Philosophy Book Summaries

Living Buddha, Living Christ Summary
Living Buddha, Living Christ
by Thich Nhat Hanh 1997 240 pages
4.16
18.5K ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Buddhism
Small Is Beautiful Summary
Small Is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973 352 pages
4.09
6.8K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Bittersweet Summary
Bittersweet
How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
by Susan Cain 2022 310 pages
3.97
24.0K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Most Good You Can Do Summary
The Most Good You Can Do
How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically
by Peter Singer 2015 211 pages
3.81
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Economics
What Is Art? Summary
What Is Art?
by Leo Tolstoy 1897 252 pages
3.72
3.5K ratings
Art
Philosophy
Classics
The End of Faith Summary
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris 2004 348 pages
3.90
42.7K ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
A Theology of Liberation Summary
A Theology of Liberation
by Gustavo Gutiérrez 1971 334 pages
4.16
2.4K ratings
Theology
Religion
Christianity
Character Strengths and Virtues Summary
Character Strengths and Virtues
A Handbook and Classification
by Christopher Peterson 2004 800 pages
4.25
362 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Life at the Bottom Summary
Life at the Bottom
The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
by Theodore Dalrymple 2001 284 pages
4.23
3.8K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Leaves of Grass Summary
Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman 1855 624 pages
4.12
113.7K ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Law of the Garbage Truck Summary
The Law of the Garbage Truck
How to Respond to People Who Dump on You, and How to Stop Dumping on Others
by David J. Pollay 2010 244 pages
3.73
834 ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Philosophy
The Crisis of Narration Summary
The Crisis of Narration
by Byung-Chul Han 2023 77 pages
3.90
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
The Chemical Muse Summary
The Chemical Muse
Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization
by D.C.A. Hillman 2008 256 pages
3.91
162 ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
Gandhi Summary
Gandhi
His Life and Message for the World
by Louis Fischer 1950 192 pages
4.18
4.4K ratings
Biography
History
India
Zen Keys Summary
Zen Keys
A Guide to Zen Practice
by Thich Nhat Hanh 1974 198 pages
4.02
1.0K ratings
Buddhism
Zen
Religion
Metahuman Summary
Metahuman
Unleashing Your Infinite Potential
by Deepak Chopra 2019 336 pages
3.76
2.4K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
Occupy Summary
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky 2012 128 pages
3.60
2.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Social Identity Summary
Social Identity
by Richard Jenkins 1996 232 pages
3.68
127 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Psychology
Gravity and Grace Summary
Gravity and Grace
by Simone Weil 1947 224 pages
4.28
3.4K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Theology
Why We Lie Summary
Why We Lie
The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind
by David Livingstone Smith 2004 256 pages
3.62
257 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
On Sparta Summary
On Sparta
by Plutarch 260 pages
4.12
1.9K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Eight Lectures on Yoga Summary
Eight Lectures on Yoga
by Aleister Crowley 1939 128 pages
4.10
659 ratings
Occult
Thelema
Philosophy
Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide Summary
Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide
How Changing The Way We React To Misplacing Our Keys Can Transform Our Lives
by Gil Friedman 2003 196 pages
3.93
200 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Religion
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity Summary
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
by Carlo M. Cipolla 1976 96 pages
3.86
10.3K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Humor
Vagabonding Summary
Vagabonding
An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
by Rolf Potts 2002 205 pages
3.95
27.5K ratings
Travel
Philosophy
Self Help
Reasons Not to Worry Summary
Reasons Not to Worry
How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times―A Practical Guide to Stoicism for Self-Improvement and Personal Growth
by Brigid Delaney 2022 304 pages
3.95
2.3K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Wisdom Pattern Summary
The Wisdom Pattern
Order, Disorder, Reorder
by Richard Rohr 2020 223 pages
4.44
578 ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
God's Undertaker Summary
God's Undertaker
Has Science Buried God?
by John C. Lennox 2002 192 pages
4.25
1.8K ratings
Science
Religion
Christian
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
by Sigmund Freud 1917 560 pages
3.80
11.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
The Words Summary
The Words
The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1963 256 pages
3.74
9.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Biography
Love People, Use Things Summary
Love People, Use Things
Because the Opposite Never Works
by Joshua Fields Millburn 2021 336 pages
3.78
4.5K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Relationships
Projection and Re-collection in Jungian Psychology Summary
Projection and Re-collection in Jungian Psychology
Reflections of the Soul
by Marie-Louise von Franz 1980 254 pages
4.33
231 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Not Always So Summary
Not Always So
Practicing the True Spirit of Zen
by Shunryu Suzuki 2002 176 pages
4.30
2.1K ratings
Buddhism
Zen
Philosophy
Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise
From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
by Slavoj Žižek 2014 208 pages
3.73
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
How to Live Summary
How to Live
A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by Sarah Bakewell 2010 387 pages
4.02
10.5K ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Golden Ratio Summary
The Golden Ratio
The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
by Mario Livio 2002 294 pages
3.80
6.2K ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Star Wars and Philosophy Summary
Star Wars and Philosophy
More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine
by William Irwin 2005 227 pages
4.04
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Star Wars
Pop Culture
The Living I Ching Summary
The Living I Ching
Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life
by Ming-Dao Deng 2006 456 pages
4.29
112 ratings
Philosophy
Taoism
Spirituality
The Logic of Life Summary
The Logic of Life
The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
by Tim Harford 2008 213 pages
3.81
5.8K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
Rules for Radicals Summary
Rules for Radicals
A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky 1971 196 pages
3.74
8.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
Back to Virtue Summary
Back to Virtue
Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion
by Peter Kreeft 1986 195 pages
4.29
830 ratings
Philosophy
Catholic
Theology
Radical Acceptance Summary
Radical Acceptance
Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
by Tara Brach 2000 355 pages
4.16
32.9K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Psychology
Breath by Breath Summary
Breath by Breath
The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation
by Larry Rosenberg 1998 240 pages
4.34
934 ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The three questions Summary
The three questions
by Miguel Ruiz 2018 198 pages
3.87
2.0K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Personal Development
The Art of Taking Action Summary
The Art of Taking Action
Lessons from Japanese Psychology
by Gregg Krech 2014 236 pages
3.89
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Productivity
Sociology Summary
Sociology
A Very Short Introduction
by Steve Bruce 1999 128 pages
3.39
872 ratings
Sociology
Science
Philosophy
Solve for Happy Summary
Solve for Happy
Engineer Your Path to Joy
by Mo Gawdat 2017 368 pages
3.98
9.8K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Altered States of Consciousness Summary
Altered States of Consciousness
Experiences Out of Time and Self
by Marc Wittmann 2018 190 pages
3.76
177 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior Summary
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
by John von Neumann 1944 776 pages
4.17
361 ratings
Economics
Mathematics
Science
Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure Summary
Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure
by Ferraiolo William 2017 184 pages
4.16
116 ratings
Philosophy
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