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Capitalist Realism Summary
Capitalist Realism
Is There No Alternative?
by Mark Fisher 2009 81 pages
4.22
34k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Civilized to Death Summary
Civilized to Death
What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
by Christopher Ryan 2018 400 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936 100 pages
4.62
7k+ ratings
India
History
Politics
Worshipping False Gods Summary
Worshipping False Gods
Ambedkar and the Facts Which Have Been Erased
by Arun Shourie 1997 680 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Of Boys and Men Summary
Of Boys and Men
Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
by Richard V. Reeves 2022 298 pages
4.07
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
The Book of Learning and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Learning and Forgetting
by Frank Smith 1998 144 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Sociology
Clock of the Long Now Summary
Clock of the Long Now
Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
by Stewart Brand 1999 208 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Custodians of Wonder Summary
Custodians of Wonder
Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
by Eliot Stein 2024 336 pages
4.39
100+ ratings
History
Travel
Sociology
How Ideas Spread Summary
How Ideas Spread
by Jonah Berger 2014 6 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
The Quiet Damage Summary
The Quiet Damage
QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
by Jesselyn Cook 2024 250 pages
4.46
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
Snoop Summary
Snoop
What Your Stuff Says About You
by Sam Gosling 2001 263 pages
3.36
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls 2007 496 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Quarterlife Crisis Summary
Quarterlife Crisis
The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
by Alexandra Robbins 2001 224 pages
3.18
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Will to Change Summary
The Will to Change
Men, Masculinity, and Love
by bell hooks 2003 208 pages
4.37
24k+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Gender
Tribe Summary
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging
by Sebastian Junger 2016 182 pages
4.02
47k+ ratings
Psychology
History
Sociology
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed
Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
by Thomas Sowell 1995 320 pages
4.40
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Mindmasters Summary
Mindmasters
The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior
by Sandra Matz 2025 240 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Technology
Fist Stick Knife Gun Summary
Fist Stick Knife Gun
A Personal History of Violence
by Geoffrey Canada 1995 179 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Graphic Novels
Education
Nordic Ideology Summary
Nordic Ideology
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two
by Hanzi Freinacht 2019 497 pages
4.46
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling Summary
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Career Strategies for Asians
by Jane Hyun 2005 352 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Asian Literature
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas
Inside the New Global Sex Trade
by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
True Crime
Feminism
Sociology
What About Men? Summary
What About Men?
by Caitlin Moran 2023 319 pages
3.70
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Humor
Gender
Peoplewatching Summary
Peoplewatching
The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language
by Desmond Morris 1977 400 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Drunk Summary
Drunk
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
by Edward Slingerland 2021 369 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Sociology
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto
The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Cities Summary
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
by Monica L. Smith 2019 304 pages
3.26
100+ ratings
History
Archaeology
Cities
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.24
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Science
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021 292 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
History
Climate Change
Philosophy
The Man Who Shocked The World Summary
The Man Who Shocked The World
The Life And Legacy Of Stanley Milgram
by Thomas Blass 2004 392 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Psychology
Biography
Science
We Real Cool Summary
We Real Cool
Black Men and Masculinity
by bell hooks 2003 184 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Race
Gender
The Authority Gap Summary
The Authority Gap
Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021 384 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Business
Moral Mazes Summary
Moral Mazes
The World of Corporate Managers
by Robert Jackall 1988 272 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Business
Sociology
Psychology
The Sacred Canopy Summary
The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
by Peter L. Berger 1967 240 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Religion
Philosophy
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
by Karl Marx 1846 584 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Dimensions of Human Behavior Summary
Dimensions of Human Behavior
The Changing Life Course
by Elizabeth D. Hutchison 2003 584 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Social Work
Textbooks
School
The Construction of Social Reality Summary
The Construction of Social Reality
by John Rogers Searle 1995 256 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches Summary
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
The Riddles of Culture
by Marvin Harris 1974 288 pages
3.92
4k+ ratings
Anthropology
History
Sociology
The Way Out Summary
The Way Out
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
by Peter T. Coleman 2021 296 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Leadership
The Myth of Male Power Summary
The Myth of Male Power
by Warren Farrell 1993 448 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Feminism
The Years That Matter Most Summary
The Years That Matter Most
How College Makes or Breaks Us
by Paul Tough 2019 400 pages
4.40
2k+ ratings
Education
Sociology
College
The Language Puzzle Summary
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
by Steven Mithen 2024 544 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
History
Linguistics
Language
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2001 512 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Wildland Summary
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
by Evan Osnos 2021 465 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Ibn Khaldun Summary
Ibn Khaldun
An Intellectual Biography
by Robert Irwin 2018 256 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Philosophy
Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
by Thomas Sowell 1998 516 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
History
Economics
Politics
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