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The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.29
1.8K ratings
Politics
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The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 pages
4.08
1.4K ratings
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Normal Accidents Summary
Normal Accidents
Living with High-Risk Technologies
by Charles Perrow 1984 464 pages
4.05
669 ratings
Science
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سيكولوجية الجماهير Summary
سيكولوجية الجماهير
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 200 pages
3.82
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The Anatomy of Violence Summary
The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
by Adrian Raine 2013 501 pages
3.97
1.9K ratings
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed Summary
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson 2015 290 pages
3.93
64.9K ratings
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Book Club
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1 Summary
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1
An Introduction
by Michel Foucault 1976 176 pages
4.02
24.7K ratings
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Invisible Influence Summary
Invisible Influence
The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
by Jonah Berger 2016 272 pages
3.69
3.8K ratings
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Self Help
Evicted Summary
Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond 2016 418 pages
4.47
108.0K ratings
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Social Justice
A Secular Age Summary
A Secular Age
by Charles Margrave Taylor 2007 874 pages
4.27
1.8K ratings
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The Social Animal Summary
The Social Animal
by Elliot Aronson 1972 512 pages
4.31
4.3K ratings
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Selections from the Prison Notebooks Summary
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
by Antonio Gramsci 1947 483 pages
4.20
5.2K ratings
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The Shallows Summary
The Shallows
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by Nicholas Carr 2010 280 pages
3.89
31.9K ratings
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Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong
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by Kathryn Schulz 2010 339 pages
3.94
7.2K ratings
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The Second Curve Summary
The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
by Charles B. Handy 2015 240 pages
4.10
429 ratings
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The Crisis of Narration Summary
The Crisis of Narration
by Byung-Chul Han 2023 77 pages
3.90
1.6K ratings
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Essays
Mindreader Summary
Mindreader
The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
by David J. Lieberman 2022 240 pages
3.85
1.6K ratings
Psychology
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Why Love Hurts Summary
Why Love Hurts
A Sociological Explanation
by Eva Illouz 2011 293 pages
4.00
1.8K ratings
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The Sacred Canopy Summary
The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
by Peter L. Berger 1967 240 pages
3.95
1.1K ratings
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The Narrow Corridor Summary
The Narrow Corridor
States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2019 560 pages
4.22
3.5K ratings
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Civilization and Its Discontents Summary
Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud 1930 127 pages
3.80
43.1K ratings
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Classics
Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1985 184 pages
4.16
35.2K ratings
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Surrounded by Narcissists Summary
Surrounded by Narcissists
How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People
by Thomas Erikson 2022 320 pages
3.49
3.2K ratings
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Personal Development
The Will to Change Summary
The Will to Change
Men, Masculinity, and Love
by bell hooks 2003 208 pages
4.36
25.8K ratings
Feminism
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SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 270 pages
4.00
133.4K ratings
Business
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Psychology
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
by Dan Davies 2024 304 pages
3.92
617 ratings
Politics
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Survival of the Richest Summary
Survival of the Richest
Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
by Douglas Rushkoff 2022 224 pages
3.85
2.0K ratings
Politics
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Technology
The Naked Ape Summary
The Naked Ape
by Desmond Morris 1967 256 pages
3.93
11.8K ratings
Science
Anthropology
Psychology
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Law
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Politics
The Art of Choosing Summary
The Art of Choosing
by Sheena Iyengar 1989 352 pages
3.83
6.7K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Fluke Summary
Fluke
Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
by Brian Klaas 2024 335 pages
4.07
3.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
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
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
Civilization Summary
Civilization
The West and the Rest
by Niall Ferguson 2011 402 pages
3.86
10.0K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Big Gods Summary
Big Gods
How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
by Ara Norenzayan 2013 257 pages
4.02
372 ratings
Religion
History
Psychology
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
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
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Summary
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris 2007 292 pages
4.04
28.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
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
Misbelief Summary
Misbelief
What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
by Dan Ariely 2023 320 pages
3.92
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
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
Blindspot Summary
Blindspot
Hidden Biases of Good People
by Mahzarin R. Banaji 2013 254 pages
3.72
6.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Anti Racist
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney 2011 302 pages
3.86
35.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
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
Neuromarketing Summary
Neuromarketing
Understanding the Buy Buttons in Your Customer's Brain
by Patrick Renvoisé 2005 256 pages
3.90
760 ratings
Psychology
Business
Neuroscience
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
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures Summary
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 444 pages
3.85
103.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Essays
The Matthew Effect Summary
The Matthew Effect
How Advantage Begets Further Advantage
by Daniel Rigney 2010 176 pages
3.62
42 ratings
Sociology
Economics
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