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Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar • 1936
Caste's root is religious, not social; the cure is to dethrone the Hindu scriptures.
4.61
9k+
Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste 91%
Caste's root is religious, not social; the cure is to dethrone the Hindu scriptures.
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936
4.61
9k+ ratings
The Doctor and the Saint
by Arundhati Roy • 2017
One man wanted reform, the other annihilation. Their clash over caste still defines India.
4.33
3k+
The Doctor and the Saint Summary
The Doctor and the Saint 90%
One man wanted reform, the other annihilation. Their clash over caste still defines India.
by Arundhati Roy 2017
4.33
3k+ ratings
Gulamgiri
by Jyotirao Govindrao Phule • 1873
Caste was never sacred. It was built to steal labor, land, and access to knowledge.
4.32
226
Gulamgiri Summary
Gulamgiri 90%
Caste was never sacred. It was built to steal labor, land, and access to knowledge.
by Jyotirao Govindrao Phule 1873
4.32
226 ratings
Riddles in Hinduism
by B.R. Ambedkar • 1954
Hinduism's scriptures contradict at every turn. Ambedkar asks who stood to gain from each reversal.
4.17
572
Riddles in Hinduism Summary
Riddles in Hinduism 89%
Hinduism's scriptures contradict at every turn. Ambedkar asks who stood to gain from each reversal.
by B.R. Ambedkar 1954
4.17
572 ratings
Ajaya
by Anand Neelakantan • 2013
A prince branded villain fights a caste-rigged empire for a world where merit decides worth.
4.05
5k+
Ajaya Summary
Ajaya 88%
A prince branded villain fights a caste-rigged empire for a world where merit decides worth.
by Anand Neelakantan 2013
4.05
5k+ ratings
The Faithless Hawk
by Margaret Owen • 2020
Scapegoated for a plague, a Crow chief reclaims her people's stolen magic from a dead god's grave.
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The Faithless Hawk Summary
The Faithless Hawk 88%
Scapegoated for a plague, a Crow chief reclaims her people's stolen magic from a dead god's grave.
by Margaret Owen 2020
4.30
8k+ ratings
Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders
by Manoshi Sinha Rawal • 2019
A 40,000-woman brigade and a teen human bomb: the centuries of Indian resistance history erased.
4.24
153
Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders Summary
Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders 87%
A 40,000-woman brigade and a teen human bomb: the centuries of Indian resistance history erased.
by Manoshi Sinha Rawal 2019
4.24
153 ratings
A Force More Powerful
by Peter Ackerman • 2000
A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.
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300
A Force More Powerful Summary
A Force More Powerful 87%
A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.
by Peter Ackerman 2000
4.11
300 ratings
Worshipping False Gods
by Arun Shourie • 1997
An icon of Indian justice never fought for freedom and served in the colonial government instead.
3.83
365
Worshipping False Gods Summary
Worshipping False Gods 87%
An icon of Indian justice never fought for freedom and served in the colonial government instead.
by Arun Shourie 1997
3.83
365 ratings
Why I Am An Atheist
by Bhagat Singh • 1931
Facing execution at 23, he wrote his final testament: no God, no regret, only revolution.
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Why I Am An Atheist Summary
Why I Am An Atheist 87%
Facing execution at 23, he wrote his final testament: no God, no regret, only revolution.
by Bhagat Singh 1931
4.43
6k+ ratings
The Beautiful Tree
by Dharampal • 1983
Precolonial India educated one in four children through village schools. Then British rule broke it.
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184
The Beautiful Tree Summary
The Beautiful Tree 87%
Precolonial India educated one in four children through village schools. Then British rule broke it.
by Dharampal 1983
4.38
184 ratings
An Autobiography
by Mahatma Gandhi • 1927
A shy lawyer ejected from a South African train begins a revolution without raising a fist.
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An Autobiography Summary
An Autobiography 87%
A shy lawyer ejected from a South African train begins a revolution without raising a fist.
by Mahatma Gandhi 1927
4.10
75k+ ratings
What Young India Wants
by Chetan Bhagat • 2012
A bestselling novelist's urgent call for young Indians to reshape a nation stuck in old habits.
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10k+
What Young India Wants Summary
What Young India Wants 87%
A bestselling novelist's urgent call for young Indians to reshape a nation stuck in old habits.
by Chetan Bhagat 2012
3.26
10k+ ratings
The Battle Drum
by Saara El-Arifi • 2023
To stop deadly storms, a rebel crosses a sea where a monster feeds on sacrifice.
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The Battle Drum Summary
The Battle Drum 86%
To stop deadly storms, a rebel crosses a sea where a monster feeds on sacrifice.
by Saara El-Arifi 2023
4.29
4k+ ratings
Bandits
by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1969
Every peasant society produces its own Robin Hood. A historian maps the universal pattern.
3.75
800
Bandits Summary
Bandits 86%
Every peasant society produces its own Robin Hood. A historian maps the universal pattern.
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1969
3.75
800 ratings
Caste
by Isabel Wilkerson • 2020
America is a hidden caste system the Nazis once studied: four centuries old, eight rules deep.
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164k+
Caste Summary
Caste 86%
America is a hidden caste system the Nazis once studied: four centuries old, eight rules deep.
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020
4.52
164k+ ratings
Gandhi
by Louis Fischer • 1950
Thrown off a train in South Africa, a shy lawyer discovered a weapon empires cannot fight.
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5k+
Gandhi Summary
Gandhi 86%
Thrown off a train in South Africa, a shy lawyer discovered a weapon empires cannot fight.
by Louis Fischer 1950
4.18
5k+ ratings
This Is an Uprising
by Mark Engler • 2016
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
4.20
1k+
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising 86%
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
by Mark Engler 2016
4.20
1k+ ratings
The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson • 1963
Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.
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The Making of the English Working Class Summary
The Making of the English Working Class 86%
Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.
by E.P. Thompson 1963
4.21
4k+ ratings
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
3.84
589
Reveille for Radicals Summary
Reveille for Radicals 86%
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
by Saul D. Alinsky 1946
3.84
589 ratings
The Trauma of Caste
by Thenmozhi Soundararajan • 2022
Caste survived diaspora by hiding in the body. Its medicine is somatic, its demand abolition.
4.43
429
The Trauma of Caste Summary
The Trauma of Caste 86%
Caste survived diaspora by hiding in the body. Its medicine is somatic, its demand abolition.
by Thenmozhi Soundararajan 2022
4.43
429 ratings
Wobblies and Zapatistas
by Staughton Lynd • 2008
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
3.89
473
Wobblies and Zapatistas Summary
Wobblies and Zapatistas 86%
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
by Staughton Lynd 2008
3.89
473 ratings
Modi, Muslims and Media
by Madhu Purnima Kishwar • 2014
No court convicted him. Every headline did. The evidence the Gujarat narrative left out.
3.83
125
Modi, Muslims and Media Summary
Modi, Muslims and Media 86%
No court convicted him. Every headline did. The evidence the Gujarat narrative left out.
by Madhu Purnima Kishwar 2014
3.83
125 ratings
Revolutionary Suicide
by Huey P. Newton • 1973
Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.
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Revolutionary Suicide Summary
Revolutionary Suicide 86%
Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.
by Huey P. Newton 1973
4.49
7k+ ratings
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
by Katherine Boo • 2012
A murder charge, born of envy, traps a garbage-sorting family in Mumbai's market for justice.
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers Summary
Behind the Beautiful Forevers 86%
A murder charge, born of envy, traps a garbage-sorting family in Mumbai's market for justice.
by Katherine Boo 2012
3.98
117k+ ratings
Hegemony How-To
by Jonathan Smucker • 2017
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
4.24
442
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To 86%
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
by Jonathan Smucker 2017
4.24
442 ratings
India that is Bharat
by J. Sai Deepak • 2021
Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.
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India that is Bharat Summary
India that is Bharat 86%
Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.
by J. Sai Deepak 2021
4.42
2k+ ratings
A Nation of Idiots
by Daksh Tyagi • 2019
India doesn't produce citizens. It produces conformists. And the training starts at birth.
3.87
515
A Nation of Idiots Summary
A Nation of Idiots 86%
India doesn't produce citizens. It produces conformists. And the training starts at birth.
by Daksh Tyagi 2019
3.87
515 ratings
Why I am a Hindu
by Shashi Tharoor • 2018
Hinduism demands no dogma and has no founder. Hindutva, its political impostor, insists on both.
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Why I am a Hindu Summary
Why I am a Hindu 86%
Hinduism demands no dogma and has no founder. Hindutva, its political impostor, insists on both.
by Shashi Tharoor 2018
3.72
4k+ ratings
From mobilization to revolution
by Charles Tilly • 1978
Rioters calculate, revolutions are chess matches, and the state always stacks the board.
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42
From mobilization to revolution Summary
From mobilization to revolution 86%
Rioters calculate, revolutions are chess matches, and the state always stacks the board.
by Charles Tilly 1978
3.98
42 ratings
A Nation Under Our Feet
by Steven Hahn • 2003
Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.
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958
A Nation Under Our Feet Summary
A Nation Under Our Feet 86%
Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.
by Steven Hahn 2003
4.11
958 ratings
The Rage of Dragons
by Evan Winter • 2017
A lowborn warrior fights nobles and dragons in a caste-ruled academy to avenge his father's murder.
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The Rage of Dragons Summary
The Rage of Dragons 86%
A lowborn warrior fights nobles and dragons in a caste-ruled academy to avenge his father's murder.
by Evan Winter 2017
4.30
48k+ ratings
The Wretched of the Earth
by Frantz Fanon • 1961
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
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The Wretched of the Earth Summary
The Wretched of the Earth 86%
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
by Frantz Fanon 1961
4.35
33k+ ratings
A Protest History of the United States
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
4.12
188
A Protest History of the United States Summary
A Protest History of the United States 86%
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025
4.12
188 ratings
The Black Jacobins
by C.L.R. James • 1938
The slaves who built France's wealth took the French Revolution's ideals and destroyed an empire.
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The Black Jacobins Summary
The Black Jacobins 86%
The slaves who built France's wealth took the French Revolution's ideals and destroyed an empire.
by C.L.R. James 1938
4.39
8k+ ratings
The Elite
by Kiera Cass • 2013
Caught between a prince and a guard, a low-caste girl must navigate intrigue and rebel attacks.
3.94
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The Elite Summary
The Elite 86%
Caught between a prince and a guard, a low-caste girl must navigate intrigue and rebel attacks.
by Kiera Cass 2013
3.94
878k+ ratings
Glimpses of World History
by Jawaharlal Nehru • 1934
From a British prison cell, a jailed father teaches his daughter all of world history.
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Glimpses of World History Summary
Glimpses of World History 86%
From a British prison cell, a jailed father teaches his daughter all of world history.
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934
4.32
2k+ ratings
Unhumans
by Jack Posobiec • 2024
The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.
3.99
1k+
Unhumans Summary
Unhumans 86%
The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.
by Jack Posobiec 2024
3.99
1k+ ratings
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee • 1969
A black CIA recruit secretly trains a Chicago street gang to fight a guerrilla war.
4.34
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door 86%
A black CIA recruit secretly trains a Chicago street gang to fight a guerrilla war.
by Sam Greenlee 1969
4.34
4k+ ratings
Blueprint for Revolution
by Srdja Popovic • 2015
Rice pudding, Lego men, and the nonviolent playbook that wins twice as often as violence.
4.30
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Blueprint for Revolution Summary
Blueprint for Revolution 86%
Rice pudding, Lego men, and the nonviolent playbook that wins twice as often as violence.
by Srdja Popovic 2015
4.30
2k+ ratings
A People’s History of the United States
by Howard Zinn • 1980
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
4.09
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A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States 86%
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
by Howard Zinn 1980
4.09
268k+ ratings
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King Jr. • 1964
From Birmingham to Washington: how nonviolence won, and why the next battle is economic.
4.55
9k+
Why We Can't Wait Summary
Why We Can't Wait 85%
From Birmingham to Washington: how nonviolence won, and why the next battle is economic.
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964
4.55
9k+ ratings
Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography
by M.K. Gandhi • 2020
A shy lawyer experiments with diet, celibacy, and truth until he invents nonviolent force.
4.00
517
Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography Summary
Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography 85%
A shy lawyer experiments with diet, celibacy, and truth until he invents nonviolent force.
by M.K. Gandhi 2020
4.00
517 ratings
Red Skin, White Masks
by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
4.46
941
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks 85%
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014
4.46
941 ratings
War Storm
by Victoria Aveyard • 2018
A lightning-wielding rebel must unite with the prince who chose a throne over her love.
3.79
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War Storm Summary
War Storm 85%
A lightning-wielding rebel must unite with the prince who chose a throne over her love.
by Victoria Aveyard 2018
3.79
208k+ ratings
The Discovery of India
by Jawaharlal Nehru • 1946
From a British prison, one leader retraces five millennia of Indian civilization: who are we?
4.10
9k+
The Discovery of India Summary
The Discovery of India 85%
From a British prison, one leader retraces five millennia of Indian civilization: who are we?
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1946
4.10
9k+ ratings
Whole Numbers and Half Truths
by Rukmini S. • 2021
India's official numbers tell a story so inconvenient the government stopped publishing them.
4.21
1k+
Whole Numbers and Half Truths Summary
Whole Numbers and Half Truths 85%
India's official numbers tell a story so inconvenient the government stopped publishing them.
by Rukmini S. 2021
4.21
1k+ ratings
The Mis-Education of the Negro
by Carter G. Woodson • 1933
America's most effective tool of racial control was never the police. It was the classroom.
4.49
10k+
The Mis-Education of the Negro Summary
The Mis-Education of the Negro 85%
America's most effective tool of racial control was never the police. It was the classroom.
by Carter G. Woodson 1933
4.49
10k+ ratings
Summer of Fire and Blood
by Lyndal Roper • 2024
Luther declared Christians free. Peasants took him literally, and a hundred thousand were killed.
3.91
488
Summer of Fire and Blood Summary
Summer of Fire and Blood 85%
Luther declared Christians free. Peasants took him literally, and a hundred thousand were killed.
by Lyndal Roper 2024
3.91
488 ratings
Elite Capture
by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò • 2022
How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.
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4k+
Elite Capture Summary
Elite Capture 85%
How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.
by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò 2022
3.98
4k+ ratings
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