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Age of Anger Summary
Age of Anger
A History of the Present
by Pankaj Mishra 2017 416 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The People's Platform Summary
The People's Platform
Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
by Astra Taylor 2012 288 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Sociology
The Art of Insubordination Summary
The Art of Insubordination
How to Dissent and Defy Effectively
by Todd Kashdan 2022 288 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett 2019 468 pages
3.65
466 ratings
Science
History
Sociology
The Joy of Pain Summary
The Joy of Pain
Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature
by Richard H. Smith 2013 238 pages
3.45
268 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
The Hate Next Door Summary
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
by Matson Browning 2023 368 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Tearing Us Apart Summary
Tearing Us Apart
How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing
by Ryan T. Anderson 2022 320 pages
4.49
208 ratings
Politics
Cultural
Philosophy
Smuggler Nation Summary
Smuggler Nation
How Illicit Trade Made America
by Peter Andreas 2013 472 pages
3.96
214 ratings
History
American History
Economics
No One Man Should Have All That Power Summary
No One Man Should Have All That Power
How Rasputins Manipulate the World
by Amos Barshad 2019 240 pages
3.65
185 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The Downfall of Liberal Civilization
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
You are Being Lied To Summary
You are Being Lied To
The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths
by Russ Kick 2001 350 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Dignity in a Digital Age Summary
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
by Ro Khanna 2022 368 pages
3.71
149 ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
Prey Summary
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2021 352 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
The Origins of Happiness Summary
The Origins of Happiness
The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
by Andrew E. Clark 2018 339 pages
3.67
64 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
Goliath's Curse Summary
Goliath's Curse
The History and Future of Societal Collapse
by Luke Kemp 2025 592 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Tavistock Institute Summary
Tavistock Institute
Social Engineering the Masses
by Daniel Estulin 2011 240 pages
3.83
363 ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Psychology
Liberty in the Age of Terror Summary
Liberty in the Age of Terror
A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values by Grayling, A. C. (2010) Paperback
by A.C. Grayling 2009 283 pages
3.57
143 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
From Fatwa to Jihad Summary
From Fatwa to Jihad
How the World Changed: The Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo
by Kenan Malik 2009 352 pages
4.03
285 ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Ultrasociety Summary
Ultrasociety
How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
by Peter Turchin 2015 274 pages
4.11
464 ratings
History
Anthropology
Sociology
Going Mainstream Summary
Going Mainstream
How extremists are taking over
by Julia Ebner 2023 249 pages
3.74
468 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
The Anatomy of Dependence Summary
The Anatomy of Dependence
The key analysis of Japanese behavior
by Takeo Doi 1973 192 pages
3.71
319 ratings
Japan
Psychology
Japanese Literature
The Myth of the State Summary
The Myth of the State
by Ernst Cassirer 1946 303 pages
3.90
209 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
We Are All Weird Summary
We Are All Weird
by Seth Godin 2011 112 pages
3.55
4k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Migrations to Solitude Summary
Migrations to Solitude
by Sue Halpern 1992 224 pages
3.34
108 ratings
Essays
Memoir
Sociology
The Truth About Trust Summary
The Truth About Trust
How It Determines Success in Life, Love, Learning, and More
by David DeSteno 2014 288 pages
3.74
314 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? Summary
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?
The Munk Debates
by Steven Pinker 2016 128 pages
3.34
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Politics
Facts and Other Lies Summary
Facts and Other Lies
Welcome to the Disinformation Age
by Ed Coper 2022 394 pages
4.16
242 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Current Affairs
Getting Off Summary
Getting Off
Pornography and the End of Masculinity
by Robert Jensen 2007 200 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
Stuck Summary
Stuck
Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On
by Anneli Rufus 2008 348 pages
3.03
386 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Sociology
Management Summary
Management
A Very Short Introduction
by John Hendry 2013 160 pages
3.44
102 ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
The Tyranny of Metrics Summary
The Tyranny of Metrics
by Jerry Z. Muller 2017 240 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Science
Bandits Summary
Bandits
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1969 240 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
History
Sociology
Crime
Bunk Summary
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by Kevin Young 2017 560 pages
3.18
1k+ ratings
History
Psychology
Sociology
The Theft of a Decade Summary
The Theft of a Decade
How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
by Joseph C. Sternberg 2019 280 pages
3.42
221 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Not Working Summary
Not Working
People Talk About Losing a Job and Finding Their Way in Today's Changing Economy
by D.W. Gibson 2012 479 pages
3.68
60 ratings
Sociology
Economics
I Never Thought of It That Way Summary
I Never Thought of It That Way
How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
by Monica Guzmán 2022 304 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
Politics
Self Help
Psychology
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A History from Socrates to Social Media
by Jacob Mchangama 2022 528 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
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 Craftsman Summary
The Craftsman
by Richard Sennett 2008 336 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Design
Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
by Nicholas Lemann 2019 320 pages
3.71
318 ratings
History
Economics
Business
The Org Summary
The Org
The Underlying Logic of the Office
by Ray Fisman 2013 320 pages
3.35
385 ratings
Business
Management
Economics
The Certainty Illusion Summary
The Certainty Illusion
What You Don't Know and Why It Matters
by Timothy Caulfield 2025 312 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
How We Know What Isn't So Summary
How We Know What Isn't So
The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
by Thomas Gilovich 1991 216 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Control Revolution Summary
The Control Revolution
Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society
by James R. Beniger 1986 508 pages
4.16
112 ratings
History
Technology
Economics
Tits Up Summary
Tits Up
What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts
by Sarah Thornton 2024 336 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Science
History
The Origins of the Urban Crisis Summary
The Origins of the Urban Crisis
Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
by Thomas J. Sugrue 1996 416 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
The Mass Psychology of Fascism Summary
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
by Wilhelm Reich 1933 395 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
The Anglo Files Summary
The Anglo Files
A Field Guide to the English
by Sarah Lyall 2008 304 pages
3.45
2k+ ratings
Travel
Humor
British Literature
Them and Us Summary
Them and Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
by Will Hutton 2010 256 pages
3.89
109 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State Summary
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
by Friedrich Engels 1884 220 pages
4.14
8k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
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