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When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi 2016 208 pages
4.41
752.3K ratings
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Unbroken Summary
Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand 2010 475 pages
4.39
982.2K ratings
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X Summary
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X 1965 466 pages
4.37
282.3K ratings
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Moneyball Summary
Moneyball
by Michael Lewis 2003 317 pages
4.27
139.8K ratings
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Cicero Summary
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt 2001 364 pages
3.89
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Greenlights Summary
Greenlights
by Matthew McConaughey 2020 289 pages
4.20
412.0K ratings
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Molecular Biology of the Cell Summary
Molecular Biology of the Cell
by Bruce Alberts 1983 1616 pages
4.35
2.5K ratings
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The Reason You Walk Summary
The Reason You Walk
by Wab Kinew 2015 273 pages
4.05
3.7K ratings
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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison* Summary
The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison*
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by Mike Wilson 1997 400 pages
3.92
410 ratings
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Finding Ultra Summary
Finding Ultra
Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
by Rich Roll 2012 400 pages
4.02
26.0K ratings
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The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato 58 pages
4.12
44.4K ratings
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The Boys in the Boat Summary
The Boys in the Boat
Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
by Daniel James Brown 2013 404 pages
4.39
348.4K ratings
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Trump Summary
Trump
The Art of the Deal
by Donald J. Trump 1987 384 pages
3.70
23.8K ratings
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A CHANCE IN THE WORLD Summary
A CHANCE IN THE WORLD
An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home
by Steve Pemberton 2012 261 pages
4.27
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Catching the Wolf of Wall Street Summary
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison
by Jordan Belfort 2009 480 pages
3.90
4.5K ratings
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The House of Morgan Summary
The House of Morgan
An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
by Ron Chernow 1990 812 pages
3.96
12.1K ratings
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens Summary
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
by Jack Weatherford 2010 317 pages
3.93
4.5K ratings
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Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Summary
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus
A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity
by Nabeel Qureshi 2014 304 pages
4.59
37.2K ratings
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Everything I Know About Love Summary
Everything I Know About Love
by Dolly Alderton 2018 368 pages
3.96
439.5K ratings
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Tao of Charlie Munger Summary
Tao of Charlie Munger
A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth With Commentary by David Clark
by David Clark 2017 256 pages
4.11
2.2K ratings
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The Art of Winning Summary
The Art of Winning
Lessons from a Life in Football
by Bill Belichick 2025 273 pages
3.85
191 ratings
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Football
LeBron Summary
LeBron
by Jeff Benedict 2023
4.39
2.0K ratings
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I Am Malala Summary
I Am Malala
How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
by Malala Yousafzai 2014 230 pages
4.33
33.6K ratings
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iWoz Summary
iWoz
Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
by Steve Wozniak 2006 313 pages
3.84
17.3K ratings
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Lords of Finance Summary
Lords of Finance
The Bankers Who Broke the World
by Liaquat Ahamed 2009 564 pages
4.03
16.1K ratings
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In Search of Memory Summary
In Search of Memory
The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
by Eric R. Kandel 2006 430 pages
4.13
5.2K ratings
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Let My People Go Surfing Summary
Let My People Go Surfing
The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
by Yvon Chouinard 2006 272 pages
4.18
27.0K ratings
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The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway Summary
The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway
A Chronological Analysis of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger's Conglomerate Masterpiece
by Adam J. Mead 2021 782 pages
4.53
149 ratings
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Daily Rituals Summary
Daily Rituals
How Artists Work
by Mason Currey 2013 278 pages
3.65
20.5K ratings
Writing
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Defenders of the West Summary
Defenders of the West
The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam
by Raymond Ibrahim 2022 352 pages
4.65
660 ratings
History
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Kundalini Summary
Kundalini
The Evolutionary Energy in Man
by Gopi Krishna 1967 256 pages
4.03
587 ratings
Spirituality
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The Truth Summary
The Truth
An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships
by Neil Strauss 2015 448 pages
4.11
7.6K ratings
Relationships
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Self Help
Complications Summary
Complications
A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by Atul Gawande 2002 270 pages
4.28
51.2K ratings
Medicine
Medical
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Dirty Thirty Summary
Dirty Thirty
A Memoir
by Asa Akira 2016 278 pages
3.66
650 ratings
Memoir
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Sexuality
Genius Makers Summary
Genius Makers
The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World
by Cade Metz 2021 384 pages
4.27
2.7K ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
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A House in the Sky Summary
A House in the Sky
by Amanda Lindhout 2013 373 pages
4.27
69.9K ratings
Memoir
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Amp It Up Summary
Amp It Up
Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
by Frank Slootman 2022 208 pages
4.04
3.2K ratings
Business
Leadership
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All Boys Aren’t Blue Summary
All Boys Aren’t Blue
by George M. Johnson 2020 304 pages
4.19
43.1K ratings
Memoir
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Queer
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves Summary
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves
by Jack Douglas 1972 256 pages
3.30
193 ratings
Humor
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Memoir
The Center Cannot Hold Summary
The Center Cannot Hold
My Journey Through Madness
by Elyn R. Saks 2007 340 pages
4.32
21.9K ratings
Psychology
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Mental Health
Open Summary
Open
by Andre Agassi 2009 388 pages
4.32
137.0K ratings
Biography
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The Minds of Billy Milligan Summary
The Minds of Billy Milligan
by Daniel Keyes 1981 374 pages
4.28
33.1K ratings
Psychology
True Crime
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After the Prophet Summary
After the Prophet
The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
by Lesley Hazleton 2009 256 pages
4.09
9.3K ratings
History
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Islam
Gifted Hands Summary
Gifted Hands
The Ben Carson Story
by Gregg Lewis 2009 144 pages
4.38
2.7K ratings
Biography
Christian
Book Club
Liar's Poker Summary
Liar's Poker
by Michael Lewis 1989 310 pages
4.15
108.0K ratings
Business
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Not Without My Daughter Summary
Not Without My Daughter
by Betty Mahmoody 1987 528 pages
4.18
37.3K ratings
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Iran
The Glass Castle Summary
The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls 2005 288 pages
4.32
1.3M ratings
Memoir
Book Club
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Ecce Homo Summary
Ecce Homo
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1908 144 pages
3.81
18.9K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
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Endurance Summary
Endurance
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing 1959 282 pages
4.45
152.1K ratings
History
Adventure
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A Child Called "It" Summary
A Child Called "It"
by Dave Pelzer 1995 184 pages
4.14
452.6K ratings
Memoir
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Psychology
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