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Decoding Boys Summary
Decoding Boys
New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons
by Cara Natterson 2020 288 pages
3.91
1.6K ratings
Parenting
Science
Psychology
Everything Fat Loss Summary
Everything Fat Loss
The Definitive No Bullsh*t Guide
by Ben Carpenter 2023 438 pages
4.55
787 ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The Sinatra Solution Summary
The Sinatra Solution
Metabolic Cardiology
by Stephen T. Sinatra 2005 254 pages
4.39
158 ratings
Health
Medical
Medicine
The Sober Truth Summary
The Sober Truth
Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
by Lance Dodes 2014 192 pages
3.91
590 ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
Linked Summary
Linked
How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
by Albert-László Barabási 2002 304 pages
3.94
5.2K ratings
Science
Business
Sociology
A Human Algorithm Summary
A Human Algorithm
How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are
by Flynn Coleman 2019 336 pages
3.56
287 ratings
Technology
Science
Business
Fatal Conveniences Summary
Fatal Conveniences
The Toxic Products and Harmful Habits That Are Making You Sick―and the Simple Changes That Will Save Your Health
by Darin Olien 2023 304 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
Health
Science
Environment
Darwin Comes to Town Summary
Darwin Comes to Town
How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
by Menno Schilthuizen 2018 304 pages
4.10
2.1K ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
How Life Works Summary
How Life Works
A User’s Guide to the New Biology
by Philip Ball 2023 552 pages
4.25
404 ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
The Happiness Cure Summary
The Happiness Cure
Why You're Not Built for Constant Happiness, and How to Enjoy the Journey
by Anders Hansen 2024 221 pages
4.05
253 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Forbidden Archeology Summary
Forbidden Archeology
The Hidden History of the Human Race
by Michael A. Cremo 1993 914 pages
4.05
1.0K ratings
History
Science
Archaeology
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
Philosophy
Religion
Atheism
How to Study for a Mathematics Degree Summary
How to Study for a Mathematics Degree
by Lara Alcock 2012 256 pages
4.05
203 ratings
Mathematics
Academic
Science
The Industries of the Future Summary
The Industries of the Future
by Alec J. Ross 2016 320 pages
3.96
8.4K ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
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
894 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Ecology Summary
Political Ecology
A Critical Introduction
by Paul Robbins 2004 242 pages
3.92
205 ratings
Environment
Politics
Anthropology
52 Ways to Walk Summary
52 Ways to Walk
The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time
by Annabel Streets 2022 288 pages
3.95
2.1K ratings
Health
Self Help
Walking
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 592 pages
4.27
699 ratings
History
Science
Biography
The Mind is Flat Summary
The Mind is Flat
by Nick Chater 2018 272 pages
3.75
778 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Teaming with Nutrients Summary
Teaming with Nutrients
The Organic Gardener’s Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition
by Jeff Lowenfels 2013 250 pages
4.29
380 ratings
Gardening
Science
Agriculture
Sapiens Summary
Sapiens
A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
by David Vandermeulen 2020 248 pages
4.36
16.8K ratings
Graphic Novels
History
Science
50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know
by Adrian Furnham 2008 208 pages
3.47
962 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
How Learning Happens Summary
How Learning Happens
Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice
by Paul A. Kirschner 2020 256 pages
4.45
163 ratings
Education
Psychology
Teaching
The Power of the Downstate Summary
The Power of the Downstate
Recharge Your Life Using Your Body's Own Restorative Systems
by Sara C. Mednick 2022 450 pages
3.97
146 ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Summary
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025 272 pages
4.2
939 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Testosterone Summary
Testosterone
An Unauthorized Biography
by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019 288 pages
4.05
291 ratings
Science
Gender
Feminism
The Path to Longevity Summary
The Path to Longevity
How to Reach 100 With the Health and Stamina of a 40-Year-Old
by Luigi Fontana 2020 318 pages
4.06
109 ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Sociobiology Summary
Sociobiology
The New Synthesis
by Edward O. Wilson 1975 720 pages
4.23
1.8K ratings
Science
Biology
Sociology
What Is Real? Summary
What Is Real?
The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
by Adam Becker 2018 384 pages
4.28
3.5K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Food Revolution Summary
The Food Revolution
How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World
by John Robbins 2001 449 pages
4.28
3.9K ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
The Myth of Race Summary
The Myth of Race
The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
by Robert Wald Sussman 2014 384 pages
4.11
444 ratings
History
Race
Science
Autism Summary
Autism
A Very Short Introduction
by Uta Frith 2003 144 pages
3.40
587 ratings
Psychology
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Science
Every Tool's a Hammer Summary
Every Tool's a Hammer
Life Is What You Make It
by Adam Savage 2019 320 pages
4.18
10.2K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Science
The Indoctrinated Brain Summary
The Indoctrinated Brain
How to Successfully Fend Off the Global Attack on Your Mental Freedom
by Michael Nehls 2023 290 pages
4.15
244 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Science
Once Upon an Algorithm Summary
Once Upon an Algorithm
How Stories Explain Computing
by Martin Erwig 2017 336 pages
3.66
251 ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story Summary
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight
by William Hazelgrove 2018 332 pages
3.63
126 ratings
History
Biography
Science
Marathon Summary
Marathon
The Ultimate Training Guide
by Hal Higdon 2005 356 pages
4.04
3.8K ratings
Sports
Fitness
Health
Drunk Summary
Drunk
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
by Edward Slingerland 2021 369 pages
3.81
2.9K ratings
History
Science
Sociology
The Blue Zones of Happiness Summary
The Blue Zones of Happiness
A Blueprint for a Better Life
by Dan Buettner 2017
3.95
2.3K ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Mathematics and Humor Summary
Mathematics and Humor
by John Allen Paulos 1980 124 pages
3.42
158 ratings
Mathematics
Humor
Comedy
The Tiger That Isn't Summary
The Tiger That Isn't
Seeing Through a World of Numbers
by Michael Blastland 2007 184 pages
3.92
649 ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
Why Calories Don't Count Summary
Why Calories Don't Count
How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong
by Giles Yeo 2021 368 pages
3.86
744 ratings
Health
Science
Food
The Art of Critical Decision Making Summary
The Art of Critical Decision Making
by Michael A. Roberto 2009 13 pages
4.09
564 ratings
Business
Leadership
Psychology
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like
Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.29
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Who Gets What ― and Why Summary
Who Gets What ― and Why
The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
by Alvin E. Roth 2015 260 pages
3.85
3.1K ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Gut Health Hacks Summary
Gut Health Hacks
200 Ways to Balance Your Gut Microbiome and Improve Your Health!
by Lindsay Boyers 2021 224 pages
3.85
586 ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Testosterone Rex Summary
Testosterone Rex
Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
by Cordelia Fine 2017 272 pages
3.79
3.5K ratings
Science
Feminism
Psychology
The Cortisol Connection Summary
The Cortisol Connection
Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health - And What You Can Do About It
by Shawn Talbott 2002 324 pages
3.75
261 ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
The Elephant in the Universe Summary
The Elephant in the Universe
Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
by Govert Schilling 2022 376 pages
4.06
225 ratings
Science
Physics
Space
Chancing It Summary
Chancing It
The Laws of Chance and How They Can Work for You
by Robert Matthews 2017 368 pages
3.78
220 ratings
Science
Mathematics
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