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The Truth About Markets Summary
The Truth About Markets
Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor
by John Kay 2003
3.85
362 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Democracy Rules Summary
Democracy Rules
by Jan-Werner Müller 2021 256 pages
3.46
168 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
How Judges Think Summary
How Judges Think
by Richard A. Posner 2008 400 pages
3.83
382 ratings
Law
Politics
Psychology
Crazy for God Summary
Crazy for God
How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back
by Frank Schaeffer 2007 390 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Religion
Memoir
Biography
The Nazi Conspiracy Summary
The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
by Brad Meltzer 2023 400 pages
4.15
10k+ ratings
History
World War II
Politics
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
by Wes Jackson 2022 184 pages
3.56
198 ratings
Environment
Climate Change
Science
Can We All Be Feminists? Summary
Can We All Be Feminists?
New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism
by June Eric-Udorie 2018 288 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Essays
Politics
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness Summary
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
by Miya Tokumitsu 2015 192 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Sociology
Self Help
Politics
Humanly Possible Summary
Humanly Possible
by Sarah Bakewell 2023 464 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Energy and Civilization Summary
Energy and Civilization
A History
by Vaclav Smil 2017 552 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
History
Science
Economics
Zoned in the USA Summary
Zoned in the USA
The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation
by Sonia A. Hirt 2014 256 pages
4.01
136 ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
History
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
Four Shots in the Night Summary
Four Shots in the Night
A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland
by Henry Hemming 2024 368 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
History
Ireland
True Crime
The Anarchist In The Library Summary
The Anarchist In The Library
How The Clash Between Freedom And Control Is Hacking The Real World And Crashing The System
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004 272 pages
3.50
175 ratings
Library Science
Technology
Politics
Rise of the New World Order Summary
Rise of the New World Order
The Culling of Man
by J. Micha-el Thomas Hays 2013 843 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
Conspiracy Theories
Politics
Mother of Invention Summary
Mother of Invention
How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men
by Katrine Marçal 2020 304 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Economics
Freedom and Neurobiology Summary
Freedom and Neurobiology
Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
by John Rogers Searle 2005 113 pages
3.56
246 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Neuroscience
The Conversation Summary
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
by Robert Livingston 2021 368 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Race
Business
Social Justice
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action Summary
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action
by Arun Shourie 1995 685 pages
4.17
243 ratings
India
Islam
Religion
The Next America Summary
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
by Paul Taylor 2014 280 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
The Fourth Political Theory Summary
The Fourth Political Theory
by Alexander Dugin 2009 211 pages
3.29
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Russia
Attack from Within Summary
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
by Barbara McQuade 2024 385 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Technology
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
A Prescription for Action
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.31
328 ratings
Science
Health
Medical
The Hidden History of Burma Summary
The Hidden History of Burma
Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
by Thant Myint-U 2019 304 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
History
Asia
Politics
George Washington Summary
George Washington
The American Presidents Series: The 1st President, 1789-1797
by James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Presidents
Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King Summary
Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King
The Hidden Truth About Bill Gates and His Power to Shape Our World
by Anupreeta Das 2024 330 pages
3.01
425 ratings
Biography
Business
Biography Memoir
International Relations Summary
International Relations
by Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 pages
3.81
441 ratings
Politics
International Relations
Textbooks
The Economics of Innocent Fraud Summary
The Economics of Innocent Fraud
Truth For Our Time
by John Kenneth Galbraith 2004 81 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
On Fascism Summary
On Fascism
12 Lessons from American History
by Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020 200 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Big Change Summary
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900-50
by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pages
3.95
243 ratings
History
American History
Economics
Russian Roulette Summary
Russian Roulette
The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
by Michael Isikoff 2018
4.20
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Russia
How Progress Ends Summary
How Progress Ends
Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations
by Carl Benedikt Frey 2025 552 pages
4.19
202 ratings
Economics
History
Business
The Spymasters Summary
The Spymasters
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
Propaganda Blitz Summary
Propaganda Blitz
How the Corporate Media Distort Reality
by David Edwards 2018 336 pages
4.28
184 ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
Contesting Democracy Summary
Contesting Democracy
Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
by Jan-Werner Müller 2006 304 pages
4.00
159 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Essays on the Great Depression Summary
Essays on the Great Depression
by Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 pages
3.77
133 ratings
Economics
History
American History
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 504 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Empire of Debt Summary
Empire of Debt
The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis
by William Bonner 2005 384 pages
3.90
332 ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
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
Defending the Free Market Summary
Defending the Free Market
The Moral Case for a Free Economy
by Robert Sirico 2012 256 pages
4.14
258 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Modern Money Theory Summary
Modern Money Theory
A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems
by L. Randall Wray 2012 294 pages
4.22
327 ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
Demanding the Impossible Summary
Demanding the Impossible
A History of Anarchism
by Peter H. Marshall 1992 767 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
"I Have Nothing to Hide" Summary
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
by Heidi Boghosian 2021 240 pages
3.64
191 ratings
Politics
Science
Technology
Treating People Well Summary
Treating People Well
The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life
by Lea Berman 2018 256 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Politics
Zero Fail Summary
Zero Fail
The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
by Carol Leonnig 2021 526 pages
4.23
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Crisis and Command Summary
Crisis and Command
A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush
by John Yoo 2010
3.64
132 ratings
History
Politics
Presidents
Separation of Church and Hate Summary
Separation of Church and Hate
A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds
by John Fugelsang 2025 288 pages
4.42
13k+ ratings
Religion
Politics
History
Broke, USA Summary
Broke, USA
From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business
by Gary Rivlin 2010 358 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Poverty
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
by Allen Frances 2016 336 pages
3.60
287 ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
Campaign Manager Summary
Campaign Manager
Running and Winning Local Elections
by Catherine M. Shaw 1996 448 pages
3.94
207 ratings
Politics
Reference
Political Science
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