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Once Upon a Time in Russia Summary
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
by Ben Mezrich 2015 288 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
Vanishing Frontiers Summary
Vanishing Frontiers
The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together
by Andrew Selee 2018 336 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Politics
Business
History
Destiny Disrupted Summary
Destiny Disrupted
A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
by Tamim Ansary 2009 416 pages
4.40
11k+ ratings
History
Islam
Politics
Cynical Theories Summary
Cynical Theories
How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
by Helen Pluckrose 2020 348 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages
4.15
1.3M+ ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages
4.15
1.3M+ ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages
4.15
1.3M+ ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
iWoz Summary
iWoz
Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
by Steve Wozniak 2006 313 pages
3.84
17k+ ratings
Biography
Technology
Business
Troublemakers Summary
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
by Leslie Berlin 2017 512 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
History
Technology
Business
Hatching Twitter Summary
Hatching Twitter
A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
by Nick Bilton 2013 299 pages
4.04
18k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
Half Lion Summary
Half Lion
How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
by Vinay Sitapati 2016 371 pages
4.43
2k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Personal Memoirs Summary
Personal Memoirs
by Ulysses S. Grant 1885 702 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
History
Biography
Civil War
Hagakure Summary
Hagakure
The Book of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 192 pages
4.00
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
What Is Relativity? Summary
What Is Relativity?
An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
by Jeffrey O. Bennett 2014 208 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Alex's Adventures in Numberland Summary
Alex's Adventures in Numberland
by Alex Bellos 2010 449 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Propaganda Summary
Propaganda
by Edward L. Bernays 1928 168 pages
3.75
8k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Testosterone Summary
Testosterone
An Unauthorized Biography
by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019 288 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Science
Gender
Feminism
A Little History of Science Summary
A Little History of Science
by William Bynum 2012 263 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Science
History
History Of Science
Sisters in Law Summary
Sisters in Law
How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
by Linda R. Hirshman 2015 390 pages
3.84
5k+ ratings
History
Biography
Feminism
The Birth of Plenty Summary
The Birth of Plenty
How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created
by William J. Bernstein 2004 350 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
History
Economics
Finance
The Happiest Man on Earth Summary
The Happiest Man on Earth
by Eddie Jaku 2020 208 pages
4.62
100k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
History
Dead End Gene Pool Summary
Dead End Gene Pool
A Memoir
by Wendy Burden 2010 279 pages
3.30
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Buffett Summary
Buffett
The Making of an American Capitalist
by Roger Lowenstein 1995 475 pages
4.19
15k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Finance
A Long Way Gone Summary
A Long Way Gone
Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah 2007 229 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
War
Infinite Powers Summary
Infinite Powers
How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
by Steven H. Strogatz 2019 360 pages
4.29
6k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Masters of Doom Summary
Masters of Doom
How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
by David Kushner 2003 339 pages
4.29
19k+ ratings
Biography
History
Video Games
The Einstein of Money Summary
The Einstein of Money
The Life and Timeless Financial Wisdom of Benjamin Graham
by Joe Carlen 2012 368 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Biography
Finance
Business
Caste Summary
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020 544 pages
4.53
100k+ ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
A Higher Loyalty Summary
A Higher Loyalty
Truth, Lies, and Leadership
by James Comey 2018 290 pages
4.10
48k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
1493 Summary
1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann 2011 557 pages
4.12
20k+ ratings
History
Science
American History
Uncharted Summary
Uncharted
How to Map the Future
by Margaret Heffernan 2020 362 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
No Dream Is Too High Summary
No Dream Is Too High
Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
by Buzz Aldrin 2016 224 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Biography
Space
Science
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths―and How We Can Stop Summary
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths―and How We Can Stop
by Bill Eddy 2019 192 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Social Justice
The Meaning of Life Summary
The Meaning of Life
by Terry Eagleton 2007 200 pages
3.50
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Psychology
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
by Ben Dupré 2007 208 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Science
On the Good Life Summary
On the Good Life
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 384 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018 240 pages
4.00
6k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
The Culture of Fear Summary
The Culture of Fear
Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
by Barry Glassner 1999 210 pages
3.70
3k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Psychology
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens Summary
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
by Jack Weatherford 2010 317 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
History
Asia
Biography
Dumbing Us Down Summary
Dumbing Us Down
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto 2002 142 pages
4.14
11k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
Discover Your Genius Summary
Discover Your Genius
How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds
by Michael J. Gelb 2003 384 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Self Help
History
Psychology
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
A Very Short Introduction
by James Fulcher 2001 160 pages
3.55
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The World Is Flat Summary
The World Is Flat
A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
by Thomas L. Friedman 2005 593 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
History
Business
Economics
The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham 2006 360 pages
3.86
81k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
Shakespeare's Freedom Summary
Shakespeare's Freedom
by Stephen Greenblatt 2010 160 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
History
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands
A Plan To Replace The Welfare State
by Charles Murray 2006 214 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
The Story of a Life Summary
The Story of a Life
by Aharon Appelfeld 1983 208 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Holocaust
Memoir
Jewish
The Innovators Summary
The Innovators
How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
by Walter Isaacson 2011 542 pages
4.12
38k+ ratings
History
Biography
Business
Bachelor Girl Summary
Bachelor Girl
The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century
by Betsy Israel 2002 304 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
Loonshots Summary
Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
by Safi Bahcall 2019 368 pages
4.01
8k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Science
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