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A Child and a Country at the End of History
by Lea Ypi 2021 288 pages
4.31
25k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
The Box Summary
The Box
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
by Marc Levinson 2006 392 pages
3.86
7k+ ratings
History
Business
Economics
The Golden Ratio Summary
The Golden Ratio
The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
by Mario Livio 2002 294 pages
3.80
6k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
How Economics Explains the World Summary
How Economics Explains the World
A Short History of Humanity
by Andrew Leigh 2024 240 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal Summary
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
by Mikhail Tal 1978 496 pages
4.50
500+ ratings
Chess
Biography
Games
Central Banking 101 Summary
Central Banking 101
by Joseph J. Wang 2021 227 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning Summary
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl 1974 192 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Long Game Summary
The Long Game
China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order
by Rush Doshi 2021 432 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
China
Politics
History
The Evolution of Fiqh Summary
The Evolution of Fiqh
Islamic Law & the Madh-habs
by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips 1988 228 pages
4.36
364 ratings
Islam
Religion
History
Riddles in Hinduism Summary
Riddles in Hinduism
by B.R. Ambedkar 1954 296 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
History
Religion
India
American Cosmic Summary
American Cosmic
UFOs, Religion, Technology
by D.W. Pasulka 2019 288 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
Religion
Paranormal
Science
Unhumans Summary
Unhumans
The Secret History of Communist Revolutions
by Jack Posobiec 2024 272 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Book Club
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge Summary
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 2019 273 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Middle Grade
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Summary
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith 1776 1076 pages
3.89
35k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Classics
Just for Fun Summary
Just for Fun
The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
by Linus Torvalds 2001 288 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
Biography
Technology
Computer Science
Merchants of Doubt Summary
Merchants of Doubt
by Erik M Conway Naomi Oreskes 2010 355 pages
4.17
8k+ ratings
Science
Politics
History
Cooked Summary
Cooked
A Natural History of Transformation
by Michael Pollan 2013 451 pages
4.08
26k+ ratings
Food
Cooking
Science
Speechless Summary
Speechless
Controlling Words, Controlling Minds
by Michael J. Knowles 2021 383 pages
4.24
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Women & Power Summary
Women & Power
A Manifesto
by Mary Beard 2017 126 pages
4.02
39k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Essays
Marx Summary
Marx
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Singer 1980 130 pages
3.71
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Darwin's Dangerous Idea Summary
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Evolution and the Meanings of Life
by Daniel C. Dennett 1995 588 pages
4.07
17k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
India Wins Freedom Summary
India Wins Freedom
The Complete Version
by Abul Kalam Azad 1978 297 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
The Golden Road Summary
The Golden Road
How Ancient India Transformed the World
by William Dalrymple 2024 425 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
History
India
Ancient History
Deluxe Summary
Deluxe
How Luxury Lost Its Luster
by Dana Thomas 2007 384 pages
3.89
4k+ ratings
Fashion
Business
History
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" Summary
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2008 544 pages
4.21
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
World War II
How to Die Summary
How to Die
An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
by Seneca 2017 230 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Death
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 279 pages
4.11
15k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
King of Capital Summary
King of Capital
The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
by David Carey 2010 400 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Biography
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States Summary
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States
by V.P. Menon 1956 511 pages
4.36
294 ratings
History
India
Politics
Paul Summary
Paul
The Pagans' Apostle
by Paula Fredriksen 2017 336 pages
4.00
240 ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
Leadership Summary
Leadership
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 18 pages
4.40
16k+ ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes 1976 491 pages
4.26
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Bible Code Summary
The Bible Code
by Michael Drosnin 1997 264 pages
2.88
2k+ ratings
Religion
Christian
History
Sapiens and Homo Deus Summary
Sapiens and Homo Deus
The E-book Collection: A Brief History of Humankind and A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2017 816 pages
4.40
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Evolution
Eichmann in Jerusalem Summary
Eichmann in Jerusalem
A Report on the Banality of Evil
by Hannah Arendt 1963 312 pages
4.20
34k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
How the World Works Summary
How the World Works
by Noam Chomsky 2011 416 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Perversion of Justice Summary
Perversion of Justice
The Jeffrey Epstein Story
by Julie K. Brown 2021 463 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Socrates Express Summary
The Socrates Express
In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
by Eric Weiner 2020 352 pages
4.14
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Travel
Self Help
The Hundred-Year Marathon Summary
The Hundred-Year Marathon
China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
by Michael Pillsbury 2014 336 pages
4.20
5k+ ratings
China
Politics
History
Dialectic of Enlightenment Summary
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Philosophical Fragments
by Max Horkheimer 1947 282 pages
4.11
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
Until the End of Time Summary
Until the End of Time
Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
by Brian Greene 2020 428 pages
4.04
6k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm
America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
by George Friedman 2020 256 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Origins and History of Consciousness Summary
The Origins and History of Consciousness
by Erich Neumann 1949 493 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
History
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Summary
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
by Herbert P. Bix 2000 832 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
History
Japan
Biography
Business Adventures Summary
Business Adventures
Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
by John Brooks 1969 466 pages
3.81
24k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Area 51 Summary
Area 51
An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
by Annie Jacobsen 2011 540 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
History
Science
Military Fiction
Black Hawk Down Summary
Black Hawk Down
A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden 1999 386 pages
4.31
69k+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
Lose Your Mother Summary
Lose Your Mother
A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
by Saidiya Hartman 2007 288 pages
4.29
2k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Race
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree Summary
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor
by Laura Hillman 2003 288 pages
4.16
5k+ ratings
Holocaust
History
Memoir
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