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A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1980 394 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Humor
Literature
Comedy
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Summary
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Essays and Arguments
by David Foster Wallace 1996 353 pages
4.14
51k+ ratings
Essays
Humor
Short Stories
The Age of Innocence Summary
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 1920 293 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
Strategic Vision Summary
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 2012 224 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Strangers in Their Own Land Summary
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 242 pages
4.12
17k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Fierce Attachments Summary
Fierce Attachments
by Vivian Gornick 1987 224 pages
4.04
17k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Feminism
Plato, Not Prozac! Summary
Plato, Not Prozac!
Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
by Lou Marinoff 1999 308 pages
3.47
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 544 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Rules for Revolutionaries Summary
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
by Becky Bond 2016 200 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Un-Trumping America Summary
Un-Trumping America
A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again
by Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
American
We Are the Change We Seek Summary
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
by Joy-Ann Reid 2017 368 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
I Used to Be Charming Summary
I Used to Be Charming
The Rest of Eve Babitz
by Eve Babitz 2019 448 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
Revolutionary Characters Summary
Revolutionary Characters
What Made the Founders Different
by Gordon S. Wood 2006 336 pages
3.97
4k+ ratings
History
American History
Biography
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
First Principles Summary
First Principles
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
by Thomas E. Ricks 2020 416 pages
4.08
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Smart Baseball Summary
Smart Baseball
The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball
by Keith Law 2017 304 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Baseball
Sports
American
The Five Flirting Styles Summary
The Five Flirting Styles
Use the Science of Flirting to Attract the Love You Really Want
by Jeffrey A. Hall 2013 304 pages
3.48
100+ ratings
Relationships
Psychology
Self Help
American Marxism Summary
American Marxism
by Mark R. Levin 2021 317 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Why Americans Hate Politics Summary
Why Americans Hate Politics
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 1991 432 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
American
God Is Always Hiring Summary
God Is Always Hiring
50 Lessons for Finding Fulfilling Work
by Regina Brett 2014 288 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Christian
On Fascism Summary
On Fascism
by Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020 208 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean 2007 352 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Politics
History
American
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays Summary
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace 2005 343 pages
4.19
51k+ ratings
Essays
Philosophy
Humor
Every Day Gets A Little Closer Summary
Every Day Gets A Little Closer
by Irvin D. Yalom 1974 272 pages
3.77
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Mental Health
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages
4.02
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages
4.42
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Moby-Dick or, The Whale Summary
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages
3.56
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Summary
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 pages
4.07
300k+ ratings
Classics
Humor
Journalism
Stoner Summary
Stoner
by John Williams 1965 292 pages
4.34
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Novels
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Summary
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson 1890 716 pages
4.28
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Freelance Content Marketing Writer Summary
The Freelance Content Marketing Writer
Find your perfect clients, Make tons of money and Build a business you love
by Jennifer Goforth Gregory 2018 274 pages
4.54
100+ ratings
Writing
Business
American
The Sound and the Fury Summary
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Literature
Classics
Novels
The Old Man and the Sea Summary
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pages
3.81
1.2M+ ratings
Literature
Novels
School
The Schopenhauer Cure Summary
The Schopenhauer Cure
by Irvin D. Yalom 2005 358 pages
4.28
28k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Novels
When the Clock Broke Summary
When the Clock Broke
Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
by John Ganz 2024 432 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Government Gangsters Summary
Government Gangsters
The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy
by Kash Pramod Patel 2023 320 pages
4.55
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Government
The Corrections Summary
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen 2001 653 pages
3.84
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Literary Fiction
Leaves of Grass Summary
Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman 1855 624 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Summary
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 438 pages
3.91
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Oil! Summary
Oil!
by Upton Sinclair 1926 528 pages
3.74
6k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Lullaby Summary
Lullaby
by Chuck Palahniuk 2002 260 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Fantasy
Franny and Zooey Summary
Franny and Zooey
by J.D. Salinger 1957 201 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Short Stories
Literature
Classics
BOOM Summary
BOOM
Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever. A Long, Strange Journey Along the Keystone XL Pipeline
by Tony Horwitz 2014 116 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Travel
Politics
Environment
The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems Summary
The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems
by T.S. Eliot 1922 88 pages
4.15
11k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Human Stain Summary
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth 2000 361 pages
3.92
43k+ ratings
Literature
Novels
American
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski 1977 312 pages
3.97
37k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Killing Hope Summary
Killing Hope
U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II
by William Blum 1995 500 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
War
Rogue State Summary
Rogue State
A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
by William Blum 2000 393 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Politics
History
War
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