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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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The Network State Summary
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How To Start a New Country
by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022 262 pages
3.97
984 ratings
Politics
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Economics in One Lesson Summary
Economics in One Lesson
by Henry Hazlitt 1946 218 pages
4.17
21.0K ratings
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The Devil in the White City Summary
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson 2003 496 pages
4.00
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Free to Choose Summary
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A Personal Statement
by Milton Friedman 1979 356 pages
4.22
9.3K ratings
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Lost Islamic History Summary
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by Firas Alkhateeb 2014 217 pages
4.44
2.9K ratings
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A History of Western Philosophy Summary
A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1945 906 pages
4.13
40.6K ratings
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Oxygen Summary
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by Nick Lane 2002 384 pages
4.14
2.8K ratings
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The Master Switch Summary
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The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by Tim Wu 2010 384 pages
3.89
7.9K ratings
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Homo Ludens Summary
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A Study of the Play Element in Culture
by Johan Huizinga 1938 220 pages
3.99
2.8K ratings
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Game Design
Fluke Summary
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by Brian Klaas 2024 335 pages
4.07
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Man's Search for Meaning Summary
Man's Search for Meaning
A Young Adult Edition
by Viktor E. Frankl 2017 192 pages
4.41
2.8K ratings
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The Arts and the Creation of Mind Summary
The Arts and the Creation of Mind
by Elliot W. Eisner 2002 280 pages
4.31
186 ratings
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Art
Teaching
Bad Samaritans Summary
Bad Samaritans
The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang 2007 288 pages
4.20
5.6K ratings
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Politics
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Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
41.4K ratings
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The Art of Action Summary
The Art of Action
How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results
by Stephen Bungay 2010 289 pages
4.32
1.2K ratings
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The Complete TurtleTrader Summary
The Complete TurtleTrader
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by Michael W. Covel 2007 272 pages
3.88
2.3K ratings
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Autocracy, Inc. Summary
Autocracy, Inc.
by Anne Applebaum 2024 224 pages
4.23
10.1K ratings
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In Search of Schrödinger's Cat Summary
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
Quantum Physics and Reality
by John Gribbin 1984 320 pages
4.06
21.3K ratings
Science
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Das Kapital Summary
Das Kapital
by Karl Marx 1867 356 pages
4.09
22.9K ratings
Philosophy
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On Killing Summary
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman 1995 367 pages
4.12
11.7K ratings
Psychology
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The DAO of Capital Summary
The DAO of Capital
Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
by Mark Spitznagel 2013 368 pages
3.87
1.4K 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
Business
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القانون في الطب Summary
القانون في الطب
by Avicenna 1025 2500 pages
4.31
265 ratings
Science
Medicine
Philosophy
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
History
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Sports
The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato 58 pages
4.12
44.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Emperor of All Maladies Summary
The Emperor of All Maladies
A Biography of Cancer
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010 571 pages
4.34
109.7K ratings
Science
History
Medicine
Long Walk to Freedom Summary
Long Walk to Freedom
by Nelson Mandela 1994 656 pages
4.36
91.5K ratings
Biography
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Memoir
The Order of Time Summary
The Order of Time
by Carlo Rovelli 2017 224 pages
4.13
35.8K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Holy Bible Summary
The Holy Bible
King James Version
by Anonymous 1611 1590 pages
4.44
305.6K ratings
Classics
Christian
Religion
Globalization and its Discontents Summary
Globalization and its Discontents
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2002 304 pages
3.87
8.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Panama Papers Summary
The Panama Papers
Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
by Frederik Obermaier 2016 400 pages
4.08
4.3K ratings
Politics
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History
Debt Summary
Debt
The First 5,000 Years
by David Graeber 2011 534 pages
4.21
25.0K ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 Summary
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939
An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
by Edward Hallett Carr 1939 244 pages
4.08
1.3K ratings
History
International Relations
Politics
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 600 pages
4.15
41.6K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
440.0K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Night Summary
Night
by Elie Wiesel 1956 120 pages
4.38
1.3M ratings
Classics
History
Memoir
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
Biography
Technology
Business
The Big Fat Surprise Summary
The Big Fat Surprise
Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
by Nina Teicholz 2014 496 pages
4.29
6.8K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
1493 Summary
1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann 2011 557 pages
4.12
20.4K ratings
History
Science
American History
Dominion Summary
Dominion
How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
by Tom Holland 2019 624 pages
4.27
9.7K ratings
History
Christianity
Philosophy
Invisible Child Summary
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
by Andrea Elliott 2021 602 pages
4.71
18.1K ratings
Biography
Social Justice
History
The Storytelling Animal Summary
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages
3.70
6.9K ratings
Psychology
Writing
Science
Chaos Summary
Chaos
Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
by Tom O'Neill 2019 504 pages
4.04
30.2K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Hagakure Summary
Hagakure
The Book of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 192 pages
4.00
16.4K ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
Leadership Summary
Leadership
by James MacGregor Burns 1978 546 pages
3.87
487 ratings
Leadership
History
Business
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.19
275.1K ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
The Power Law Summary
The Power Law
Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
by Sebastian Mallaby 2022 496 pages
4.43
4.9K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Cicero Summary
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt 2001 364 pages
3.89
8.0K ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Civilization Summary
Civilization
The West and the Rest
by Niall Ferguson 2011 402 pages
3.86
10.0K ratings
History
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Economics
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