Philosophy Book Summaries

What Is Tao? Summary
What Is Tao?
by Alan W. Watts 2000 96 pages
4.17
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Taoism
The Feeling of What Happens Summary
The Feeling of What Happens
Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
by António Damásio 1999 386 pages
4.01
4.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Refuse to Choose! Summary
Refuse to Choose!
Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams
by Barbara Sher 2006 288 pages
3.97
4.7K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Don't Worry Summary
Don't Worry
48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk
by Shunmyō Masuno 2013 224 pages
3.69
2.2K ratings
Self Help
Mental Health
Buddhism
Practicing the Power of Now Summary
Practicing the Power of Now
Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle 1997 142 pages
4.25
49.4K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy Summary
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 1989 304 pages
4.25
39.1K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Counselling
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living
The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
by Epictetus 128 pages
4.25
34.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
332.2K ratings
Classics
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Literature
Lives of the Stoics Summary
Lives of the Stoics
The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
by Ryan Holiday 2020 352 pages
4.04
7.0K ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
The Spirituality of Imperfection Summary
The Spirituality of Imperfection
Storytelling and the Search for Meaning
by Ernest Kurtz 1992 304 pages
4.11
3.0K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World Summary
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
by Eugenia Cheng 2018 320 pages
3.49
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Limitarianism Summary
Limitarianism
The Case Against Extreme Wealth
by Ingrid Robeyns 2023 336 pages
4.03
1.2K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Essential Tao Summary
The Essential Tao
by Thomas Cleary 1991 168 pages
4.10
838 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Taoism
Our Mathematical Universe Summary
Our Mathematical Universe
My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
by Max Tegmark 2012 432 pages
4.19
8.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Shadow Dance Summary
Shadow Dance
Liberating the Power & Creativity of Your Dark Side
by David Richo 1999 336 pages
4.23
352 ratings
Psychology
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Spirituality
The Evolving Self Summary
The Evolving Self
A Psychology for the Third Millennium
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1993 384 pages
4.05
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Freedom Summary
Freedom
The Courage to Be Yourself
by Osho 2004 186 pages
4.08
4.1K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Why I Am An Atheist Summary
Why I Am An Atheist
An Autobiographical Discourse
by Bhagat Singh 1931 91 pages
4.43
5.8K ratings
History
Philosophy
India
Drunk Tank Pink Summary
Drunk Tank Pink
And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave
by Adam Alter 2013 272 pages
3.56
4.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Wild Edge of Sorrow Summary
The Wild Edge of Sorrow
Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
by Francis Weller 2015 224 pages
4.39
2.8K ratings
Grief
Psychology
Spirituality
Thick Face, Black Heart Summary
Thick Face, Black Heart
The Asian Path to Thriving, Winning and Succeeding
by Chu Chin-Ning 1992 255 pages
4.05
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Freedom Evolves Summary
Freedom Evolves
by Daniel C. Dennett 2003 368 pages
3.82
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
925 ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
A Course in Miracles Made Easy Summary
A Course in Miracles Made Easy
Mastering the Journey from Fear to Love
by Alan Cohen 2015 242 pages
4.46
2.5K ratings
Spirituality
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Philosophy
Principles Summary
Principles
Summary
by Ray Dalio 2011 106 pages
4.10
7.3K ratings
Business
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Finance
The Seasons of Life Summary
The Seasons of Life
by Jim Rohn 1981 125 pages
4.32
1.6K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Light on Yoga Summary
Light on Yoga
by B.K.S. Iyengar 1966 544 pages
4.29
10.4K ratings
Health
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Reference
The Castle Summary
The Castle
by Franz Kafka 1926 328 pages
3.92
70.7K ratings
Literature
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German Literature
Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream Summary
Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream
A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior
by Robert I. Simon 1996 362 pages
3.79
209 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychiatry
The Wisdom of the Enneagram Summary
The Wisdom of the Enneagram
The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types
by Don Richard Riso 1999 391 pages
4.21
7.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
Just Six Numbers Summary
Just Six Numbers
The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe
by Martin J. Rees 1999 208 pages
3.96
5.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
You Talkin' To Me? Summary
You Talkin' To Me?
Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
by Sam Leith 2011 256 pages
3.75
1.6K ratings
Writing
Philosophy
Language
Machiavelli Summary
Machiavelli
A Very Short Introduction
by Quentin Skinner 1981 110 pages
3.84
882 ratings
Philosophy
History
Politics
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Summary
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
by Immanuel Kant 1785 120 pages
3.83
21.9K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules Summary
Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules
The Lost Writings
by Napoleon Hill 2008 224 pages
4.07
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages
3.94
131.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
I Am a Strange Loop Summary
I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2007 436 pages
3.96
8.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Happiness Curve Summary
The Happiness Curve
Why Life Gets Better After 50
by Jonathan Rauch 2018 256 pages
3.64
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Inner Game of Music Summary
The Inner Game of Music
by Barry Green 1986 225 pages
3.94
4.3K ratings
Music
Psychology
Self Help
Illusions Summary
Illusions
The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
by Richard Bach 1977 144 pages
4.15
65.7K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Fantasy
Combatting Cult Mind Control Summary
Combatting Cult Mind Control
The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults
by Steven Hassan 1988 256 pages
4.42
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Cults
Religion
Black Skin, White Masks Summary
Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon 1952 232 pages
4.26
17.8K ratings
Philosophy
Race
Politics
Tales of Power Summary
Tales of Power
by Carlos Castaneda 1974 304 pages
4.11
7.1K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Fantasy
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine 1776 104 pages
4.00
38.2K ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
Modern Man in Search of a Soul Summary
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
by C.G. Jung 1931 244 pages
4.20
13.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
The Lies We Tell Ourselves Summary
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
How to Face the Truth, Accept Yourself, and Create a Better Life
by Jon Frederickson 2017 168 pages
3.98
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
How to Tell a Joke Summary
How to Tell a Joke
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2021 321 pages
3.21
177 ratings
Philosophy
History
Humor
No Mud, No Lotus Summary
No Mud, No Lotus
The Art of Transforming Suffering
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2014 128 pages
4.25
13.5K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry Summary
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path
by Jack Kornfield 2000 336 pages
4.11
6.2K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Mere Christianity Summary
Mere Christianity
by C.S. Lewis 1952 191 pages
4.36
443.3K ratings
Christian
Religion
Theology
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