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On Killing Summary
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman 1995 367 pages
4.12
11.7K ratings
Psychology
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The Concise 33 Strategies Of War Summary
The Concise 33 Strategies Of War
by Robert Greene 2008 194 pages
4.12
478 ratings
Psychology
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Self Help
Mind Hunter Summary
Mind Hunter
Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John E. Douglas 1995 397 pages
4.09
77.3K ratings
True Crime
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Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
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by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.18
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Fluke Summary
Fluke
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by Brian Klaas 2024 335 pages
4.07
3.1K ratings
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Discipline and Punish Summary
Discipline and Punish
The Birth of the Prison
by Michel Foucault 1975 333 pages
4.23
35.3K ratings
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The Master Switch Summary
The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by Tim Wu 2010 384 pages
3.89
7.9K ratings
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Oxygen Summary
Oxygen
The Molecule that Made the World
by Nick Lane 2002 384 pages
4.14
2.8K ratings
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The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway Summary
The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway
A Chronological Analysis of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger's Conglomerate Masterpiece
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4.53
149 ratings
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The Analects Summary
The Analects
by Confucius 249 pages
3.81
23.3K ratings
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Economics in One Lesson Summary
Economics in One Lesson
by Henry Hazlitt 1946 218 pages
4.17
21.0K ratings
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Autocracy, Inc. Summary
Autocracy, Inc.
by Anne Applebaum 2024 224 pages
4.23
10.1K ratings
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Political Science
The Arts and the Creation of Mind Summary
The Arts and the Creation of Mind
by Elliot W. Eisner 2002 280 pages
4.31
186 ratings
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Teaching
Globalization and its Discontents Summary
Globalization and its Discontents
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2002 304 pages
3.87
8.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
iWoz Summary
iWoz
Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
by Steve Wozniak 2006 313 pages
3.84
17.3K ratings
Biography
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Business
The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato 58 pages
4.12
44.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Art of Action Summary
The Art of Action
How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results
by Stephen Bungay 2010 289 pages
4.32
1.2K ratings
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Leadership
Management
The Attention Merchants Summary
The Attention Merchants
The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
by Tim Wu 2016 403 pages
4.08
4.7K ratings
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Technology
Business
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 Summary
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939
An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
by Edward Hallett Carr 1939 244 pages
4.08
1.3K ratings
History
International Relations
Politics
Dominion Summary
Dominion
How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
by Tom Holland 2019 624 pages
4.27
9.7K ratings
History
Christianity
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Becoming Trader Joe Summary
Becoming Trader Joe
How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
by Joe Coulombe 2021 288 pages
3.45
4.2K ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat Summary
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
Quantum Physics and Reality
by John Gribbin 1984 320 pages
4.06
21.3K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
440.0K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Cicero Summary
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt 2001 364 pages
3.89
8.0K ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
41.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization Summary
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2005 280 pages
4.13
3.0K ratings
History
Religion
Catholic
Man's Search for Meaning Summary
Man's Search for Meaning
A Young Adult Edition
by Viktor E. Frankl 2017 192 pages
4.41
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Recoding America Summary
Recoding America
Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
by Jennifer Pahlka 2023 336 pages
4.41
2.3K ratings
Politics
Technology
Government
The Storytelling Animal Summary
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages
3.70
6.9K ratings
Psychology
Writing
Science
Homo Ludens Summary
Homo Ludens
A Study of the Play Element in Culture
by Johan Huizinga 1938 220 pages
3.99
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
History
Game Design
القانون في الطب Summary
القانون في الطب
by Avicenna 1025 2500 pages
4.31
265 ratings
Science
Medicine
Philosophy
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Summary
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 2007 320 pages
3.82
1.6K ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
Michael Jordan Summary
Michael Jordan
The Life
by Roland Lazenby 2014 720 pages
4.31
8.0K ratings
Biography
Sports
Basketball
The Holy Bible Summary
The Holy Bible
King James Version
by Anonymous 1611 1590 pages
4.44
305.6K ratings
Classics
Christian
Religion
Reality is Not What it Seems Summary
Reality is Not What it Seems
The Journey to Quantum Gravity
by Carlo Rovelli 2014 256 pages
4.33
15.6K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.19
275.1K ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy Summary
A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1945 906 pages
4.13
40.6K ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
An Ordinary Man Summary
An Ordinary Man
An Autobiography
by Paul Rusesabagina 2006 224 pages
4.19
6.7K ratings
Africa
Biography
History
Mutual Aid Summary
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1891 234 pages
4.23
3.7K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Science
Into Thin Air Summary
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer 1997 368 pages
4.25
543.4K ratings
Adventure
Memoir
Travel
The Big Fat Surprise Summary
The Big Fat Surprise
Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
by Nina Teicholz 2014 496 pages
4.29
6.8K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
A History of God Summary
A History of God
The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
by Karen Armstrong 1993 496 pages
3.89
51.4K ratings
Religion
History
Philosophy
Black Wave Summary
Black Wave
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
by Kim Ghattas 2020 400 pages
4.40
5.2K ratings
History
Politics
Iran
Civilization Summary
Civilization
The West and the Rest
by Niall Ferguson 2011 402 pages
3.86
10.0K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Network State Summary
The Network State
How To Start a New Country
by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022 262 pages
3.97
984 ratings
Politics
Technology
Philosophy
When Prophecy Fails Summary
When Prophecy Fails
A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World
by Leon Festinger 1956 264 pages
3.81
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Religion
Sociology
Number Go Up Summary
Number Go Up
Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
by Zeke Faux 2023 304 pages
4.25
7.9K ratings
Business
Economics
Finance
The Great Divergence Summary
The Great Divergence
China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
by Kenneth Pomeranz 2000 392 pages
3.69
946 ratings
History
Economics
China
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 600 pages
4.15
41.6K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
The Dictator's Handbook Summary
The Dictator's Handbook
Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2011 321 pages
4.26
10.8K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
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