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Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1985 184 pages
4.16
35.2K ratings
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The Essential Rumi Summary
The Essential Rumi
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 416 pages
4.39
49.5K ratings
Poetry
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Spirituality
The Architecture of Happiness Summary
The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton 2006 288 pages
3.86
14.1K ratings
Architecture
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Art
A Happy Death Summary
A Happy Death
by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages
3.80
26.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Black Mirror and Philosophy Summary
Black Mirror and Philosophy
Dark Reflections
by William Irwin 2019 384 pages
4.12
145 ratings
Philosophy
Technology
Dystopia
The Construction of Social Reality Summary
The Construction of Social Reality
by John Rogers Searle 1995 256 pages
3.90
919 ratings
Philosophy
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Psychology
The Complete Art of War Summary
The Complete Art of War
by Sun Tzu 1996 320 pages
4.14
7.0K ratings
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Classics
History
The Logic of Political Survival Summary
The Logic of Political Survival
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2003 550 pages
3.97
155 ratings
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Philosophy
Practical Ethics Summary
Practical Ethics
by Peter Singer 1979 356 pages
4.06
3.6K ratings
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Academic
The Elephant in the Brain Summary
The Elephant in the Brain
Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
by Kevin Simler 2017 408 pages
3.97
8.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Capitalism and Freedom Summary
Capitalism and Freedom
by Milton Friedman 1962 208 pages
3.90
14.6K ratings
Economics
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Philosophy
Motivation and Personality Summary
Motivation and Personality
by Abraham H. Maslow 1954 336 pages
4.19
1.7K ratings
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What Money Can't Buy Summary
What Money Can't Buy
The Moral Limits of Markets
by Michael J. Sandel 2012 256 pages
3.93
14.1K ratings
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Just Six Numbers Summary
Just Six Numbers
The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe
by Martin J. Rees 1999 208 pages
3.96
5.2K ratings
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Astronomy
The Little Book of Hygge Summary
The Little Book of Hygge
The Danish Way to Live Well
by Meik Wiking 2016 289 pages
3.77
111.1K ratings
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No More Mr. Nice Guy Summary
No More Mr. Nice Guy
by Robert A. Glover 2000 192 pages
4.04
22.8K ratings
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Relationships
Being Aware of Being Aware Summary
Being Aware of Being Aware
by Rupert Spira 2017 128 pages
4.33
1.7K ratings
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Psychology
Critical Thinking Summary
Critical Thinking
Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life
by Richard Paul 2000 459 pages
3.94
1.3K ratings
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Business
Feminism Is for Everybody Summary
Feminism Is for Everybody
Passionate Politics
by bell hooks 2000 123 pages
4.16
26.7K ratings
Feminism
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Social Justice
Healing Love through the Tao Summary
Healing Love through the Tao
Cultivating Female Sexual Energy
by Mantak Chia 1986 288 pages
4.11
489 ratings
Spirituality
Sexuality
Health
Toward a Feminist Theory of the State Summary
Toward a Feminist Theory of the State
by Catharine A. MacKinnon 1989 352 pages
4.00
516 ratings
Feminism
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Philosophy
What Is Art? Summary
What Is Art?
by Leo Tolstoy 1897 252 pages
3.73
3.7K ratings
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Art
Classics
Judgment Under Uncertainty Summary
Judgment Under Uncertainty
Heuristics and Biases
by Daniel Kahneman 1982 544 pages
4.17
1.5K ratings
Psychology
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Science
Don't Worry Summary
Immersive
Don't Worry
48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk
by Shunmyō Masuno 2013 224 pages
3.69
2.2K ratings
Self Help
Mental Health
Buddhism
I May Be Wrong Summary
I May Be Wrong
And Other Wisdoms From Life as a Forest Monk
by BjΓΆrn Natthiko Lindeblad 2020 257 pages
4.27
11.0K ratings
Biography
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One-Dimensional Man Summary
One-Dimensional Man
Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
by Herbert Marcuse 1964 260 pages
3.98
7.3K ratings
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Letters to a Law Student Summary
Letters to a Law Student
A Guide to Studying Law at University
by Nicholas J. McBride 2006 277 pages
4.11
970 ratings
Law
Education
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Batman and Psychology Summary
Batman and Psychology
A Dark and Stormy Knight
by Travis Langley 2012 352 pages
4.05
2.7K ratings
Psychology
Batman
Comics
The Zohar Summary
The Zohar
Pritzker Edition, Vol. 1
by Daniel C. Matt 2003 584 pages
4.40
255 ratings
Religion
Judaism
Spirituality
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.17
201.5K ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
The Symposium Summary
The Symposium
by Plato 90 pages
4.09
84.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Corrosion of Character Summary
The Corrosion of Character
The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennett 1996 176 pages
3.94
2.0K ratings
Sociology
Economics
Philosophy
How to Solve It Summary
How to Solve It
A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
by G. PΓ³lya 1944 288 pages
4.13
5.0K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Programming
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler Summary
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler
by Alfred Adler 1920 528 pages
4.06
745 ratings
Psychology
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Counselling
Democracy Summary
Democracy
The God That Failed
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe 2001 304 pages
4.15
2.4K ratings
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Economics
Awakening the Heroes Within Summary
Awakening the Heroes Within
Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World
by Carol S. Pearson 1991 333 pages
4.21
822 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Writing
Useful Delusions Summary
Useful Delusions
The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
by Shankar Vedantam 2021 259 pages
3.84
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Practicing the Power of Now Summary
Practicing the Power of Now
Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle 1997 142 pages
4.25
49.4K ratings
Self Help
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Philosophy
Ego and Archetype Summary
Ego and Archetype
by Edward F. Edinger 1972 328 pages
4.33
2.4K ratings
Psychology
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Religion
The Concise 33 Strategies Of War Summary
The Concise 33 Strategies Of War
by Robert Greene 2008 194 pages
4.12
478 ratings
Psychology
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Self Help
The Soul's Code Summary
The Soul's Code
In Search of Character and Calling
by James Hillman 1996 352 pages
3.89
5.2K ratings
Psychology
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Spirituality
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down Summary
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down
How to Be Calm in a Busy World
by Haemin Sunim 2012 288 pages
4.03
43.9K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Spirituality
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind Summary
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind
10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed On Your Own Terms
by Vishen Lakhiani 2016 288 pages
4.04
10.8K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
A History of God Summary
A History of God
The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
by Karen Armstrong 1993 496 pages
3.89
51.4K ratings
Religion
History
Philosophy
Deep Simplicity Summary
Deep Simplicity
Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity
by John Gribbin 2004 279 pages
3.97
1.4K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Chop Wood Carry Water Summary
Chop Wood Carry Water
How to Fall In Love With the Process of Becoming Great
by Joshua Medcalf 2015 114 pages
4.10
7.9K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
The Sciences of the Artificial Summary
The Sciences of the Artificial
by Herbert A. Simon 1969 248 pages
4.29
635 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Design
Fear and Trembling Summary
Fear and Trembling
by SΓΈren Kierkegaard 1843 152 pages
4.00
29.3K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
The Law of Attraction Summary
The Law of Attraction
The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham
by Esther Hicks 2006 205 pages
4.13
23.9K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Personal Development
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Summary
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris 2007 292 pages
4.04
28.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
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