Philosophy Book Summaries

The Story Paradox Summary
The Story Paradox
How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears them Down
by Jonathan Gottschall 2021 272 pages
3.72
393 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Science
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy Summary
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
Towards a Radical Democratic Politics
by Ernesto Laclau 1985 198 pages
3.84
1.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
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
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 Bed of Procrustes Summary
The Bed of Procrustes
Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2010 112 pages
3.79
10.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Business
Hell Yeah or No Summary
Hell Yeah or No
What's Worth Doing
by Derek Sivers 2020 122 pages
4.19
4.2K ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
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
Feminism Is for Everybody Summary
Feminism Is for Everybody
Passionate Politics
by bell hooks 2000 123 pages
4.16
26.7K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
The Rational Optimist Summary
The Rational Optimist
How Prosperity Evolves
by Matt Ridley 2010 448 pages
3.97
13.0K ratings
Economics
History
Science
Scale Summary
Scale
The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies
by Geoffrey B. West 2017 481 pages
4.12
5.3K ratings
Science
Economics
Business
The Irrational Ape Summary
The Irrational Ape
Why Flawed Logic Puts us all at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
by David Robert Grimes 2019 482 pages
4.27
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Change Summary
Change
Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution
by Paul Watzlawick 1974 192 pages
4.24
761 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Art of Focus Summary
The Art of Focus
Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future
by Dan Koe 2024 273 pages
3.85
654 ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Business
Art and Fear Summary
Art and Fear
by David Bayles 1994 122 pages
3.78
98.5K ratings
Art
Writing
Self Help
The Divine Comedy Summary
The Divine Comedy
Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
by Dante Alighieri 1320 798 pages
4.08
165.0K ratings
Poetry
Literature
Philosophy
The Elephant in the Brain Summary
The Elephant in the Brain
Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
by Kevin Simler 2017 408 pages
3.97
8.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
A Universe from Nothing Summary
A Universe from Nothing
Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2012 204 pages
3.94
30.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Many Lives, Many Masters Summary
Many Lives, Many Masters
The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
by Brian L. Weiss 1988 224 pages
4.17
76.4K ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Self Help
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
by Henry Kissinger 1994 912 pages
4.25
9.0K ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
Third Millennium Thinking Summary
Third Millennium Thinking
Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense
by Saul Perlmutter 2024 320 pages
3.66
212 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021 240 pages
4.40
8.5K ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Philosophy
Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed
Ten Commands for a Digital Age
by Douglas Rushkoff 2010 152 pages
3.71
1.9K ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Programming
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and It's All Small Stuff Summary
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and It's All Small Stuff
Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things From Taking Over Your Life
by Richard Carlson 1997 248 pages
4.00
95.6K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Being Logical Summary
Being Logical
A Guide to Good Thinking
by D.Q. McInerny 2004 160 pages
3.75
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Self Help
Metaphysics Summary
Metaphysics
by Aristotle 365 pages
4.07
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
Ego and Archetype Summary
Ego and Archetype
Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche
by Edward F. Edinger 1972 304 pages
4.34
2.3K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Religion
Ikigai & Kaizen Summary
Ikigai & Kaizen
The Japanese Strategy to Achieve Personal Happiness and Professional Success
by Anthony Raymond 2023 239 pages
4.11
753 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Concise Mastery Summary
The Concise Mastery
by Robert Greene 2014 208 pages
4.39
1.6K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Summary
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig 1974 540 pages
3.78
239.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
How to Create a Mind Summary
How to Create a Mind
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
by Ray Kurzweil 2012 336 pages
3.97
7.7K ratings
Science
Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence Summary
The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence
Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think
by Robert Pantano 2022 236 pages
4.37
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Debt Summary
Debt
The First 5,000 Years
by David Graeber 2011 534 pages
4.21
25.0K ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
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
Choices, Values, and Frames Summary
Choices, Values, and Frames
by Daniel Kahneman 2000 860 pages
4.21
978 ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
41.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
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
The Case for Christian Nationalism Summary
The Case for Christian Nationalism
by Stephen Wolfe 2022 479 pages
3.55
524 ratings
Politics
Theology
Philosophy
Das Kapital Summary
Das Kapital
by Karl Marx 1867 356 pages
4.09
22.9K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Beyond Order Summary
Beyond Order
12 More Rules For Life
by Jordan B. Peterson 2021 382 pages
4.15
28.7K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Pathless Path Summary
The Pathless Path
Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
by Paul Millerd 2022 222 pages
3.98
4.8K ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
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
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
The Divine Matrix Summary
The Divine Matrix
Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, And Belief
by Gregg Braden 2006 223 pages
4.20
6.8K ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
Moral Tribes Summary
Moral Tribes
Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
by Joshua D. Greene 2013 432 pages
4.02
3.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
294.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
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
Secrets of Divine Love Summary
Secrets of Divine Love
A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam
by A. Helwa 2020 387 pages
4.51
7.5K ratings
Islam
Religion
Spirituality
A Course in Miracles Summary
A Course in Miracles
Combined Volume - Volume I : Text, Volume II: Workbook for Students, Volume III: Manual for Teachers
by Foundation for Inner Peace 1976 1312 pages
4.19
33.4K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Breaking Bad and Philosophy Summary
Breaking Bad and Philosophy
Badder Living through Chemistry
by Robert Arp 2012 242 pages
3.30
270 ratings
Philosophy
Pop Culture
Essays
Being in Love Summary
Being in Love
How to Love with Awareness and Relate Without Fear
by Osho 2008 256 pages
4.00
2.9K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
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