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Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages
3.74
10k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Next Decade Summary
The Next Decade
Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going
by George Friedman 2011 243 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Discrimination and Disparities Summary
Discrimination and Disparities
by Thomas Sowell 2018 192 pages
4.46
5k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Lost World of Adam and Eve Summary
The Lost World of Adam and Eve
Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate
by John H. Walton 2010 256 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Theology
Christian
Religion
Undaunted Courage Summary
Undaunted Courage
The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
by Stephen E. Ambrose 1996 592 pages
4.23
68k+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
The Dorito Effect Summary
The Dorito Effect
The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
by Mark Schatzker 2015
4.01
9k+ ratings
Food
Health
Science
Marco Polo Summary
Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
by Laurence Bergreen 2007 415 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
History
Biography
Travel
How to Listen to Jazz Summary
How to Listen to Jazz
by Ted Gioia 2016
4.07
2k+ ratings
Music
Jazz
Art
How the Hippies Saved Physics Summary
How the Hippies Saved Physics
Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
by David Kaiser 2011 400 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
Nobody Knows My Name Summary
Nobody Knows My Name
by James Baldwin 1961 242 pages
4.36
4k+ ratings
Essays
Race
Classics
The Unprotected Class Summary
The Unprotected Class
How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart
by Jeremy Carl 2024 400 pages
4.33
193 ratings
Politics
History
Cultural
Crashed Summary
Crashed
How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
by Adam Tooze 2018 720 pages
4.29
4k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The New Great Depression Summary
The New Great Depression
Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World
by James Rickards 2021 208 pages
3.52
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes
by Adam Rutherford 2016 419 pages
4.03
12k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
Return of the Strong Gods Summary
Return of the Strong Gods
Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West
by R.R. Reno 2019 208 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Killing the Host Summary
Killing the Host
How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy
by Michael Hudson 2013 400 pages
4.34
387 ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
Unmasked Summary
Unmasked
Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
by Andy Ngo 2021 239 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
12 Bytes Summary
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
by Jeanette Winterson 2021 324 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Essays
Science
History
The Written World Summary
The Written World
The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization
by Martin Puchner 2014 537 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
History
Books About Books
Literature
Make Something Wonderful Summary
Make Something Wonderful
by Steve Jobs 2023 194 pages
4.48
1k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Design
The Twilight Struggle Summary
The Twilight Struggle
What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
by Hal Brands 2022 318 pages
3.98
248 ratings
History
Politics
Military Fiction
Long Walk to Freedom Summary
Long Walk to Freedom
by Nelson Mandela 1994 656 pages
4.36
94k+ ratings
Biography
History
Africa
Insane Summary
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
by Alisa Roth 2018 338 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Politics
The Art of the Con Summary
The Art of the Con
The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
by Anthony M. Amore 2015 264 pages
3.54
1k+ ratings
Art
True Crime
History
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
by Astra Taylor 2019 368 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Medici Money Summary
Medici Money
Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
by Tim Parks 2005 288 pages
3.60
1k+ ratings
History
Italy
Economics
Decolonial Daughter Summary
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
by Lesley-Ann Brown 2018 231 pages
4.13
86 ratings
Race
Essays
Memoir
My Life And Work Summary
My Life And Work
by Henry Ford 1922 384 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Biography
Business
History
Flesh and Stone Summary
Flesh and Stone
The Body and the City in Western Civilization
by Richard Sennett 1996 432 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
History
Architecture
Sociology
The Spotify Play Summary
The Spotify Play
How Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance
by Sven Carlsson 2019 305 pages
3.53
1k+ ratings
Business
Music
Biography
In Search of The Color Purple Summary
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
by Salamishah Tillet 2021 223 pages
4.21
220 ratings
History
Books About Books
Memoir
We Are Bellingcat Summary
We Are Bellingcat
An Intelligence Agency for the People
by Eliot Higgins 2021 273 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
The Sound of Music Story Summary
The Sound of Music Story
How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time
by Tom Santopietro 2015 324 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Music
The Emergency Summary
The Emergency
A Personal History
by Coomi Kapoor 2015 400 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
The Boer War Summary
The Boer War
by Winston S. Churchill 1991 405 pages
4.07
180 ratings
History
Africa
Biography
A Brief History of Thought Summary
A Brief History of Thought
A Philosophical Guide to Living
by Luc Ferry 1996 304 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise Summary
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise
Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
by Darío Fernández-Morera 2014 376 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
History
Islam
Spain
The Liberal Tradition in America Summary
The Liberal Tradition in America
by Louis Hartz 1955 348 pages
3.63
158 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Traffic Summary
Traffic
by Tom Vanderbilt 2008 418 pages
3.72
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
To Infinity and Beyond Summary
To Infinity and Beyond
A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2023 319 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Science
Space
Physics
Iran Between Two Revolutions Summary
Iran Between Two Revolutions
by Ervand Abrahamian 1982 561 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
History
Iran
Politics
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1 Summary
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
by Garry Kasparov 2003 464 pages
4.39
474 ratings
Chess
History
Games
The Gulag Archipelago Summary
The Gulag Archipelago
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1973 660 pages
4.35
14k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
DIY Summary
DIY
The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation
by Eric Sprankle 2024 240 pages
4.32
263 ratings
Sexuality
History
Psychology
Gamers at Work Summary
Gamers at Work
Stories Behind the Games People Play
by Morgan Ramsay 2012 356 pages
3.69
138 ratings
Video Games
Games
Game Design
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness Summary
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
How White People Profit from Identity Politics
by George Lipsitz 1998 296 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings Summary
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 416 pages
4.14
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition Summary
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling - 25th Anniversary Edition
by John Taylor Gatto 2002 144 pages
4.14
12k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
Words on the Move Summary
Words on the Move
Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
by John McWhorter 2016 257 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Supernatural Summary
Supernatural
Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
by Graham Hancock 2005 480 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
History
Spirituality
Religion
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