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Rise of the Robots Summary
Rise of the Robots
Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
by Martin Ford 2015 352 pages
3.97
9.4K ratings
Technology
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Humble Pi Summary
Humble Pi
A Comedy of Maths Errors
by Matt Parker 2019 314 pages
4.10
20.6K ratings
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Humor
Why Him? Why Her? Summary
Why Him? Why Her?
Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type
by Helen Fisher 2009 222 pages
3.87
3.1K ratings
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Fundamentals of Aerodynamics Summary
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
by John D. Anderson Jr. 1984 1032 pages
4.45
386 ratings
Engineering
Science
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The Radium Girls Summary
The Radium Girls
The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
by Kate Moore 2016 479 pages
4.16
171.8K ratings
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Book Club
Hierarchy of Needs Summary
Hierarchy of Needs
A Theory of Human Motivation
by Abraham H. Maslow 1943 405 pages
4.15
1.5K ratings
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The End of the World Is Just the Beginning Summary
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning
Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
by Peter Zeihan 2022 512 pages
4.17
12.2K ratings
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The Longevity Diet Summary
The Longevity Diet
Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight
by Valter Longo 2016 300 pages
3.87
4.4K ratings
Health
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Summary
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
by Jaron Lanier 2018 146 pages
3.58
17.6K ratings
Technology
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The Emperor's New Mind Summary
The Emperor's New Mind
by Roger Penrose 1989 602 pages
3.91
7.5K ratings
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Payoff Summary
Payoff
The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations
by Dan Ariely 2016 128 pages
3.70
5.5K ratings
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The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy Summary
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy
Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain
by Louis Cozolino 2002 400 pages
4.33
551 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
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Rebel Ideas Summary
Rebel Ideas
The Power of Diverse Thinking
by Matthew Syed 2019 320 pages
4.27
5.5K ratings
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Skin in the Game Summary
Skin in the Game
The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2018 272 pages
3.91
30.2K ratings
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Helgoland Summary
Helgoland
Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
by Carlo Rovelli 2020 233 pages
4.08
9.4K ratings
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The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2002 560 pages
4.09
25.0K ratings
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Filterworld Summary
Filterworld
How Algorithms Flattened Culture
by Kyle Chayka 2024 290 pages
3.65
4.1K ratings
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Science
The Polyvagal Theory Summary
The Polyvagal Theory
Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation
by Stephen W. Porges 2011 347 pages
4.12
740 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain Summary
Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain
by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2020 192 pages
4.04
7.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Mind to Matter Summary
Mind to Matter
The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality
by Dawson Church 2018 341 pages
4.13
1.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
The Extended Phenotype Summary
The Extended Phenotype
The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1982 336 pages
4.12
9.5K ratings
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Genetics
The Elements of Statistical Learning Summary
The Elements of Statistical Learning
Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
by Trevor Hastie 2001 552 pages
4.43
1.9K ratings
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Consilience Summary
Consilience
The Unity of Knowledge
by Edward O. Wilson 1998 368 pages
3.98
4.9K ratings
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Philosophy
Biology
The WEIRDest People in the World Summary
The WEIRDest People in the World
How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
by Joseph Henrich 2020 706 pages
4.12
3.8K ratings
Psychology
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Quit Porn and Get Rich Summary
Quit Porn and Get Rich
The Unspoken Rule of Successful People
by Martin Prescott 2018 200 pages
3.74
154 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
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The Ritual Effect Summary
The Ritual Effect
From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
by Michael Norton 2024 288 pages
3.42
1.0K ratings
Self Help
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The Blind Watchmaker Summary
The Blind Watchmaker
Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
by Richard Dawkins 1986 466 pages
4.09
40.9K ratings
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Biology
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The Golden Ratio Summary
The Golden Ratio
The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
by Mario Livio 2002 294 pages
3.80
6.2K ratings
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The Grid Summary
The Grid
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
by Gretchen Bakke 2016 384 pages
3.87
4.4K ratings
Science
History
Technology
Period Power Summary
Period Power
Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You
by Maisie Hill 2019 352 pages
4.05
10.4K ratings
Health
Feminism
Self Help
Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams Summary
Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams
by Stephen LaBerge 1985 304 pages
4.00
506 ratings
Psychology
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Spirituality
Algospeak Summary
Algospeak
How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
by Adam Aleksic 2025 256 pages
4.10
854 ratings
Linguistics
Language
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Dirty Genes Summary
Dirty Genes
A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health
by Ben Lynch 2018 384 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
Health
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Nutrition
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva 2015 192 pages
3.95
410 ratings
Food
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The Light Eaters Summary
The Light Eaters
How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
by ZoΓ« Schlanger 2024 304 pages
4.30
5.3K ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2003 333 pages
4.20
86.9K ratings
Biography
Medicine
Book Club
The Nurture Assumption Summary
The Nurture Assumption
Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
by Judith Rich Harris 1998 462 pages
4.14
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Parenting
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Drunk Tank Pink Summary
Drunk Tank Pink
And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave
by Adam Alter 2013 272 pages
3.56
4.4K ratings
Psychology
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Thirteen Theories of Human Nature Summary
Thirteen Theories of Human Nature
by Leslie Forster Stevenson 2017 336 pages
3.66
115 ratings
Philosophy
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Practical Statistics for Data Scientists Summary
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists
50 Essential Concepts
by Peter Bruce 2017 315 pages
4.02
518 ratings
Computer Science
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Programming
Integral Psychology Summary
Integral Psychology
Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy
by Ken Wilber 1999 320 pages
4.18
1.4K ratings
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The Conscious Mind Summary
The Conscious Mind
In Search of a Fundamental Theory
by David J. Chalmers 1996 432 pages
4.00
2.4K ratings
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The Stress-Proof Brain Summary
The Stress-Proof Brain
Master Your Emotional Response to Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity
by Melanie Greenberg 2016 224 pages
3.81
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Health
Mindwise Summary
Mindwise
How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want
by Nicholas Epley 2014 242 pages
3.77
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
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Galileo's Error Summary
Galileo's Error
Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness
by Philip Goff 2019 256 pages
3.97
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Why We Die Summary
Why We Die
The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
by Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 320 pages
4.04
1.5K ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Hit Makers Summary
Hit Makers
The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
by Derek Thompson 2017 307 pages
3.90
6.8K ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Loonshots Summary
Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
by Safi Bahcall 2019 368 pages
4.01
8.9K ratings
Business
Leadership
Science
The Person and the Situation Summary
The Person and the Situation
Perspectives of Social Psychology
by Lee Ross 1991 304 pages
4.00
513 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Learn Like a Pro Summary
Learn Like a Pro
by Barbara Oakley 2021 160 pages
4.15
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Education
Productivity
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