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Digital Gold Summary
Digital Gold
Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
by Nathaniel Popper 2015 416 pages
4.15
6k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Finance
A Brief History of Time Summary
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 1988 226 pages
4.21
400k+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
A Man for All Markets Summary
A Man for All Markets
From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
by Edward O. Thorp 2016 416 pages
4.24
7k+ ratings
Finance
Biography
Business
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Anatomy of Motive Summary
The Anatomy of Motive
The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals
by John E. Douglas 1999 432 pages
4.18
6k+ ratings
True Crime
Psychology
Crime
Killers of the Flower Moon Summary
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann 2017 359 pages
4.14
400k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Book Club
Letters from a Stoic Summary
Letters from a Stoic
by Seneca 254 pages
4.34
51k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 1978 228 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Biography
History
American History
The Socratic Method Summary
The Socratic Method
A Practitioner's Handbook
by Ward Farnsworth 2021 243 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Bowling Alone Summary
Bowling Alone
The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 pages
3.85
8k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
A Book of Five Rings Summary
A Book of Five Rings
The Classic Guide to Strategy
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645 192 pages
3.96
58k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Ascent of Money Summary
The Ascent of Money
A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
by Niall Ferguson 2007 496 pages
3.90
29k+ ratings
History
Economics
Finance
The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 1997 119 pages
4.06
19k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Machine That Changed the World Summary
The Machine That Changed the World
The Story of Lean Production
by James P. Womack 1990 323 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Business
Management
History
Appetite for America Summary
Appetite for America
How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West
by Stephen Fried 2010 518 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
Too Much and Never Enough Summary
Too Much and Never Enough
How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
by Mary L. Trump 2020 236 pages
3.82
94k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Hatching Twitter Summary
Hatching Twitter
A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
by Nick Bilton 2013 299 pages
4.04
18k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
The Deficit Myth Summary
The Deficit Myth
Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
by Stephanie Kelton 2020 327 pages
4.03
9k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography Summary
Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography
The Story Of My Experiments With Truth
by M.K. Gandhi 2020 649 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
30-Second Psychology Summary
30-Second Psychology
The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained In Half A Minute
by Christian Jarrett 2011 160 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Reference
Broken Money Summary
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
4.64
2k+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Money
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics
A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell 2000 448 pages
4.37
13k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Bitcoin Standard Summary
The Bitcoin Standard
The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
by Saifedean Ammous 2018 304 pages
4.17
12k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Invisible Child Summary
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
by Andrea Elliott 2021 602 pages
4.71
18k+ ratings
Biography
Social Justice
History
Messi vs. Ronaldo Summary
Messi vs. Ronaldo
One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game
by Joshua Robinson 2022 320 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Sports
Football
Soccer
The Power of Myth Summary
The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell 1988 293 pages
4.26
52k+ ratings
Mythology
Philosophy
History
Bushido Summary
Bushido
The Soul of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe 1899 160 pages
3.85
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham 2006 360 pages
3.86
82k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
The Consolations of Philosophy Summary
The Consolations of Philosophy
by Alain de Botton 2000 265 pages
4.01
32k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
A Conflict of Visions Summary
A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
by Thomas Sowell 1986 304 pages
4.32
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
by Paul Kennedy 1987 677 pages
4.14
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Man’s Search for Meaning Summary
Man’s Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl 1946 165 pages
4.37
800k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
History
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
8k+ ratings
Economics
Africa
Politics
Caste Summary
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020 544 pages
4.53
100k+ ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
Humankind Summary
Humankind
A Hopeful History
by Rutger Bregman 2019 462 pages
4.32
73k+ ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric Summary
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric
by Ward Farnsworth 2010 256 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Writing
Language
Education
The Fiat Standard Summary
The Fiat Standard
Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization
by Saifedean Ammous 2024 384 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
The Sovereign Individual Summary
The Sovereign Individual
Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
by James Dale Davidson 1997 448 pages
4.19
3k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Nvidia Way Summary
The Nvidia Way
Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant
by Tae Kim 2024 268 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
Destiny Disrupted Summary
Destiny Disrupted
A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
by Tamim Ansary 2009 416 pages
4.40
11k+ ratings
History
Islam
Politics
Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936 100 pages
4.61
8k+ ratings
India
History
Politics
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Happiest Man on Earth Summary
The Happiest Man on Earth
by Eddie Jaku 2020 208 pages
4.62
100k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
History
India After Gandhi Summary
India After Gandhi
The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha 2007 912 pages
4.39
17k+ ratings
History
Politics
Indian Literature
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Summary
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang 2010 286 pages
3.96
12k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act Summary
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
by Bob Joseph 2018 160 pages
4.57
9k+ ratings
Indigenous
History
Canada
Generations Summary
Generations
The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
by Jean M. Twenge 2023 560 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
History
The Order of Time Summary
The Order of Time
by Carlo Rovelli 2017 224 pages
4.13
35k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
American Icon Summary
American Icon
Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
by Bryce G. Hoffman 2012 432 pages
4.42
4k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
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