History Book Summaries

The Girls of Atomic City Summary
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by Denise Kiernan 2013 373 pages
3.72
31.3K ratings
History
Book Club
World War II
The History of Sexuality, Volume 2 Summary
The History of Sexuality, Volume 2
The Use of Pleasure
by Michel Foucault 1984 304 pages
4.06
4.4K ratings
Philosophy
History
Sexuality
Amazon Unbound Summary
Amazon Unbound
Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
by Brad Stone 2021 496 pages
4.08
6.7K ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
The Art of Happiness Summary
The Art of Happiness
by Epicurus 266 pages
3.81
5.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Post-American World Summary
The Post-American World
by Fareed Zakaria 2008 292 pages
3.86
12.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine 1776 104 pages
4.00
38.2K ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Summary
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 2007 320 pages
3.82
1.6K ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
Devil Take the Hindmost Summary
Devil Take the Hindmost
A History of Financial Speculation
by Edward Chancellor 1996 400 pages
3.99
2.7K ratings
Finance
History
Economics
Nuclear War Summary
Nuclear War
A Scenario
by Annie Jacobsen 2024 400 pages
4.40
33.1K ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes 1976 491 pages
4.26
5.8K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
In Cold Blood Summary
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote 1966 343 pages
4.09
703.3K ratings
Classics
True Crime
Crime
A New History of Western Philosophy Summary
A New History of Western Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2007 1058 pages
4.22
482 ratings
Philosophy
History
Textbooks
How the Word Is Passed Summary
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
by Clint Smith 2021 336 pages
4.71
37.3K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
Collapse Summary
Collapse
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond 2004 608 pages
3.93
73.5K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
The Ape that Understood the Universe Summary
The Ape that Understood the Universe
How the Mind and Culture Evolve
by Steve Stewart-Williams 2018 378 pages
4.25
1.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
How the World Works (Real Story Summary
How the World Works (Real Story
by Noam Chomsky 2011 416 pages
4.13
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States Summary
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States
by V.P. Menon 1956 511 pages
4.35
286 ratings
History
India
Politics
The Spy and the Traitor Summary
The Spy and the Traitor
The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by Ben Macintyre 2018 384 pages
4.52
80.8K ratings
History
Espionage
Biography
The Meaning of Life Summary
The Meaning of Life
by Terry Eagleton 2007 200 pages
3.50
2.5K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Psychology
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field Summary
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
by Nancy Forbes 2014 328 pages
4.27
1.7K ratings
Science
History
Physics
Two Hundred Years Together Summary
Two Hundred Years Together
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 2002 539 pages
4.17
164 ratings
History
Russia
Politics
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
by Sean Carroll 2016 480 pages
4.18
9.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 544 pages
4.22
408.9K ratings
Science
History
Humor
A Briefer History of Time Summary
A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 2005 176 pages
4.26
41.7K ratings
Science
Physics
History
Paul Summary
Paul
The Pagans' Apostle
by Paula Fredriksen 2017 336 pages
4.02
199 ratings
Religion
History
Christianity
Lincoln on Leadership Summary
Lincoln on Leadership
Executive Strategies for Tough Times
by Donald T. Phillips 1993 193 pages
4.15
7.5K ratings
Leadership
Business
History
India that is Bharat Summary
India that is Bharat
Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
by J. Sai Deepak 2021 472 pages
4.42
1.5K ratings
History
India
Politics
Stoicism and the Art of Happiness Summary
Stoicism and the Art of Happiness
by Donald J. Robertson 2013 224 pages
4.14
2.1K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Critical Thinking Summary
Critical Thinking
by Jonathan Haber 2020 232 pages
3.61
477 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Psychology
Istanbul Summary
Istanbul
Memories and the City
by Orhan Pamuk 2003 356 pages
3.82
21.4K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Biography
Powershift Summary
Powershift
Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of the 21st Century
by Alvin Toffler 1990 640 pages
4.00
1.1K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The Second Founding Summary
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
by Eric Foner 2019 224 pages
4.23
2.5K ratings
History
American History
Civil War
The Koran Summary
The Koran
A Very Short Introduction
by Michael A. Cook 2000 176 pages
3.37
787 ratings
Religion
Islam
History
Gomorrah Summary
Gomorrah
by Roberto Saviano 2006 320 pages
3.80
21.5K ratings
Crime
Italy
True Crime
Leadership Summary
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 pages
4.40
15.3K ratings
History
Leadership
Biography
Fortune's Formula Summary
Fortune's Formula
The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
by William Poundstone 2006 386 pages
4.18
4.4K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Engines That Move Markets Summary
Engines That Move Markets
Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond
by Alasdair Nairn 2001 494 pages
4.37
194 ratings
Finance
Business
History
Eichmann in Jerusalem Summary
Eichmann in Jerusalem
A Report on the Banality of Evil
by Hannah Arendt 1963 312 pages
4.20
30.8K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Darwin's Dangerous Idea Summary
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Evolution and the Meanings of Life
by Daniel C. Dennett 1995 588 pages
4.07
16.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
This Is Your Mind on Plants Summary
This Is Your Mind on Plants
by Michael Pollan 2021 288 pages
3.87
32.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Nature
The Code Breaker Summary
The Code Breaker
Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
by Walter Isaacson 2021 536 pages
4.28
39.1K ratings
Science
Biography
History
Musashi's Book of Five Rings Summary
Musashi's Book of Five Rings
The Definitive Interpertation of Miyomoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy
by Stephen F. Kaufman 2012 128 pages
4.15
330 ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Japan
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance Summary
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance
How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims
by Robert Spencer 2005 594 pages
3.68
62 ratings
Islam
Politics
Religion
Down with the System Summary
Down with the System
A Memoir
by Serj Tankian 2024 352 pages
4.44
4.5K ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
Grundrisse Summary
Grundrisse
Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx 1857 904 pages
4.28
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Merchants of Doubt Summary
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
by Naomi Oreskes 2010 274 pages
4.17
7.7K ratings
Science
Politics
History
Dongri To Dubai Summary
Dongri To Dubai
Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia
by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012 378 pages
3.95
10.5K ratings
Crime
India
History
Speechless Summary
Speechless
Controlling Words, Controlling Minds
by Michael J. Knowles 2021 383 pages
4.25
2.8K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
On Sparta Summary
On Sparta
by Plutarch 260 pages
4.12
1.9K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Summary
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
or, How Capitalism Worksβ€”and How It Fails
by Yanis Varoufakis 2013 224 pages
4.13
19.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Home
Swipe
Library
Get App
Create a free account to unlock:
Recommendations: Personalized for you
Requests: Request new book summaries
Bookmarks: Save your favorite books
History: Revisit books later
Ratings: Rate books & see your ratings
250,000+ readers
Try Full Access for 7 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
πŸ“– Read Summaries
Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
❀️ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 4
πŸ“œ Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
πŸ“₯ Unlimited Downloads
Free users are limited to 1
Risk-Free Timeline
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 73,530 books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 4: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 7: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on Jan 8,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8Γ— More Books
2.8Γ— more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
250,000+ readers
Trustpilot Rating
TrustPilot
4.6 Excellent
This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.
β€” Dave G
Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!
β€” Em
Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.
β€” Greg M
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year/yr
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Start a 7-Day Free Trial
7 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel
Settings
General
Widget
Loading...
⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel