K ratings
History
Biography
American History
Postwar Summary
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
by Tony Judt 2005 933 pages
4.38
13.2K ratings
History
Politics
European History
Stop Reading the News Summary
Stop Reading the News
A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life
by Rolf Dobelli 2019
3.71
3.4K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Politics
Modern Times Summary
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
by Paul Johnson 1983 880 pages
4.27
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Art of Power Summary
The Art of Power
My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
by Nancy Pelosi 2024 352 pages
3.98
5.1K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Living a Feminist Life Summary
Living a Feminist Life
by Sara Ahmed 2017 312 pages
4.31
3.1K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Politics
Son of Hamas Summary
Son of Hamas
A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
by Mosab Hassan Yousef 2011 265 pages
4.23
16.9K ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
People, Power, and Profits Summary
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019 366 pages
3.88
2.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Tyranny of Good Intentions Summary
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
by Paul Craig Roberts 2000 256 pages
4.04
127 ratings
Politics
Law
History
Economic Facts and Fallacies Summary
Economic Facts and Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2007 262 pages
4.23
6.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Dying for a Paycheck Summary
Dying for a Paycheck
How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performanceβ€”and What We Can Do About It
by Jeffrey Pfeffer 2018 266 pages
3.73
577 ratings
Business
Economics
Leadership
Stamped Summary
Stamped
Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds 2020 294 pages
4.47
53.2K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Wise Men Summary
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
by Walter Isaacson 1986 864 pages
4.10
4.2K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Against Intellectual Monopoly Summary
Against Intellectual Monopoly
by Michele Boldrin 2008 312 pages
4.03
364 ratings
Economics
Law
Politics
Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 123 pages
3.94
21.5K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2023 224 pages
4.42
2.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Fellow Travelers Summary
Fellow Travelers
by Thomas Mallon 2007 356 pages
3.60
4.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Queer
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
A Very Short Introduction
by James Fulcher 2001 160 pages
3.56
1.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Age of AI and Our Human Future Summary
The Age of AI and Our Human Future
by Henry Kissinger 2021 272 pages
3.45
4.8K ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
The Bridge Summary
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
by David Remnick 2010 656 pages
4.10
4.6K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
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