Philosophy Book Summaries

The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
How Our Computers Are Changing Us
by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
2.3K ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
On the Brink of Everything Summary
On the Brink of Everything
Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
by Parker J. Palmer 2018 198 pages
4.06
1.9K ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
Separation Summary
Separation
Anxiety and Anger
by John Bowlby 1972 444 pages
4.26
205 ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Psychoanalysis
Keynes Summary
Keynes
The Return of the Master
by Robert Skidelsky 2009 221 pages
3.78
1.1K ratings
Economics
History
Biography
1984 Summary
1984
by Michael Dean 1949 71 pages
4.41
33.6K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Art Spirit Summary
The Art Spirit
by Robert Henri 1929 284 pages
3.93
24.3K ratings
Art
Philosophy
Art History
The Evolution of Everything Summary
The Evolution of Everything
How New Ideas Emerge
by Matt Ridley 2015 368 pages
3.92
3.4K ratings
Science
History
Philosophy
How Pleasure Works Summary
How Pleasure Works
The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
by Paul Bloom 2010 304 pages
3.71
3.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Japonisme Summary
Japonisme
Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi and more
by Erin Niimi Longhurst 2018 293 pages
3.74
2.5K ratings
Japan
Self Help
Japanese Literature
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively? Summary
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
from The Righteous Mind (Kindle Single)
by Jonathan Haidt 2016 73 pages
4.09
334 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
The Philosophical Baby Summary
The Philosophical Baby
What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life
by Alison Gopnik 2003 288 pages
3.79
1.5K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Philosophy
The Map of Heaven Summary
The Map of Heaven
How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife
by Eben Alexander 2014 208 pages
3.81
1.9K ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Science
Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary
Don't Believe Everything You Think
The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking
by Thomas Kida 2006 286 pages
3.83
839 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Summary
The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy
by Donald J. Robertson 2010 316 pages
4.19
311 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Ethics Summary
Ethics
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1955 608 pages
4.19
2.0K ratings
Theology
Philosophy
Christian
The Archaeology of Mind Summary
The Archaeology of Mind
Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions
by Jaak Panksepp 2010 592 pages
4.46
382 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
The secret of secrets Summary
The secret of secrets
by Osho 1983 999 pages
4.32
256 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales Summary
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
by Marie-Louise von Franz 1974 352 pages
4.32
833 ratings
Psychology
Mythology
Philosophy
Wabi Sabi Summary
Wabi Sabi
The Wisdom in Imperfection
by Nobuo Suzuki 2021 192 pages
4.21
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Japan
Destiny, Freedom, and the Soul Summary
Destiny, Freedom, and the Soul
by Osho 2010 216 pages
4.11
504 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Spirituality
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
Ten Principles for a Connected World
by Timothy Garton Ash 2017 504 pages
3.97
302 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Law
The Sermon on the Mount Summary
The Sermon on the Mount
The Key to Success in Life
by Emmet Fox 1935 192 pages
4.43
3.2K ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Christian
Heart of Tantric Sex Summary
Heart of Tantric Sex
by Diana Richardson 2003 256 pages
4.01
677 ratings
Sexuality
Relationships
Spirituality
The God Equation Summary
The God Equation
The Quest for a Theory of Everything
by Michio Kaku 2021 225 pages
4.11
7.9K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Clarity & Connection Summary
Clarity & Connection
by Yung Pueblo 2019 256 pages
4.28
13.3K ratings
Poetry
Self Help
Psychology
Facing the Dragon Summary
Facing the Dragon
Confronting Personal and Spiritual Grandiosity
by Robert L. Moore 2003 248 pages
4.32
298 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
A Short Guide to a Happy Life Summary
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
by Anna Quindlen 2000 50 pages
3.96
9.9K ratings
Self Help
Essays
Memoir
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
Royal Science of God-Realization
by Paramahansa Yogananda 1940 1173 pages
4.60
1.2K ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
Fantastic Voyage Summary
Fantastic Voyage
Live Long Enough to Live Forever
by Ray Kurzweil 2004 452 pages
3.86
909 ratings
Health
Science
Futurism
From Darwin to Derrida Summary
From Darwin to Derrida
Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life
by David Haig 2020 512 pages
3.64
76 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
Be As You Are Summary
Be As You Are
by Ramana Maharshi 1985 251 pages
4.27
2.8K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
The Sacred Balance Summary
The Sacred Balance
Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
by David Suzuki 1997 272 pages
4.14
1.5K ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Why We Believe What We Believe Summary
Why We Believe What We Believe
Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth
by Andrew B. Newberg 2006 321 pages
4.00
326 ratings
Psychology
Science
Religion
The Journey of Soul Initiation Summary
The Journey of Soul Initiation
A Field Guide for Visionaries, Evolutionaries, and Revolutionaries
by Bill Plotkin 2021 520 pages
4.37
116 ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Philosophy
The Mind of God Summary
The Mind of God
The Scientific Basis for a Rational World
by Paul C.W. Davies 1992 256 pages
3.87
1.9K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
The Great Mental Models Summary
The Great Mental Models
General Thinking Concepts
by Shane Parrish 2018 216 pages
4.08
9.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols Summary
The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols
Striving to Become an Eminently Qualified Human
by Jocko Willink 2020 56 pages
4.39
2.9K ratings
Leadership
Self Help
Personal Development
Opening the Hand of Thought Summary
Opening the Hand of Thought
Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
by Kosho Uchiyama 1993 256 pages
4.41
1.0K ratings
Buddhism
Zen
Spirituality
In Praise of Slowness Summary
In Praise of Slowness
Challenging the Cult of Speed
by Carl Honoré 2004 321 pages
3.65
6.6K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Skills in Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy Summary
Skills in Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy
by Emmy Van Deurzen 2011 176 pages
4.32
113 ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Philosophy
The Daily Dad Summary
The Daily Dad
366 Meditations on Parenting, Love and Raising Great Kids
by Ryan Holiday 2023 432 pages
4.55
1.5K ratings
Parenting
Philosophy
Self Help
Handbook of Christian Apologetics Summary
Handbook of Christian Apologetics
Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions
by Peter Kreeft 1994 406 pages
4.23
1.5K ratings
Theology
Catholic
Christian
Jungian Psychoanalysis Summary
Jungian Psychoanalysis
Working in the Spirit of Carl Jung
by Murray B. Stein 2009 488 pages
4.19
118 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Counselling
Irreligion Summary
Irreligion
A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up
by John Allen Paulos 2008 158 pages
3.66
2.2K ratings
Atheism
Science
Philosophy
Constructive Living Summary
Constructive Living
by David K. Reynolds 1984 120 pages
4.11
577 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Metaphysics Summary
Metaphysics
A Contemporary Introduction
by Michael J. Loux 1997 328 pages
3.92
343 ratings
Philosophy
Metaphysics
Academic
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Summary
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
by Edmund Burke 1757 208 pages
3.69
2.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
Bruce Lee The Art of Expressing the Human Body Summary
Bruce Lee The Art of Expressing the Human Body
by Bruce Lee 1998 256 pages
4.25
1.5K ratings
Martial Arts
Fitness
Philosophy
The Happiness Industry Summary
The Happiness Industry
How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
by William Davies 2015 320 pages
3.65
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Crimes Against Logic Summary
Crimes Against Logic
Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders
by Jamie Whyte 2004 157 pages
3.67
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Politics
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