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Tuesdays with Morrie Summary
Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson
by Mitch Albom 1997 224 pages
4.18
1M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Classics
The Essential Tao Summary
The Essential Tao
by Thomas F. Cleary 1998 168 pages
4.1
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Taoism
A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 1987 405 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Humor
Literature
Comedy
tao-te-ching Summary
tao-te-ching
by Lao Tzu 2006 208 pages
4.3
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
Alchemist, The Summary
Alchemist, The
by Paulo Coelho 2008 197 pages
3.91
3.1M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
The Book of Five Rings Summary
The Book of Five Rings
by Musashi Miyamoto 2004 112 pages
3.97
53k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Lord of the Flies Summary
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 1999 192 pages
3.70
2.9M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
A Man Without a Country Summary
A Man Without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut 2007 160 pages
4.09
46k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Humor
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1999 1192 pages
3.69
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Summary
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou 2011 162 pages
4.29
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
Kurt Vonnegut Summary
Kurt Vonnegut
Letters
by Kurt Vonnegut 2012 464 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Essays
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1996 192 pages
4.02
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Letters from a Stoic (Penguin Classics) Summary
Letters from a Stoic (Penguin Classics)
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca 1969 254 pages
4.34
43k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Fire Next Time Summary
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin 1992 128 pages
4.55
100k+ ratings
Classics
Essays
Race
The Feminine Mystique Summary
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan 2001 592 pages
3.87
28k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
History
Discourses and Selected Writings (Penguin Classics) Summary
Discourses and Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)
by Epictetus 2008 304 pages
4.42
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Bitita's Diary Summary
Bitita's Diary
The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus (Latin American Realities (Hardcover))
by Carolina Maria De Jesus 1997 180 pages
4.46
7k+ ratings
Memoir
Brazil
Classics
Ernest Hemingway on Writing Summary
Ernest Hemingway on Writing
by Larry W. Phillips 1999 160 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Writing
Classics
Literature
the-essential-rumi Summary
the-essential-rumi
by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī 2012 416 pages
4.39
48k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spirituality
Elements of Style Summary
Elements of Style
by E. B. Strunk William and White 1999 105 pages
4.18
84k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Listen, Little Man! Summary
Listen, Little Man!
by Wilhelm Reich 2013 144 pages
3.98
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
Crystallizing Public Opinion Summary
Crystallizing Public Opinion
by Edward L. Bernays 2015 112 pages
3.8
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
The Complete Art Of War Summary
The Complete Art Of War
Sun Tzu/sun Pin (History and Warfare)
by Sun-tzu 1996 320 pages
4.24
3k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
History
Meditations Summary
Meditations
Introduction by D. A. Rees (Everyman's Library Classics Series)
by Marcus Aurelius 1992 280 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
Curiouser and Curiouser
by William Irwin 2009 240 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings (Oxford World's Classics) Summary
Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings (Oxford World's Classics)
by Thomas Paine 2009 544 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job Summary
How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job
by CARNEGIE DALE 1990 220 pages
4
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson 2002 153 pages
4.04
49k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Summary
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M Pirsig 2017 72 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
Just So Summary
Just So
Money, Materialism, and the Ineffable, Intelligent Universe
by Alan Watts 2020 216 pages
4.26
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Spirituality
How to Grow Old Summary
How to Grow Old
Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 216 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou 2009 352 pages
4.23
23k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Hagakure Summary
Hagakure
The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 2014 288 pages
4.01
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
50 Economics Classics Summary
50 Economics Classics
Your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance, and the global economy (50 Classics)
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2017 386 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
On the Good Life (Penguin Classics) Summary
On the Good Life (Penguin Classics)
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 1971 384 pages
4
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Cicero Summary
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt 2011 416 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Meditations Summary
Meditations
With Selected Correspondence (Oxford World's Classics)
by Marcus Aurelius 2011 208 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
Teach like a champion 2.0 62 techniques that put students on the path to college Summary
Teach like a champion 2.0 62 techniques that put students on the path to college
by Doug Lemov 2022 713 pages
4.10
39k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success Summary
Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success
The Great Bestselling Works Complete In One Volume
by Dale Carnegie 2001 538 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
How To Win Friends And Influence People (Unabridged) Summary
How To Win Friends And Influence People (Unabridged)
From the Greatest Motivational Speaker of 20th Century and Creator of The Quick and Easy Way to Effective ... & How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
by Dale Carnegie
4.16
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
My Life And Work Summary
My Life And Work
by Henry Ford 2012
4.19
4k+ ratings
Biography
Business
History
How to Win an Argument Summary
How to Win an Argument
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 288 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women Summary
A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women
by Mary Wollstonecraft 2014 224 pages
3.91
24k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
Philosophy
The Autobiography Of Malcolm X Summary
The Autobiography Of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X 1990 460 pages
4.36
200k+ ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
Bushido Summary
Bushido
The Spirit of the Samurai (Shambhala Library)
by Inazo Nitobe 2005 120 pages
3.86
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
Emily Post's Etiquette, 19th Edition Summary
Emily Post's Etiquette, 19th Edition
Manners for Today
by Lizzie Post 2017 741 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
Reference
Self Help
Classics
In Praise of Idleness Summary
In Praise of Idleness
by Bertrand Russell
4.04
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
The Conquest of Happiness (Routledge Classics) Summary
The Conquest of Happiness (Routledge Classics)
by Bertrand Russell 1976 200 pages
4.02
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Walden and Civil Disobedience (Barnes & Noble Classics) Summary
Walden and Civil Disobedience (Barnes & Noble Classics)
by Henry David Thoreau 2005 352 pages
3.94
37k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Walden Or, Life in the Woods and 'on the Duty of Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden Or, Life in the Woods and 'on the Duty of Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1999
3.94
37k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
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