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Charmides Summary
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3.55
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A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis Summary
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4.38
789 ratings
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The Assault on Truth Summary
The Assault on Truth
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by Peter Oborne 2021 251 pages
3.99
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You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary
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A Personal History of Our Times
by Howard Zinn 1994 214 pages
4.34
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Inventing the Future Summary
Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
by Nick Srnicek 2015 245 pages
3.98
2.5K ratings
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The Last Three Minutes Summary
The Last Three Minutes
by Paul C.W. Davies 1995 176 pages
3.80
1.2K ratings
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Losing Ourselves Summary
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by Jay L. Garfield 2022 224 pages
4.03
524 ratings
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Keynes Summary
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A Very Short Introduction
by Robert Skidelsky 2010 208 pages
3.45
172 ratings
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Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects Summary
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
by Bertrand Russell 1957 266 pages
4.01
21.8K ratings
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Take Off Your Glasses and See Summary
Take Off Your Glasses and See
A Mind/Body Approach to Expanding Your Eyesight and Insight
by Jacob Liberman 1995 288 pages
3.94
238 ratings
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Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
by Nigel Warburton 2009 128 pages
3.63
847 ratings
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Just So Summary
Just So
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by Alan W. Watts 2020 216 pages
4.24
344 ratings
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The Woman Destroyed Summary
The Woman Destroyed
by Simone de Beauvoir 1967 254 pages
4.01
46.8K ratings
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Short Stories
How to Keep Your Cool Summary
How to Keep Your Cool
An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
by Seneca 2019 240 pages
3.86
1.2K ratings
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Happiness by Design Summary
Happiness by Design
Change What You Do, Not How You Think
by Paul Dolan 2014 256 pages
3.59
2.8K ratings
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Personal Development
Hume Summary
Hume
A Very Short Introduction
by Alfred Jules Ayer 1980 125 pages
3.13
362 ratings
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The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide Summary
The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide
How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life
by Francine Jay 2010 298 pages
3.78
12.9K ratings
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Discovering Your Personality Type Summary
Discovering Your Personality Type
The Essential Introduction to the Enneagram
by Don Richard Riso 1992 224 pages
3.91
971 ratings
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Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure Summary
Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure
by Ferraiolo William 2017 184 pages
4.16
116 ratings
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The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life Summary
The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life
by Leo Babauta 2009 105 pages
3.46
1.5K ratings
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Wisdom Takes Work Summary
Wisdom Takes Work
Learn. Apply. Repeat.
by Ryan Holiday 2025 400 pages
4.24
75 ratings
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My Spiritual Journey Summary
My Spiritual Journey
Personal Reflections, Teachings, and Talks
by Dalai Lama XIV 2009 307 pages
3.98
2.8K ratings
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The Theological Origins of Modernity Summary
The Theological Origins of Modernity
by Michael Allen Gillespie 2008 368 pages
4.25
248 ratings
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Hypnotizing Maria Summary
Hypnotizing Maria
by Richard Bach 2009 160 pages
3.67
1.4K ratings
The United States Of America
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Providence Summary
Providence
The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest
by Daniel Quinn 1994 175 pages
3.71
996 ratings
Biography
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Memoir
Parenting Beyond Belief Summary
Parenting Beyond Belief
On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion
by Dale McGowan 2007 304 pages
4.07
1.8K ratings
Parenting
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Carl Jung Summary
Carl Jung
Wounded Healer of the Soul: An Illustrated Biography
by Claire Dunne 2000 242 pages
4.17
519 ratings
Psychology
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The Island of Knowledge Summary
The Island of Knowledge
The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
by Marcelo Gleiser 2014 359 pages
3.93
915 ratings
Science
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Physics
Zen and the Art of Making a Living Summary
Zen and the Art of Making a Living
A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design
by Laurence G. Boldt 1992 605 pages
3.93
678 ratings
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Business
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The Book of Job Summary
The Book of Job
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
by Harold S. Kushner 2012 202 pages
4.04
748 ratings
Religion
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Theology
Cyclonopedia Summary
Cyclonopedia
Complicity with Anonymous Materials
by Reza Negarestani 2008 268 pages
3.87
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Horror
Theory
Gorilla Mindset Summary
Gorilla Mindset
by Mike Cernovich 2015 179 pages
3.66
2.8K ratings
Self Help
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Personal Development
Early Socratic Dialogues Summary
Early Socratic Dialogues
by Plato 399 pages
4.05
417 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
صحيح البخاري Summary
صحيح البخاري
by محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري 2080 pages
4.60
2.2K ratings
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Mathematics and Humor Summary
Mathematics and Humor
by John Allen Paulos 1980 124 pages
3.40
159 ratings
Mathematics
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Comedy
Orientalism Summary
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said 2003 424 pages
4.13
29.2K ratings
History
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Politics
The Zen of Therapy Summary
The Zen of Therapy
Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life
by Mark Epstein 2022 320 pages
3.93
1.1K ratings
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Mathematics Summary
Mathematics
A Very Short Introduction
by Timothy Gowers 2002 143 pages
3.86
1.9K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
Change Your Story, Change Your Life Summary
Change Your Story, Change Your Life
Using Shamanic and Jungian Tools to Achieve Personal Transformation
by Carl Greer 2014 224 pages
4.01
238 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
The Treasury of Quotes Summary
The Treasury of Quotes
by Jim Rohn 2011
4.56
356 ratings
Personal Development
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Philosophy
Awakening the Buddha Within Summary
Awakening the Buddha Within
Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
by Surya Das 1997 414 pages
4.19
15.0K ratings
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Toward a Psychology of Awakening Summary
Toward a Psychology of Awakening
Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation
by John Welwood 2000 352 pages
4.27
879 ratings
Psychology
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Spirituality
The Gift of Not Belonging Summary
The Gift of Not Belonging
How Outsiders Thrive in a World of Joiners
by Rami Kaminski 2025 240 pages
3.68
288 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Shift Summary
The Shift
by Wayne W. Dyer 2010 144 pages
4.18
2.1K ratings
Self Help
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The Art of Frugal Hedonism Summary
The Art of Frugal Hedonism
A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
by Annie Raser-Rowland 2017 256 pages
3.72
5.4K ratings
Self Help
Finance
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Brave Genius Summary
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
by Sean B. Carroll 2013 594 pages
4.28
727 ratings
Science
History
Biography
The People Vs Tech Summary
The People Vs Tech
How the Internet Is Killing Democracy
by Jamie Bartlett 2018 146 pages
3.91
1.7K ratings
Politics
Technology
Science
Justice and Remembrance Summary
Justice and Remembrance
Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali
by Reza Shah-Kazemi 2006 266 pages
4.43
122 ratings
Islam
Religion
Spirituality
Keynes Summary
Keynes
The Return of the Master
by Robert Skidelsky 2009 221 pages
3.78
1.1K ratings
Economics
History
Biography
The Science of Good and Evil Summary
The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer 2004 368 pages
3.91
3.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
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