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The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood • 1985
The Republic of Gilead took her name, her family, and her freedom. Now it demands her womb.
4.15
2.5M+
The Handmaid’s Tale Summary
The Handmaid’s Tale 90%
The Republic of Gilead took her name, her family, and her freedom. Now it demands her womb.
by Margaret Atwood 1985
4.15
2.5M+ ratings
Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler • 1998
Crusaders take her community and her child. In a reeducation camp, a mother holds change sacred.
4.32
87k+
Parable of the Talents Summary
Parable of the Talents 90%
Crusaders take her community and her child. In a reeducation camp, a mother holds change sacred.
by Octavia E. Butler 1998
4.32
87k+ ratings
Day of the Oprichnik
by Vladimir Sorokin • 2006
A Tsar's enforcer in a walled Russia: one day of fire, prayer, and sanctioned killing.
3.74
10k+
Day of the Oprichnik Summary
Day of the Oprichnik 90%
A Tsar's enforcer in a walled Russia: one day of fire, prayer, and sanctioned killing.
by Vladimir Sorokin 2006
3.74
10k+ ratings
Vox
by Christina Dalcher • 2018
A linguist on a hundred-word daily limit must destroy the drug designed to make silence permanent.
3.55
92k+
Vox Summary
Vox 90%
A linguist on a hundred-word daily limit must destroy the drug designed to make silence permanent.
by Christina Dalcher 2018
3.55
92k+ ratings
Lord of the World
by Robert Hugh Benson • 1907
A world united in peace worships a new messiah; a Catholic priest sees the Antichrist.
4.09
4k+
Lord of the World Summary
Lord of the World 89%
A world united in peace worships a new messiah; a Catholic priest sees the Antichrist.
by Robert Hugh Benson 1907
4.09
4k+ ratings
The Unworthy
by Agustina Bazterrica • 2023
In a brutal convent, forbidden love for a fire-walking stranger becomes one woman's only hope.
3.60
52k+
The Unworthy Summary
The Unworthy 89%
In a brutal convent, forbidden love for a fire-walking stranger becomes one woman's only hope.
by Agustina Bazterrica 2023
3.60
52k+ ratings
Julia
by Sandra Newman • 2023
A propaganda mechanic's secret affair is her only defiance in a state that owns every secret.
3.71
16k+
Julia Summary
Julia 89%
A propaganda mechanic's secret affair is her only defiance in a state that owns every secret.
by Sandra Newman 2023
3.71
16k+ ratings
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood • 2019
Aunt Lydia pens a secret testimony; two sisters must smuggle it out of Gilead.
4.20
433k+
The Testaments Summary
The Testaments 89%
Aunt Lydia pens a secret testimony; two sisters must smuggle it out of Gilead.
by Margaret Atwood 2019
4.20
433k+ ratings
Republican Gomorrah
by Max Blumenthal • 2007
The Christian right, built on crisis and submission, was destined to devour the GOP from inside.
3.88
1k+
Republican Gomorrah Summary
Republican Gomorrah 89%
The Christian right, built on crisis and submission, was destined to devour the GOP from inside.
by Max Blumenthal 2007
3.88
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 89%
China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.
by Geoffrey Cain 2021
4.23
1k+ ratings
The Palace of Dreams
by Ismail Kadare • 1981
An empire scours its subjects' dreams for sedition. A young clerk's first case threatens his family.
3.94
7k+
The Palace of Dreams Summary
The Palace of Dreams 88%
An empire scours its subjects' dreams for sedition. A young clerk's first case threatens his family.
by Ismail Kadare 1981
3.94
7k+ ratings
NEW-Handmaids Tale, The
by Atwood Margaret • 2000
A Handmaid forced to bear children risks death for a forbidden love and whisper of rebellion.
4.17
275
NEW-Handmaids Tale, The Summary
NEW-Handmaids Tale, The 88%
A Handmaid forced to bear children risks death for a forbidden love and whisper of rebellion.
by Atwood Margaret 2000
4.17
275 ratings
Wild Faith
by Talia Lavin • 2024
A parallel America of home schools and prophets: the Christian Right wants dominion, not votes.
4.19
3k+
Wild Faith Summary
Wild Faith 88%
A parallel America of home schools and prophets: the Christian Right wants dominion, not votes.
by Talia Lavin 2024
4.19
3k+ ratings
I Who Have Never Known Men
by Jacqueline Harpman • 1995
Forty women escape their underground cage onto an empty earth where no explanation awaits.
4.08
524k+
I Who Have Never Known Men Summary
I Who Have Never Known Men 88%
Forty women escape their underground cage onto an empty earth where no explanation awaits.
by Jacqueline Harpman 1995
4.08
524k+ ratings
The Power
by Naomi Alderman • 2016
Teenage girls wake up electric. The old hierarchies crumble, and power still corrupts.
3.75
254k+
The Power Summary
The Power 88%
Teenage girls wake up electric. The old hierarchies crumble, and power still corrupts.
by Naomi Alderman 2016
3.75
254k+ ratings
Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel
by Israel Shahak • 1998
A Jewish fundamentalist streak teaches that killing outsiders is no crime. English sources hide it.
4.16
94
Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel Summary
Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel 88%
A Jewish fundamentalist streak teaches that killing outsiders is no crime. English sources hide it.
by Israel Shahak 1998
4.16
94 ratings
The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran
by Robert Spencer • 2016
Iran's theology commands deception and world conquest. The nuclear deal ignored both.
3.53
73
The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran Summary
The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran 88%
Iran's theology commands deception and world conquest. The nuclear deal ignored both.
by Robert Spencer 2016
3.53
73 ratings
Nous
by Christelle Dabos • 2024
Without instinct in a society built on it, one girl's hidden absence becomes a spreading contagion.
4.02
2k+
Nous Summary
Nous 88%
Without instinct in a society built on it, one girl's hidden absence becomes a spreading contagion.
by Christelle Dabos 2024
4.02
2k+ ratings
Inspection
by Josh Malerman • 2019
Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.
3.48
9k+
Inspection Summary
Inspection 88%
Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.
by Josh Malerman 2019
3.48
9k+ 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 88%
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
1984
by SparkNotes • 2014
Orwell's 1984 decoded: surveillance, mind control, and the language that makes them possible.
4.30
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 Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1974
A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.
4.26
154k+
The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed 88%
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
Strongmen
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat • 2020
Authoritarians from Mussolini to Trump run the same playbook. A century of evidence shows how.
4.27
5k+
Strongmen Summary
Strongmen 88%
Authoritarians from Mussolini to Trump run the same playbook. A century of evidence shows how.
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2020
4.27
5k+ ratings
The Natural Way of Things
by Charlotte Wood • 2015
Drugged, shaved, and dumped in the outback: ten women discover the real punishment for public shame.
3.49
16k+
The Natural Way of Things Summary
The Natural Way of Things 88%
Drugged, shaved, and dumped in the outback: ten women discover the real punishment for public shame.
by Charlotte Wood 2015
3.49
16k+ ratings
The Flag and the Cross
by Philip S. Gorski • 2022
A centuries-old story of who America belongs to now threatens to end its democratic experiment.
4.19
2k+
The Flag and the Cross Summary
The Flag and the Cross 88%
A centuries-old story of who America belongs to now threatens to end its democratic experiment.
by Philip S. Gorski 2022
4.19
2k+ ratings
The School for Good Mothers
by Jessamine Chan • 2022
Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.
3.53
128k+
The School for Good Mothers Summary
The School for Good Mothers 88%
Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.
by Jessamine Chan 2022
3.53
128k+ 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 87%
Tyranny that erases the self: loneliness, ideology, and terror are the engines of totalitarianism.
by Hannah Arendt 1968
4.18
843 ratings
God Is Not Great
by Christopher Hitchens • 2007
The case against God: holy books authored by humans, moral codes that fail their own standards.
3.96
113k+
God Is Not Great Summary
God Is Not Great 87%
The case against God: holy books authored by humans, moral codes that fail their own standards.
by Christopher Hitchens 2007
3.96
113k+ ratings
Internment
by Samira Ahmed • 2019
A Muslim teen writes from inside an internment camp, risking all to expose the truth.
3.86
21k+
Internment Summary
Internment 87%
A Muslim teen writes from inside an internment camp, risking all to expose the truth.
by Samira Ahmed 2019
3.86
21k+ ratings
Discover Your True North
by Bill George • 2015
One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.
3.9
1k+
Discover Your True North Summary
Discover Your True North 87%
One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.
by Bill George 2015
3.9
1k+ 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 87%
Pigs turn rebellion into dictatorship. A man's secret love becomes the crime that erases him.
by George Orwell 2003
4.30
218k+ ratings
Facial Justice
by L.P. Hartley • 1960
Postwar England mandates identical faces to stamp out envy. One woman refuses to give hers up.
3.40
355
Facial Justice Summary
Facial Justice 87%
Postwar England mandates identical faces to stamp out envy. One woman refuses to give hers up.
by L.P. Hartley 1960
3.40
355 ratings
The Gender War
by Bella Forrest • 2017
Imprisoned in a matriarchy, a rebel endures torture as her warden lover escapes to rescue her.
4.09
14k+
The Gender War Summary
The Gender War 87%
Imprisoned in a matriarchy, a rebel endures torture as her warden lover escapes to rescue her.
by Bella Forrest 2017
4.09
14k+ ratings
1984
by Michael Dean • 1949
A Party clerk rebels by keeping a diary in a world where thoughts are crimes.
4.40
38k+
1984 Summary
1984 87%
A Party clerk rebels by keeping a diary in a world where thoughts are crimes.
by Michael Dean 1949
4.40
38k+ 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 87%
For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.
by Juan Donoso Cortés 1851
4.13
135 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 87%
A fired thinker digs a bottomless pit for a Soviet utopia that devours its builders.
by Andrei Platonov 1994
3.78
7k+ ratings
The Width of the World
by David Baldacci • 2017
In a city built on stolen magic and erased minds, Vega Jane's arrival has not gone unnoticed.
4.08
6k+
The Width of the World Summary
The Width of the World 87%
In a city built on stolen magic and erased minds, Vega Jane's arrival has not gone unnoticed.
by David Baldacci 2017
4.08
6k+ ratings
Golden State
by Ben H. Winters • 2019
A Speculator's death case unearths a banned book and a conspiracy to dismantle his society.
3.47
8k+
Golden State Summary
Golden State 87%
A Speculator's death case unearths a banned book and a conspiracy to dismantle his society.
by Ben H. Winters 2019
3.47
8k+ ratings
The Heart Goes Last
by Margaret Atwood • 2015
Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.
3.39
75k+
The Heart Goes Last Summary
The Heart Goes Last 87%
Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.
by Margaret Atwood 2015
3.39
75k+ ratings
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry • 2000
Spared for her needlework, a disabled orphan discovers she's an artist in a gilded prison.
3.83
211k+
Gathering Blue Summary
Gathering Blue 87%
Spared for her needlework, a disabled orphan discovers she's an artist in a gilded prison.
by Lois Lowry 2000
3.83
211k+ ratings
Monsignor Quixote
by Graham Greene • 1940
Mexico's last priest is a drunk with a child, on the run and still saying Mass.
3.98
45k+
Monsignor Quixote Summary
Monsignor Quixote 87%
Mexico's last priest is a drunk with a child, on the run and still saying Mass.
by Graham Greene 1940
3.98
45k+ ratings
Money, Lies, and God
by Katherine Stewart • 2025
Dark money, reactionary ideas, and religious fervor are converging to dismantle American democracy.
4.18
2k+
Money, Lies, and God Summary
Money, Lies, and God 87%
Dark money, reactionary ideas, and religious fervor are converging to dismantle American democracy.
by Katherine Stewart 2025
4.18
2k+ ratings
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action
by Arun Shourie • 1995
Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.
4.17
243
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action Summary
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action 87%
Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.
by Arun Shourie 1995
4.17
243 ratings
1984
by George Orwell • 1948
A clerk in a surveillance state keeps a diary. Then a girl slips him a note.
4.20
5.6M+
1984 Summary
1984 87%
A clerk in a surveillance state keeps a diary. Then a girl slips him a note.
by George Orwell 1948
4.20
5.6M+ ratings
1985
by Anthony Burgess • 1978
His wife killed by a strike-related hospital fire, a teacher in a union-ruled Britain fights back.
3.48
2k+
1985 Summary
1985 87%
His wife killed by a strike-related hospital fire, a teacher in a union-ruled Britain fights back.
by Anthony Burgess 1978
3.48
2k+ ratings
The Case for Christian Nationalism
by Stephen Wolfe • 2022
Secularism has failed; the repair is a government that orders all law and culture toward Christ.
3.56
638
The Case for Christian Nationalism Summary
The Case for Christian Nationalism 87%
Secularism has failed; the repair is a government that orders all law and culture toward Christ.
by Stephen Wolfe 2022
3.56
638 ratings
The Liturgy of Politics
by Kaitlyn Schiess • 2020
Your political identity is formed more by Sunday worship than by the policies you debate.
4.27
1k+
The Liturgy of Politics Summary
The Liturgy of Politics 87%
Your political identity is formed more by Sunday worship than by the policies you debate.
by Kaitlyn Schiess 2020
4.27
1k+ ratings
Christian Nationalism
by Andrew Torba • 2022
Escape theology taught Christians to wait. The counter-doctrine and the plan to take dominion.
3.82
357
Christian Nationalism Summary
Christian Nationalism 87%
Escape theology taught Christians to wait. The counter-doctrine and the plan to take dominion.
by Andrew Torba 2022
3.82
357 ratings
It IS About Islam
by Glenn Beck • 2015
Islamic terrorism isn't a misreading. The text commands, the history records, and the polls confirm.
4.06
2k+
It IS About Islam Summary
It IS About Islam 87%
Islamic terrorism isn't a misreading. The text commands, the history records, and the polls confirm.
by Glenn Beck 2015
4.06
2k+ ratings
La Maison
by Yves Grevet • 2008
Méto survives the House by obeying. The freezing cell teaches him what obedience costs.
3.91
1k+
La Maison Summary
La Maison 87%
Méto survives the House by obeying. The freezing cell teaches him what obedience costs.
by Yves Grevet 2008
3.91
1k+ ratings
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