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Irrationality Summary
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland 2007 256 pages
3.9
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Noonday Demon Summary
The Noonday Demon
An Atlas of Depression
by Andrew Solomon 2002 578 pages
4.2
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Science
The Willpower Instinct Summary
The Willpower Instinct
How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It
by Kelly McGonigal 2011 288 pages
4.13
32k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Embracing Your Inner Critic Summary
Embracing Your Inner Critic
Turning Self-Criticism into a Creative Asset
by Hal Stone 1993 224 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True (50 series) Summary
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True (50 series)
by Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
Science
Skepticism
Psychology
HELP! Summary
HELP!
How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done
by Oliver Burkeman 2011 273 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
Codependent No More Workbook Summary
Codependent No More Workbook
by Melody Beattie 2011 200 pages
4.3
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
The Antidote Summary
The Antidote
Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
by Oliver Burkeman 2012 256 pages
4.04
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
How to Create a Mind Summary
How to Create a Mind
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
by Ray Kurzweil 2012 352 pages
3.96
7k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal
How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012 260 pages
4.06
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Storytelling Animal Summary
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages
3.7
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Writing
Science
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was Summary
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was
How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It
by Barbara Sher 2010 338 pages
3.79
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse Summary
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse
by Dr. Gregory L. Jantz 2003 224 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Abuse
The Language of Letting Go Summary
The Language of Letting Go
Daily Meditations for Codependents (Hazelden Meditation Series)
by Melody Beattie 1990 393 pages
4.36
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Too Nice for Your Own Good Summary
Too Nice for Your Own Good
by Duke Robinson 2000 288 pages
3.47
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Brain Power Summary
Brain Power
Improve Your Mind as You Age
by Michael J. Gelb 2011 248 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Brain
Rules of the Game Summary
Rules of the Game
by Neil Strauss 2009 374 pages
3.53
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
When I Say No, I Feel Guilty Summary
When I Say No, I Feel Guilty
by Manuel J. Smith 1975 352 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Bounce Summary
Bounce
Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success
by Matthew Syed 2010 320 pages
4.07
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
How Children Succeed Summary
How Children Succeed
Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
by Paul Tough 2012 231 pages
3.89
24k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
How Much is Enough? Summary
How Much is Enough?
Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky 2012 256 pages
3.57
1k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Meditation in Action Summary
Meditation in Action
by Chogyam Trungpa 2010 112 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation (Shambhala Classics) Summary
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation (Shambhala Classics)
by CHOGYAM TRUNGPA 2002 208 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Liespotting Summary
Liespotting
Proven Techniques to Detect Deception
by Pamela Meyer 2010 256 pages
3.52
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Bargaining for Advantage Summary
Bargaining for Advantage
Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People
by G. Richard Shell 2006 297 pages
3.91
6k+ ratings
Business
Communication
Psychology
On Killing Summary
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman 1995 400 pages
4.12
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
Getting To Yes Summary
Getting To Yes
by Roger Drummer Fisher 2009
3.95
78k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
The Seven Levels Of Intimacy Summary
The Seven Levels Of Intimacy
by Matthew Kelly 2005 288 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Relationships
Self Help
Psychology
Who Switched Off My Brain? Summary
Who Switched Off My Brain?
Controlling Toxic Thoughts And Emotions
by Leaf 2009
4.07
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Christian
Psychology
Self-Improvement 101 Summary
Self-Improvement 101
What Every Leader Needs to Know (101 (Thomas Nelson))
by John C. Maxwell 2009 128 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
Chimp Paradox Summary
Chimp Paradox
How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them
by Steve Peters 2012 352 pages
3.99
21k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Metaphors We Live By Summary
Metaphors We Live By
by George Lakoff 2003 242 pages
4.1
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Linguistics
Psychology
Integral Life Practice Summary
Integral Life Practice
A 21st-Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity, and Spiritual Awakening
by Ken Wilber 2008 388 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Self Help
When the Body Says No - The Cost of Hidden Stress Summary
When the Body Says No - The Cost of Hidden Stress
by Gabor Mate 2003 320 pages
4.22
23k+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Self Help
Dollars and Sex Summary
Dollars and Sex
How Economics Influences Sex and Love
by Marina Adshade 2013 272 pages
3.62
100+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
The Wisdom of Psychopaths Summary
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success
by Kevin Dutton 2012 288 pages
3.75
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Rules for Radicals Summary
Rules for Radicals
A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
by Saul David Alinsky 1971 196 pages
3.74
8k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
Wherever You Go, There You Are Summary
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn 2010 220 pages
4.13
49k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf Summary
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust
by John Coates 2012 352 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Finance
Science
Contagious Summary
Contagious
Why Things Catch On
by Jonah Berger 2013 256 pages
3.98
31k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
The Logic of Life Summary
The Logic of Life
The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
by Tim Harford 2008 272 pages
3.81
5k+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
How to Work for an Idiot, Revised and Expanded with More Idiots, More Insanity, and More Incompetency Summary
How to Work for an Idiot, Revised and Expanded with More Idiots, More Insanity, and More Incompetency
Survive and Thrive Without Killing Your Boss
by John Hoover 2011 288 pages
3.13
100+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Management
Human Design Summary
Human Design
Discover the Person You Were Born to Be
by Chetan Parkyn 2010 304 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Astrology
Self Help
The Procrastination Equation Summary
The Procrastination Equation
How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done
by Piers Steel PhD 2010 320 pages
3.7
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Productivity
Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking Summary
Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking
by Daniel C. Dennett 2013 512 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1996 192 pages
4.02
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Surfaces and Essences Summary
Surfaces and Essences
Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
by Douglas R Hofstadter 2013 592 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations
by Christopher Lasch 1991 304 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Finding Flow Summary
Finding Flow
The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life (Masterminds Series)
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 1998 192 pages
3.89
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Getting Past No Summary
Getting Past No
Negotiating in Difficult Situations
by William Ury 1993 208 pages
3.97
6k+ ratings
Business
Communication
Psychology
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