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Brain Rules Summary
Brain Rules
12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
by John Medina 2008 301 pages
4.01
34.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Social Acceleration Summary
Social Acceleration
A New Theory of Modernity
by Hartmut Rosa 2005 470 pages
4.35
309 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
History
Critique of Pure Reason Summary
Critique of Pure Reason
by Immanuel Kant 1781 785 pages
3.96
40.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Worlds I See Summary
The Worlds I See
Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
by Fei-Fei Li 2023 336 pages
4.35
3.8K ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Memoir
The God Code Summary
The God Code
The Secret of our Past, the Promise of our Future
by Gregg Braden 2003 316 pages
4.07
943 ratings
Spirituality
Science
New Age
How to Change Your Mind Summary
How to Change Your Mind
The New Science of Psychedelics
by Michael Pollan 2018 480 pages
4.27
81.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Health
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
440.0K ratings
History
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Anthropology
Deep Utopia Summary
Deep Utopia
Life and Meaning in a Solved World
by Nick Bostrom 2024 536 pages
3.75
640 ratings
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Parasitic Mind Summary
Parasitic Mind
How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
by Gad Saad 2020 264 pages
3.95
8.1K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Telling Lies Summary
Telling Lies
Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage
by Paul Ekman 1985 390 pages
3.85
3.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Body Language Summary
Body Language
How to Read Others' Thoughts by Their Gestures
by Allan Pease 1981 152 pages
3.84
4.0K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
Everything Is Tuberculosis Summary
Everything Is Tuberculosis
The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green 2025 208 pages
4.50
37.8K ratings
History
Science
Health
Unmasking the Face Summary
Unmasking the Face
by Paul Ekman 1975 215 pages
4.00
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence Summary
A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence
What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going
by Michael Wooldridge 2021 272 pages
3.88
467 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Algorithms to Live By Summary
Algorithms to Live By
The Computer Science of Human Decisions
by Brian Christian 2016 368 pages
4.13
33.7K ratings
Science
Psychology
Computer Science
Schema Therapy Summary
Schema Therapy
A Practitioner's Guide
by Jeffrey E. Young 2003 436 pages
4.46
776 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Counselling
My Inventions Summary
My Inventions
by Nikola Tesla 1935 88 pages
3.91
12.3K ratings
Biography
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History
Think Like a Freak Summary
Think Like a Freak
by Steven D. Levitt 2014
3.86
55.4K ratings
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Business
Psychology
The Myth of Normal Summary
The Myth of Normal
Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
by Gabor Maté 2022 576 pages
4.31
30.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Psychology of Stupidity Summary
The Psychology of Stupidity
by Jean-François Marmion 2019 384 pages
3.18
2.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Scarcity Summary
Scarcity
Why Having Too Little Means So Much
by Sendhil Mullainathan 2013 304 pages
3.94
7.2K ratings
Psychology
Economics
Business
The Female Brain Summary
The Female Brain
by Louann Brizendine 2006 304 pages
3.85
14.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Sperm Wars Summary
Sperm Wars
Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles
by Robin Baker 1964 375 pages
3.91
3.0K ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Stalking the Wild Pendulum Summary
Stalking the Wild Pendulum
On the Mechanics of Consciousness
by Itzhak Bentov 1977 193 pages
4.29
996 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Spirituality
You Are the Placebo Summary
You Are the Placebo
Making Your Mind Matter
by Joe Dispenza 2014 348 pages
4.26
12.8K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Human Compatible Summary
Human Compatible
Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
by Stuart Russell 2019 352 pages
4.05
4.6K ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Superagency Summary
Superagency
What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future
by Reid Hoffman 2025 286 pages
3.45
423 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Business
The Poisoner's Handbook Summary
The Poisoner's Handbook
Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by Deborah Blum 2010 319 pages
4.01
36.2K ratings
History
Science
True Crime
The Body Summary
The Body
A Guide for Occupants
by Bill Bryson 2019 450 pages
4.32
93.4K ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Anatomy of Motive Summary
The Anatomy of Motive
The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals
by John E. Douglas 1999 432 pages
4.18
6.7K ratings
True Crime
Psychology
Crime
The Family Firm Summary
The Family Firm
A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years
by Emily Oster 2021 320 pages
3.74
5.1K ratings
Parenting
Childrens
Family
Superforecasting Summary
Superforecasting
The Art and Science of Prediction
by Philip E. Tetlock 2015 352 pages
4.08
21.4K ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
The Intelligence Trap Summary
The Intelligence Trap
Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
by David Robson 2019 336 pages
4.01
3.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Essential Jung Summary
The Essential Jung
Selected Writings
by C.G. Jung 1983 448 pages
4.32
1.7K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Peak Summary
Peak
Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
by K. Anders Ericsson 2016 336 pages
4.21
18.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
How to Measure Anything Summary
How to Measure Anything
Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business
by Douglas W. Hubbard 1985 304 pages
3.90
3.7K ratings
Business
Management
Science
Systems Thinking For Social Change Summary
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
by David Peter Stroh 2015 264 pages
3.78
786 ratings
Business
Sociology
Leadership
The Paradox of Choice Summary
The Paradox of Choice
Why More Is Less
by Barry Schwartz 2004 265 pages
3.84
36.1K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 pages
3.96
611.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Willpower Summary
Willpower
Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
by Roy F. Baumeister 2011 291 pages
3.95
20.6K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Gödel, Escher, Bach Summary
Gödel, Escher, Bach
An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1979 777 pages
4.29
51.3K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Mathematics
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
Spark Summary
Spark
The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
by John J. Ratey 2008 294 pages
4.13
16.9K ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
How We Learn Summary
How We Learn
The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
by Benedict Carey 2014 272 pages
3.91
7.3K ratings
Education
Psychology
Science
The Biology Of Belief Summary
The Biology Of Belief
Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles
by Bruce H. Lipton 2005 205 pages
4.15
16.8K ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
Scarcity Brain Summary
Scarcity Brain
Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
by Michael Easter 2023 304 pages
3.94
7.1K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
The Science of Interstellar Summary
The Science of Interstellar
by Kip S. Thorne 2015 336 pages
4.29
6.5K ratings
Science
Physics
Space
Social Intelligence Summary
Social Intelligence
The New Science of Human Relationships
by Daniel Goleman 2006 416 pages
3.99
14.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Abundance Summary
Abundance
The Future Is Better Than You Think
by Peter H. Diamandis 2012 400 pages
4.05
11.6K ratings
Business
Science
Technology
Evolutionary Psychology Summary
Evolutionary Psychology
The New Science of the Mind
by David M. Buss 2014 518 pages
4.35
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
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