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The Essential Tao Summary
The Essential Tao
by Lao Tzu 1998 168 pages
4.1
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Taoism
Tao Te Ching Summary
Tao Te Ching
Annotated & Explained
by Lao Tzu 2006 208 pages
4.3
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Summary
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou 2011 162 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 2009 242 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
Writing Down the Bones Summary
Writing Down the Bones
Freeing the Writer Within
by Natalie Goldberg 2016 260 pages
4.21
30k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Self Help
Word Painting Summary
Word Painting
A Guide to Writing More Descriptively
by Rebecca McClanahan 1999 250 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
4.36
100+ ratings
Poetry
Spirituality
Philosophy
Way of Rest Summary
Way of Rest
by Jeff Foster 2016 352 pages
4.46
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 Julia Bell 2016 449 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Poetry
The Essential Rumi Summary
The Essential Rumi
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 2012 416 pages
4.39
48k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spirituality
Depression & Other Magic Tricks Summary
Depression & Other Magic Tricks
by Sabrina Benaim 2017 97 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 216 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
Reflections of a Man Summary
Reflections of a Man
by Amari Soul 2015 277 pages
4.16
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Poetry
Relationships
So Sad Today Summary
So Sad Today
Personal Essays
by Melissa Broder 2016 224 pages
3.80
16k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Mental Health
Aftershocks of Disaster Summary
Aftershocks of Disaster
Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
by Yarimar Bonilla 2019 441 pages
4.3
100+ ratings
History
Politics
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
100k+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Poetry
Childrens
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou 2009 352 pages
4.23
23k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Summary
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
by Nick Flynn 2005 376 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
3.99
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
4.1
100+ ratings
Poetry
Writing
How To
Eternal Echoes Summary
Eternal Echoes
Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong
by John O'Donohue 2009 306 pages
4.43
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Poetry
Writing Better Lyrics Summary
Writing Better Lyrics
by Pat Pattison 2010 304 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Music
Writing
Poetry
Walt Whitman Summary
Walt Whitman
A Life
by Justin Kaplan 2013 553 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Biography
Poetry
History
Perseverance Summary
Perseverance
by Margaret J. Wheatley 2010 168 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Leadership
Spirituality
Self Help
Things No One Else Can Teach Us Summary
Things No One Else Can Teach Us
by Humble the Poet 2019 320 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Poetry
Personal Development
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
When Women Were Birds Summary
When Women Were Birds
Fifty-four Variations on Voice
by Terry Tempest Williams 2012 258 pages
4.20
8k+ ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Essays
Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom Summary
Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 2021 160 pages
3.38
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Poetry
Spirituality
The Rumi Prescription Summary
The Rumi Prescription
How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life
by Melody Moezzi 2020 269 pages
4.2
500+ ratings
Poetry
Memoir
Mental Health
Letters to a Young Poet Summary
Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1993 74 pages
4.29
95k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Philosophy
Walking in Wonder Summary
Walking in Wonder
Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
by John O'Donohue 2018 173 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Poetry
Philosophy
Lighter Summary
Lighter
Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
by Yung Pueblo 2022 200 pages
4.07
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Poetry
Psychology
Four Elements Summary
Four Elements
Reflections on Nature
by John O'Donohue 2011 194 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Poetry
Philosophy
Millionth Circle Summary
Millionth Circle
How to Change Ourselves and the World: The Essential Guide to Women's Circles
by Jean Shinoda Bolen 1999 108 pages
4.1
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Womens
Feminism
Journey to the Heart Summary
Journey to the Heart
Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul
by Melody Beattie 2013 318 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 192 pages
4.36
100+ ratings
Poetry
Feminism
Spirituality
The Complete Memoirs Summary
The Complete Memoirs
Expanded Edition
by Pablo Neruda 2021 320 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
Coming Home to Myself Summary
Coming Home to Myself
Reflections for Nurturing a Woman's Body & Soul
by Marion Woodman 2001 374 pages
4.24
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
Superman Is an Arab Summary
Superman Is an Arab
On God, Marriage, Macho Men and Other Disastrous Inventions
by Joumana Haddad 2012 175 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 336 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
Benedictus Summary
Benedictus
A Book Of Blessings
by John O'Donohue 2009 240 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 2000 321 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Poetry
Inspirational
The Mountain Is You Summary
The Mountain Is You
Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
by Brianna Wiest 2020 248 pages
4.09
62k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Prayers for a Privileged People Summary
Prayers for a Privileged People
by Walter Brueggemann 2010 202 pages
4.45
100+ ratings
Prayer
Theology
Poetry
The Book of (More) Delights Summary
The Book of (More) Delights
Essays
by Ross Gay 2023 336 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
Iron John Summary
Iron John
A Book about Men
by Robert Bly 2015 304 pages
3.89
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day! Summary
Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!
Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
by Kate Bowler 2024 336 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Faith
Self Help
Spirituality
Hamlet Summary
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare 2005 288 pages
4.02
900k+ ratings
Plays
School
Literature
Faust, First Part Summary
Faust, First Part
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1994 432 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Plays
Poetry
German Literature
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