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The Way of Zen Summary
The Way of Zen
by Alan W. Watts 2011 237 pages
4.17
21k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Buddhism
The True Believer Summary
The True Believer
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
by Eric Hoffer 1980 188 pages
4.21
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
The Dictator's Handbook Summary
The Dictator's Handbook
Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2011 462 pages
4.26
10k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Reinventing Discovery Summary
Reinventing Discovery
The New Era of Networked Science
by Michael Nielsen 2011 272 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Science
Technology
History
The Science of Evil Summary
The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011 274 pages
3.78
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Stuff of Thought Summary
The Stuff of Thought
Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2008 512 pages
3.91
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Linguistics
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney 2011 320 pages
3.86
35k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Ego Tunnel Summary
The Ego Tunnel
The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self
by Thomas Metzinger 2009 288 pages
4.10
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Wisdom of Wilderness Summary
The Wisdom of Wilderness
Experiencing the Healing Power of Nature
by Gerald G. May 2007 224 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Nature
Philosophy
The Places That Scare You Summary
The Places That Scare You
A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrön 2002 140 pages
4.23
19k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1999 1192 pages
3.69
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save
Acting Now to End World Poverty
by Peter Singer 2009
4.16
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Pocket Pema Chodron Summary
The Pocket Pema Chodron
by Pema Chödrön 2008 176 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
The Master and His Emissary Summary
The Master and His Emissary
The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
by Iain McGilchrist 2010 544 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2003 560 pages
4.09
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Last Lecture Summary
The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch
4.26
300k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Ecological Intelligence Summary
Ecological Intelligence
Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature
by Ian McCallum 2008 239 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Nature
Freedomnomics Summary
Freedomnomics
Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
by John R. Lott Jr. 2007 275 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Warrior Ethos Summary
The Warrior Ethos
by Steven Pressfield 2011 112 pages
4.07
4k+ ratings
Military Fiction
Philosophy
History
The Art of Non-Conformity Summary
The Art of Non-Conformity
Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World
by Chris Guillebeau 2010 257 pages
3.81
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
The Four Agreements Summary
The Four Agreements
A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
by Miguel Ruiz 1997 160 pages
4.19
400k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Zen and the Art of Making a Living Summary
Zen and the Art of Making a Living
A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design
by Laurence G. Boldt 1999 605 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Philosophy
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer 2002 384 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It
Social Science for the Twenty-First Century
by Immanuel Wallerstein 2001 288 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Element Summary
The Element
How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
by Ken Robinson 2009 288 pages
3.86
18k+ ratings
Education
Self Help
Psychology
The Mind and the Brain Summary
The Mind and the Brain
Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2009 436 pages
4.1
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Power of Coincidence Summary
The Power of Coincidence
How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know
by David Richo 2007 208 pages
3.9
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
Finding Your Way in a Wild New World Summary
Finding Your Way in a Wild New World
Reclaim Your True Nature to Create the Life You Want
by Martha N. Beck 2011 320 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Spirituality
Reinventing Yourself Summary
Reinventing Yourself
How to Become the Person You've Always Wanted to Be
by Steve Chandler 2005 224 pages
4.13
500+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Why We Believe in God(s) Summary
Why We Believe in God(s)
A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith
by J. Anderson Thomson 2011 144 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Religion
Science
Psychology
Geography of Bliss Summary
Geography of Bliss
by Eric Weiner 2008 353 pages
3.84
37k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Psychology
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012
3.79
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
The Pilgrimage Summary
The Pilgrimage
by Paulo Coelho 2021 288 pages
3.64
62k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Travel
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1991 147 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Summary
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
by Paulo Coelho 2021 180 pages
3.57
100k+ ratings
Romance
Philosophy
Novels
The Guy's Guide to Feminism Summary
The Guy's Guide to Feminism
by Michael Kaufman 2011 208 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Psychology
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland 2007 256 pages
3.9
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Embracing Your Inner Critic Summary
Embracing Your Inner Critic
Turning Self-Criticism into a Creative Asset
by Hal Stone 1993 224 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Big Questions from Little People Summary
Big Questions from Little People
And Simple Answers from Great Minds
by Gemma Elwin Harris 2012 336 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Childrens
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True Summary
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
by Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
Science
Skepticism
Psychology
Help! Summary
Help!
How to Be Slightly Happier, Slightly More Successful and Get a Bit More Done
by Oliver Burkeman 2011 273 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
The Antidote Summary
The Antidote
Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
by Oliver Burkeman 2012 236 pages
4.04
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
How to Create a Mind Summary
How to Create a Mind
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
by Ray Kurzweil 2012 352 pages
3.96
7k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal
How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012 260 pages
4.06
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Storytelling Animal Summary
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages
3.69
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Writing
Science
Free to Choose Summary
Free to Choose
A Personal Statement
by Milton Friedman 1990 338 pages
4.22
8k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Language of Letting Go Summary
The Language of Letting Go
Daily Meditations on Codependency
by Melody Beattie 1990 393 pages
4.36
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
The Noticer Summary
The Noticer
Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective
by Andy Andrews 2009 176 pages
4.20
19k+ ratings
Inspirational
Self Help
Christian
The Believing Brain Summary
The Believing Brain
From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
by Michael Shermer 2011 400 pages
3.93
7k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Religion
Rules of the Game Summary
Rules of the Game
by Neil Strauss 2009 374 pages
3.53
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
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