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Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages
4.15
1.3M+ ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
Elon Musk Summary
Elon Musk
Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance 2015 392 pages
4.14
400k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Science
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Summary
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
by Lori Gottlieb 2019 415 pages
4.37
300k+ ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Self Help
The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son Summary
The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
by G. Ng 2020 187 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
Business
Biography
Philosophy
On Writing Summary
On Writing
A Memoir of the Craft
by Stephen King 2000 320 pages
4.34
300k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Biography
Can't Hurt Me Summary
Can't Hurt Me
Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
by David Goggins 2018 366 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
Kitchen Confidential Summary
Kitchen Confidential
Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
by Anthony Bourdain 2000 312 pages
4.17
300k+ ratings
Memoir
Food
Biography
Creativity, Inc. Summary
Creativity, Inc.
Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
by Ed Catmull 2014 368 pages
4.22
97k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Biography
The Everything Store Summary
The Everything Store
Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
by Brad Stone 2013 384 pages
4.14
75k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
Man’s Search for Meaning Summary
Man’s Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl 1946 165 pages
4.38
700k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Think Big Summary
Think Big
Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
by Ben Carson 1992 272 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Inspirational
An Unquiet Mind Summary
An Unquiet Mind
A Memoir of Moods and Madness
by Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 240 pages
4.06
82k+ ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Mental Health
Mein Kampf Summary
Mein Kampf
by Adolf Hitler 1925 722 pages
3.18
42k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Shoe Dog Summary
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
by Phil Knight 2016 400 pages
4.47
300k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
Solito Summary
Solito
by Javier Zamora 2022 384 pages
4.48
57k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Funny in Farsi Summary
Funny in Farsi
A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
by Firoozeh Dumas 2003 240 pages
3.83
26k+ ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Masters of Doom Summary
Masters of Doom
How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
by David Kushner 2003 339 pages
4.29
19k+ ratings
Biography
History
Video Games
Elon Musk Summary
Elon Musk
by Walter Isaacson 2023 688 pages
4.37
60k+ ratings
Biography
Business
History
The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to his son Summary
The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to his son
Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
by J D Rockefeller 2023 196 pages
4.35
50+ ratings
Biography
Business
The Game Summary
The Game
Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
by Neil Strauss 2005 452 pages
3.73
31k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Confessions of an Advertising Man Summary
Confessions of an Advertising Man
by David Ogilvy 1963 208 pages
4.01
5k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Writing
Born a Crime Summary
Born a Crime
Stories From a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah 2016 289 pages
4.49
700k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Never Enough Summary
Never Enough
From Barista to Billionaire
by Andrew Wilkinson 2024 288 pages
4.45
2k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Finance
Into the Wild Summary
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer 1996 207 pages
4.01
1.1M+ ratings
Biography
Adventure
Classics
Never Finished Summary
Never Finished
by David Goggins 2022 312 pages
4.42
38k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars Summary
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
by Brad Jacobs 2024 272 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Money
No Rules Rules Summary
No Rules Rules
Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
by Reed Hastings 2020 464 pages
4.28
30k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Market Wizards Summary
Market Wizards
Interviews with Top Traders
by Jack D. Schwager 1989 480 pages
4.27
9k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Careless People Summary
Careless People
A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
by Sarah Wynn-Williams 2025 400 pages
4.62
100+ ratings
Memoir
Technology
Business
The Reason I Jump Summary
The Reason I Jump
The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
by Naoki Higashida 2005 135 pages
3.87
59k+ ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Memoir
Psychology
Muhammad Summary
Muhammad
A Prophet for Our Time
by Karen Armstrong 2006 256 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Religion
Islam
History
Tuesdays with Morrie Summary
Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
by Mitch Albom 1997 210 pages
4.19
1.1M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Classics
The Polyester Prince Summary
The Polyester Prince
The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani
by Hamish McDonald 1998 296 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Biography
Business
India
Reading Lolita in Tehran Summary
Reading Lolita in Tehran
A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi 2003 356 pages
3.65
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Iran
Biography
Wings of Fire Summary
Wings of Fire
An Autobiography
by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1999 180 pages
4.29
52k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
India
Becoming Summary
Becoming
by Michelle Obama 2018 426 pages
4.45
1.1M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Invent and Wander Summary
Invent and Wander
The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos
by Jeff Bezos 2020 288 pages
3.85
6k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
Poor Charlie's Almanack Summary
Poor Charlie's Almanack
The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
by Charles T. Munger 2005 512 pages
4.42
14k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Biography
The Trading Game Summary
The Trading Game
A Confession
by Gary Stevenson 2024 352 pages
4.20
6k+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market Summary
How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market
by Nicolas Darvas 1960 197 pages
4.23
5k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Autobiography of a Yogi Summary
Autobiography of a Yogi
by Paramahansa Yogananda 1946 503 pages
4.25
69k+ ratings
Spirituality
Biography
Philosophy
I Am Malala Summary
I Am Malala
The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai 2012 327 pages
4.16
600k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Feminism
That Will Never Work Summary
That Will Never Work
The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
by Marc Randolph 2019 336 pages
4.22
15k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising Summary
My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising
by Claude C. Hopkins 1923 336 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Psychology
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J.D. Vance 2016 264 pages
3.85
400k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
Eat, Pray, Love Summary
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 368 pages
3.64
1.7M+ ratings
Memoir
Travel
Biography
The Choice Summary
The Choice
Embrace the Possible
by Edith Eger 2017 289 pages
4.58
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Biography
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Summary
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
by Richard P. Feynman 1985 400 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Science
Biography
Physics
Only in Naples Summary
Only in Naples
Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law
by Katherine Wilson 2015 287 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Italy
Travel
Becoming Steve Jobs Summary
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
by Brent Schlender 2015 464 pages
4.14
16k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
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