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Feudal Society, Volume 2
by Marc Bloch • 1939
From mounted warrior to hereditary lord: how the feudal class system invented the social contract.
4.17
428
Feudal Society, Volume 2 Summary
Feudal Society, Volume 2 88%
From mounted warrior to hereditary lord: how the feudal class system invented the social contract.
by Marc Bloch 1939
4.17
428 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 88%
Every peasant society produces its own Robin Hood. A historian maps the universal pattern.
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1969
3.75
800 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.
4.21
4k+
The Making of the English Working Class Summary
The Making of the English Working Class 87%
Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.
by E.P. Thompson 1963
4.21
4k+ ratings
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
by Alexis de Tocqueville • 1856
The Revolution did not break with the past; it finished the centralization the monarchy built.
4.04
3k+
The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary
The Old Regime and the French Revolution 87%
The Revolution did not break with the past; it finished the centralization the monarchy built.
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856
4.04
3k+ 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 87%
Luther declared Christians free. Peasants took him literally, and a hundred thousand were killed.
by Lyndal Roper 2024
3.91
488 ratings
The Servile State
by Hilaire Belloc • 1912
Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.
3.96
659
The Servile State Summary
The Servile State 86%
Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.
by Hilaire Belloc 1912
3.96
659 ratings
Tirant lo Blanc. Episodis Amorosos
by Joanot Martorell • 2012
A knight saves Byzantium to win a princess. The real battle begins without armor.
2.46
2k+
Tirant lo Blanc. Episodis Amorosos Summary
Tirant lo Blanc. Episodis Amorosos 86%
A knight saves Byzantium to win a princess. The real battle begins without armor.
by Joanot Martorell 2012
2.46
2k+ ratings
Fuente Ovejuna by Félix Lope de Vega
by Lope de Vega • 1618
A Castilian village, preyed upon by its commander, finds no rescue from the distant crown.
3.55
12k+
Fuente Ovejuna by Félix Lope de Vega Summary
Fuente Ovejuna by Félix Lope de Vega 86%
A Castilian village, preyed upon by its commander, finds no rescue from the distant crown.
by Lope de Vega 1618
3.55
12k+ ratings
What Is Property?
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon • 1840
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
3.78
2k+
What Is Property? Summary
What Is Property? 86%
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1840
3.78
2k+ ratings
Lapvona
by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2022
After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.
3.54
104k+
Lapvona Summary
Lapvona 86%
After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2022
3.54
104k+ ratings
Kings or People
by Reinhard Bendix • 1978
Sacred kingship fell. Some nations got parliaments, others commissars. The 2,500-year story of why.
3.88
17
Kings or People Summary
Kings or People 86%
Sacred kingship fell. Some nations got parliaments, others commissars. The 2,500-year story of why.
by Reinhard Bendix 1978
3.88
17 ratings
Chavs
by Owen Jones • 2011
The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.
4.08
11k+
Chavs Summary
Chavs 86%
The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.
by Owen Jones 2011
4.08
11k+ ratings
World Without End
by Ken Follett • 2007
A bridge collapses. Plague strikes. A medieval town fights corrupt clergy for its future.
4.33
279k+
World Without End Summary
World Without End 86%
A bridge collapses. Plague strikes. A medieval town fights corrupt clergy for its future.
by Ken Follett 2007
4.33
279k+ ratings
The Foundation Pit
by Andrei Platonov • 1994
A fired thinker digs a bottomless pit for a Soviet utopia that devours its builders.
3.78
7k+
The Foundation Pit Summary
The Foundation Pit 86%
A fired thinker digs a bottomless pit for a Soviet utopia that devours its builders.
by Andrei Platonov 1994
3.78
7k+ ratings
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
by Barrington Moore Jr. • 1966
A nation's political fate was sealed by its lords and peasants: democracy, fascism, or communism.
4.00
1k+
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Summary
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 86%
A nation's political fate was sealed by its lords and peasants: democracy, fascism, or communism.
by Barrington Moore Jr. 1966
4.00
1k+ ratings
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel • 1978
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
4.22
4k+
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless 86%
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
by Václav Havel 1978
4.22
4k+ ratings
The Corruption of Economics
by Mason Gaffney • 1994
To defeat one reformer, economists rewrote their discipline and deleted land as a category.
4.38
16
The Corruption of Economics Summary
The Corruption of Economics 86%
To defeat one reformer, economists rewrote their discipline and deleted land as a category.
by Mason Gaffney 1994
4.38
16 ratings
गोदान [Godan]
by Munshi Premchand • 1936
A peasant's dream of owning a cow becomes the instrument of his destruction in colonial India.
4.43
10k+
गोदान [Godan] Summary
गोदान [Godan] 86%
A peasant's dream of owning a cow becomes the instrument of his destruction in colonial India.
by Munshi Premchand 1936
4.43
10k+ ratings
I Promessi Sposi
by Alessandro Manzoni • 1827
A young weaver's wedding is blocked by a nobleman, and the priest dares not defy him.
3.89
18k+
I Promessi Sposi Summary
I Promessi Sposi 86%
A young weaver's wedding is blocked by a nobleman, and the priest dares not defy him.
by Alessandro Manzoni 1827
3.89
18k+ ratings
Broken April by Ismail Kadare
by Ismail Kadare • 1978
After a blood killing, a mountaineer has thirty days before the ancient code demands his life.
4.00
9k+
Broken April by Ismail Kadare Summary
Broken April by Ismail Kadare 86%
After a blood killing, a mountaineer has thirty days before the ancient code demands his life.
by Ismail Kadare 1978
4.00
9k+ ratings
States and Social Revolutions
by Theda Skocpol • 1979
Revolution is a structural event: foreign pressure breaks the state, and the peasants rise.
3.85
559
States and Social Revolutions Summary
States and Social Revolutions 86%
Revolution is a structural event: foreign pressure breaks the state, and the peasants rise.
by Theda Skocpol 1979
3.85
559 ratings
King John and the Road to Magna Carta
by Stephen Church • 2015
John lost a continent, defied the pope, and signed a charter that still checks power.
3.58
171
King John and the Road to Magna Carta Summary
King John and the Road to Magna Carta 86%
John lost a continent, defied the pope, and signed a charter that still checks power.
by Stephen Church 2015
3.58
171 ratings
Down and Out in Paris and London
by George Orwell • 1933
Broke in Paris, Orwell descends into the invisible world of dishwashers and tramps.
4.09
103k+
Down and Out in Paris and London Summary
Down and Out in Paris and London 86%
Broke in Paris, Orwell descends into the invisible world of dishwashers and tramps.
by George Orwell 1933
4.09
103k+ ratings
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley • 1934
Factories silent, towns hollow, but the people Priestley met in 1933 refused to vanish.
4.09
483
English Journey Summary
English Journey 86%
Factories silent, towns hollow, but the people Priestley met in 1933 refused to vanish.
by J.B. Priestley 1934
4.09
483 ratings
White Poverty
by William J. Barber II • 2024
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
4.28
719
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty 86%
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
by William J. Barber II 2024
4.28
719 ratings
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
by Paulo Freire • 1968
When a classroom treats students as empty accounts, it's not bad teaching; it is a political design.
4.30
40k+
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Summary
Pedagogy of the Oppressed 86%
When a classroom treats students as empty accounts, it's not bad teaching; it is a political design.
by Paulo Freire 1968
4.30
40k+ ratings
A French Genocide
by Reynald Secher • 1986
The French Revolution's forgotten genocide: a campaign that erased 14% of the Vendée's population.
4.15
27
A French Genocide Summary
A French Genocide 86%
The French Revolution's forgotten genocide: a campaign that erased 14% of the Vendée's population.
by Reynald Secher 1986
4.15
27 ratings
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell • 1920
Russell expected a workers' paradise. He found a religion enforced by secret police.
3.99
411
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism 86%
Russell expected a workers' paradise. He found a religion enforced by secret police.
by Bertrand Russell 1920
3.99
411 ratings
Who Owns England?
by Guy Shrubsole • 2019
The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.
4.21
1k+
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England? 86%
The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.
by Guy Shrubsole 2019
4.21
1k+ ratings
On Tyranny
by Timothy Snyder • 2017
What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.
4.29
112k+
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny 86%
What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.
by Timothy Snyder 2017
4.29
112k+ ratings
Poor People
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1846
A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.
3.77
40k+
Poor People Summary
Poor People 86%
A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846
3.77
40k+ ratings
The Last Wish
by Andrzej Sapkowski • 1993
A witcher roams a dark land where every monster contract forces an impossible moral choice.
4.14
423k+
The Last Wish Summary
The Last Wish 86%
A witcher roams a dark land where every monster contract forces an impossible moral choice.
by Andrzej Sapkowski 1993
4.14
423k+ ratings
The Rise of the Western World
by Douglass C. North • 1973
The West did not rise because of technology. It rose because of property rights.
3.85
171
The Rise of the Western World Summary
The Rise of the Western World 86%
The West did not rise because of technology. It rose because of property rights.
by Douglass C. North 1973
3.85
171 ratings
El demonio de Arbennios
by Bernard Torelló • 2021
Framed for murder by his comrades, a soldier stripped of everything returns as a reckoning.
3.19
741
El demonio de Arbennios Summary
El demonio de Arbennios 86%
Framed for murder by his comrades, a soldier stripped of everything returns as a reckoning.
by Bernard Torelló 2021
3.19
741 ratings
The Development of the Modern State
by Gianfranco Poggi • 1978
How the modern state, from feudalism to liberalism, created its own crisis of legitimacy.
3.48
86
The Development of the Modern State Summary
The Development of the Modern State 86%
How the modern state, from feudalism to liberalism, created its own crisis of legitimacy.
by Gianfranco Poggi 1978
3.48
86 ratings
The Starving Saints
by Caitlin Starling • 2025
A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.
3.58
23k+
The Starving Saints Summary
The Starving Saints 86%
A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.
by Caitlin Starling 2025
3.58
23k+ ratings
Progress and Poverty
by Henry George • 1879
Machines and wealth multiply, yet wages fall and poverty deepens. The root is under every city.
4.30
781
Progress and Poverty Summary
Progress and Poverty 86%
Machines and wealth multiply, yet wages fall and poverty deepens. The root is under every city.
by Henry George 1879
4.30
781 ratings
Harvest the Vote
by Jane Kleeb • 2020
Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.
3.82
214
Harvest the Vote Summary
Harvest the Vote 86%
Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.
by Jane Kleeb 2020
3.82
214 ratings
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
by Elizabeth Catte • 2018
Appalachia's story isn't moral failure. It's extraction, and resistance is the real tradition.
4.01
5k+
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia Summary
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia 86%
Appalachia's story isn't moral failure. It's extraction, and resistance is the real tradition.
by Elizabeth Catte 2018
4.01
5k+ ratings
Tirant lo Blanc
by Joanot Martorell • 1490
A dying empire pins its hopes on one knight. The emperor's daughter pins his heart.
3.00
4k+
Tirant lo Blanc Summary
Tirant lo Blanc 86%
A dying empire pins its hopes on one knight. The emperor's daughter pins his heart.
by Joanot Martorell 1490
3.00
4k+ ratings
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett • 1989
A cathedral rises stone by stone while kings and bishops tear England apart around it.
4.35
839k+
The Pillars of the Earth Summary
The Pillars of the Earth 86%
A cathedral rises stone by stone while kings and bishops tear England apart around it.
by Ken Follett 1989
4.35
839k+ ratings
Surrender or Starve
by Robert D. Kaplan • 1988
A Marxist regime weaponized famine in Ethiopia. The West's life-saving aid also financed the war.
3.67
474
Surrender or Starve Summary
Surrender or Starve 86%
A Marxist regime weaponized famine in Ethiopia. The West's life-saving aid also financed the war.
by Robert D. Kaplan 1988
3.67
474 ratings
Robin Hood
by Alexandre Dumas • 2001
An orphan archer discovers his noble lineage and leads Sherwood's outlaws against a usurping baron.
3.97
19k+
Robin Hood Summary
Robin Hood 86%
An orphan archer discovers his noble lineage and leads Sherwood's outlaws against a usurping baron.
by Alexandre Dumas 2001
3.97
19k+ ratings
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond • 2023
Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.
4.27
64k+
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America 86%
Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.
by Matthew Desmond 2023
4.27
64k+ ratings
The Acquisitive Society
by R.H. Tawney • 1920
When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.
4.09
110
The Acquisitive Society Summary
The Acquisitive Society 86%
When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.
by R.H. Tawney 1920
4.09
110 ratings
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo • 1862
An ex-convict breaks parole to rebuild his life, but an obsessive inspector gives him no peace.
4.21
849k+
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables 86%
An ex-convict breaks parole to rebuild his life, but an obsessive inspector gives him no peace.
by Victor Hugo 1862
4.21
849k+ ratings
The Eyes of the Dragon
by Stephen King • 1993
Framed for his father's murder, a prince weaves napkins into a rope to reclaim his kingdom.
3.94
148k+
The Eyes of the Dragon Summary
The Eyes of the Dragon 86%
Framed for his father's murder, a prince weaves napkins into a rope to reclaim his kingdom.
by Stephen King 1993
3.94
148k+ ratings
Oligarchy
by Jeffrey A. Winters • 2011
Oligarchy isn't rule by the few. It's wealth defense. That's why democracy doesn't end it.
4.30
166
Oligarchy Summary
Oligarchy 86%
Oligarchy isn't rule by the few. It's wealth defense. That's why democracy doesn't end it.
by Jeffrey A. Winters 2011
4.30
166 ratings
Hanul Ancuței
by Mihail Sadoveanu • 1928
A shepherd's wife follows omens and rumors across rural Moldova to find her missing husband.
3.01
6k+
Hanul Ancuței Summary
Hanul Ancuței 86%
A shepherd's wife follows omens and rumors across rural Moldova to find her missing husband.
by Mihail Sadoveanu 1928
3.01
6k+ ratings
The New Class War
by Michael Lind • 2017
A new class war is on: the college-educated managerial minority versus the working majority.
3.74
840
The New Class War Summary
The New Class War 85%
A new class war is on: the college-educated managerial minority versus the working majority.
by Michael Lind 2017
3.74
840 ratings
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