Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Politics
Sociology
History
The Billion Dollar Spy
A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
History
Espionage
Russia
Lady Justice
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
Politics
Feminism
Law
Narconomics
How to Run a Drug Cartel
Economics
Business
Crime
Slow Down
The Degrowth Manifesto
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Against Democracy
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
The Creation of Patriarchy
Feminism
History
Womens
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
History
Politics
Economics
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
History
American History
Civil War
Censored
Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
China
Politics
History
Matrix of Power
Secrets of World Control
Conspiracy Theories
History
Politics
The Genius of Israel
The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
Israel
History
Jewish
The Future of Freedom
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
Politics
History
Philosophy
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
Economics
Politics
History
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
History
Biography
American History
Crystallizing Public Opinion
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Animal Liberation Now
The Definitive Classic Renewed
Philosophy
Animals
Vegan
The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
History
Race
Politics
Who Owns England?
Politics
History
Environment
Original Sins
The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
History
Education
Race
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
Psychology
Science
Politics
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
Economics
Politics
Business
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
Science
Climate Change
Politics
Edible Economics
A Hungry Economist Explains the World
Economics
Food
Politics
Down with the System
A Memoir
Music
Memoir
Biography
The Art of Intelligence
History
Espionage
Politics
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Shape
The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
Science
Mathematics
Politics
How to Win an Argument
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
History
Politics
France
What's Our Problem?
A Self-Help Book for Societies
Politics
Philosophy
Society
The Climate Book
The Facts and the Solutions
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service
Politics
History
Essays
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
A Manifesto
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Fight
Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House
Politics
History
American History
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
History
Africa
Politics
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Death of Expertise
The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
Politics
Science
Sociology
Glimpses of World History
History
India
World History
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
Economics
History
Finance
Khomeinism
Essays on the Islamic Republic
Iran
History
Politics
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Economics
History
Politics
Finnish Lessons
What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?
Education
Teaching
Parenting
The New Map
Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Politics
Economics
History
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
History
Politics
World History
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
History
Politics
Middle East
Sandworm
A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
Technology
Politics
History
The March of Folly
From Troy to Vietnam
History
Politics
War
A History of Bangladesh
History
Bangladesh
India
The Political Brain
The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
Politics
Psychology
Science
