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Modern Romance Summary
Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari 2015 279 pages
3.80
189.0K ratings
Humor
Romance
Book Club
Moral Tribes Summary
Moral Tribes
Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
by Joshua D. Greene 2013 432 pages
4.02
3.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Matthew Effect Summary
The Matthew Effect
How Advantage Begets Further Advantage
by Daniel Rigney 2010 176 pages
3.62
42 ratings
Sociology
Economics
The Other Significant Others Summary
The Other Significant Others
Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
by Rhaina Cohen 2024 320 pages
3.93
3.9K ratings
Relationships
Friendship
Self Help
Infectious Generosity Summary
Infectious Generosity
The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
by Chris J. Anderson 2024 272 pages
3.65
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Trust Me, I'm Lying Summary
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Confessions of a Media Manipulator
by Ryan Holiday 2012 259 pages
3.86
12.0K ratings
Business
Psychology
Politics
The Meritocracy Trap Summary
The Meritocracy Trap
How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
by Daniel Markovits 2019 448 pages
3.83
2.1K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Surrounded by Narcissists Summary
Surrounded by Narcissists
How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People
by Thomas Erikson 2022 320 pages
3.49
3.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Viral Justice Summary
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
by Ruha Benjamin 2022 392 pages
4.45
1.2K ratings
Social Justice
Race
Politics
The Feminine Mystique Summary
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan 1963 562 pages
3.87
29.9K ratings
Feminism
Classics
History
The Art of Being Summary
The Art of Being
by Erich Fromm 1989 144 pages
4.04
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Passages Summary
Passages
Predictable Crises of Adult Life
by Gail Sheehy 1976 576 pages
3.88
2.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Third Culture Kids Summary
Third Culture Kids
Growing Up Among Worlds
by David C. Pollock 1999 360 pages
4.09
2.2K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Education
The Ritual Effect Summary
The Ritual Effect
From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
by Michael Norton 2024 288 pages
3.42
1.0K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Science
How to Kill a City Summary
How to Kill a City
Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
by Peter Moskowitz 2017 272 pages
4.09
3.6K ratings
Urban Planning
Politics
Urbanism
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps Summary
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
How We're Different and What to Do About It
by Allan Pease 1998 272 pages
3.76
11.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
سيكولوجية الجماهير Summary
سيكولوجية الجماهير
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 200 pages
3.82
19.4K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Wisdom of Crowds Summary
The Wisdom of Crowds
by James Surowiecki 2004 306 pages
3.82
24.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Economics
Selections from the Prison Notebooks Summary
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
by Antonio Gramsci 1947 483 pages
4.20
5.2K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Outliers Summary
Outliers
The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell 2008 309 pages
4.19
836.8K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
مقدمة ابن خلدون Summary
مقدمة ابن خلدون
by Ibn Khaldun 1377 3864 pages
4.30
4.7K ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Overdressed Summary
Overdressed
The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
by Elizabeth L. Cline 2012 244 pages
3.82
6.7K ratings
Fashion
Sustainability
Environment
The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution Summary
The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution
by Gustave Le Bon 2015 286 pages
4.18
242 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
The Sacred Canopy Summary
The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
by Peter L. Berger 1967 240 pages
3.95
1.1K ratings
Sociology
Religion
Philosophy
Obedience to Authority Summary
Obedience to Authority
by Stanley Milgram 1974 256 pages
4.20
4.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Filterworld Summary
Filterworld
How Algorithms Flattened Culture
by Kyle Chayka 2024 290 pages
3.65
4.1K ratings
Technology
Sociology
Science
Friendship Summary
Friendship
The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond
by Lydia Denworth 2020 312 pages
3.64
777 ratings
Psychology
Science
Friendship
Are Prisons Obsolete? Summary
Are Prisons Obsolete?
by Angela Y. Davis 2003 128 pages
4.52
28.1K ratings
Politics
Race
Social Justice
The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages
3.97
5.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Drunk Tank Pink Summary
Drunk Tank Pink
And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave
by Adam Alter 2013 272 pages
3.56
4.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowell 2009 416 pages
4.28
3.9K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Body Language Summary
Body Language
by Julius Fast 1970 183 pages
3.49
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
The Crisis of Narration Summary
The Crisis of Narration
by Byung-Chul Han 2023 77 pages
3.90
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
The Narcissist Next Door Summary
The Narcissist Next Door
Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World
by Jeffrey Kluger 2014 277 pages
3.11
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Girls & Sex Summary
Girls & Sex
Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
by Peggy Orenstein 2016 303 pages
4.07
11.1K ratings
Feminism
Parenting
Sexuality
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009 688 pages
4.03
925 ratings
History
Psychology
Philosophy
Design Justice Summary
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020 360 pages
4.18
506 ratings
Design
Technology
Social Justice
Cultish Summary
Cultish
The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell 2021 309 pages
3.83
104.2K ratings
Psychology
History
Sociology
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too Summary
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
by Christopher Emdin 2016 232 pages
4.07
4.8K ratings
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Combatting Cult Mind Control Summary
Combatting Cult Mind Control
The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults
by Steven Hassan 1988 256 pages
4.42
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Cults
Religion
Mindwise Summary
Mindwise
How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want
by Nicholas Epley 2014 242 pages
3.77
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Google Archipelago Summary
Google Archipelago
The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom
by Michael Rectenwald 2019 216 pages
3.84
119 ratings
Politics
Technology
Cultural
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition
by Timothy Snyder 2017 128 pages
4.46
4.4K ratings
History
Graphic Novels
Politics
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.34
150.9K ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
American Made Summary
American Made
What Happens to People When Work Disappears
by Farah Stockman 2021 418 pages
4.31
1.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Man for Himself Summary
Man for Himself
An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics
by Erich Fromm 1947 257 pages
4.18
2.9K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Chasing the Scream Summary
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
by Johann Hari 2015 400 pages
4.50
20.8K ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
The Construction of Social Reality Summary
The Construction of Social Reality
by John Rogers Searle 1995 256 pages
3.90
919 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Anthro-Vision Summary
Anthro-Vision
A New Way to See in Business and Life
by Gillian Tett 2021 304 pages
4.02
1.1K ratings
Anthropology
Business
Economics
The Philosophy of Money Summary
The Philosophy of Money
by Georg Simmel 1900 616 pages
4.07
397 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Economics
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