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SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 270 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
Gang Leader for a Day Summary
Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008 302 pages
4.07
24k+ ratings
Sociology
Memoir
Economics
Grown Up Digital Summary
Grown Up Digital
How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
by Don Tapscott 2008 384 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Technology
Education
Business
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Summary
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
by Beverly Daniel Tatum 1997 464 pages
4.33
26k+ ratings
Race
Education
Social Justice
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together
Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
by Sherry Turkle 2011 360 pages
3.62
6k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
The Art of Community Summary
The Art of Community
Seven Principles for Belonging
by Charles H. Vogl 2016 216 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
Business
Sociology
Psychology
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance 2016 264 pages
3.85
400k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
No Shame in My Game Summary
No Shame in My Game
The Working Poor in the Inner City
by Katherine S. Newman 1999 416 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Sociology
Poverty
Economics
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Summary
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
by Fareed Zakaria 2020 320 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Work Summary
Work
A History of How we spend our Time
by James Suzman 2020 464 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Economics
Design Justice Summary
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020 360 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Design
Technology
Social Justice
In Search of Deeper Learning Summary
In Search of Deeper Learning
The Quest to Remake the American High School
by Jal Mehta 2019 464 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 pages
3.96
600k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Privacy is Power Summary
Privacy is Power
Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data
by Carissa Véliz 2020 224 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Sociology
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.35
100k+ ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
Thick Summary
Thick
And Other Essays
by Tressie McMillan Cottom 2019 244 pages
4.43
17k+ ratings
Essays
Feminism
Race
Black-and-White Thinking Summary
Black-and-White Thinking
The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
by Kevin Dutton 2021 400 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.20
200k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
The Psychopath Test Summary
The Psychopath Test
A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson 2011 275 pages
3.95
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
Who Speaks for Islam? Summary
Who Speaks for Islam?
What a Billion Muslims Really Think
by Dalia Mogahed 2008 204 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Islam
Religion
Politics
Duped Summary
Duped
Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception
by Timothy R. Levine 2019 384 pages
3.53
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Social
Consequences of Capitalism Summary
Consequences of Capitalism
Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
by Marv Waterstone 2020 388 pages
4.38
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Escape from Freedom Summary
Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm 1941 301 pages
4.27
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
Mine! Summary
Mine!
How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
by Michael A. Heller 2021 336 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Law
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again Summary
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again
Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
by Katherine Angel 2021 160 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Essays
Useful Delusions Summary
Useful Delusions
The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
by Shankar Vedantam 2021 259 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Sane Society Summary
The Sane Society
by Erich Fromm 1955 386 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Free Speech And Why It Matters Summary
Free Speech And Why It Matters
by Andrew Doyle 2021 128 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
The Quick Fix Summary
The Quick Fix
Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
by Jesse Singal 2021 352 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Hype Summary
Hype
How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following
by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021 352 pages
3.33
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Sociology
Laziness Does Not Exist Summary
Laziness Does Not Exist
by Devon Price 2021 256 pages
3.92
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
When Men Behave Badly Summary
When Men Behave Badly
The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
by David M. Buss 2021 336 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Mythologies Summary
Mythologies
by Roland Barthes 1957 160 pages
4.09
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Theory
Dedicated Summary
Dedicated
The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
by Pete Davis 2021 272 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
Framers Summary
Framers
Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil
by Kenneth Cukier 2021 272 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
A State of Fear Summary
A State of Fear
How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
by Laura Dodsworth 2021 320 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Cultish Summary
Cultish
The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell 2021 309 pages
3.83
99k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
The Aristocracy of Talent Summary
The Aristocracy of Talent
How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
by Adrian Wooldridge 2021 481 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Power of Strangers Summary
The Power of Strangers
The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World
by Joe Keohane 2021 328 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
جوهر الإنسان Summary
جوهر الإنسان
by Erich Fromm 1944 203 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Games People Play Summary
Games People Play
by Eric Berne 1964 192 pages
3.74
39k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021 368 pages
4.02
4k+ ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It Summary
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It
by Annabelle Williams 2020 288 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Feminism
Womens
Gender
A World Without Police Summary
A World Without Police
How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete
by Geo Maher 2021 288 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
The Status Game Summary
The Status Game
On Human Life and How to Play It
by Will Storr 2021 437 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
"I Have Nothing to Hide" Summary
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
by Heidi Boghosian 2021 240 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
Politics
Science
Technology
The Matthew Effect Summary
The Matthew Effect
How Advantage Begets Further Advantage
by Daniel Rigney 2010 176 pages
3.62
10+ ratings
Sociology
Economics
Aging Thoughtfully Summary
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
by Martha C. Nussbaum 2017 264 pages
3.44
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Sociology
Rationality Summary
Rationality
by Steven Pinker 2021 432 pages
3.84
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Golem Summary
The Golem
What You Should Know about Science
by Harry Collins 1992 212 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
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