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SCUM Manifesto Summary
SCUM Manifesto
by Valerie Solanas 1967 96 pages
3.79
12k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
Every Song Ever Summary
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
by Ben Ratliff 2016 272 pages
3.29
500+ ratings
Music
Art
Cultural
The True Life Summary
The True Life
by Alain Badiou 2016 80 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
The Fire Next Time Summary
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin 1963 106 pages
4.55
100k+ ratings
Classics
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Race
Decolonial Daughter Summary
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
by Lesley-Ann Brown 2018 231 pages
4.13
86 ratings
Race
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Memoir
The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing Summary
The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing
Everything You Need to Know to Create & Sell Your Work
by The Writer's Digest 1992 528 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
How To
Nobody Knows My Name Summary
Nobody Knows My Name
by James Baldwin 1961 242 pages
4.36
4k+ ratings
Essays
Race
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Letters to a Young Mathematician Summary
Letters to a Young Mathematician
by Ian Stewart 2006 224 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Stem
On Confidence Summary
On Confidence
by The School of Life 2017 57 pages
3.92
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
بهترین درس های مدرسه زندگی آلن دوباتن Summary
بهترین درس های مدرسه زندگی آلن دوباتن
by The School of Life 2012
4.16
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Writing Life Summary
The Writing Life
by Annie Dillard 1989 111 pages
3.98
18k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
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The Accidental Universe Summary
The Accidental Universe
The World You Thought You Knew
by Alan Lightman 2013 157 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
12 Bytes Summary
12 Bytes
How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
by Jeanette Winterson 2021 324 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Essays
Science
History
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
by Astra Taylor 2019 368 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings Summary
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 416 pages
4.14
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 67 pages
3.58
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Essays and Aphorisms Summary
Essays and Aphorisms
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 240 pages
4.16
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Grace (Eventually) Summary
Grace (Eventually)
Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott 2007 284 pages
3.96
16k+ ratings
Memoir
Spirituality
Religion
On Palestine Summary
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky 2015 220 pages
4.26
13k+ ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
Bowie's Bookshelf Summary
Bowie's Bookshelf
The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
by John O'Connell 2019 320 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Books About Books
Just So Summary
Just So
Money, Materialism, and the Ineffable, Intelligent Universe
by Alan W. Watts 2020 216 pages
4.27
399 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Strangers to Ourselves Summary
Strangers to Ourselves
Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
by Rachel Aviv 2022 288 pages
4.10
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1930 183 pages
4.02
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Men Explain Things to Me Summary
Men Explain Things to Me
by Rebecca Solnit 2014 130 pages
3.83
88k+ ratings
Feminism
Essays
Politics
On Kindness Summary
On Kindness
by Adam Phillips 2009 128 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects Summary
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
by Bertrand Russell 1957 266 pages
4.00
22k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Atheism
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet Summary
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet
Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working
by Shauna Niequist 2022 240 pages
3.99
13k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Christian
Traveling Mercies Summary
Traveling Mercies
Some Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott 1999 275 pages
4.14
48k+ ratings
Memoir
Spirituality
Religion
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Summary
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Essays and Arguments
by David Foster Wallace 1997 353 pages
4.13
55k+ ratings
Essays
Humor
Short Stories
A Field Guide to Getting Lost Summary
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
by Rebecca Solnit 2005 209 pages
3.90
21k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Travel
These Precious Days Summary
These Precious Days
Essays
by Ann Patchett 2021 320 pages
4.42
47k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Book Club
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
by Pamela Paul 2021 234 pages
3.39
2k+ ratings
Essays
History
Self Help
A Mathematician's Lament Summary
A Mathematician's Lament
How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
by Paul Lockhart 2009 140 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Mathematics
Education
Science
Fallen Leaves Summary
Fallen Leaves
Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God
by Will Durant 2014 208 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Essays
Trust Kids! Summary
Trust Kids!
Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy
by carla joy bergman 2022 240 pages
4.12
296 ratings
Parenting
Politics
Essays
Books vs. Cigarettes Summary
Books vs. Cigarettes
by George Orwell 1946
3.83
8k+ ratings
Essays
Classics
Philosophy
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
by Theodore Dalrymple 2005 356 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
Essays
Philosophy
Dharma Matters Summary
Dharma Matters
Women, Race, and Tantra
by Jan Willis 2020 384 pages
4.00
7 ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Religion
The Book of Alchemy Summary
The Book of Alchemy
A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
by Suleika Jaouad 2025 305 pages
4.26
4k+ ratings
Writing
Self Help
Essays
I Can't Date Jesus Summary
I Can't Date Jesus
Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé
by Michael Arceneaux 2018 256 pages
3.77
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Fanged Noumena Summary
Fanged Noumena
Collected Writings, 1987–2007
by Nick Land 2011 666 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Inciting Joy Summary
Inciting Joy
Essays
by Ross Gay 2022 256 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
Walden and Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden and Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau 1849 352 pages
3.93
39k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Essays
Walking in Wonder Summary
Walking in Wonder
Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
by John O'Donohue 2018 173 pages
4.45
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Poetry
Philosophy
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings Summary
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
by Octavio Paz 1950 398 pages
4.09
14k+ ratings
Essays
History
Philosophy
The Essential Smart Football Summary
The Essential Smart Football
by Chris B. Brown 2012 141 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Sports
Football
Essays
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
by Henry David Thoreau 1866 188 pages
4.06
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
So Sad Today Summary
So Sad Today
Personal Essays
by Melissa Broder 2016 206 pages
3.80
17k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Mental Health
Lyrical and Critical Essays Summary
Lyrical and Critical Essays
by Albert Camus 1970 384 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
France
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays Summary
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
by Stephen W. Hawking 1993 182 pages
4.18
18k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
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