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The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1974
A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.
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154k+
The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed 90%
A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1974
4.26
154k+ 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 89%
Russell expected a workers' paradise. He found a religion enforced by secret police.
by Bertrand Russell 1920
3.99
411 ratings
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand • 1995
A railroad VP fights to save her line as the nation's finest minds vanish without a trace.
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5k+
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead Summary
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead 89%
A railroad VP fights to save her line as the nation's finest minds vanish without a trace.
by Ayn Rand 1995
4.10
5k+ ratings
Main Currents Of Marxism
by Leszek Kołakowski • 2005
Marxism's own contradictions made authoritarianism inevitable, not an aberration.
4.25
455
Main Currents Of Marxism Summary
Main Currents Of Marxism 89%
Marxism's own contradictions made authoritarianism inevitable, not an aberration.
by Leszek Kołakowski 2005
4.25
455 ratings
1984 and Philosophy
by Ezio Nucci • 2018
Orwell's 1984 as philosophy: language can erase thought, truth is a weapon, and love becomes revolt.
4.20
41
1984 and Philosophy Summary
1984 and Philosophy 89%
Orwell's 1984 as philosophy: language can erase thought, truth is a weapon, and love becomes revolt.
by Ezio Nucci 2018
4.20
41 ratings
Archaeologies of the Future
by Fredric Jameson • 2005
Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.
4.04
596
Archaeologies of the Future Summary
Archaeologies of the Future 89%
Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.
by Fredric Jameson 2005
4.04
596 ratings
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles
by Juan Donoso Cortés • 1851
For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.
4.13
135
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles Summary
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles 89%
For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.
by Juan Donoso Cortés 1851
4.13
135 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
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The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless 89%
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
by Václav Havel 1978
4.22
4k+ ratings
Against the Web
by Michael Brooks • 2020
Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.
4.10
2k+
Against the Web Summary
Against the Web 89%
Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.
by Michael Brooks 2020
4.10
2k+ ratings
Capitalism Unbound
by Andrew Bernstein • 2009
Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.
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50
Capitalism Unbound Summary
Capitalism Unbound 89%
Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.
by Andrew Bernstein 2009
4.36
50 ratings
The Revolution Betrayed
by Leon Trotsky • 1937
Not socialism, not capitalism. Trotsky charts the third system the Russian Revolution produced.
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2k+
The Revolution Betrayed Summary
The Revolution Betrayed 89%
Not socialism, not capitalism. Trotsky charts the third system the Russian Revolution produced.
by Leon Trotsky 1937
4.09
2k+ ratings
What Is Property?
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon • 1840
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
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What Is Property? Summary
What Is Property? 88%
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1840
3.78
2k+ ratings
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand • 1957
A railroad executive fights to save her line as world's greatest minds vanish on strike.
3.69
409k+
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged 88%
A railroad executive fights to save her line as world's greatest minds vanish on strike.
by Ayn Rand 1957
3.69
409k+ ratings
Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt • 1968
Tyranny that erases the self: loneliness, ideology, and terror are the engines of totalitarianism.
4.18
843
Totalitarianism Summary
Totalitarianism 88%
Tyranny that erases the self: loneliness, ideology, and terror are the engines of totalitarianism.
by Hannah Arendt 1968
4.18
843 ratings
What Is to Be Done?
by Vladimir Lenin • 1902
Workers alone only win wage fights. A secret vanguard must bring revolutionary thought from outside.
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What Is to Be Done? Summary
What Is to Be Done? 88%
Workers alone only win wage fights. A secret vanguard must bring revolutionary thought from outside.
by Vladimir Lenin 1902
4.11
6k+ ratings
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx • 1846
History's engine is not ideas but the struggle over who controls the tools of survival.
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5k+
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy Summary
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy 88%
History's engine is not ideas but the struggle over who controls the tools of survival.
by Karl Marx 1846
4.13
5k+ ratings
Contesting Democracy
by Jan-Werner Müller • 2006
It wasn't democracy versus its enemies. It was a fight over what 'democracy' actually meant.
4.00
159
Contesting Democracy Summary
Contesting Democracy 88%
It wasn't democracy versus its enemies. It was a fight over what 'democracy' actually meant.
by Jan-Werner Müller 2006
4.00
159 ratings
The Coffee Bean
by Jon Gordon • 2019
A traveler reports from an island where gold lines chamber pots and no one owns anything.
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6k+
The Coffee Bean Summary
The Coffee Bean 88%
A traveler reports from an island where gold lines chamber pots and no one owns anything.
by Jon Gordon 2019
4.04
6k+ ratings
1984
by SparkNotes • 2014
Orwell's 1984 decoded: surveillance, mind control, and the language that makes them possible.
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10k+
1984 Summary
1984 88%
Orwell's 1984 decoded: surveillance, mind control, and the language that makes them possible.
by SparkNotes 2014
4.30
10k+ ratings
The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt
by Peter Gratton • 2020
Why totalitarianism aims to make humans unnecessary, and the public acts that can stop it.
The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt Summary
The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt 88%
Why totalitarianism aims to make humans unnecessary, and the public acts that can stop it.
by Peter Gratton 2020
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
by Karl Marx • 2005
History is class struggle, and the bourgeoisie forged the weapons now aimed at its own throat.
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2k+
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings Summary
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings 88%
History is class struggle, and the bourgeoisie forged the weapons now aimed at its own throat.
by Karl Marx 2005
3.63
2k+ ratings
Political Ideologies
by Andrew Heywood • 1992
Ideologies are flexible lenses that shape what you see as real, possible, and worth fighting for.
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1k+
Political Ideologies Summary
Political Ideologies 88%
Ideologies are flexible lenses that shape what you see as real, possible, and worth fighting for.
by Andrew Heywood 1992
4.10
1k+ ratings
Shitbürgertum
by Ulf Poschardt • 2025
Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.
3.21
301
Shitbürgertum Summary
Shitbürgertum 88%
Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.
by Ulf Poschardt 2025
3.21
301 ratings
Socialism
by Friedrich Engels • 1880
Socialism is not a dream: it is the scientific endpoint of capitalism's own contradictions.
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9k+
Socialism Summary
Socialism 88%
Socialism is not a dream: it is the scientific endpoint of capitalism's own contradictions.
by Friedrich Engels 1880
4.26
9k+ ratings
Grundrisse
by Karl Marx • 1857
Labor creates all value. Capital extracts it. The system is engineered to self-destruct.
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Grundrisse Summary
Grundrisse 88%
Labor creates all value. Capital extracts it. The system is engineered to self-destruct.
by Karl Marx 1857
4.28
2k+ ratings
Madilog
by Tan Malaka • 1946
Reality is material. Contradiction drives change. Dialectical thinking for an occupied mind.
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3k+
Madilog Summary
Madilog 88%
Reality is material. Contradiction drives change. Dialectical thinking for an occupied mind.
by Tan Malaka 1946
4.26
3k+ ratings
10 Books That Screwed Up the World
by Benjamin Wiker • 2008
Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.
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10 Books That Screwed Up the World Summary
10 Books That Screwed Up the World 88%
Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.
by Benjamin Wiker 2008
3.43
1k+ ratings
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1872
A mysterious aristocrat's return draws a Russian town into revolutionary conspiracy and murder.
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Demons Summary
Demons 88%
A mysterious aristocrat's return draws a Russian town into revolutionary conspiracy and murder.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872
4.31
64k+ ratings
Nordic Ideology
by Hanzi Freinacht • 2019
Out-liberate liberalism: a politics that rewires the hidden rules of everyday life.
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142
Nordic Ideology Summary
Nordic Ideology 88%
Out-liberate liberalism: a politics that rewires the hidden rules of everyday life.
by Hanzi Freinacht 2019
4.46
142 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.
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659
The Servile State Summary
The Servile State 88%
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
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista
by China Miéville • 2022
A novelist on the Communist Manifesto as a live spell and the moral case for class hatred.
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1k+
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista Summary
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista 88%
A novelist on the Communist Manifesto as a live spell and the moral case for class hatred.
by China Miéville 2022
3.97
1k+ ratings
The Socialist Manifesto
by Bhaskar Sunkara • 2019
Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.
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The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto 88%
Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019
3.62
2k+ ratings
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
by Antonio Gramsci • 1947
Why revolutions fail: a jailed Marxist argues the real fight is over culture and common sense.
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Selections from the Prison Notebooks Summary
Selections from the Prison Notebooks 88%
Why revolutions fail: a jailed Marxist argues the real fight is over culture and common sense.
by Antonio Gramsci 1947
4.21
5k+ ratings
The New Leviathans
by John Gray • 2023
Humans kill for meaning, not markets. Liberalism forgot this. The leviathans remembered.
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980
The New Leviathans Summary
The New Leviathans 88%
Humans kill for meaning, not markets. Liberalism forgot this. The leviathans remembered.
by John Gray 2023
3.42
980 ratings
The Case Against Socialism
by Rand Paul • 2019
Why socialism always ends in bread lines and body counts, from Venezuela to Mao's China.
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The Case Against Socialism Summary
The Case Against Socialism 88%
Why socialism always ends in bread lines and body counts, from Venezuela to Mao's China.
by Rand Paul 2019
4.18
1k+ ratings
The Stillborn God
by Mark Lilla • 2007
Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.
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289
The Stillborn God Summary
The Stillborn God 88%
Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.
by Mark Lilla 2007
3.60
289 ratings
Essential Works of Lenin
by Vladimir Lenin • 1964
Monopoly, finance capital, and empire: Lenin's thesis on capitalism's inevitable last chapter.
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757
Essential Works of Lenin Summary
Essential Works of Lenin 88%
Monopoly, finance capital, and empire: Lenin's thesis on capitalism's inevitable last chapter.
by Vladimir Lenin 1964
4.11
757 ratings
Trouble in Paradise
by Slavoj Žižek • 2014
Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.
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1k+
Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise 88%
Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.
by Slavoj Žižek 2014
3.73
1k+ ratings
Slavoj Zizek
by Tony Myers • 2003
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
3.82
266
Slavoj Zizek Summary
Slavoj Zizek 88%
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
by Tony Myers 2003
3.82
266 ratings
The Myth of the State
by Ernst Cassirer • 1946
The Greeks fought myth with reason. The modern state perfected it as a weapon.
3.90
209
The Myth of the State Summary
The Myth of the State 88%
The Greeks fought myth with reason. The modern state perfected it as a weapon.
by Ernst Cassirer 1946
3.90
209 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
The Foundation Pit
by Andrei Platonov • 1994
A fired thinker digs a bottomless pit for a Soviet utopia that devours its builders.
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7k+
The Foundation Pit Summary
The Foundation Pit 88%
A fired thinker digs a bottomless pit for a Soviet utopia that devours its builders.
by Andrei Platonov 1994
3.78
7k+ ratings
Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
3.84
4k+
Why Liberalism Failed Summary
Why Liberalism Failed 88%
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
by Patrick J. Deneen 2018
3.84
4k+ ratings
Hayek's Bastards
by Quinn Slobodian • 2025
The far right didn't reject neoliberalism. It grew inside it, blending markets with race science.
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718
Hayek's Bastards Summary
Hayek's Bastards 88%
The far right didn't reject neoliberalism. It grew inside it, blending markets with race science.
by Quinn Slobodian 2025
4.07
718 ratings
Globalismo
by Agustín Laje • 2024
Social engineering survived the Terror and went global. Your sovereignty is its target.
4.46
145
Globalismo Summary
Globalismo 88%
Social engineering survived the Terror and went global. Your sovereignty is its target.
by Agustín Laje 2024
4.46
145 ratings
Karl Marx
by William D. Dennison • 2017
Marx's communism is Christianity minus God. A Reformed theologian reveals why the story cannot hold.
3.80
59
Karl Marx Summary
Karl Marx 88%
Marx's communism is Christianity minus God. A Reformed theologian reveals why the story cannot hold.
by William D. Dennison 2017
3.80
59 ratings
Marx
by Peter Singer • 1980
Why Marx's critique of capitalism still explains inequality, globalization, and the climate crisis.
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Marx Summary
Marx 88%
Why Marx's critique of capitalism still explains inequality, globalization, and the climate crisis.
by Peter Singer 1980
3.71
3k+ ratings
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell • 2003
Pigs turn rebellion into dictatorship. A man's secret love becomes the crime that erases him.
4.30
218k+
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984 88%
Pigs turn rebellion into dictatorship. A man's secret love becomes the crime that erases him.
by George Orwell 2003
4.30
218k+ ratings
The Foundations of Leninism
by Joseph Stalin • 1924
The manual Lenin left behind: why imperialist decay demands a new kind of revolutionary party.
4.05
2k+
The Foundations of Leninism Summary
The Foundations of Leninism 88%
The manual Lenin left behind: why imperialist decay demands a new kind of revolutionary party.
by Joseph Stalin 1924
4.05
2k+ ratings
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt • 1951
Before the camps, tyranny. After, something wholly new: total domination.
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15k+
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism 88%
Before the camps, tyranny. After, something wholly new: total domination.
by Hannah Arendt 1951
4.30
15k+ ratings
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