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The Demon-Haunted World Summary
The Demon-Haunted World
Science as a Candle in the Dark
by Carl Sagan 1995 459 pages
4.29
76k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
The Globalization Paradox Summary
The Globalization Paradox
Democracy and the Future of the World Economy
by Dani Rodrik 2010 368 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
A Simple Government Summary
A Simple Government
Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington
by Mike Huckabee 2011 240 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Government
Keynes Summary
Keynes
A Very Short Introduction
by Robert Skidelsky 2010 208 pages
3.45
100+ ratings
Economics
Biography
History
King of Capital Summary
King of Capital
The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
by David Carey 2010 400 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Biography
Letters to a Young Contrarian Summary
Letters to a Young Contrarian
by Christopher Hitchens 2001 141 pages
4.13
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Looking for Spinoza Summary
Looking for Spinoza
Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by António Damásio 2001 368 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
More Money Than God Summary
More Money Than God
Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
by Sebastian Mallaby 2010 496 pages
4.10
9k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Mutual Aid Summary
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1891 234 pages
4.23
3k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Science
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
Scotland Summary
Scotland
A Very Short Introduction
by Rab Houston 2008 172 pages
3.26
100+ ratings
History
Scotland
British Literature
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Summary
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
by Richard P. Feynman 1985 400 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Science
Biography
Physics
The 48 Laws of Power Summary
The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene 1998 452 pages
4.11
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
The Audacity to Win Summary
The Audacity to Win
The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
by David Plouffe 2009 400 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Silenced Majority Summary
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
by Amy Goodman 2012 342 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
The Song Machine Summary
The Song Machine
Inside the Hit Factory
by John Seabrook 2015 368 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
Music
Business
History
Traffic Summary
Traffic
Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
by Tom Vanderbilt 2008 402 pages
3.72
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
by Howard Zinn 1994 214 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Memoir
The Big Switch Summary
The Big Switch
Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
by Nicholas Carr 2008 304 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Technology
Business
History
The Second Founding Summary
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
by Eric Foner 2019 224 pages
4.23
2k+ ratings
History
American History
Civil War
Outgrowing God Summary
Outgrowing God
A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
by Richard Dawkins 2019 304 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Science
Religion
Philosophy
Fighter Pilot Summary
Fighter Pilot
The Memoirs Of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
by Robin Olds 2010 416 pages
4.48
3k+ ratings
Biography
History
Aviation
Goliath Summary
Goliath
The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy
by Matt Stoller 2019 608 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
History
Economics
Politics
Targeted Summary
Targeted
The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower s Inside Story of How Big Data, Trump, and Facebook Broke Democracy and How It Can Happen Again
by Brittany Kaiser 2019 400 pages
3.57
1k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Memoir
Narrative Economics Summary
Narrative Economics
How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events
by Robert J. Shiller 2019 400 pages
3.62
2k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Did America Have a Christian Founding? Summary
Did America Have a Christian Founding?
Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth
by Mark David Hall 2019 240 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson 1962 378 pages
4.05
51k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Genome Summary
Genome
The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by Matt Ridley 1999 344 pages
4.06
27k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Conversations with RBG Summary
Conversations with RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law
by Jeffrey Rosen 2019 272 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Bowie's Bookshelf Summary
Bowie's Bookshelf
The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
by John O'Connell 2019 320 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Books About Books
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone) Summary
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone)
Half Crazy, Half Genius—Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saint’s Last Words
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645 278 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Martial Arts
Warriors Don't Cry Summary
Warriors Don't Cry
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
by Melba Pattillo Beals 1994 312 pages
4.17
15k+ ratings
History
Memoir
School
Where White Men Fear to Tread Summary
Where White Men Fear to Tread
The Autobiography of Russell Means
by Russell Means 1995 624 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Native American
Biography
History
Friday Night Lights Summary
Friday Night Lights
by H.G. Bissinger 1988 416 pages
4.15
63k+ ratings
Sports
Football
History
Arguing with Zombies Summary
Arguing with Zombies
Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
by Paul Krugman 2020 464 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Semicolon Summary
Semicolon
The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
by Cecelia Watson 2019 213 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Language
Writing
History
Lessons in Stoicism Summary
Lessons in Stoicism
What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us About How to Live
by John Sellars 2019 96 pages
4.20
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Why We're Polarized Summary
Why We're Polarized
by Ezra Klein 2020 336 pages
4.22
17k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility
by Waqas Ahmed 2019 333 pages
3.87
100+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
History
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity Summary
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
by Carlo M. Cipolla 1976 96 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Humor
The Ones We've Been Waiting for Summary
The Ones We've Been Waiting for
How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
by Charlotte Alter 2020 368 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Leadership
How to Argue With a Racist Summary
How to Argue With a Racist
What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
by Adam Rutherford 2020 224 pages
3.90
6k+ ratings
Science
Race
Politics
Political Tribes Summary
Political Tribes
Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by Amy Chua 2018 293 pages
4.20
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
The Unexpected Spy Summary
The Unexpected Spy
From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists
by Tracy Walder 2020 272 pages
3.85
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
The Power Worshippers Summary
The Power Worshippers
Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
by Katherine Stewart 2020 352 pages
4.28
2k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Politics Is for Power Summary
Politics Is for Power
How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change
by Eitan D. Hersh 2020 288 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Social Justice
We Need New Stories Summary
We Need New Stories
by Nesrine Malik 2021 288 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Essays
The Return of the Russian Leviathan Summary
The Return of the Russian Leviathan
by Sergei Medvedev 2017 250 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Russia
Politics
History
The Reality Bubble Summary
The Reality Bubble
Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World
by Ziya Tong 2019 366 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
History
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