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Girls & Sex Summary
Girls & Sex
Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
by Peggy Orenstein 2016 303 pages
4.07
11k+ ratings
Feminism
Parenting
Sexuality
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters Summary
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire β€” Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What We Do
by Alan S. Miller 2006 252 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age Summary
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
Scientific Habits of Mind
by David J. Helfand 2016 344 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Skepticism
Evicted Summary
Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond 2016 418 pages
4.47
100k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Social Justice
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
Ten Principles for a Connected World
by Timothy Garton Ash 2017 504 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Law
Labor of Love Summary
Labor of Love
The Invention of Dating
by Moira Weigel 2016 304 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Sociology
The Sharing Economy Summary
The Sharing Economy
The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-based Capitalism
by Arun Sundararajan 2016 240 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
The Silo Effect Summary
The Silo Effect
The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers
by Gillian Tett 2014 304 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
The Nordic Theory of Everything Summary
The Nordic Theory of Everything
In Search of a Better Life
by Anu Partanen 2016 448 pages
3.86
8k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Memoir
Watching the English Summary
Watching the English
The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
by Kate Fox 2004 424 pages
3.91
10k+ ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
Invisible Influence Summary
Invisible Influence
The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
by Jonah Berger 2016 272 pages
3.69
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
by Rob Brotherton 2015 304 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
History
Against Democracy Summary
Against Democracy
by Jason Brennan 2016 304 pages
3.66
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
Utopia for Realists Summary
Utopia for Realists
How We Can Build the Ideal World
by Rutger Bregman 2014 262 pages
4.22
40k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future Summary
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
by Johan Norberg 2016 304 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Attention Merchants Summary
The Attention Merchants
The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
by Tim Wu 2016 403 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Technology
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
Unconscious Branding Summary
Unconscious Branding
How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing
by Douglas Van Praet 2012 288 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Neuroscience
Snakes in Suits Summary
Snakes in Suits
When Psychopaths Go to Work
by Paul Babiak 2006 352 pages
3.68
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Nation of Rebels Summary
Nation of Rebels
Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture
by Joseph Heath 2004 368 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
The Price of Admission Summary
The Price of Admission
How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges β€” and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
by Daniel Golden 2006 336 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
Education
Politics
Sociology
Against Empathy Summary
Against Empathy
The Case for Rational Compassion
by Paul Bloom 2016 285 pages
3.58
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
For Her Own Good Summary
For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976 432 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Womens
Hit Makers Summary
Hit Makers
The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
by Derek Thompson 2017 307 pages
3.90
6k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
I'm Right and You're an Idiot Summary
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
by James Hoggan 2016 272 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Politics
Canada
Sociology
The Knowledge Illusion Summary
The Knowledge Illusion
Why We Never Think Alone
by Steven Sloman 2017 304 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Glass House Summary
Glass House
The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
by Brian Alexander 2017 336 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Men and Marriage Summary
Men and Marriage
by George Gilder 1986 240 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Marriage
Cultural
Politics
Solitude Summary
Solitude
A Singular Life in a Crowded World
by Michael Harris 2017 256 pages
3.67
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
A Colony in a Nation Summary
A Colony in a Nation
by Chris Hayes 2017 256 pages
4.18
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Race
The New Urban Crisis Summary
The New Urban Crisis
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Classβ€”and What We Can Do About It
by Richard Florida 2017 336 pages
3.50
1k+ ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Politics
A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages
3.76
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Requiem for the American Dream Summary
Requiem for the American Dream
The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
by Noam Chomsky 2017 192 pages
4.20
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Emergence Summary
Emergence
The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
by Steven Johnson 2001 288 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Psychology
The Worm at the Core Summary
The Worm at the Core
On the Role of Death in Life
by Sheldon Solomon 2015 274 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Death
Selfie Summary
Selfie
How the West Became Self-Obsessed
by Will Storr 2017 416 pages
3.92
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
The Broken Ladder Summary
The Broken Ladder
How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
by Keith Payne 2018 256 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Economics
Private Government Summary
Private Government
How Employers Rule Our Lives
by Elizabeth S. Anderson 2017 196 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Radical Technologies Summary
Radical Technologies
The Design of Everyday Life
by Adam Greenfield 2017 368 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Technology
Design
Politics
The Meme Machine Summary
The Meme Machine
by Susan Blackmore 1999 288 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Summary
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
by Alain de Botton 2008 336 pages
3.62
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Them And Us Summary
Them And Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
by Will Hutton 2010 434 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Sensation Summary
Sensation
The New Science of Physical Intelligence
by Thalma Lobel 2014
3.41
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
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
The Rape of the Mind Summary
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956 326 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique MoΓ―si 2008 192 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Political Science
The End of Education Summary
The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
by Neil Postman 1995 209 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Education
Philosophy
Teaching
The Person and the Situation Summary
The Person and the Situation
Perspectives of Social Psychology
by Lee Ross 1991 304 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Identity and Violence Summary
Identity and Violence
The Illusion of Destiny
by Amartya Sen 2006 240 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Systems Thinking For Social Change Summary
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
by David Peter Stroh 2015 264 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Society
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