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The Conquest of Bread Summary
The Conquest of Bread
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1892 224 pages
4.07
9.2K ratings
Politics
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The Book of Job Summary
The Book of Job
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
by Harold S. Kushner 2012 202 pages
4.03
726 ratings
Religion
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Jewish
What Is Existentialism? Summary
What Is Existentialism?
by Simone de Beauvoir 1944 128 pages
3.91
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Free and Equal Summary
Free and Equal
A Manifesto for a Just Society
by Daniel Chandler 2024 432 pages
3.94
362 ratings
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Economics
Streetlights and Shadows Summary
Streetlights and Shadows
Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making
by Gary Klein 2009 337 pages
4.27
301 ratings
Psychology
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Science
Life After Google Summary
Life After Google
The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
by George Gilder 2018 256 pages
3.56
2.3K ratings
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Humility Is the New Smart Summary
Humility Is the New Smart
Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age
by Edward D. Hess 2017 224 pages
3.61
534 ratings
Business
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Leadership
The Way of Qigong Summary
The Way of Qigong
The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing
by Kenneth S. Cohen 1999 448 pages
4.18
734 ratings
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Traditional Chinese Medicine
A Theory of Everything (That Matters) Summary
A Theory of Everything (That Matters)
A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God
by Alister E. McGrath 2019 240 pages
3.84
146 ratings
Science
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Biography
Life, Love, Laughter Summary
Life, Love, Laughter
by Osho 1987 192 pages
4.07
812 ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Hegel Summary
Hegel
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Singer 1983 131 pages
3.86
2.9K ratings
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The Orbital Perspective Summary
The Orbital Perspective
Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles
by Ron Garan 2015 208 pages
3.81
191 ratings
Space
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Astronomy
The Complete Enneagram Summary
The Complete Enneagram
27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge
by Beatrice Chestnut 2013 494 pages
4.34
2.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Time Paradox Summary
The Time Paradox
The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2008 368 pages
3.75
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Hector and the Search for Lost Time Summary
Hector and the Search for Lost Time
by FranΓ§ois Lelord 2006 240 pages
3.65
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
German Literature
The Calm Center Summary
The Calm Center
Reflections and Meditations for Spiritual Awakening
by Steve Taylor 2015 128 pages
4.33
255 ratings
Poetry
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Philosophy
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead Summary
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1995
4.10
5.0K ratings
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The Island of Knowledge Summary
The Island of Knowledge
The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
by Marcelo Gleiser 2014 359 pages
3.93
894 ratings
Science
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Physics
The Faraway Nearby Summary
The Faraway Nearby
by Rebecca Solnit 2013 259 pages
4.21
7.5K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Biography
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings Summary
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
by Thomas Paine 1776 416 pages
4.14
15.7K ratings
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History
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Come of Age Summary
Come of Age
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble
by Stephen Jenkinson 2018 448 pages
4.23
163 ratings
Philosophy
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Society
On the Origin of Time Summary
On the Origin of Time
Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
by Thomas Hertog 2023 352 pages
4.08
2.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Selfie Summary
Selfie
How the West Became Self-Obsessed
by Will Storr 2017 416 pages
3.92
3.6K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
Work Less, Live More Summary
Work Less, Live More
The Way to Semi-Retirement
by Bob Clyatt 2005 365 pages
3.93
548 ratings
Finance
Money
Business
On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 367 pages
4.17
15.8K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
What is Hinduism? Summary
What is Hinduism?
A Guide for the Global Mind
by David Frawley 1995 274 pages
4.14
106 ratings
Hinduism
Religion
History
Freud Summary
Freud
The Key Ideas
by Ruth Snowden 2010 205 pages
3.70
554 ratings
Psychology
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Science
The China Model Summary
The China Model
Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
by Daniel A. Bell 2015 336 pages
3.63
271 ratings
China
Politics
History
Leadership Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Summary
Leadership Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
The 8 Rituals of Visionary Leaders
by Robin Sharma 1998 263 pages
4.06
3.1K ratings
Self Help
Leadership
Business
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1713 105 pages
3.73
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages
4.10
40.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Build Your Resilience Summary
Build Your Resilience
by Donald J. Robertson 2012 288 pages
4.14
120 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Zen Guitar Summary
Zen Guitar
by Philip Toshio Sudo 1997 208 pages
4.03
2.5K ratings
Music
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Spirituality
Uncertainty Summary
Uncertainty
Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
by David Lindley 1996 272 pages
4.01
2.3K ratings
Science
Physics
History
Strange New World Summary
Strange New World
How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
by Carl R. Trueman 2022 204 pages
4.48
4.2K ratings
Philosophy
History
Christian
Linked Summary
Linked
How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
by Albert-LΓ‘szlΓ³ BarabΓ‘si 2002 304 pages
3.94
5.2K ratings
Science
Business
Sociology
The Wisdom of Wilderness Summary
The Wisdom of Wilderness
Experiencing the Healing Power of Nature
by Gerald G. May 2006 224 pages
4.19
334 ratings
Spirituality
Nature
Philosophy
The Life Divine Summary
The Life Divine
by Sri Aurobindo 1942 1154 pages
4.53
408 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Religion
Ignorance Summary
Ignorance
How it drives science
by Stuart Firestein 2012 208 pages
3.86
1.3K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Free Market Revolution Summary
Free Market Revolution
How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government
by Yaron Brook 2012 272 pages
4.22
665 ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
What Matters Most Summary
What Matters Most
Living a More Considered Life
by James Hollis 2008 288 pages
4.29
805 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal Summary
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal
What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
by Justin Gregg 2022 320 pages
3.89
2.5K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Animals
The Science of Good and Evil Summary
The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer 2004 368 pages
3.91
3.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Hackers & Painters Summary
Hackers & Painters
Big Ideas from the Computer Age
by Paul Graham 2004 272 pages
4.05
9.5K ratings
Business
Programming
Technology
Virtually Human Summary
Virtually Human
The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality
by Martine Rothblatt 2014 368 pages
3.48
179 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Technology
The Reactionary Mind Summary
The Reactionary Mind
Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
by Corey Robin 2011 290 pages
3.94
2.7K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Science of Mind Summary
The Science of Mind
by Ernest Shurtleff Holmes 1938 364 pages
4.35
2.5K ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Philosophy
The Zen of Therapy Summary
The Zen of Therapy
Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life
by Mark Epstein 2022 320 pages
3.93
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Buddhism
Spirituality
Unweaving the Rainbow Summary
Unweaving the Rainbow
Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
by Richard Dawkins 2000 352 pages
4.01
11.4K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biology
Discovering Your Personality Type Summary
Discovering Your Personality Type
The Essential Introduction to the Enneagram, Revised and Expanded
by Don Richard Riso 1992 224 pages
3.91
951 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
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