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Blue Mind Summary
Blue Mind
The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do
by Wallace J. Nichols 2014 352 pages
3.74
3.8K ratings
Science
Psychology
Nature
Awe Summary
Awe
The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
by Dacher Keltner 2023 336 pages
3.64
3.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Sense of Style Summary
The Sense of Style
The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
by Steven Pinker 2014 368 pages
4.04
9.0K ratings
Writing
Language
Linguistics
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes 1976 491 pages
4.26
5.8K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
My Stroke of Insight Summary
My Stroke of Insight
A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
by Jill Bolte Taylor 2006 181 pages
3.91
31.5K ratings
Science
Memoir
Psychology
Change Summary
Change
How to Make Big Things Happen
by Damon Centola 2021 352 pages
4.05
867 ratings
Psychology
Business
Sociology
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field Summary
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
by Nancy Forbes 2014 328 pages
4.27
1.7K ratings
Science
History
Physics
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg Summary
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg
New Constructs of Mind and Reality
by Joseph Chilton Pearce 1971 240 pages
4.02
448 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Spirituality
A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming Summary
A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming
Mastering the Art of Oneironautics
by Dylan Tuccillo 2012 274 pages
3.96
2.6K ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Self Help
The Synchronicity Key Summary
The Synchronicity Key
The Hidden Intelligence Guiding the Universe and You
by David Wilcock 2012
3.94
1.2K ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
The Intelligence Paradox Summary
The Intelligence Paradox
Why the Intelligent Choice Isn't Always the Smart One
by Satoshi Kanazawa 2012 272 pages
3.52
481 ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Quantum Body Summary
Quantum Body
The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life
by Deepak Chopra 2023 336 pages
3.67
682 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Fortune's Formula Summary
Fortune's Formula
The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
by William Poundstone 2006 386 pages
4.18
4.4K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Your Memory Summary
Your Memory
How It Works and How to Improve It
by Kenneth L. Higbee 1977 288 pages
3.95
982 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
A Briefer History of Time Summary
A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 2005 176 pages
4.26
41.7K ratings
Science
Physics
History
Merchants of Doubt Summary
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
by Naomi Oreskes 2010 274 pages
4.17
7.7K ratings
Science
Politics
History
Game Theory Summary
Game Theory
Understanding the Mathematics of Life
by Brian Clegg 2022 176 pages
3.23
404 ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
The Girls of Atomic City Summary
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by Denise Kiernan 2013 373 pages
3.72
31.3K ratings
History
Book Club
World War II
Darwin's Dangerous Idea Summary
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Evolution and the Meanings of Life
by Daniel C. Dennett 1995 588 pages
4.07
16.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
by Sean Carroll 2016 480 pages
4.18
9.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success Summary
The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success
by Andy McNab 2014 317 pages
3.81
1.7K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
The Ape that Understood the Universe Summary
The Ape that Understood the Universe
How the Mind and Culture Evolve
by Steve Stewart-Williams 2018 378 pages
4.25
1.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
Drug Use for Grown-Ups Summary
Drug Use for Grown-Ups
Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
by Carl L. Hart 2021 304 pages
4.02
4.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
The Competitive Runner's Handbook Summary
The Competitive Runner's Handbook
by Bob Glover 1983 688 pages
4.07
415 ratings
Fitness
Sports
Health
The Rape of the Mind Summary
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956 326 pages
4.22
874 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Limitless Mind Summary
Limitless Mind
A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness
by Russell Targ 2004 233 pages
4.02
478 ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Paranormal
The Mindful Body Summary
The Mindful Body
Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health
by Ellen J. Langer 2023 288 pages
3.80
1.4K ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
The Myth of Artificial Intelligence Summary
The Myth of Artificial Intelligence
Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
by Erik J. Larson 2021 320 pages
3.97
808 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Dianetics Summary
Dianetics
The Original Thesis
by L. Ron Hubbard 1979 294 pages
3.60
290 ratings
Religion
Science
Philosophy
The Great Mental Models Volume 2 Summary
The Great Mental Models Volume 2
Physics, Chemistry and Biology
by Shane Parrish 2019 397 pages
4.16
1.9K ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
The Tell-Tale Brain Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain
A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
by V.S. Ramachandran 2010 384 pages
4.15
10.8K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
How We Decide Summary
How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer 2009 259 pages
3.84
41.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Making Sense Summary
Making Sense
by Sam Harris 2020
4.13
2.1K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Good Anxiety Summary
Good Anxiety
Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion
by Wendy Suzuki 2021 304 pages
3.58
1.4K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Cooked Summary
Cooked
A Natural History of Transformation
by Michael Pollan 2013 468 pages
4.08
25.5K ratings
Food
Cooking
Science
Aging Well Summary
Aging Well
Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development
by George E. Vaillant 2002 384 pages
3.92
588 ratings
Psychology
Health
Self Help
A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Concept of Mind Summary
The Concept of Mind
by Gilbert Ryle 1949 348 pages
3.93
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality Summary
Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
by Jared Diamond 1997 176 pages
3.70
7.1K ratings
Science
Anthropology
Psychology
You Are Not Your Brain Summary
You Are Not Your Brain
The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2011 384 pages
3.98
1.8K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
The Body Remembers Summary
The Body Remembers
The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment
by Babette Rothschild 2000 208 pages
4.28
2.4K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
Power, Sex, Suicide Summary
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
by Nick Lane 2005 354 pages
4.25
3.6K ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Age of Spiritual Machines Summary
The Age of Spiritual Machines
by Ray Kurzweil 1998 388 pages
3.90
4.6K ratings
Science
Technology
Philosophy
Critical Thinking Summary
Critical Thinking
by Jonathan Haber 2020 232 pages
3.61
477 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Psychology
Every Patient Tells a Story Summary
Every Patient Tells a Story
Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
by Lisa Sanders 2009 304 pages
3.96
8.6K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Physics of the Impossible Summary
Physics of the Impossible
by Michio Kaku 2008 329 pages
4.10
40.8K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Gut Check Summary
Gut Check
Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health
by Steven R. Gundry 2024 336 pages
3.45
931 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Bad Science Summary
Bad Science
by Ben Goldacre 2008 338 pages
4.06
44.2K ratings
Science
Medicine
Popular Science
What Do You Say After You Say Hello? Summary
What Do You Say After You Say Hello?
by Eric Berne 1964 456 pages
4.06
2.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
Mindmasters Summary
Mindmasters
The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior
by Sandra Matz 2025 240 pages
4.10
188 ratings
Psychology
Science
Artificial Intelligence
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