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The Essential Tao Summary
The Essential Tao
by Thomas Cleary 1991 168 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Taoism
Tao Te Ching Summary
Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu 107 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
The Book of Disquiet Summary
The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa 1982 544 pages
4.40
34k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Philosophy
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Summary
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou 1993 144 pages
4.29
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
Not Quite What I Was Planning Summary
Not Quite What I Was Planning
Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
by Larry Smith 2008 225 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
Writing Down the Bones Summary
Writing Down the Bones
Freeing the Writer Within
by Natalie Goldberg 1986 336 pages
4.21
30k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Self Help
Word Painting Summary
Word Painting
A Guide to Writing More Descriptively
by Rebecca McClanahan 2014 256 pages
4.13
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Poetry
The Calm Center Summary
The Calm Center
Reflections and Meditations for Spiritual Awakening
by Steve Taylor 2015 128 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Poetry
Spirituality
Philosophy
Way of Rest Summary
Way of Rest
by Jeff Foster 2016 352 pages
4.45
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Poetry
Self Help
The Creative Writing Coursebook Summary
The Creative Writing Coursebook
Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry
by Andrew Motion 2001 391 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Poetry
The Essential Rumi Summary
The Essential Rumi
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273 416 pages
4.40
49k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spirituality
The Parent's Tao Te Ching Summary
The Parent's Tao Te Ching
Ancient Advice for Modern Parents
by William Martin 1999 160 pages
4.53
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Philosophy
Poetry
Depression & Other Magic Tricks Summary
Depression & Other Magic Tricks
by Sabrina Benaim 2017 75 pages
3.74
16k+ ratings
Poetry
Mental Health
Mental Illness
On the Brink of Everything Summary
On the Brink of Everything
Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
by Parker J. Palmer 2018 198 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman II Summary
Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman II
by Pierre Alex Jeanty 2016 190 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Poetry
Reflections of a Man Summary
Reflections of a Man
by Amari Soul 2015 278 pages
4.16
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Poetry
Relationships
Unlearn Summary
Unlearn
101 Simple Truths for a Better Life
by Humble the Poet 2014 320 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Personal Development
So Sad Today Summary
So Sad Today
Personal Essays
by Melissa Broder 2016 203 pages
3.80
16k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Mental Health
Dear Stranger, I Know How You Feel Summary
Dear Stranger, I Know How You Feel
by Ashish Bagrecha 2019 198 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Poetry
Love
Aftershocks of Disaster Summary
Aftershocks of Disaster
Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
by Yarimar Bonilla 2019 384 pages
4.27
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Summary
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
by Charlie Mackesy 2019 128 pages
4.56
200k+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Poetry
Childrens
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou 1981 288 pages
4.23
24k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Summary
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
by Nick Flynn 2004 347 pages
3.80
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
How Dante Can Save Your Life Summary
How Dante Can Save Your Life
The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem
by Rod Dreher 2015 320 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Literature
Writing Poetry To Save Your Life Summary
Writing Poetry To Save Your Life
How To Find The Courage To Tell Your Stories
by Maria Mazziotti Gillan 2013 202 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Poetry
Writing
How To
Eternal Echoes Summary
Eternal Echoes
Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong
by John O'Donohue 1998 304 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Poetry
Writing Better Lyrics Summary
Writing Better Lyrics
by Pat Pattison 1995 192 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Music
Writing
Art
Walt Whitman Summary
Walt Whitman
A Life
by Justin Kaplan 1980 464 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Biography
Poetry
History
Perseverance Summary
Perseverance
by Margaret J. Wheatley 2010 168 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Leadership
Self Help
Philosophy
Things No One Else Can Teach Us Summary
Things No One Else Can Teach Us
by Humble the Poet 2019 320 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Poetry
The Practice of Poetry Summary
The Practice of Poetry
Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach
by Robin Behn 1992 300 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Writing
Reference
Heart Talk Summary
Heart Talk
Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life
by Cleo Wade 2018 224 pages
4.25
9k+ ratings
Poetry
Self Help
Feminism
When Women Were Birds Summary
When Women Were Birds
Fifty-four Variations on Voice
by Terry Tempest Williams 2012 208 pages
4.20
8k+ ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Essays
How To Catch A Mole Summary
How To Catch A Mole
by Marc Hamer 2019 256 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Animals
Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom Summary
Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom
by Maryam Mafi 2021 208 pages
3.47
100+ ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Spirituality
The Rumi Prescription Summary
The Rumi Prescription
How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life
by Melody Moezzi 2020 272 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Poetry
Memoir
Mental Health
Letters to a Young Poet Summary
Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929 80 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Walking in Wonder Summary
Walking in Wonder
Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
by John O'Donohue 2018 193 pages
4.43
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Poetry
Philosophy
Lighter Summary
Lighter
Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
by Yung Pueblo 2022 288 pages
4.06
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Poetry
Four Elements Summary
Four Elements
Reflections on Nature
by John O'Donohue 2010 192 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Poetry
Philosophy
The Millionth Circle Summary
The Millionth Circle
How to Change Ourselves and the World. The Essential Guide to Women's Circles
by Jean Shinoda Bolen 1999 87 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Womens
Spirituality
Feminism
Journey to the Heart Summary
Journey to the Heart
Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul
by Melody Beattie 1996 384 pages
4.55
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Personal Development
This Is Woman's Work Summary
This Is Woman's Work
Calling Forth Your Inner Council of Wise, Brave, Crazy, Rebellious, Loving, Luminous Selves
by Dominique Christina 2015 224 pages
4.34
100+ ratings
Poetry
Feminism
Spirituality
Memoirs Summary
Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda 1974 378 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
Coming Home to Myself Summary
Coming Home to Myself
Reflections for Nurturing a Woman's Body and Soul
by Marion Woodman 1998 280 pages
4.25
100+ ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Self Help
Superman is an Arab Summary
Superman is an Arab
by Joumana Haddad 2012 160 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Feminism
Lebanon
Essays
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers Summary
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
by Stuart Ross 2022 152 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Poetry
Memoir
Canada
Inciting Joy Summary
Inciting Joy
Essays
by Ross Gay 2022 256 pages
4.14
4k+ ratings
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
Benedictus Summary
Benedictus
A Book of Blessings
by John O'Donohue 2007 233 pages
4.63
100+ ratings
Poetry
Spirituality
Religion
Prayers for Healing Summary
Prayers for Healing
365 Blessings, Poems, & Meditations from Around the World
by Maggie Oman Shannon 1997 256 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Poetry
Inspirational
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