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I Got Schooled Summary
I Got Schooled
The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing America's Education Gap
by M. Night Shyamalan 2013 321 pages
3.67
324 ratings
Education
Teaching
Sociology
Progress Summary
Progress
Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
by Johan Norberg 2016 256 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Thanks a Thousand Summary
Thanks a Thousand
A Gratitude Journey
by A.J. Jacobs 2018 160 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Humor
National Populism Summary
National Populism
The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
by Roger Eatwell 2018 374 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Science of Good and Evil Summary
The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer 2004 350 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It Summary
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It
by Annabelle Williams 2021 336 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Feminism
Gender
Economics
Success and Luck Summary
Success and Luck
Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
by Robert H. Frank 2016 208 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Psychology
Enshittification Summary
Enshittification
Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
by Cory Doctorow 2025 338 pages
4.08
10k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
The Journey of Humanity Summary
The Journey of Humanity
The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
by Oded Galor 2022 304 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
The Red Web Summary
The Red Web
The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
by Andrei Soldatov 2015 384 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Russia
Politics
History
The People Vs Tech Summary
The People Vs Tech
How the Internet Is Killing Democracy
by Jamie Bartlett 2018 146 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018 240 pages
3.98
8k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
Anger Summary
Anger
The Misunderstood Emotion
by Carol Tavris 1983 385 pages
3.81
257 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Bobos in Paradise Summary
Bobos in Paradise
The New Upper Class and How They Got There
by David Brooks 2000 284 pages
3.62
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Ain't No Makin' It Summary
Ain't No Makin' It
Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
by Jay MacLeod 2004 344 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Education
School
The Wife Drought Summary
The Wife Drought
by Annabel Crabb 2014 288 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
Feminism
Book Club
Politics
The Clock Of The Long Now Summary
The Clock Of The Long Now
Time and Responsibility
by Stewart Brand 1999 236 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012 256 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like
Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.29
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Listening Society Summary
The Listening Society
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
by Hanzi Freinacht 2017 475 pages
4.49
402 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.34
100k+ ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
Shattered Nation Summary
Shattered Nation
Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State
by Danny Dorling 2023 288 pages
3.97
119 ratings
Politics
Economics
Current Affairs
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019 344 pages
3.11
197 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Economics
The Race between Education and Technology Summary
The Race between Education and Technology
by Claudia Goldin 2008 496 pages
3.81
189 ratings
Economics
Education
History
Strangers Drowning Summary
Strangers Drowning
Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
by Larissa MacFarquhar 2015 336 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Book of est Summary
The Book of est
by Luke Rhinehart 1976 271 pages
4.02
364 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
Evolution and Human Life [Import] [Hardcover]
by Jared Diamond 1991 360 pages
4.09
28k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
Selfie Summary
Selfie
How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
by Will Storr 2017 416 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
The Sirens' Call Summary
The Sirens' Call
How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
by Christopher L. Hayes 2025 336 pages
3.95
8k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Technology
The Language Puzzle Summary
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
by Steven Mithen 2024 544 pages
3.88
451 ratings
History
Science
Linguistics
Mismeasure of Woman Summary
Mismeasure of Woman
Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex
by Carol Tavris 1992 400 pages
4.07
431 ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Gender
Freakonomics Rev Ed Summary
Freakonomics Rev Ed
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 352 pages
4.01
900k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Behind the Screen Summary
Behind the Screen
Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
by Sarah T. Roberts 2019 280 pages
3.65
168 ratings
Technology
Internet
Sociology
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
by Mark Engler 2016 368 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
The Social Leap Summary
The Social Leap
The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy – Why Humans Lie, Exaggerate, and Feel Jealous
by William Von Hippel 2018 304 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands
A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
by Charles Murray 2006 152 pages
3.74
290 ratings
Economics
Politics
Public Policy
Culture Summary
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
by Martin Puchner 2023 384 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
History
Art
Sociology
Born Digital Summary
Born Digital
by John Palfrey 2008 377 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Technology
Education
Internet
Strange Rites Summary
Strange Rites
New Religions for a Godless World
by Tara Isabella Burton 2020 301 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Sociology
Methodology of the Oppressed Summary
Methodology of the Oppressed
by Chela Sandoval 2000 232 pages
4.15
408 ratings
Feminism
Theory
Philosophy
White Malice Summary
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
by Susan Williams 2021 651 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
History
Africa
Politics
The Social Sex Summary
The Social Sex
A History of Female Friendship
by Marilyn Yalom 2015 400 pages
3.17
311 ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
Like, Comment, Subscribe Summary
Like, Comment, Subscribe
How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture
by Mark Bergen 2022 464 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
History
Rebel Sell Summary
Rebel Sell
Why The Culture Can't Be Jammed
by Joseph Heath 2004 384 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
Young, Gifted, and Black Summary
Young, Gifted, and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
by Theresa Perry 2003 196 pages
4.04
322 ratings
Education
African American
Social Justice
Unthinking Summary
Unthinking
The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy
by Harry Beckwith 2011
3.46
355 ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
The Sharing Economy Summary
The Sharing Economy
The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-based Capitalism
by Arun Sundararajan 2016 240 pages
3.66
491 ratings
Business
Economics
Technology
The World Caf� Summary
The World Caf�
Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter
by Juanita Brown 2005 300 pages
4.11
444 ratings
Leadership
Business
Communication
The Almost Nearly Perfect People Summary
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
by Michael Booth 2014 388 pages
3.86
12k+ ratings
Travel
History
Politics
The Purity Myth Summary
The Purity Myth
How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
by Jessica Valenti 2009 263 pages
4.08
8k+ ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Gender Studies
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