Philosophy Book Summaries

Persuasive Games Summary
Persuasive Games
The Expressive Power of Videogames
by Ian Bogost 2007 450 pages
3.84
353 ratings
Games
Game Design
Video Games
This View of Life Summary
This View of Life
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
by David Sloan Wilson 2019 288 pages
3.96
354 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
What Do You Want Out of Life? Summary
What Do You Want Out of Life?
A Philosophical Guide to Figuring Out What Matters
by Valerie Tiberius 2023 208 pages
3.21
324 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Meditations on First Philosophy Summary
Meditations on First Philosophy
by RenΓ© Descartes 1641 59 pages
3.74
28.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Productivity Is For Robots Summary
Productivity Is For Robots
How To (re)Connect, Get Creative, And Stay Human In The New World
by Corey McComb 2020 236 pages
3.83
110 ratings
Philosophy
Business
Health
Culture and Resistance Summary
Culture and Resistance
Conversations with Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2003 224 pages
4.11
407 ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
Afterlife Summary
Afterlife
An Investigation
by Colin Wilson 1987 272 pages
3.55
146 ratings
Paranormal
Death
Supernatural
Belonging Summary
Belonging
Remembering Ourselves Home
by Toko-pa Turner 2017 259 pages
4.37
1.9K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy Summary
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy
How to Philosophize with a Pair of Pliers and a Blowtorch
by Richard Greene 2007 288 pages
3.74
195 ratings
Philosophy
Film
Media Tie In
For the New Intellectual Summary
For the New Intellectual
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
by Ayn Rand 1961 224 pages
3.70
3.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Peter Kuper 2004 80 pages
3.79
4.7K ratings
Graphic Novels
Classics
Comics
On the Incarnation Summary
On the Incarnation
by Athanasius of Alexandria 120 pages
4.35
14.3K ratings
Theology
Christian
Christianity
Four Archetypes Summary
Four Archetypes
by C.G. Jung 1970 201 pages
3.99
1.8K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Lyrical and Critical Essays Summary
Lyrical and Critical Essays
by Albert Camus 1970 384 pages
4.30
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literature
The Little Book of Humanism Summary
The Little Book of Humanism
Universal Lessons on Finding Purpose, Meaning and Joy
by Andrew Copson 2020 256 pages
4.10
958 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Dark Star Rising Summary
Dark Star Rising
Magick and Power in the Age of Trump
by Gary Lachman 2018 214 pages
3.84
483 ratings
Politics
Occult
History
The Psychology of the Child Summary
The Psychology of the Child
by Jean Piaget 1950 192 pages
3.86
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Education
Parenting
C.G. Jung Summary
C.G. Jung
Lord of the Underworld
by Colin Wilson 1984 160 pages
3.84
135 ratings
Psychology
Biography
British Literature
Reconnaissance Man Summary
Reconnaissance Man
by Aaron Clarey 2016 202 pages
4.17
140 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
The Western Illusion of Human Nature Summary
The Western Illusion of Human Nature
With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and ... Conceptions of the Human Condition
by Marshall Sahlins 2008 112 pages
4.11
288 ratings
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
Uh-oh Summary
Uh-oh
Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
by Robert Fulghum 1991 244 pages
4.13
3.4K ratings
Humor
Essays
Philosophy
Bright-Sided Summary
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages
3.73
10.2K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
Introducing Logic Summary
Introducing Logic
A Graphic Guide
by Bill Mayblin 2001 181 pages
3.62
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Science
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Summary
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
by David Hume 1748 96 pages
3.94
21.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The essential Colin Wilson Summary
The essential Colin Wilson
by Colin Wilson 1986 248 pages
4.10
100 ratings
Philosophy
Paranormal
Psychology
The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as Remembered by His Disciple Summary
The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as Remembered by His Disciple
by Paramahansa Yogananda 1955 700 pages
4.33
433 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
Aristotle’s Way Summary
Aristotle’s Way
How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
by Edith Hall 2018 336 pages
3.67
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
History
Susan Sontag Summary
Susan Sontag
The Complete Rolling Stone Interview
by Jonathan Cott 1978 168 pages
4.22
2.5K ratings
Biography
Philosophy
Essays
Going to Pieces without Falling Apart Summary
Going to Pieces without Falling Apart
A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness
by Mark Epstein 1998 200 pages
3.87
7.2K ratings
Buddhism
Psychology
Spirituality
Buddhist Boot Camp Summary
Buddhist Boot Camp
by Timber Hawkeye 2012 160 pages
4.25
5.4K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Superheroes and Philosophy Summary
Superheroes and Philosophy
Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way
by Tom Morris 2001 300 pages
3.85
919 ratings
Philosophy
Comics
Superheroes
StΓ₯ fast Summary
StΓ₯ fast
by Svend Brinkmann 2014 158 pages
3.60
2.7K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The INTP Summary
The INTP
Personality, Careers, Relationships, & the Quest for Truth and Meaning
by A.J. Drenth 2013 146 pages
4.22
882 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Strange Rites Summary
Strange Rites
New Religions for a Godless World
by Tara Isabella Burton 2020 301 pages
3.90
1.4K ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Sociology
Less Than Human Summary
Less Than Human
Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
by David Livingstone Smith 2011 336 pages
3.87
740 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
The Annals/The Histories Summary
The Annals/The Histories
by Tacitus 1852 640 pages
4.05
351 ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
25 Days to Better Thinking & Better Living Summary
25 Days to Better Thinking & Better Living
A Guide for Improving Every Aspect of Your Life
by Linda Elder 2006 128 pages
3.81
459 ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Poet's Guide to Life Summary
The Poet's Guide to Life
The Wisdom of Rilke
by Rainer Maria Rilke 2005 215 pages
4.13
358 ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
Observer Summary
Observer
by Robert Lanza 2023 368 pages
4.05
3.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Fantasy
Born to Be Good Summary
Born to Be Good
The Science of a Meaningful Life
by Dacher Keltner 2009 336 pages
3.58
704 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Misfits Summary
The Misfits
A Study of Sexual Outsiders
by Colin Wilson 1988 272 pages
3.69
118 ratings
Psychology
Sexuality
Philosophy
The New York Times Book of Mathematics Summary
The New York Times Book of Mathematics
More Than 100 Years of Writing by the Numbers
by Gina Kolata 2013 498 pages
3.61
157 ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
What On Earth Have I Done? Summary
What On Earth Have I Done?
Stories, Observations, and Affirmations
by Robert Fulghum 1997 320 pages
4.09
1.1K ratings
Humor
Essays
Philosophy
Fulfilled Summary
Fulfilled
How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life
by Anna Yusim 2017 320 pages
4.14
187 ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Religion
Elizabeth Finch Summary
Elizabeth Finch
by Julian Barnes 2022 192 pages
3.17
6.9K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Philosophy
Meditation Is Not What You Think Summary
Meditation Is Not What You Think
Mindfulness and Why It Is So Important
by Jon Kabat-Zinn 2018 240 pages
3.55
950 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Desiring the Kingdom Summary
Desiring the Kingdom
Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation
by James K.A. Smith 2009 238 pages
4.22
3.5K ratings
Theology
Philosophy
Education
Science in the Soul Summary
Science in the Soul
Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
by Richard Dawkins 2017 439 pages
3.99
2.2K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Mind is your Business and Body the Greatest Gadget Summary
Mind is your Business and Body the Greatest Gadget
by Sadhguru 2013 193 pages
4.30
3.6K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
Breaking Bread with the Dead Summary
Breaking Bread with the Dead
A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
by Alan Jacobs 2020 192 pages
3.92
2.0K ratings
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