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Critical Thinking Summary
Critical Thinking
A Beginner's Guide
by Sharon M. Kaye 2009 192 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Education
The Urban Monk Summary
The Urban Monk
Eastern Wisdom and Modern Hacks to Stop Time and Find Success, Happiness, and Peace
by Pedram Shojai 2016 288 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Health
Midnights with the Mystic Summary
Midnights with the Mystic
A Little Guide to Freedom and Bliss
by Cheryl Simone 2008 328 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
Kundalini Summary
Kundalini
An untold story
by Om Swami 2016 145 pages
4.36
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
Monkeys with Typewriters Summary
Monkeys with Typewriters
How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of Stories
by Scarlett Thomas 2012 480 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Books About Books
The Power of Self-Confidence Summary
The Power of Self-Confidence
Become Unstoppable, Irresistible, and Unafraid in Every Area of Your Life
by Brian Tracy 2012 5 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like
Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.29
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Plato's Podcasts Summary
Plato's Podcasts
The Ancients' Guide to Modern Living
by Mark Vernon 2009 224 pages
3.52
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Don't Be a Jerk Summary
Don't Be a Jerk
And Other Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master
by Brad Warner 2016 336 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Zen
Equal Is Unfair Summary
Equal Is Unfair
America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
by Don Watkins 2016 258 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Albert Camus Summary
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
by Robert Zaretsky 2010 200 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
Religion for Atheists Summary
Religion for Atheists
A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
by Alain de Botton 2011 320 pages
3.66
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
Atheism
Spirituality
The Economics of Innocent Fraud Summary
The Economics of Innocent Fraud
Truth for Our Time
by John Kenneth Galbraith 2004 62 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Real Price of Everything Summary
The Real Price of Everything
Rediscovering The Six Classics of Economics
by Michael Lewis 2007 1467 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Inside-Out Revolution Summary
The Inside-Out Revolution
The Only Thing You Need to Know to Change Your Life Forever
by Michael Neill 2013 168 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Solitude Summary
Solitude
A Return to the Self
by Anthony Storr 1988 216 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
On Love and Loneliness Summary
On Love and Loneliness
by J. Krishnamurti 1994 155 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
How to Own Your Own Mind Summary
How to Own Your Own Mind
by Napoleon Hill 2017 288 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
A Walkthrough for Westerners
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 192 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Religion
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life Summary
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
How to Finally, Really Grow Up
by James Hollis 2005 276 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Deep Thinking Summary
Deep Thinking
Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
by Garry Kasparov 2017
3.89
3k+ ratings
Science
Chess
Technology
Buddhism Plain & Simple Summary
Buddhism Plain & Simple
The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
by Steve Hagen 1997 165 pages
4.04
9k+ ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Religion
Focusing Summary
Focusing
by Eugene T. Gendlin 1978 224 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
The Art of the Good Life Summary
The Art of the Good Life
by Rolf Dobelli 2012 272 pages
4.01
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
The Go-Getter Summary
The Go-Getter
by Peter B. Kyne 1920 68 pages
4.15
9k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
The Power of Positive Thinking Summary
The Power of Positive Thinking
by Norman Vincent Peale 1952 128 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The New Human Rights Movement Summary
The New Human Rights Movement
Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
by Peter Joseph 2017 448 pages
4.34
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Road Less Traveled & Beyond Summary
The Road Less Traveled & Beyond
Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety
by M. Scott Peck 1997 324 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
Radical Honesty Summary
Radical Honesty
How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth
by Brad Blanton 1994 286 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Reality Transurfing Steps I-V Summary
Reality Transurfing Steps I-V
by Vadim Zeland 2006 544 pages
4.46
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Wise and Otherwise Summary
Wise and Otherwise
by Sudha Murty 2006 220 pages
4.02
13k+ ratings
Short Stories
India
Indian Literature
Terror, Love and Brainwashing Summary
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
by Alexandra Stein 2017 236 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Psychology
Cults
Politics
The Elephant in the Brain Summary
The Elephant in the Brain
Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
by Kevin Simler 2017 408 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
28k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
This Idea Is Brilliant Summary
This Idea Is Brilliant
Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
by John Brockman 2018 515 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
In Search of Time Summary
In Search of Time
The Science of a Curious Dimension
by Dan Falk 2008 329 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Forty Rules of Love Summary
The Forty Rules of Love
by Elif Shafak 2009 354 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Romance
The Enlightenment Summary
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction
by John Robertson 2015 176 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
A Natural History of Human Thinking Summary
A Natural History of Human Thinking
by Michael Tomasello 2014 192 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Enlightenment Now Summary
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker 2018 576 pages
4.20
31k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Consciousness Speaks Summary
Consciousness Speaks
Conversations with Ramesh S. Balsekar
by Ramesh S. Balsekar 1992 392 pages
4.52
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Mysticism
Awakening Your Ikigai Summary
Awakening Your Ikigai
How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day
by Ken Mogi 2017 224 pages
3.58
14k+ ratings
Self Help
Japan
Philosophy
The Tao of Fully Feeling Summary
The Tao of Fully Feeling
Harvesting Forgiveness Out of Blame
by Pete Walker 1995 265 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Summary
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
Or, How Capitalism Worksβ€”and How It Fails
by Yanis Varoufakis 2013 224 pages
4.13
19k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Liquid Times Summary
Liquid Times
Living in an Age of Uncertainty
by Zygmunt Bauman 2007 128 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Manual Summary
The Manual
A Philosopher's Guide to Life
by Epictetus 1978 70 pages
4.38
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Classics
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Out of Your Mind Summary
Out of Your Mind
by Alan W. Watts 1998 192 pages
4.42
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
Awareness Summary
Awareness
The Perils and Opportunities of Reality
by Anthony de Mello 1990 184 pages
4.29
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
The Book Summary
The Book
On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
by Alan W. Watts 1966 163 pages
4.21
23k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
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