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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
The Moral Animal Summary
The Moral Animal
Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
by Robert Wright 1994 496 pages
4.08
11.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Art of Communicating Summary
The Art of Communicating
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2013 176 pages
4.11
11.3K ratings
Self Help
Buddhism
Communication
The Motivation Manifesto Summary
The Motivation Manifesto
9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power
by Brendon Burchard 2014 236 pages
4.02
6.2K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Divine Comedy Summary
The Divine Comedy
Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
by Dante Alighieri 1320 798 pages
4.08
165.0K ratings
Poetry
Literature
Philosophy
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
The Algebra of Happiness Summary
The Algebra of Happiness
Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning
by Scott Galloway 2019 256 pages
3.78
7.9K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Summary
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
by Paulo Freire 1968 183 pages
4.30
37.3K ratings
Education
Philosophy
Politics
Awake Summary
Awake
It's Your Turn
by Angelo DiLullo 2021 476 pages
4.62
436 ratings
Spirituality
Buddhism
Self Help
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
Prometheus Rising Summary
Prometheus Rising
by Robert Anton Wilson 1983 284 pages
4.25
7.3K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Occult
Chaos Summary
Chaos
Making a New Science
by James Gleick 1987 352 pages
4.04
39.9K ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney 2011 302 pages
3.86
35.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Secret Doctrine Summary
The Secret Doctrine
by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1888 1571 pages
3.93
1.5K ratings
Occult
Philosophy
Religion
The Wealth of Nations Summary
The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith 2010 416 pages
3.92
372 ratings
Economics
Business
Philosophy
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Summary
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
by John Koenig 2021 272 pages
4.46
5.4K ratings
Poetry
Language
Philosophy
A Secular Age Summary
A Secular Age
by Charles Margrave Taylor 2007 874 pages
4.27
1.8K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
History
Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1985 184 pages
4.16
35.2K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Soul's Code Summary
The Soul's Code
In Search of Character and Calling
by James Hillman 1996 352 pages
3.89
5.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
Our Final Invention Summary
Our Final Invention
Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
by James Barrat 2013 322 pages
3.72
3.8K ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
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
Goodbye, Things Summary
Goodbye, Things
The New Japanese Minimalism
by Fumio Sasaki 2015 259 pages
3.80
42.4K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Japan
The Diamond Cutter Summary
The Diamond Cutter
The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life
by Michael Roach 2000 240 pages
4.09
2.0K ratings
Business
Spirituality
Buddhism
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism Summary
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism
by Otto F. Kernberg MD 1975 376 pages
4.22
187 ratings
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Psychiatry
Destiny of Souls Summary
Destiny of Souls
New Case Studies of Life Between Lives
by Michael Newton 2000 432 pages
4.35
9.1K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Metaphysics
Hagakure Summary
Hagakure
The Book of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 192 pages
4.00
16.4K ratings
Philosophy
Japan
History
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 Summary
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
by Tina Seelig 2009 184 pages
3.80
11.2K ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Gandhi Summary
Gandhi
An Autobiography
by Mahatma Gandhi 1927 528 pages
4.10
73.3K ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching Summary
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
by Thich Nhat Hanh 1998 294 pages
4.32
19.8K ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Spirituality
Introducing Moral Theology Summary
Introducing Moral Theology
True Happiness and the Virtues
by William C. Mattison III 2008 432 pages
3.76
131 ratings
Theology
Philosophy
Textbooks
The Last Law of Attraction Book You'll Ever Need To Read Summary
The Last Law of Attraction Book You'll Ever Need To Read
The Missing Key To Finally Tapping Into The Universe And Manifesting Your Desires
by Andrew Kap 2019 210 pages
4.32
2.3K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Deep Simplicity Summary
Deep Simplicity
Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity
by John Gribbin 2004 279 pages
3.97
1.4K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Bringers of the Dawn Summary
Bringers of the Dawn
Teachings from the Pleiadians
by Barbara Marciniak 1992 246 pages
4.29
3.3K ratings
Spirituality
New Age
Philosophy
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Summary
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris 2007 292 pages
4.04
28.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Stoic Challenge Summary
The Stoic Challenge
A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
by William B. Irvine 2019 192 pages
3.74
5.8K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Why Love Hurts Summary
Why Love Hurts
A Sociological Explanation
by Eva Illouz 2011 293 pages
4.00
1.8K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Feminism
Warrior of the Light Summary
Warrior of the Light
by Paulo Coelho 1997 142 pages
3.74
31.8K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
You Are Here Summary
You Are Here
Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2004 143 pages
4.30
11.9K ratings
Spirituality
Buddhism
Self Help
Art and Fear Summary
Art and Fear
by David Bayles 1994 122 pages
3.78
98.5K ratings
Art
Writing
Self Help
The Theory of Everything Summary
The Theory of Everything
The Origin and Fate of the Universe
by Stephen Hawking 2002 176 pages
4.18
27.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer 1997 384 pages
3.86
9.9K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Judgment Under Uncertainty Summary
Judgment Under Uncertainty
Heuristics and Biases
by Daniel Kahneman 1982 544 pages
4.17
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
Discover Your Destiny With the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Summary
Discover Your Destiny With the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
The 7 Stages of Self-Awakening
by Robin Sharma 2004 240 pages
3.94
4.0K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Spirituality
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1930 183 pages
4.02
15.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Pathways to Bliss Summary
Pathways to Bliss
Mythology and Personal Transformation
by Joseph Campbell 2004 224 pages
4.33
3.0K ratings
Mythology
Psychology
Philosophy
Karma Summary
Karma
A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny
by Sadhguru 2021 272 pages
4.29
6.5K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Summary
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
by Carlo Rovelli 2014 81 pages
3.99
63.4K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Infinite Powers Summary
Infinite Powers
How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
by Steven H. Strogatz 2019 360 pages
4.29
6.9K ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
What Is Life? Summary
What Is Life?
Five Great Ideas in Biology
by Paul Nurse 2020 160 pages
3.95
2.5K ratings
Science
Biology
History
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