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Freak Kingdom Summary
Freak Kingdom
Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism
by Timothy Denevi 2018 416 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Propaganda Blitz Summary
Propaganda Blitz
How the Corporate Media Distort Reality
by David Edwards 2018 336 pages
4.28
184 ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
The Silenced Majority Summary
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
by Amy Goodman 2012 380 pages
4.06
251 ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
Static Summary
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
by Amy Goodman 2006 338 pages
4.05
384 ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
You Can't Make This Stuff Up Summary
You Can't Make This Stuff Up
The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction -- from Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between
by Lee Gutkind 2012 288 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Journalism
Front Row at the Trump Show Summary
Front Row at the Trump Show
by Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
Lucky Summary
Lucky
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
by Jonathan Allen 2021 17 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Los señores del narco Summary
Los señores del narco
by Anabel Hernández 2010 592 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Crime
Swimming With Sharks Summary
Swimming With Sharks
by Joris Luyendijk 2015 288 pages
3.84
7k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Truth in Our Times Summary
Truth in Our Times
Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
by David E. McCraw 2019 304 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
Memoir
Bad City Summary
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
by Paul Pringle 2022 305 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Backstory Summary
Backstory
Inside the Business of News
by Ken Auletta 2003 332 pages
3.50
74 ratings
Journalism
Business
History
Goliath Summary
Goliath
Life and Loathing in Greater Israel
by Max Blumenthal 2012
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback Summary
Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback
by Michael Rabiger 1987
4.21
336 ratings
Film
Photography
Art
Susan Sontag Summary
Susan Sontag
The Complete Rolling Stone Interview
by Jonathan Cott 1978 168 pages
4.22
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Essays
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
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The White Album Summary
The White Album
by Joan Didion 1979 224 pages
4.02
51k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Classics
United States of Distraction Summary
United States of Distraction
Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It)
by Mickey Huff 2019 248 pages
3.74
114 ratings
Politics
History
American
One Nation, Uninsured Summary
One Nation, Uninsured
Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance
by Jill Quadagno 2005 274 pages
3.61
123 ratings
Politics
History
Health Care
Finks Summary
Finks
How the CIA Tricked the World's Best Writers
by Joel Whitney 2017 348 pages
3.96
166 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Wordcraft Summary
Wordcraft
The Complete Guide to Clear, Powerful Writing
by Jack R. Hart 2021 281 pages
4.13
107 ratings
Writing
Journalism
Crafts
The Promised Land Summary
The Promised Land
The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
by Nicholas Lemann 1991 416 pages
4.24
500+ ratings
History
Race
American History
To Catch a Fascist Summary
To Catch a Fascist
The Fight to Expose the Radical Right
by Christopher Mathias 2026 336 pages
4.48
387 ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
American Prison Summary
American Prison
A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
by Shane Bauer 2018 351 pages
4.23
12k+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Our Dear Friends in Moscow Summary
Our Dear Friends in Moscow
The Inside Story of a Broken Generation
by Irina Borogan 2025 336 pages
4.15
196 ratings
Russia
History
Politics
Truth Worth Telling Summary
Truth Worth Telling
A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times
by Scott Pelley 2019 464 pages
4.45
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Politics
History
Hard News Summary
Hard News
Twenty-one Brutal Months at The New York Times and How They Changed the American Media
by Seth Mnookin 2004 368 pages
3.91
274 ratings
Journalism
History
Business
The Finest Hotel in Kabul Summary
The Finest Hotel in Kabul
A People's History of Afghanistan
by Lyse Doucet 2025 420 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
History
Middle East
Politics
The Typewriter and the Guillotine Summary
The Typewriter and the Guillotine
An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII
by Mark Braude 2026 432 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
History
True Crime
Biography
The Imperfectionists Summary
The Imperfectionists
by Tom Rachman 2010 272 pages
3.55
50k+ ratings
Book Club
Short Stories
Italy
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger 2002 192 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
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