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Sex at Dawn Summary
Sex at Dawn
The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
by Christopher Ryan 2010 416 pages
3.98
30k+ ratings
Science
History
Sexuality
Age of Empathy Summary
Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
by Frans de Waal 2010 304 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Animals
Culture Code Summary
Culture Code
by Clotaire Rapaille 2006 272 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Debt Summary
Debt
The First 5,000 Years
by David Graeber 2011 534 pages
4.21
22k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
The Red Queen Summary
The Red Queen
Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
by Matt Ridley 2003 416 pages
4.05
16k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
by Jared Diamond 2012 512 pages
3.77
10k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 464 pages
4.2
5k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
The Bonobo and the Atheist Summary
The Bonobo and the Atheist
In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
by Frans de Waal 2013 304 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
Evolution and Human Life [Import] [Hardcover]
by Jared Diamond 1991 364 pages
4.08
27k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
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
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Call of the Mall Summary
Call of the Mall
The Geography of Shopping by the Author of Why We Buy
by Paco Underhill 2004 240 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
The Consuming Instinct Summary
The Consuming Instinct
What Juicy Burgers, Ferraris, Pornography, and Gift Giving Reveal About Human Nature
by Gad Saad 2011 374 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
by Christine Kenneally 2014 370 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Genetics
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
Dunbar’s Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2010 312 pages
3.53
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective
by Robert Mann 2007 272 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
True Crime
Science
Crime
A Primate's Memoir Summary
A Primate's Memoir
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001 304 pages
4.38
8k+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Animals
Coffee Life in Japan Summary
Coffee Life in Japan
by Merry White 2012 240 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Japan
Food
Urban Studies
Two Cheers for Anarchism Summary
Two Cheers for Anarchism
Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play
by James C. Scott 2012 200 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Anatomy of Love Summary
Anatomy of Love
A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray
by Helen Fisher 2016 464 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Food of the Gods Summary
Food of the Gods
The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge
by Terence McKenna 1993 311 pages
4.13
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Science
Watching the English Summary
Watching the English
by Kate Fox 2014 528 pages
3.91
10k+ ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes
by Adam Rutherford 2016
4.03
10k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
Sensemaking Summary
Sensemaking
The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm
by Christian Madsbjerg 2017 240 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Philosophy
The Science of Love Summary
The Science of Love
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2012 320 pages
3.5
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Popular Science
A Natural History of Human Thinking Summary
A Natural History of Human Thinking
by Michael Tomasello 2014 192 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
The Social Leap Summary
The Social Leap
The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
by William Von Hippel 2018 304 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
Why Is Sex Fun? Summary
Why Is Sex Fun?
The Evolution of Human Sexuality
by Jared Diamond 1997 176 pages
3.7
6k+ ratings
Science
Anthropology
Sexuality
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett 2019 480 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Science
History
Sociology
Humanimal Summary
Humanimal
How Homo Sapiens Became Nature’s Most Paradoxical Creature—A New Evolutionary History
by Adam Rutherford 2019 256 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
The English Summary
The English
by Jeremy Paxman 2007 320 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
History
British Literature
Politics
Sapiens Summary
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari 2014 512 pages
4.36
1M+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
The Naked Ape Summary
The Naked Ape
A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal
by Desmond Morris 2010 272 pages
3.93
11k+ ratings
Science
Anthropology
Psychology
Bullshit Jobs Summary
Bullshit Jobs
A Theory
by David Graeber 2019 320 pages
4.03
26k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Intelligence Summary
Intelligence
All That Matters
by Stuart Ritchie 2016 160 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
1493 Summary
1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann 2011 836 pages
4.12
19k+ ratings
History
Science
American History
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societi
by Jared Diamond 1999 528 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societi
by Jared Diamond 1999 528 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Upheaval Summary
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
by Jared Diamond 2019 477 pages
3.9
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
Thinking Big Summary
Thinking Big
How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
by Clive Gamble 2014 224 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The Meaning Revolution Summary
The Meaning Revolution
The Power of Transcendent Leadership
by Fred Kofman 2018 368 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2017 464 pages
4.2
200k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
To Repair the World Summary
To Repair the World
Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation (Volume 29)
by Paul Farmer 2013 294 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Medicine
Health
Science
Human Evolution Summary
Human Evolution
A Very Short Introduction
by Bernard Wood 2019 160 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
Exercised Summary
Exercised
The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2020 464 pages
4.18
8k+ ratings
Health
Science
Anthropology
Chief Culture Officer Summary
Chief Culture Officer
How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
by Grant McCracken 2009 275 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Business
Anthropology
Sociology
The Geography of Thought Summary
The Geography of Thought
How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why
by Richard E. Nisbett 2010 292 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Beyond Human Nature Summary
Beyond Human Nature
How Culture and Experience Shape the Human Mind
by Jesse J. Prinz 2012 416 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Pandora's Seed Summary
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
by Spencer Wells 2010 256 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
Pragmatics of Human Communication Summary
Pragmatics of Human Communication
A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies and Paradoxes
by Paul Watzlawick 2011 304 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Psychology
Communication
Philosophy
No Shame in My Game Summary
No Shame in My Game
The Working Poor in America
by Katherine S. Newman 2009 416 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Sociology
Poverty
Economics
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