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The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker 1997 336 pages
4.08
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
Images of Organization Summary
Images of Organization
by Gareth Morgan 2006 520 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Technopoly Summary
Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
by Neil Postman 1993 240 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Sociology
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
The Shallows Summary
The Shallows
What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
by Nicholas Carr 2010 288 pages
3.89
30k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Technology
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong
Adventures in the Margin of Error
by Kathryn Schulz 2010 420 pages
3.94
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2007 296 pages
3.96
600k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
After Capitalism Summary
After Capitalism
by David Schweickart 2002 224 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Age of Empathy Summary
Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
by Frans de Waal 2010 304 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Animals
Outliers Summary
Outliers
The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell 2008 309 pages
4.19
800k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1986 192 pages
4.15
31k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Civilization Summary
Civilization
The West and the Rest
by Niall Ferguson 2012 464 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Culture Code Summary
Culture Code
by Clotaire Rapaille 2006 272 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
The Social Animal Summary
The Social Animal
The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
by David Brooks 2011 472 pages
3.87
23k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
The Art of Choosing Summary
The Art of Choosing
by Sheena Iyengar 2011 368 pages
3.84
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The True Believer Summary
The True Believer
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
by Eric Hoffer 1980 188 pages
4.21
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
We Are All Weird Summary
We Are All Weird
by Seth Godin 2011 112 pages
3.55
4k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Redirect Summary
Redirect
The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change
by Timothy D. Wilson 2011 288 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization
Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2011 341 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Science of Evil Summary
The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011 274 pages
3.78
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Tricks of the Trade Summary
Tricks of the Trade
How to Think about Your Research While You're Doing It
by Howard S. Becker 1998 239 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Sociology
Research
Writing
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney 2011 320 pages
3.86
35k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save
Acting Now to End World Poverty
by Peter Singer 2009
4.16
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Dirt on Clean Summary
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
by Katherine Ashenburg 2010 384 pages
3.71
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Microhistory
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 320 pages
4.28
22k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser 2002 400 pages
3.75
200k+ ratings
Food
Sociology
Politics
Everything Is Obvious Summary
Everything Is Obvious
*Once You Know the Answer
by Duncan J. Watts 2011 322 pages
3.81
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The New Jim Crow Summary
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander 2010 290 pages
4.52
100k+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
Everything Bad Is Good for You Summary
Everything Bad Is Good for You
by Steven Johnson 2006 274 pages
3.49
5k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Cultural
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2003 560 pages
4.09
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Paradox of Choice Summary
The Paradox of Choice
Why More Is Less
by Barry Schwartz 2004 288 pages
3.84
35k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Personality, Character, and Intelligence Summary
Personality, Character, and Intelligence
Part Three from What the Dog Saw
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 109 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Personal Development
Brandwashed Summary
Brandwashed
Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2011 304 pages
3.81
4k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer 2002 384 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It
Social Science for the Twenty-First Century
by Immanuel Wallerstein 2001 288 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Post-American World Summary
The Post-American World
Release 2.0
by Fareed Zakaria 2011 336 pages
3.86
12k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Quiet Summary
Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by Susan Cain 2012 352 pages
4.08
400k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012
3.79
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
Born Digital Summary
Born Digital
by John Palfrey
3.61
1k+ ratings
Technology
Education
Internet
The Guy's Guide to Feminism Summary
The Guy's Guide to Feminism
by Michael Kaufman 2011 208 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Psychology
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland 2007 256 pages
3.9
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Self-Made Man Summary
Self-Made Man
One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
by Norah Vincent 2006 304 pages
3.40
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Gender
Feminism
The Price of Inequality Summary
The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012 448 pages
4.02
9k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Business
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky 2012 256 pages
3.57
1k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
by Jared Diamond 2012 512 pages
3.77
10k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 464 pages
4.2
5k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
Contagious Summary
Contagious
Why Things Catch On
by Jonah Berger 2013 256 pages
3.98
31k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Behind the Kitchen Door Summary
Behind the Kitchen Door
by Sarumathi Jayaraman 2013 208 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
Food
Social Justice
Politics
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
The Death and Life of the Great American School System Summary
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
by Diane Ravitch 2010 296 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Education
Politics
Teaching
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