Politics Book Summaries

Mission Economy Summary
Mission Economy
A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
by Mariana Mazzucato 2020 272 pages
3.85
2.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Woke Racism Summary
Woke Racism
How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
by John McWhorter 2021 224 pages
3.93
6.4K ratings
Politics
Race
Sociology
War Summary
War
How Conflict Shaped Us
by Margaret MacMillan 2020 304 pages
3.58
3.7K ratings
History
War
Politics
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
5.6K ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Essays
Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
by Annie Jacobsen 2019 560 pages
4.33
6.1K ratings
History
Military Fiction
Politics
Crisis Economics Summary
Crisis Economics
A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
by Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 pages
3.84
2.8K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Politics On the Edge Summary
Politics On the Edge
A Memoir From Within
by Rory Stewart 2023 436 pages
4.33
14.5K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Square and the Tower Summary
The Square and the Tower
Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
by Niall Ferguson 2017 592 pages
3.66
4.2K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Civil Rights Summary
Civil Rights
Rhetoric or Reality?
by Thomas Sowell 1984 164 pages
4.40
941 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The ANC Billionaires Summary
The ANC Billionaires
Big Capital's Gambit and the Rise of the Few
by Pieter Du Toit 2022 333 pages
3.94
136 ratings
Politics
The Tyranny of Good Intentions Summary
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
by Paul Craig Roberts 2000 256 pages
4.04
127 ratings
Politics
Law
History
The Origin of Wealth Summary
The Origin of Wealth
Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
by Eric D. Beinhocker 2006 527 pages
4.27
1.7K ratings
Economics
History
Business
The End of Gender Summary
The End of Gender
Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
by Debra Soh 2020 336 pages
3.91
3.1K ratings
Science
Politics
Psychology
Revolutionary Characters Summary
Revolutionary Characters
What Made the Founders Different
by Gordon S. Wood 2006 336 pages
3.97
4.0K ratings
History
American History
Biography
Occupy Summary
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky 2012 128 pages
3.60
2.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Upswing Summary
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
by Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pages
3.95
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Waste Land Summary
Waste Land
A World in Permanent Crisis
by Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 pages
3.74
307 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Witness to Surrender Summary
Witness to Surrender
by Siddique Salik 1977 245 pages
3.86
237 ratings
History
Pakistan
Politics
How to Save the West Summary
How to Save the West
Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
by Spencer Klavan 2023 256 pages
4.29
424 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save
How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty
by Peter Singer 2009 302 pages
4.15
6.6K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Killing Kennedy Summary
Killing Kennedy
The End of Camelot
by Bill O'Reilly 2012 325 pages
4.11
60.7K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
For Love of Country Summary
For Love of Country
Why I Left the Democratic Party
by Tulsi Gabbard 2024 242 pages
4.38
2.4K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Stone Age Economics Summary
Stone Age Economics
by Marshall Sahlins 1974 362 pages
3.92
513 ratings
Anthropology
Economics
History
The Future of the Professions Summary
The Future of the Professions
How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
by Richard Susskind 2015 368 pages
3.64
1.0K ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
Did America Have a Christian Founding? Summary
Did America Have a Christian Founding?
Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth
by Mark David Hall 2019 240 pages
3.98
344 ratings
History
American History
Politics
1984 Summary
1984
by Michael Dean 1949 71 pages
4.41
33.6K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Read Dangerously Summary
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
by Azar Nafisi 2022 240 pages
4.03
1.9K ratings
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
The Return of Marco Polo's World Summary
The Return of Marco Polo's World
War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century
by Robert D. Kaplan 2018 304 pages
3.79
815 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
White Women Summary
White Women
Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better
by Regina Jackson 2022 224 pages
4.46
4.2K ratings
Race
Social Justice
Feminism
What Is to Be Done? Summary
What Is to Be Done?
by Vladimir Lenin 1902 272 pages
4.07
4.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The American Spirit Summary
The American Spirit
Who We Are and What We Stand For
by David McCullough 2017 176 pages
4.22
6.8K ratings
History
Politics
American History
Mismeasuring Our Lives Summary
Mismeasuring Our Lives
Why GDP Doesn't Add Up
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009 136 pages
3.74
332 ratings
Economics
Politics
Social Science
Collapse Summary
Collapse
The Fall of the Soviet Union
by Vladislav M. Zubok 2021 576 pages
4.25
1.8K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
Teaching as a Subversive Activity Summary
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
by Neil Postman 1969 219 pages
4.20
1.3K ratings
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
The Populist Delusion Summary
The Populist Delusion
by Neema Parvini 2022 174 pages
4.35
472 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
The Why Axis Summary
The Why Axis
Hidden Motives and The Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life
by Uri Gneezy 2013 290 pages
3.67
1.3K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
How to Rule the World Summary
How to Rule the World
A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
by André de Guillaume 2002 144 pages
3.66
539 ratings
Humor
Politics
History
Socialism Summary
Socialism
Utopian and Scientific
by Friedrich Engels 1880 86 pages
4.24
7.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
This Changes Everything Summary
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. The Climate
by Naomi Klein 2014 566 pages
4.16
27.1K ratings
Politics
Environment
Science
Bad Mexicans Summary
Bad Mexicans
Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
by Kelly Lytle Hernández 2022 372 pages
4.19
2.1K ratings
History
Politics
Race
We Are Dancing for You Summary
We Are Dancing for You
Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
by Cutcha Risling Baldy 2018 205 pages
4.52
155 ratings
Indigenous
Feminism
History
The Closing of the American Mind Summary
The Closing of the American Mind
by Allan Bloom 1987 392 pages
3.76
5.8K ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
Politics Is for Power Summary
Politics Is for Power
How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change
by Eitan D. Hersh 2020 288 pages
4.10
1.4K ratings
Politics
Political Science
Social Justice
Listen, Little Man! Summary
Listen, Little Man!
by Wilhelm Reich 1946 144 pages
3.97
8.7K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
Treasure Islands Summary
Treasure Islands
Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
by Nicholas Shaxson 2011 272 pages
4.19
1.9K ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
The Madness of Crowds Summary
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity
by Douglas Murray 2019 293 pages
4.20
16.6K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
After Capitalism Summary
After Capitalism
by David Schweickart 2002 224 pages
4.00
239 ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique Moïsi 2008 192 pages
3.64
487 ratings
Politics
Psychology
International Relations
Terror, Love and Brainwashing Summary
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
by Alexandra Stein 2017 236 pages
4.02
457 ratings
Psychology
Cults
Politics
Code Dependent Summary
Code Dependent
Living in the Shadow of AI
by Madhumita Murgia 2024 320 pages
4.07
1.8K ratings
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Science
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
📖 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
📜 Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
📥 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 10,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8× More Books
2.8× 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.
— Dave G
Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!
— 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.
— 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