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The Fountainhead Summary
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1943 704 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The Red Book Summary
The Red Book
Liber Novus
by C.G. Jung 2009 371 pages
4.50
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Spirituality
Never Finished Summary
Never Finished
by David Goggins 2022 312 pages
4.42
38k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
Why? The Purpose of the Universe Summary
Why? The Purpose of the Universe
by Philip Goff 2023 208 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Religion
The Value of Others Summary
The Value of Others
Understanding the Economic Model of Relationships to Get (and Keep) More of What You Want in the Sexual Marketplace
by Orion Taraban 2024 434 pages
4.43
100+ ratings
Psychology
Relationships
Self Help
The Network State Summary
The Network State
How To Start a New Country
by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022 262 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Philosophy
The Good Ancestor Summary
The Good Ancestor
A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Nexus Summary
Nexus
A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
by Yuval Noah Harari 2024 528 pages
4.19
18k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
Existential Psychotherapy Summary
Existential Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 1980 544 pages
4.46
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories Summary
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories
The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka 1915 352 pages
4.09
20k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
Crime and Punishment Summary
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 671 pages
4.28
900k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Stranger Summary
The Stranger
by Albert Camus 1942 123 pages
4.03
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Rebel Summary
The Rebel
by Albert Camus 1951 320 pages
4.14
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
A Happy Death Summary
A Happy Death
by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages
3.81
22k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
40k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
Demons Summary
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1872 733 pages
4.30
57k+ ratings
Russia
Russian Literature
Literature
The Brothers Karamazov Summary
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages
4.38
300k+ ratings
Russia
Classics
Russian Literature
Ikigai Summary
Ikigai
The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
by Héctor García 2018
3.85
52k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Art of Seduction Summary
The Art of Seduction
by Robert Greene 2001 466 pages
3.93
38k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Relationships
The Blind Watchmaker Summary
The Blind Watchmaker
Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
by Richard Dawkins 1986 466 pages
4.09
40k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Philosophy
Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary
Don't Believe Everything You Think
by Joseph Nguyen 2022 99 pages
3.78
24k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Sweet Spot Summary
The Sweet Spot
The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning
by Paul Bloom 2021 304 pages
3.60
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Concise Art of Seduction Summary
The Concise Art of Seduction
by Robert Greene 2003 224 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Hungry Spirit Summary
The Hungry Spirit
Purpose in the Modern World
by Charles B. Handy 1997 288 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Business
Philosophy
Self Help
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 160 pages
4.19
76k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Classics
The Perennial Philosophy Summary
The Perennial Philosophy
by Aldous Huxley 1945 336 pages
4.12
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
Our Mathematical Universe Summary
Our Mathematical Universe
My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
by Max Tegmark 2012 432 pages
4.19
8k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Japonisme Summary
Japonisme
Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi and more
by Erin Niimi Longhurst 2018 293 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Japan
Self Help
Japanese Literature
Fluke Summary
Fluke
Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
by Brian Klaas 2024 335 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Wanting Summary
Wanting
The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
by Luke Burgis 2021 304 pages
3.80
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Deep Simplicity Summary
Deep Simplicity
Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity
by John Gribbin 2004 279 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Way of Aikido Summary
The Way of Aikido
Life Lessons from an American Sensei
by George Leonard 1999 224 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Martial Arts
Self Help
Philosophy
The Art of Peace Summary
The Art of Peace
by Morihei Ueshiba 1992 192 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Spirituality
Your Life As Art Summary
Your Life As Art
by Robert Fritz 2002 254 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The School of Life Summary
The School of Life
An Emotional Education
by Alain de Botton 2019 310 pages
4.24
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Art of Travel Summary
The Art of Travel
by Alain de Botton 2002 272 pages
3.83
24k+ ratings
Travel
Philosophy
Essays
Swamplands of the Soul Summary
Swamplands of the Soul
New Life in Dismal Places
by James Hollis 1996 160 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
A New History of Western Philosophy Summary
A New History of Western Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2007 1058 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Textbooks
Synchronicity Summary
Synchronicity
The Bridge Between Matter and Mind
by F. David Peat 1987 256 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
Atlas of AI Summary
Atlas of AI
Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
by Kate Crawford 2020 288 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
The Way of the Wizard Summary
The Way of the Wizard
Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want
by Deepak Chopra 1995 169 pages
4.05
6k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Autobiography of a Yogi Summary
Autobiography of a Yogi
by Paramahansa Yogananda 1946 503 pages
4.25
69k+ ratings
Spirituality
Biography
Philosophy
Truth and Method Summary
Truth and Method
by Hans-Georg Gadamer 1960 640 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
German Literature
Mere Christianity Summary
Mere Christianity
by C.S. Lewis 1952 191 pages
4.36
400k+ ratings
Christian
Theology
Christianity
Capital in the Twenty First Century Summary
Capital in the Twenty First Century
by Thomas Piketty 2013 685 pages
4.06
33k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
How to Read Lacan Summary
How to Read Lacan
by Slavoj Žižek 2006 144 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
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