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The Plus
by Greg Gutfeld • 2020
Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.
3.98
1k+
The Plus Summary
The Plus 89%
Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.
by Greg Gutfeld 2020
3.98
1k+ ratings
You are Being Lied To
by Russ Kick • 2001
The institutions you trust most are filtering what you know. Here is how, and why.
3.87
1k+
You are Being Lied To Summary
You are Being Lied To 89%
The institutions you trust most are filtering what you know. Here is how, and why.
by Russ Kick 2001
3.87
1k+ ratings
We Need New Stories
by Nesrine Malik • 2021
The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.
4.02
996
We Need New Stories Summary
We Need New Stories 89%
The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.
by Nesrine Malik 2021
4.02
996 ratings
Doppelganger
by Naomi Klein • 2023
Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.
4.19
37k+
Doppelganger Summary
Doppelganger 89%
Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.
by Naomi Klein 2023
4.19
37k+ ratings
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger • 2002
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
4.14
1k+
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World 89%
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
by John Pilger 2002
4.14
1k+ ratings
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair
by Hilde Lindemann Nelson • 2001
Who you are is jointly told. Oppression writes a degrading version; counterstories write the repair.
4.12
50
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair Summary
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair 89%
Who you are is jointly told. Oppression writes a degrading version; counterstories write the repair.
by Hilde Lindemann Nelson 2001
4.12
50 ratings
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad • 2025
The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.
4.57
67k+
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Summary
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 89%
The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.
by Omar El Akkad 2025
4.57
67k+ ratings
Social Media Is Bullshit
by B.J. Mendelson • 2012
Viral success is mostly fake. The boring alternative costs less and actually works.
3.40
350
Social Media Is Bullshit Summary
Social Media Is Bullshit 89%
Viral success is mostly fake. The boring alternative costs less and actually works.
by B.J. Mendelson 2012
3.40
350 ratings
Post-Truth
by Matthew d'Ancona • 2017
Truth is everywhere and irrelevant. How emotion replaced fact in public life, and the way back.
3.75
921
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth 89%
Truth is everywhere and irrelevant. How emotion replaced fact in public life, and the way back.
by Matthew d'Ancona 2017
3.75
921 ratings
United States of Distraction
by Mickey Huff • 2019
Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.
3.74
114
United States of Distraction Summary
United States of Distraction 89%
Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.
by Mickey Huff 2019
3.74
114 ratings
Slanted
by Sharyl Attkisson • 2020
How newsrooms kill inconvenient stories, and the words that tell you they're doing it.
4.31
1k+
Slanted Summary
Slanted 89%
How newsrooms kill inconvenient stories, and the words that tell you they're doing it.
by Sharyl Attkisson 2020
4.31
1k+ 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 88%
The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.
by Jack Posobiec 2024
3.99
1k+ ratings
Woke Racism
by John McWhorter • 2021
Today's antiracism is a secular faith, and it is failing the people it claims to save
3.92
7k+
Woke Racism Summary
Woke Racism 88%
Today's antiracism is a secular faith, and it is failing the people it claims to save
by John McWhorter 2021
3.92
7k+ ratings
Culture and Resistance
by Edward W. Said • 2003
Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.
4.10
419
Culture and Resistance Summary
Culture and Resistance 88%
Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.
by Edward W. Said 2003
4.10
419 ratings
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer • 2006
How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.
4.12
4k+
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 88%
How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.
by John J. Mearsheimer 2006
4.12
4k+ ratings
The Death of Truth
by Michiko Kakutani • 2018
How relativism, algorithms, and a demagogue made facts optional and democracy fragile.
3.79
5k+
The Death of Truth Summary
The Death of Truth 88%
How relativism, algorithms, and a demagogue made facts optional and democracy fragile.
by Michiko Kakutani 2018
3.79
5k+ ratings
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
by Natasha Tidd • 2023
A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.
3.60
2k+
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies Summary
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies 88%
A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.
by Natasha Tidd 2023
3.60
2k+ ratings
The Long Slide
by Tucker Carlson • 2021
A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.
4.13
2k+
The Long Slide Summary
The Long Slide 88%
A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.
by Tucker Carlson 2021
4.13
2k+ ratings
How Propaganda Works
by Jason F. Stanley • 2015
How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.
3.59
859
How Propaganda Works Summary
How Propaganda Works 88%
How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.
by Jason F. Stanley 2015
3.59
859 ratings
Two Cheers for Anarchism
by James C. Scott • 2012
The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.
3.96
2k+
Two Cheers for Anarchism Summary
Two Cheers for Anarchism 88%
The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.
by James C. Scott 2012
3.96
2k+ ratings
The Death of Expertise
by Thomas M. Nichols • 2017
Why do people resent the experts who know more? A diagnosis of the cultural war on knowledge.
3.82
10k+
The Death of Expertise Summary
The Death of Expertise 88%
Why do people resent the experts who know more? A diagnosis of the cultural war on knowledge.
by Thomas M. Nichols 2017
3.82
10k+ ratings
Progressive Myths
by Michael Huemer • 2024
The statistical case against ten progressive orthodoxies, from police racism to the gender pay gap.
4.01
128
Progressive Myths Summary
Progressive Myths 88%
The statistical case against ten progressive orthodoxies, from police racism to the gender pay gap.
by Michael Huemer 2024
4.01
128 ratings
Science Under Siege
by Michael E. Mann • 2025
Five forces are dismantling science. A scientist who has faced them all draws the battle lines.
4.03
345
Science Under Siege Summary
Science Under Siege 88%
Five forces are dismantling science. A scientist who has faced them all draws the battle lines.
by Michael E. Mann 2025
4.03
345 ratings
Against the Machine
by Paul Kingsnorth • 2025
The West lost its soul; a machine grew in the gap, now coming to replace us.
3.95
3k+
Against the Machine Summary
Against the Machine 88%
The West lost its soul; a machine grew in the gap, now coming to replace us.
by Paul Kingsnorth 2025
3.95
3k+ ratings
Spoilt Rotten
by dalrymple-theodore • 2010
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
3.96
1k+
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten 88%
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
by dalrymple-theodore 2010
3.96
1k+ ratings
Manufacturing Consent
by Edward S. Herman • 1988
Why a free press produces propaganda as reliably as a state ministry: the structural answer.
4.23
25k+
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent 88%
Why a free press produces propaganda as reliably as a state ministry: the structural answer.
by Edward S. Herman 1988
4.23
25k+ ratings
Fake Heroes
by Otto English • 2023
Society manufactures heroes like studios build movie stars. Ten case studies expose the machinery.
3.92
896
Fake Heroes Summary
Fake Heroes 88%
Society manufactures heroes like studios build movie stars. Ten case studies expose the machinery.
by Otto English 2023
3.92
896 ratings
National Security Cinema
by Matthew Alford • 2017
The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.
3.81
113
National Security Cinema Summary
National Security Cinema 88%
The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.
by Matthew Alford 2017
3.81
113 ratings
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
3.83
1k+
Team Human Summary
Team Human 88%
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019
3.83
1k+ ratings
Going Mainstream
by Julia Ebner • 2023
How extremist ideas conquered the mainstream, one online subculture at a time.
3.74
468
Going Mainstream Summary
Going Mainstream 88%
How extremist ideas conquered the mainstream, one online subculture at a time.
by Julia Ebner 2023
3.74
468 ratings
Steal This Book
by Abbie Hoffman • 1971
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
3.60
4k+
Steal This Book Summary
Steal This Book 88%
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
by Abbie Hoffman 1971
3.60
4k+ ratings
You Can't Read This Book
by Nick Cohen • 2012
Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.
4.08
736
You Can't Read This Book Summary
You Can't Read This Book 88%
Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.
by Nick Cohen 2012
4.08
736 ratings
Elite Capture
by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò • 2022
How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.
3.98
4k+
Elite Capture Summary
Elite Capture 88%
How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.
by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò 2022
3.98
4k+ ratings
Post-Truth
by Lee McIntyre • 2018
Tobacco companies perfected the blueprint for making people doubt facts. Now it powers politics.
4.01
2k+
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth 88%
Tobacco companies perfected the blueprint for making people doubt facts. Now it powers politics.
by Lee McIntyre 2018
4.01
2k+ ratings
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
by Mohammed El-Kurd • 2025
The sympathy economy demands Palestinians be broken, blameless, and silent about who broke them.
4.77
6k+
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal Summary
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal 88%
The sympathy economy demands Palestinians be broken, blameless, and silent about who broke them.
by Mohammed El-Kurd 2025
4.77
6k+ ratings
American Exceptionalism
by Deborah L. Madsen • 1998
How a Puritan theology of chosenness became the alibi for a continent's conquest and distant wars.
3.50
16
American Exceptionalism Summary
American Exceptionalism 88%
How a Puritan theology of chosenness became the alibi for a continent's conquest and distant wars.
by Deborah L. Madsen 1998
3.50
16 ratings
Imperial Hubris
by Michael Scheuer • 2004
Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.
3.81
2k+
Imperial Hubris Summary
Imperial Hubris 88%
Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.
by Michael Scheuer 2004
3.81
2k+ ratings
These Truths
by Jill Lepore • 2018
American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.
4.40
14k+
These Truths Summary
These Truths 88%
American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.
by Jill Lepore 2018
4.40
14k+ ratings
Silencing the Past
by Michel-Rolph Trouillot • 1995
Why the Haitian Revolution was erased from history while it was still happening.
4.35
3k+
Silencing the Past Summary
Silencing the Past 88%
Why the Haitian Revolution was erased from history while it was still happening.
by Michel-Rolph Trouillot 1995
4.35
3k+ ratings
The Utopia of Rules
by David Graeber • 2013
Every market reform increases paperwork. The violence, stupidity, and secret appeal of bureaucracy.
4.02
7k+
The Utopia of Rules Summary
The Utopia of Rules 88%
Every market reform increases paperwork. The violence, stupidity, and secret appeal of bureaucracy.
by David Graeber 2013
4.02
7k+ ratings
Letters to a Young Contrarian
by Christopher Hitchens • 2001
Thinking for yourself will cost you friends and comfort. This is why you do it anyway.
4.13
13k+
Letters to a Young Contrarian Summary
Letters to a Young Contrarian 88%
Thinking for yourself will cost you friends and comfort. This is why you do it anyway.
by Christopher Hitchens 2001
4.13
13k+ ratings
Anatomy of Fake News
by Nolan Higdon • 2020
Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.
4.00
35
Anatomy of Fake News Summary
Anatomy of Fake News 88%
Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.
by Nolan Higdon 2020
4.00
35 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 88%
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
by Jonathan Smucker 2017
4.24
442 ratings
Arguably
by Christopher Hitchens • 2011
Tyranny, religion, empire, sentimentality: what remains after clarity and history have their say.
4.20
10k+
Arguably Summary
Arguably 88%
Tyranny, religion, empire, sentimentality: what remains after clarity and history have their say.
by Christopher Hitchens 2011
4.20
10k+ ratings
Propaganda and the Public Mind
by Noam Chomsky • 1998
How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.
4.06
1k+
Propaganda and the Public Mind Summary
Propaganda and the Public Mind 88%
How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.
by Noam Chomsky 1998
4.06
1k+ ratings
Operation Hollywood
by David L. Robb • 2004
The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.
3.46
72
Operation Hollywood Summary
Operation Hollywood 88%
The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.
by David L. Robb 2004
3.46
72 ratings
Manufacturing Consent
by Mark Achbar • 1994
No conspiracy, no censorship: why the news in a free society still serves the powerful.
4.41
699
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent 88%
No conspiracy, no censorship: why the news in a free society still serves the powerful.
by Mark Achbar 1994
4.41
699 ratings
The Deadline
by Jill Lepore • 2023
The dead still run the country. A historian shows how, from the Constitution to the smartphone.
4.31
621
The Deadline Summary
The Deadline 88%
The dead still run the country. A historian shows how, from the Constitution to the smartphone.
by Jill Lepore 2023
4.31
621 ratings
How Fascism Works
by Jason F. Stanley • 2018
A philosopher isolates ten political tactics that turn democratic citizens into hostile tribes.
4.25
17k+
How Fascism Works Summary
How Fascism Works 88%
A philosopher isolates ten political tactics that turn democratic citizens into hostile tribes.
by Jason F. Stanley 2018
4.25
17k+ ratings
Copaganda
by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025
The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.
4.49
582
Copaganda Summary
Copaganda 88%
The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.
by Alec Karakatsanis 2025
4.49
582 ratings
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