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Behave Summary
Behave
The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2017 790 pages
4.40
27k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Determined Summary
Determined
A Science of Life without Free Will
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2023 528 pages
4.25
5k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Epi-paleo Rx Summary
Epi-paleo Rx
The Prescription for Disease Reversal and Optimal Health
by Jack Kruse 2013 228 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Biology
The Molecule of More Summary
The Molecule of More
How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
by Daniel Z. Lieberman 2018 240 pages
4.14
15k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Selfish Gene Summary
The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1976 360 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Fabric of Reality Summary
The Fabric of Reality
The Science of Parallel Universes — and Its Implications
by David Deutsch 1996 390 pages
4.14
5k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Sperm Wars Summary
Sperm Wars
Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles
by Robin Baker 1964 375 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Brain Summary
The Brain
The Story of You
by David Eagleman 2015 224 pages
4.26
21k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
How Emotions Are Made Summary
How Emotions Are Made
The Secret Life of the Brain
by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2017 425 pages
4.10
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Body Summary
The Body
A Guide for Occupants
by Bill Bryson 2019 450 pages
4.32
91k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation Summary
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex
by Olivia Judson 2002 320 pages
4.06
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Humor
The Singularity is Near Summary
The Singularity is Near
When Humans Transcend Biology
by Ray Kurzweil 2005 652 pages
3.93
12k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Philosophy
The Red Queen Summary
The Red Queen
Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
by Matt Ridley 1993 405 pages
4.05
17k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Summary
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
by Robert M. Sapolsky 1993 560 pages
4.18
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
Why We Love Summary
Why We Love
The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
by Helen Fisher 2004 320 pages
3.75
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Being You Summary
Being You
A New Science of Consciousness
by Anil Seth 2020 352 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Evolutionary Psychology Summary
Evolutionary Psychology
The New Science of the Mind
by David M. Buss 2014 518 pages
4.34
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
The Case Against Reality Summary
The Case Against Reality
Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
by Donald D. Hoffman 2019 272 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Oxygen Summary
Oxygen
The Molecule that Made the World
by Nick Lane 2002 384 pages
4.14
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Chemistry
Consciousness Explained Summary
Consciousness Explained
by Daniel C. Dennett 1991 511 pages
3.90
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Emotional Lives of Animals Summary
The Emotional Lives of Animals
A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter
by Marc Bekoff 2007 256 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
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
16k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
A Thousand Brains Summary
A Thousand Brains
A New Theory of Intelligence
by Jeff Hawkins 2021 288 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Hidden Life of Trees Summary
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
by Peter Wohlleben 2015 272 pages
4.07
81k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Environment
The Songs of Trees Summary
The Songs of Trees
Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
by David George Haskell 2017 304 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Immune Summary
Immune
A Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
by Philipp Dettmer 2021 341 pages
4.59
11k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Naked Ape Summary
The Naked Ape
by Desmond Morris 1967 256 pages
3.93
11k+ ratings
Science
Anthropology
Psychology
Complexity Summary
Complexity
A Guided Tour
by Melanie Mitchell 2009 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
The Moral Animal Summary
The Moral Animal
Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
by Robert Wright 1994 496 pages
4.08
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Body Electric Summary
The Body Electric
Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life
by Robert O. Becker 1985 368 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Scale Summary
Scale
The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies
by Geoffrey B. West 2017 481 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Science
Economics
Business
Gut Summary
Gut
The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
by Giulia Enders 2014 273 pages
4.07
52k+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
In Search of Memory Summary
In Search of Memory
The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
by Eric R. Kandel 2006 430 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Deep Simplicity Summary
Deep Simplicity
Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity
by John Gribbin 2004 279 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Descartes' Error Summary
Descartes' Error
Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain
by António Damásio 1994 336 pages
3.96
9k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Code Breaker Summary
The Code Breaker
Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
by Walter Isaacson 2021 536 pages
4.28
38k+ ratings
Science
Biography
History
The Clot Thickens Summary
The Clot Thickens
by Malcolm Kendrick 2021 334 pages
4.67
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Why We Die Summary
Why We Die
The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
by Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 320 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Stress of Life Summary
The Stress of Life
by Hans Selye 1956 516 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Science
Life Ascending Summary
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
by Nick Lane 2009 352 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Circadian Code Summary
The Circadian Code
Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight: Longevity Book
by Satchin Panda 2018 288 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Genome Summary
Genome
The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by Matt Ridley 1999 344 pages
4.06
27k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Prescott's Microbiology Summary
Prescott's Microbiology
by Joanne Willey 2007
4.06
100+ ratings
Textbooks
Science
Reference
The Emperor of All Maladies Summary
The Emperor of All Maladies
A Biography of Cancer
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010 571 pages
4.34
100k+ ratings
Science
History
Medicine
The Telomere Effect Summary
The Telomere Effect
A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
by Elizabeth Blackburn 2017 348 pages
3.77
5k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The Light Eaters Summary
The Light Eaters
How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
by Zoë Schlanger 2024 304 pages
4.32
3k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Freedom Evolves Summary
Freedom Evolves
by Daniel C. Dennett 2003 368 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
Exercised Summary
Exercised
Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2021 464 pages
4.18
9k+ ratings
Health
Science
Anthropology
Blueprint Summary
Blueprint
How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
by Robert Plomin 2018 288 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
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