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Equal Is Unfair Summary
Equal Is Unfair
America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
by Don Watkins 2016 258 pages
4.07
555 ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds Summary
The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds
by John Bowlby 1979 224 pages
4.07
354 ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Self Help
Jackpot Summary
Jackpot
How the Super-Rich Really Live―and How Their Wealth Harms Us All
by Michael Mechanic 2021 416 pages
3.87
795 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Smuggler Nation Summary
Smuggler Nation
How Illicit Trade Made America
by Peter Andreas 2013 472 pages
3.96
214 ratings
History
American History
Economics
No One Man Should Have All That Power Summary
No One Man Should Have All That Power
How Rasputins Manipulate the World
by Amos Barshad 2019 240 pages
3.67
178 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The People's Platform Summary
The People's Platform
Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
by Astra Taylor 2012 288 pages
4.04
610 ratings
Technology
Politics
Sociology
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett 2019 468 pages
3.66
441 ratings
Science
History
Sociology
Tearing Us Apart Summary
Tearing Us Apart
How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing
by Ryan T. Anderson 2022 320 pages
4.51
194 ratings
Cultural
Politics
Philosophy
I, Mammal Summary
I, Mammal
How to Make Peace With the Animal Urge for Social Power
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2011 312 pages
4.24
134 ratings
Psychology
Science
Biology
Age of Anger Summary
Age of Anger
A History of the Present
by Pankaj Mishra 2017 416 pages
3.64
2.8K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
You are Being Lied To Summary
You are Being Lied To
The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths
by Russ Kick 2001 350 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
The Joy of Pain Summary
The Joy of Pain
Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature
by Richard H. Smith 2013 238 pages
3.45
259 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
The Art of Insubordination Summary
The Art of Insubordination
How to Dissent and Defy Effectively
by Todd Kashdan 2022 288 pages
4.03
538 ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
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
Dignity in a Digital Age Summary
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
by Ro Khanna 2022 368 pages
3.70
146 ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
The Origins of Happiness Summary
The Origins of Happiness
The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
by Andrew E. Clark 2018 339 pages
3.71
59 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
Stuck Summary
Stuck
Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On
by Anneli Rufus 2008 336 pages
3.02
385 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Sociology
Liberty in the Age of Terror Summary
Liberty in the Age of Terror
A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values by Grayling, A. C. (2010) Paperback
by A.C. Grayling 2009 283 pages
3.55
144 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Is There Anything Good About Men? Summary
Is There Anything Good About Men?
How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men
by Roy F. Baumeister 2010 320 pages
3.73
354 ratings
Psychology
Gender
Sociology
Paper Girl Summary
Paper Girl
A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America
by Beth Macy 2025 368 pages
4.16
1.5K ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
Migrations to Solitude Summary
Migrations to Solitude
by Sue Halpern 1992 224 pages
3.34
108 ratings
Essays
Memoir
Sociology
We Are All Weird Summary
We Are All Weird
The Myth of Mass and The End of Compliance
by Seth Godin 2011 1 pages
3.55
4.5K ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Prey Summary
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2021 352 pages
4.12
1.2K ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Black in Blues Summary
Black in Blues
How a Color Tells the Story of My People
by Imani Perry 2025 256 pages
4.3
1.7K ratings
History
Essays
Race
Going Mainstream Summary
Going Mainstream
How extremists are taking over
by Julia Ebner 2023 249 pages
3.74
468 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
Not Working Summary
Not Working
Losing a Job in Today's Great Recession
by D.W. Gibson 2012 470 pages
3.69
58 ratings
Sociology
Economics
The Theft of a Decade Summary
The Theft of a Decade
How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
by Joseph C. Sternberg 2019 255 pages
3.39
208 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
428 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
Getting Off Summary
Getting Off
Pornography and the End of Masculinity
by Robert Jensen 2007 200 pages
3.68
706 ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
Helping Children Succeed Summary
Helping Children Succeed
What Works and Why
by Paul Tough 2016 144 pages
3.86
2.0K ratings
Education
Parenting
Psychology
The Org Summary
The Org
The Underlying Logic of the Office
by Ray Fisman 2013 320 pages
3.35
385 ratings
Business
Management
Economics
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
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The Downfall of Liberal Civilization
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.07
426 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Bunk Summary
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by Kevin Young 2017 560 pages
3.17
1.1K ratings
History
Psychology
Sociology
The Birth of the Clinic Summary
The Birth of the Clinic
An Archaeology of Medical Perception
by Michel Foucault 1963 240 pages
3.94
2.5K ratings
Philosophy
History
Medicine
White Rage Summary
White Rage
The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
by Carol Anderson 2016 246 pages
4.47
14.7K ratings
History
Race
Politics
Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
by Nicholas Lemann 2019 320 pages
3.70
296 ratings
Economics
History
Business
Ultrasociety Summary
Ultrasociety
How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
by Peter Turchin 2015 274 pages
4.12
450 ratings
History
Anthropology
Sociology
Management Summary
Management
A Very Short Introduction
by John Hendry 2013 160 pages
3.43
97 ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
Who Rules the World? Summary
Who Rules the World?
by Noam Chomsky 2016 320 pages
4.05
12.3K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Them And Us Summary
Them And Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
by Will Hutton 2010 434 pages
3.90
109 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption Summary
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption
by Gad Saad 2007 360 pages
3.87
52 ratings
Psychology
Evolution
Science
The Art and Science of Connection Summary
The Art and Science of Connection
Why Social Health Is the Missing Key to Living Longer, Healthier, and Happier
by Kasley Killam 2024 288 pages
3.89
534 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Health
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Summary
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
by William H. Whyte 2001 125 pages
4.33
917 ratings
Urban Planning
Architecture
Urbanism
Growth Summary
Growth
From Microorganisms to Megacities
by Vaclav Smil 2019 664 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Economics
The Anglo Files Summary
The Anglo Files
A Field Guide to the British
by Sarah Lyall 2008 304 pages
3.45
2.0K ratings
Travel
Humor
British Literature
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? Summary
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?
The Munk Debates
by Steven Pinker 2016 128 pages
3.34
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Politics
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
How to Lose a Country Summary
How to Lose a Country
The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
by Ece Temelkuran 2019 289 pages
4.04
2.2K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Scripts People Live Summary
Scripts People Live
Transactional Analysis of Life Scripts
by Claude M. Steiner 1994 352 pages
4.05
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Counselling
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