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Lost Islamic History Summary
Lost Islamic History
Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past
by Firas Alkhateeb 2014 217 pages
4.44
2.9K ratings
History
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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
Philosophy
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Mutual Aid Summary
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1891 234 pages
4.23
3.7K ratings
Politics
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The DAO of Capital Summary
The DAO of Capital
Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
by Mark Spitznagel 2013 368 pages
3.87
1.4K ratings
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The Order of Time Summary
The Order of Time
by Carlo Rovelli 2017 224 pages
4.13
35.8K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Economics in One Lesson Summary
Economics in One Lesson
by Henry Hazlitt 1946 218 pages
4.17
21.0K ratings
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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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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
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War
The Boys in the Boat Summary
The Boys in the Boat
Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
by Daniel James Brown 2013 404 pages
4.39
348.4K ratings
History
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Sports
Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas Summary
Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas
by Satyarth Nayak 2022 436 pages
4.41
1.2K ratings
Mythology
India
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The Devil in the White City Summary
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson 2003 496 pages
4.00
731.2K ratings
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True Crime
Book Club
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
Psychology
Technology
Business
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
41.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Autocracy, Inc. Summary
Autocracy, Inc.
by Anne Applebaum 2024 224 pages
4.23
10.1K ratings
Politics
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Political Science
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
by Adam J. Mead 2021 782 pages
4.53
149 ratings
Business
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Economics
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
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
Education
Art
Teaching
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages
4.28
310.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
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
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
Technology
Business
Invisible Child Summary
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
by Andrea Elliott 2021 602 pages
4.71
18.1K ratings
Biography
Social Justice
History
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
Globalization and its Discontents Summary
Globalization and its Discontents
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2002 304 pages
3.87
8.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
1493 Summary
1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann 2011 557 pages
4.12
20.4K ratings
History
Science
American History
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
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
Business
Leadership
Management
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
The Holy Bible Summary
The Holy Bible
King James Version
by Anonymous 1611 1590 pages
4.44
305.6K ratings
Classics
Christian
Religion
القانون في الطب Summary
القانون في الطب
by Avicenna 1025 2500 pages
4.31
265 ratings
Science
Medicine
Philosophy
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
Michael Jordan Summary
Michael Jordan
The Life
by Roland Lazenby 2014 720 pages
4.31
8.0K ratings
Biography
Sports
Basketball
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
Dominion Summary
Dominion
How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
by Tom Holland 2019 624 pages
4.27
9.7K ratings
History
Christianity
Philosophy
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
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
Das Kapital Summary
Das Kapital
by Karl Marx 1867 356 pages
4.09
22.9K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
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
The Emperor of All Maladies Summary
The Emperor of All Maladies
A Biography of Cancer
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010 571 pages
4.34
109.7K ratings
Science
History
Medicine
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
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
Civilization Summary
Civilization
The West and the Rest
by Niall Ferguson 2011 402 pages
3.86
10.0K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
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
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.19
275.1K ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
Long Walk to Freedom Summary
Long Walk to Freedom
by Nelson Mandela 1994 656 pages
4.36
91.5K ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
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
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
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
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
Debt Summary
Debt
The First 5,000 Years
by David Graeber 2011 534 pages
4.21
25.0K ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
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
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