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The Holocaust Industry
by Norman G. Finkelstein • 2000
After 1967, the Holocaust became a shield for Israel and an international shakedown.
4.13
4k+
The Holocaust Industry Summary
The Holocaust Industry 88%
After 1967, the Holocaust became a shield for Israel and an international shakedown.
by Norman G. Finkelstein 2000
4.13
4k+ ratings
The Guarded Gate
by Daniel Okrent • 2019
How elite pseudoscience shut America's gates, locked out a generation, and inspired the Nazis.
4.05
896
The Guarded Gate Summary
The Guarded Gate 88%
How elite pseudoscience shut America's gates, locked out a generation, and inspired the Nazis.
by Daniel Okrent 2019
4.05
896 ratings
Ten Myths About Israel
by Ilan Pappé • 2017
Ten founding myths of Israel, debunked: the land wasn't empty and the flight wasn't voluntary.
4.40
6k+
Ten Myths About Israel Summary
Ten Myths About Israel 88%
Ten founding myths of Israel, debunked: the land wasn't empty and the flight wasn't voluntary.
by Ilan Pappé 2017
4.40
6k+ ratings
The Dark Side of Democracy
by Michael Mann • 2004
Modernity's worst mass killings were not by tyrants alone, but by democracies that turned ethnic.
4.06
159
The Dark Side of Democracy Summary
The Dark Side of Democracy 88%
Modernity's worst mass killings were not by tyrants alone, but by democracies that turned ethnic.
by Michael Mann 2004
4.06
159 ratings
Crucible of Terror
by Max Liebster • 2017
Five concentration camps, one stranger's faith, and a baptism in a former prime minister's bathtub.
4.90
87
Crucible of Terror Summary
Crucible of Terror 88%
Five concentration camps, one stranger's faith, and a baptism in a former prime minister's bathtub.
by Max Liebster 2017
4.90
87 ratings
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński • 1965
Sent to the countryside to escape the Nazis, a dark-haired boy finds the peasants are deadlier.
3.90
29k+
The Painted Bird Summary
The Painted Bird 88%
Sent to the countryside to escape the Nazis, a dark-haired boy finds the peasants are deadlier.
by Jerzy Kosiński 1965
3.90
29k+ ratings
Two Hundred Years Together
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • 2001
Solzhenitsyn dissects two centuries of Russian-Jewish coexistence, looking beyond mutual blame.
4.17
181
Two Hundred Years Together Summary
Two Hundred Years Together 88%
Solzhenitsyn dissects two centuries of Russian-Jewish coexistence, looking beyond mutual blame.
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 2001
4.17
181 ratings
Song of the Nightingale
by Helen Berhane • 2009
Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.
4.35
173
Song of the Nightingale Summary
Song of the Nightingale 88%
Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.
by Helen Berhane 2009
4.35
173 ratings
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt • 1951
Before the camps, tyranny. After, something wholly new: total domination.
4.30
15k+
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism 87%
Before the camps, tyranny. After, something wholly new: total domination.
by Hannah Arendt 1951
4.30
15k+ ratings
American Holocaust
by David E. Stannard • 1992
Before 1492, the Americas held more people than Europe. What followed erased 90 percent of them.
4.34
1k+
American Holocaust Summary
American Holocaust 87%
Before 1492, the Americas held more people than Europe. What followed erased 90 percent of them.
by David E. Stannard 1992
4.34
1k+ ratings
Crucible of Terror
by Max Liebster • 2003
He carried his father to the crematorium. Then the purple triangles taught him to forgive.
4.69
166
Crucible of Terror Summary
Crucible of Terror 87%
He carried his father to the crematorium. Then the purple triangles taught him to forgive.
by Max Liebster 2003
4.69
166 ratings
Tears of the Desert
by Halima Bashir • 2008
A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.
4.24
4k+
Tears of the Desert Summary
Tears of the Desert 87%
A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.
by Halima Bashir 2008
4.24
4k+ ratings
Hitler's American Model
by James Q. Whitman • 2017
The Nuremberg Laws had an American blueprint. Nazi lawyers studied Jim Crow and found their model.
3.91
2k+
Hitler's American Model Summary
Hitler's American Model 87%
The Nuremberg Laws had an American blueprint. Nazi lawyers studied Jim Crow and found their model.
by James Q. Whitman 2017
3.91
2k+ ratings
Mao's America
by Xi Van Fleet • 2023
Mao's Red Guards burned the books of her childhood. Now she watches America strike the match.
4.42
560
Mao's America Summary
Mao's America 87%
Mao's Red Guards burned the books of her childhood. Now she watches America strike the match.
by Xi Van Fleet 2023
4.42
560 ratings
Searching for God Knows What
by Donald Miller • 2004
Skull measurements divided Europeans into three, and the conclusion reshaped history.
3.91
27k+
Searching for God Knows What Summary
Searching for God Knows What 87%
Skull measurements divided Europeans into three, and the conclusion reshaped history.
by Donald Miller 2004
3.91
27k+ ratings
An Ordinary Man
by Paul Rusesabagina • 2006
Rwanda, 1994: a hotel manager faced militias with nothing but a telephone and saved 1,200.
4.19
7k+
An Ordinary Man Summary
An Ordinary Man 87%
Rwanda, 1994: a hotel manager faced militias with nothing but a telephone and saved 1,200.
by Paul Rusesabagina 2006
4.19
7k+ ratings
The Jews
by Hilaire Belloc • 1922
Jews and Europeans cannot coexist: a Catholic intellectual's 1922 argument for separate nations.
3.84
141
The Jews Summary
The Jews 87%
Jews and Europeans cannot coexist: a Catholic intellectual's 1922 argument for separate nations.
by Hilaire Belloc 1922
3.84
141 ratings
The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson • 2013
Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.
4.38
30k+
The Boy on the Wooden Box Summary
The Boy on the Wooden Box 87%
Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.
by Leon Leyson 2013
4.38
30k+ ratings
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
by Philip Gourevitch • 1998
Seven pastors warned they would die tomorrow. The world read their letter and did nothing.
4.22
37k+
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Summary
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families 87%
Seven pastors warned they would die tomorrow. The world read their letter and did nothing.
by Philip Gourevitch 1998
4.22
37k+ ratings
Except for Palestine
by Marc Lamont Hill • 2021
Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.
4.19
4k+
Except for Palestine Summary
Except for Palestine 87%
Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.
by Marc Lamont Hill 2021
4.19
4k+ ratings
Jewish Space Lasers
by Mike Rothschild • 2023
One Jewish banking family has been blamed for every global catastrophe for 200 years.
3.79
956
Jewish Space Lasers Summary
Jewish Space Lasers 87%
One Jewish banking family has been blamed for every global catastrophe for 200 years.
by Mike Rothschild 2023
3.79
956 ratings
The World After Gaza
by Pankaj Mishra • 2025
The West did not remember the Holocaust to prevent genocide. It remembered to license it.
4.06
1k+
The World After Gaza Summary
The World After Gaza 87%
The West did not remember the Holocaust to prevent genocide. It remembered to license it.
by Pankaj Mishra 2025
4.06
1k+ ratings
The Perfect Police State
by Geoffrey Cain • 2021
China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.
4.23
1k+
The Perfect Police State Summary
The Perfect Police State 87%
China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.
by Geoffrey Cain 2021
4.23
1k+ ratings
The Nazis
by Laurence Rees • 1997
The Third Reich was chaos masquerading as order, and its rise was never inevitable.
4.30
1k+
The Nazis Summary
The Nazis 87%
The Third Reich was chaos masquerading as order, and its rise was never inevitable.
by Laurence Rees 1997
4.30
1k+ ratings
Jew[ish]
by Matt Greene • 2020
His name got the triple parentheses. He set out to find what being Jew[ish] means today.
3.54
2k+
Jew[ish] Summary
Jew[ish] 87%
His name got the triple parentheses. He set out to find what being Jew[ish] means today.
by Matt Greene 2020
3.54
2k+ ratings
The Myth of the Twentieth Century
by Alfred Rosenberg • 1930
Race as soul, blood as destiny: the 1930 manifesto that became Nazi ideology's core.
3.63
263
The Myth of the Twentieth Century Summary
The Myth of the Twentieth Century 87%
Race as soul, blood as destiny: the 1930 manifesto that became Nazi ideology's core.
by Alfred Rosenberg 1930
3.63
263 ratings
Escape from Saddam
by Lewis Alsamari • 2007
He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.
4.05
270
Escape from Saddam Summary
Escape from Saddam 87%
He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.
by Lewis Alsamari 2007
4.05
270 ratings
Racism
by George M. Fredrickson • 2002
Racism isn't eternal: it was invented in the West around the 1400s, and this is its biography.
3.77
662
Racism Summary
Racism 87%
Racism isn't eternal: it was invented in the West around the 1400s, and this is its biography.
by George M. Fredrickson 2002
3.77
662 ratings
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
by Simone Arnold Liebster • 2000
Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.
4.72
2k+
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe Summary
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe 87%
Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.
by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000
4.72
2k+ ratings
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
by Rashid Khalidi • 2020
Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.
4.49
36k+
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine 87%
Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.
by Rashid Khalidi 2020
4.49
36k+ ratings
War Against the Weak
by Edwin Black • 2003
Carnegie and Rockefeller funded America's eugenics; Hitler learned from it and built the Holocaust.
4.23
1k+
War Against the Weak Summary
War Against the Weak 87%
Carnegie and Rockefeller funded America's eugenics; Hitler learned from it and built the Holocaust.
by Edwin Black 2003
4.23
1k+ ratings
The Killing of Gaza
by Gideon Levy • 2024
October 7th was the price of a 75-year siege. The response: a nation's moral collapse.
4.21
178
The Killing of Gaza Summary
The Killing of Gaza 87%
October 7th was the price of a 75-year siege. The response: a nation's moral collapse.
by Gideon Levy 2024
4.21
178 ratings
Blood Lines
by Vamık D. Volkan • 1997
Group identity can become a weapon: the psychological roots of ethnic terrorism.
4.20
60
Blood Lines Summary
Blood Lines 87%
Group identity can become a weapon: the psychological roots of ethnic terrorism.
by Vamık D. Volkan 1997
4.20
60 ratings
The Miracle of the Kurds
by Stephen Mansfield • 2014
After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.
4.09
335
The Miracle of the Kurds Summary
The Miracle of the Kurds 87%
After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.
by Stephen Mansfield 2014
4.09
335 ratings
White Borders
by Reece Jones • 2021
Immigration law was never about fairness. From the founding, its purpose was keeping America white.
4.20
140
White Borders Summary
White Borders 87%
Immigration law was never about fairness. From the founding, its purpose was keeping America white.
by Reece Jones 2021
4.20
140 ratings
American Midnight
by Adam Hochschild • 2022
The war fought to secure democracy abroad nearly destroyed it at home, and America forgot.
4.20
5k+
American Midnight Summary
American Midnight 87%
The war fought to secure democracy abroad nearly destroyed it at home, and America forgot.
by Adam Hochschild 2022
4.20
5k+ ratings
The Story of a Life
by Aharon Appelfeld • 1983
War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.
3.89
921
The Story of a Life Summary
The Story of a Life 87%
War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.
by Aharon Appelfeld 1983
3.89
921 ratings
The Muslims Are Coming!
by Arun Kundnani • 2014
The domestic war on terror manufactured the threats it claimed to fight and built a new racism.
4.33
601
The Muslims Are Coming! Summary
The Muslims Are Coming! 87%
The domestic war on terror manufactured the threats it claimed to fight and built a new racism.
by Arun Kundnani 2014
4.33
601 ratings
Trail of Tears
by Captivating History • 2018
They won at the Supreme Court. The president defied the ruling. Then came the death march.
3.97
288
Trail of Tears Summary
Trail of Tears 87%
They won at the Supreme Court. The president defied the ruling. Then came the death march.
by Captivating History 2018
3.97
288 ratings
On Settler Colonialism
by Adam Kirsch • 2024
The settler-colonial ideology that justifies violence went mainstream. Here is its anatomy.
3.98
664
On Settler Colonialism Summary
On Settler Colonialism 87%
The settler-colonial ideology that justifies violence went mainstream. Here is its anatomy.
by Adam Kirsch 2024
3.98
664 ratings
Lying About Hitler
by Richard J. Evans • 2001
When a Holocaust denier sued for libel, his own sources put him on trial instead.
4.10
1k+
Lying About Hitler Summary
Lying About Hitler 87%
When a Holocaust denier sued for libel, his own sources put him on trial instead.
by Richard J. Evans 2001
4.10
1k+ ratings
Less Than Human
by David Livingstone Smith • 2011
Your brain can reclassify a human group as a nonhuman species. That shift makes genocide possible.
3.88
784
Less Than Human Summary
Less Than Human 87%
Your brain can reclassify a human group as a nonhuman species. That shift makes genocide possible.
by David Livingstone Smith 2011
3.88
784 ratings
Bloodlands
by Timothy Snyder • 2010
14 million murdered between Hitler and Stalin, a zone where each regime's massacres fed the other's.
4.39
20k+
Bloodlands Summary
Bloodlands 87%
14 million murdered between Hitler and Stalin, a zone where each regime's massacres fed the other's.
by Timothy Snyder 2010
4.39
20k+ ratings
Making Americans
by Desmond King • 2000
How a century of immigration quotas and eugenics built whiteness into the definition of American.
3.17
12
Making Americans Summary
Making Americans 87%
How a century of immigration quotas and eugenics built whiteness into the definition of American.
by Desmond King 2000
3.17
12 ratings
Jews Don't Count
by David Baddiel • 2021
When progressives list the oppressed, Jews get left off. A progressive insider asks why.
4.19
13k+
Jews Don't Count Summary
Jews Don't Count 87%
When progressives list the oppressed, Jews get left off. A progressive insider asks why.
by David Baddiel 2021
4.19
13k+ ratings
Gaza in Crisis
by Ilan Pappé • 2010
Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.
4.15
2k+
Gaza in Crisis Summary
Gaza in Crisis 87%
Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.
by Ilan Pappé 2010
4.15
2k+ ratings
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky • 2015
The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.
4.26
13k+
On Palestine Summary
On Palestine 87%
The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.
by Noam Chomsky 2015
4.26
13k+ ratings
Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict
by Andreas Wimmer • 1998
Citizenship, welfare, equality: modernity's promises were always reserved for ethnic insiders.
3.83
12
Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict Summary
Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict 86%
Citizenship, welfare, equality: modernity's promises were always reserved for ethnic insiders.
by Andreas Wimmer 1998
3.83
12 ratings
There Was and There Was Not
by Meline Toumani • 2014
An Armenian American moves to Turkey to hate the enemy up close. Istanbul shatters her instead.
4.08
590
There Was and There Was Not Summary
There Was and There Was Not 86%
An Armenian American moves to Turkey to hate the enemy up close. Istanbul shatters her instead.
by Meline Toumani 2014
4.08
590 ratings
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappé • 2006
Before the 1948 war, Zionist planners mapped every village. The goal: remove the native population.
4.55
11k+
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine 86%
Before the 1948 war, Zionist planners mapped every village. The goal: remove the native population.
by Ilan Pappé 2006
4.55
11k+ ratings
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