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Getting Things Done Summary
Getting Things Done
The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen 2001 267 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Productivity
Business
Self Help
Ready for Anything Summary
Ready for Anything
52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done
by David Allen 2003 165 pages
3.85
5k+ ratings
Productivity
Business
Self Help
If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules Summary
If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules
Ten Rules for Being Human as Introduced in Chicken Soup for the Soul
by Cherie Carter-Scott 1998 160 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Inspirational
Spirituality
Unmasking the Face Summary
Unmasking the Face
by Paul Ekman 1975 215 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Critical Thinking Summary
Critical Thinking
Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life
by Richard Paul 2000 459 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Stretching Summary
Stretching
by Bob Anderson 1975 196 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
Health
Fitness
Reference
Feeling Good Together Summary
Feeling Good Together
The Secret of Making Troubled Relationships Work
by David D. Burns 2008 288 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
Maximum Influence Summary
Maximum Influence
The 12 Universal Laws of Power Persuasion
by Kurt W. Mortensen 2004 240 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
The Knowing-Doing Gap Summary
The Knowing-Doing Gap
How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action
by Jeffrey Pfeffer 1993 314 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Feeling Good Summary
Feeling Good
The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns 1980 736 pages
4.06
33k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Understanding Motivation and Emotion Summary
Understanding Motivation and Emotion
by Johnmarshall Reeve 1992 576 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Psychology
Textbooks
Education
The Luck Factor Summary
The Luck Factor
Changing Your Luck, Changing Your Life - The Four Essential Principles
by Richard Wiseman 2003 240 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Rewire Your Brain Summary
Rewire Your Brain
Think Your Way to a Better Life
by John B. Arden 2010 256 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Brain
Tuesdays with Morrie Summary
Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
by Mitch Albom 1997 210 pages
4.19
1.1M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Classics
The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker 1973 336 pages
4.06
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook Summary
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
by Edmund J. Bourne 1990 481 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work Summary
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work
Simple Ways to Minimize Stress and Conflict While Bringing Out the Best in Yourself and Others
by Richard Carlson 1998 284 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family Summary
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family
Simple Ways to Keep Daily Responsibilities and Household Chaos from Taking Over Your Life
by Richard Carlson 1998 273 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Parenting
Family
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and It's All Small Stuff Summary
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and It's All Small Stuff
Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things From Taking Over Your Life
by Richard Carlson 1997 248 pages
4.00
94k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Living the 7 Habits Summary
Living the 7 Habits
The Courage to Change
by Stephen R. Covey 2000 336 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Leadership
The 8th Habit Summary
The 8th Habit
From Effectiveness to Greatness
by Stephen R. Covey 2010 432 pages
4.03
23k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Leadership
Flow Summary
Flow
The Psychology of Optimal Experience
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1990 303 pages
4.11
84k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Mean Genes Summary
Mean Genes
From Sex to Money to Food Taming Our Primal Instincts
by Terry Burnham 2000 272 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Hope and Help for Your Nerves Summary
Hope and Help for Your Nerves
by Claire Weekes 1969 208 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Serious Creativity Summary
Serious Creativity
Using The Power Of Lateral Thinking To Create New Ideas
by Edward de Bono 1995
3.83
500+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
How Not to Write a Novel Summary
How Not to Write a Novel
200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
by Howard Mittelmark 2008 255 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Writing
Humor
Reference
Food Rules Summary
Food Rules
An Eater's Manual
by Michael Pollan 2008 152 pages
3.99
47k+ ratings
Food
Health
Nutrition
The Now Habit Summary
The Now Habit
A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
by Neil A. Fiore 1988 206 pages
3.87
16k+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Psychology
The Happiness Project Summary
The Happiness Project
by Gretchen Rubin 2009 301 pages
3.65
100k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Psychology
59 Seconds Summary
59 Seconds
Think a Little, Change a Lot
by Richard Wiseman 2009 357 pages
3.80
10k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Every Man's Battle Summary
Every Man's Battle
Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time
by Stephen F. Arterburn 2000 256 pages
3.89
6k+ ratings
Christian
Christian Living
Christianity
Improv Wisdom Summary
Improv Wisdom
Don't Prepare, Just Show Up
by Patricia Ryan Madson 2005 160 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Upside of Irrationality Summary
The Upside of Irrationality
The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
by Dan Ariely 2010 334 pages
4.03
35k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich Summary
Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich
The 8 New Rules of Money
by Robert T. Kiyosaki 2009 272 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Self Help
The Shallows Summary
The Shallows
What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
by Nicholas Carr 2010 280 pages
3.89
31k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Technology
Out of Our Minds Summary
Out of Our Minds
Learning to Be Creative
by Ken Robinson 2001 288 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Self Help
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong
Adventures in the Margin of Error
by Kathryn Schulz 2010 339 pages
3.94
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends Summary
How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends
by Don Gabor 1983 208 pages
3.59
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Communication
Psychology
Tao Te Ching Summary
Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu 107 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
Warrior of the Light Summary
Warrior of the Light
by Paulo Coelho 1997 142 pages
3.69
40k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 pages
3.96
600k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Power Thoughts Summary
Power Thoughts
12 Strategies to Win the Battle of the Mind
by Joyce Meyer 2009 288 pages
4.41
4k+ ratings
Christian
Self Help
Spirituality
The Alchemist Summary
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho 1988 182 pages
3.92
3.3M+ ratings
Fantasy
Philosophy
Self Help
How to Win Friends & Influence People Summary
How to Win Friends & Influence People
by Dale Carnegie 1936 288 pages
4.22
1M+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Multipliers Summary
Multipliers
How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
by Liz Wiseman 2010 288 pages
3.99
14k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
Start Small, Stay Small Summary
Start Small, Stay Small
A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
by Rob Walling 2010 214 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Programming
Hamlet's BlackBerry Summary
Hamlet's BlackBerry
A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
by William Powers 2010 267 pages
3.59
1k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Self Help
The 4-Hour Body Summary
The 4-Hour Body
An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
by Timothy Ferriss 2000 571 pages
3.72
36k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Fitness
The Happiness Trap Summary
The Happiness Trap
How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT
by Russ Harris 2007 240 pages
4.13
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
New Atkins for a New You Summary
New Atkins for a New You
The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great.
by Eric C. Westman 2010 352 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Diets
Health
Food
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