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Freakonomics Rev Ed Summary
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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
The Tipping Point Summary
Immersive
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell 2000 204 pages
4.01
800k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Blink Summary
Immersive
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 pages
3.96
600k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
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Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance 2016 274 pages
3.83
500k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Quiet Summary
Immersive
Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by Susan Cain 2012 333 pages
4.07
400k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societi
by Jared Diamond 1997 528 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Talking to Strangers Summary
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
by Malcolm Gladwell 2019 675 pages
4.00
300k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 449 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
David and Goliath Summary
David and Goliath
Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell 2013 305 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Psychopath Test Summary
Immersive
The Psychopath Test
A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson 2011 272 pages
3.95
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 288 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Predictably Irrational Summary
Immersive
Predictably Irrational
The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely 2008 349 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Business
What the Dog Saw Summary
What the Dog Saw
And Other Adventures
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 319 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Essays
The Art of Loving Summary
The Art of Loving
by Erich Fromm 1956 133 pages
4.00
96k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Righteous Mind Summary
The Righteous Mind
Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
by Jonathan Haidt 2012 530 pages
4.19
66k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
So You've Been Publicly Shamed Summary
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson 2015 304 pages
3.93
66k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Book Club
Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2012 544 pages
4.09
64k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Coddling of the American Mind Summary
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
by Greg Lukianoff 2018 269 pages
4.23
57k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Parenting
Games People Play Summary
Games People Play
by Eric Berne 1964 216 pages
3.72
41k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Bullshit Jobs Summary
Bullshit Jobs
A Theory
by David Graeber 2018 359 pages
4.02
35k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Justice Summary
Justice
What's the Right Thing to Do
by Michael J. Sandel 2007 322 pages
4.30
28k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Law
The Lucifer Effect Summary
The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2007 551 pages
3.90
27k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
by Edward S. Herman 1988 543 pages
4.23
24k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Far From The Tree Summary
Far From The Tree
A Dozen Kinds of Love
by Andrew Solomon 2012 976 pages
4.27
22k+ ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Science
The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker 1973 336 pages
4.05
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
Social Intelligence Summary
Social Intelligence
The New Science of Human Relationships
by Daniel Goleman 2006 403 pages
3.99
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Second Mountain Summary
The Second Mountain
The Quest for a Moral Life
by David Brooks 2019 344 pages
3.76
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer 1997 384 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Fourth Turning Summary
The Fourth Turning
by William Strauss 1996 400 pages
3.87
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 402 pages
4.13
7k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together
Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
by Sherry Turkle 2011 384 pages
3.62
6k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
How Civil Wars Start Summary
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages
4.24
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021 368 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
The Power of the Powerless Summary
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The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 1978 146 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowellm 2009 680 pages
4.29
4k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Art of Manliness Summary
The Art of Manliness
Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man
by Brett McKay 2009 288 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Work Summary
Work
A History of How we spend our Time
by James Suzman 2020 464 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Economics
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here
What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
by Neil Howe 2023 592 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids Summary
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids
Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think
by Bryan Caplan 2011 240 pages
3.55
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Economics
Psychology
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
by Gary A. Haugen 2013 368 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Economics
Bachelor Girl Summary
Bachelor Girl
100 Years of Breaking the Rules—A Social History of Living Single
by Betsy Israel 2002 324 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
by Slavoj Žižek 2018 70 pages
3.57
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Happy as a Dane Summary
Happy as a Dane
10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
by Malene Rydahl 2014 144 pages
3.46
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Adult
X Saves the World Summary
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
by Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 pages
3.45
500+ ratings
History
Sociology
Pop Culture
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
Immigration
History
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity
How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
by Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Race
The Irrational Bundle Summary
The Irrational Bundle
Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
by Dan Ariely 2013 797 pages
4.33
455 ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
The Good-Enough Life Summary
The Good-Enough Life
by Avram Alpert 2022 327 pages
3.39
390 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Hard-Core Romance Summary
Hard-Core Romance
Fifty Shades of Grey, Best-Sellers, and Society
by Eva Illouz 2013 96 pages
3.51
283 ratings
Sociology
Feminism
Sexuality
The Diversity Illusion Summary
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration How to Set it Right
by Ed West 2012 288 pages
4.04
226 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Criminal (In)Justice Summary
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
by Rafael A. Mangual 2022 256 pages
4.13
222 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Law
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014
4.02
149 ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
Google Archipelago Summary
Google Archipelago
The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom
by Michael Rectenwald 2019 161 pages
3.84
120 ratings
Politics
Cultural
Education
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
The Matthew Effect Summary
The Matthew Effect
How Advantage Begets Further Advantage
by Daniel Rigney 2010 176 pages
3.65
46 ratings
Sociology
Economics
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