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Becoming Summary
Becoming
by Michelle Obama 2018 426 pages
4.43
1.2M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Immersive
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance 2016 274 pages
3.83
500k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Immersive
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societi
by Jared Diamond 1997 528 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
We Should All Be Feminists Summary
We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2012 52 pages
4.39
300k+ ratings
Feminism
Essays
Politics
Just Mercy Summary
Just Mercy
A Story of Justice and Redemption
by Bryan Stevenson 2014 336 pages
4.62
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Social Justice
Team of Rivals Summary
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 pages
4.29
200k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Summary
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Science
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Biography
History
American History
Prisoners of Geography Summary
Immersive
Prisoners of Geography
by Tim Marshall 2015 319 pages
4.19
100k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
Too Much and Never Enough Summary
Too Much and Never Enough
How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
by Mary L. Trump 2020 225 pages
3.82
98k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Nudge Summary
Nudge
The Final Edition
by Richard H. Thaler 2008 384 pages
3.84
95k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Business
Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2012 544 pages
4.09
64k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Coddling of the American Mind Summary
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
by Greg Lukianoff 2018 269 pages
4.23
57k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Parenting
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 813 pages
4.16
43k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience" Summary
Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience"
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 305 pages
3.93
39k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Bullshit Jobs Summary
Bullshit Jobs
A Theory
by David Graeber 2018 359 pages
4.02
35k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Beyond Order Summary
Beyond Order
12 More Rules For Life
by Jordan B. Peterson 2021 432 pages
4.14
30k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
by Edward S. Herman 1988 543 pages
4.23
24k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1986
4.34
24k+ ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 1968 120 pages
4.05
20k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
AI Superpowers Summary
AI Superpowers
China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
by Kai-Fu Lee 2018 275 pages
4.09
16k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Business
Technology
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 279 pages
4.11
15k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
The Coming Wave Summary
The Coming Wave
Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
by Mustafa Suleyman 2023 332 pages
3.80
15k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics
A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowellm 2000 786 pages
4.37
14k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
World Order Summary
World Order
by Henry Kissinger 2014 420 pages
4.04
14k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The World As It Is Summary
The World As It Is
A Memoir of the Obama White House
by Ben Rhodes 2018 433 pages
4.30
12k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
When McKinsey Comes to Town Summary
When McKinsey Comes to Town
The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
by Walt Bogdanich 2022 353 pages
3.80
11k+ ratings
Business
Politics
History
The Deficit Myth Summary
The Deficit Myth
Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
by Stephanie Kelton 2020 327 pages
4.02
9k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
Cicero Summary
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt 2001 400 pages
3.90
8k+ ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
8k+ ratings
Economics
Africa
Politics
The Bottom Billion Summary
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
by Paul Collier 2007 224 pages
3.85
8k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
International Development
Master Switch Summary
Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by Tim Wu 2010 368 pages
3.89
8k+ ratings
History
Technology
Business
The Fourth Turning Summary
The Fourth Turning
by William Strauss 1996 400 pages
3.87
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 402 pages
4.13
7k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Starfish and the Spider Summary
The Starfish and the Spider
The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
by Ori Brafman 2006 240 pages
3.83
6k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Revenge of Geography Summary
The Revenge of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
by Robert D. Kaplan 2012 448 pages
3.79
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
How Civil Wars Start Summary
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages
4.24
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future Summary
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future
by Henry Kissinger 2021 205 pages
3.43
5k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
Currency Wars Summary
Currency Wars
The Making of the Next Global Crisis
by James Rickards 2011 318 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Fake Law Summary
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
by The Secret Barrister 2020 372 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
The Bridge Summary
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
by David Remnick 2010 672 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Panama Papers Summary
The Panama Papers
Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
by Frederik Obermaier 2016 366 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021 368 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
The Power of the Powerless Summary
Immersive
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 1978 146 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Cult of Trump Summary
The Cult of Trump
A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control
by Steven Hassan 2019 320 pages
4.11
4k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Cults
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowellm 2009 680 pages
4.29
4k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Lady Justice Summary
Lady Justice
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
by Dahlia Lithwick 2022 368 pages
4.36
3k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Law
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here
What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
by Neil Howe 2023 592 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Broken Money Summary
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
4.60
2k+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Money
Keynes Hayek Summary
Keynes Hayek
The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
by Nicholas Wapshott 2011 300 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels Summary
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
by Alex Epstein 2014 257 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Politics
Science
Economics
The Obamas Summary
The Obamas
by Jodi Kantor 2011
3.69
2k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
A Call to Action Summary
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
by Jimmy Carter 2014 211 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Occupy Summary
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky 2012 128 pages
3.59
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Read Dangerously Summary
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
by Azar Nafisi 2022 225 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
Kushner, Inc. Summary
Kushner, Inc.
Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
by Vicky Ward 2019 304 pages
3.53
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
Without Their Permission Summary
Without Their Permission
How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed
by Alexis Ohanian 2013 272 pages
3.70
2k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
America's Original Sin Summary
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
by Jim Wallis 2016 238 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Race
History
Anti Racist
Words Like Loaded Pistols Summary
Words Like Loaded Pistols
Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
by Sam Leith 2011 322 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Writing
Philosophy
History
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
by Gary A. Haugen 2013 368 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Economics
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
by Guy Shrubsole 2019
4.21
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Environment
Learning from the Germans Summary
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
by Susan Neiman 2019 434 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Keynes Summary
Keynes
The Return of the Master
by Robert Skidelsky 2009 256 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Biography
On Language Summary
On Language
by Noam Chomsky 1998 481 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
by Slavoj Žižek 2018 70 pages
3.57
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Rules for Revolutionaries Summary
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
by Becky Bond 2016 200 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Free Market Revolution Summary
Free Market Revolution
How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government
by Yaron Brook 2012 272 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 260 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
Chanakya Neeti Summary
Chanakya Neeti
by Ashwini Parashar 2009 200 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Self Help
X Saves the World Summary
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
by Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 pages
3.45
500+ ratings
History
Sociology
Pop Culture
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
Immigration
History
Between Barack and a Hard Place Summary
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
by Tim Wise 2009 159 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Race
Politics
Social Justice
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity
How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
by Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Race
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
by Charles Ferguson 2012 368 pages
4.11
491 ratings
Politics
Economics
Finance
Proof of Conspiracy Summary
Proof of Conspiracy
How Trump's International Collusion Is Threatening American Democracy
by Seth Abramson 2019 592 pages
4.28
469 ratings
Politics
History
True Crime
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva 2015 192 pages
3.96
436 ratings
Food
Agriculture
Ecology
The Good-Enough Life Summary
The Good-Enough Life
by Avram Alpert 2022 327 pages
3.39
390 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Sold Out Summary
Sold Out
How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation, and Political Instability Will Sinkthe Global Economy
by James Rickards 2022 270 pages
3.50
316 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Why Businessmen Need Philosophy Summary
Why Businessmen Need Philosophy
The Capitalist's Guide to the Ideas Behind Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1999 334 pages
3.89
297 ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
AI Needs You Summary
AI Needs You
How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
by Verity Harding 2024 288 pages
3.54
252 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Business
The Diversity Illusion Summary
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration How to Set it Right
by Ed West 2012 288 pages
4.04
226 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Criminal (In)Justice Summary
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
by Rafael A. Mangual 2022 256 pages
4.13
222 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Law
Keynes Summary
Keynes
A Very Short Introduction
by Robert Skidelsky 2010 208 pages
3.45
184 ratings
Economics
Biography
History
Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences Summary
Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences
by Alexander L. George 2005 331 pages
3.81
176 ratings
Political Science
Politics
Social Science
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014
4.02
149 ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
The Tyranny of Good Intentions Summary
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
How Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
by Paul Craig Roberts 2000 186 pages
4.06
127 ratings
Politics
Law
History
Google Archipelago Summary
Google Archipelago
The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom
by Michael Rectenwald 2019 161 pages
3.84
120 ratings
Politics
Cultural
Education
Shattered Nation Summary
Shattered Nation
Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State
by Danny Dorling 2023 288 pages
3.97
119 ratings
Politics
Economics
Current Affairs
Don't Wait for the Next War Summary
Don't Wait for the Next War
A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership
by Wesley K. Clark 2014 271 pages
3.67
93 ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
History
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution
Fixing America's Problems In Ways Liberals And Conservatives Can Love
by Matt Miller 2003 304 pages
3.98
89 ratings
Economics
Politics
Myth of Islamic Tolerance Summary
Myth of Islamic Tolerance
How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims
by Robert Spencer 2005 602 pages
3.68
62 ratings
Islam
Politics
History
Crime & Punishment Summary
Crime & Punishment
Offenders and Victims in a Broken Justice System
by Russell Marks 2015 226 pages
4.08
49 ratings
Australia
Politics
Law
Entrepreneurial Nation Summary
Entrepreneurial Nation
Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future
by Ro Khanna 2012 272 pages
3.73
30 ratings
Politics
Business
The Human Cost of Welfare Summary
The Human Cost of Welfare
How the System Hurts the People It's Supposed to Help
by Phil Harvey 2016 206 pages
4.45
20 ratings
Politics
Justice at Work Summary
Justice at Work
The Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities
by Marc Doussard 2022 252 pages
5.00
3 ratings
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