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Steve Jobs Summary
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages
4.15
1.3M+ ratings
Biography
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Technology
Sapiens Summary
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari 2011 512 pages
4.35
1.1M+ ratings
History
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Summary
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot 2010 370 pages
4.12
700k+ ratings
Science
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Biography
I Am Malala Summary
I Am Malala
The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai 2012 327 pages
4.16
600k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Feminism
The Art of War Summary
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu 170 pages
3.95
500k+ ratings
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War
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
History
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Anthropology
A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 544 pages
4.22
400k+ ratings
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Humor
The Boys in the Boat Summary
The Boys in the Boat
Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
by Daniel James Brown 2013 404 pages
4.39
300k+ ratings
History
Sports
Biography
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Summary
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X 1965 466 pages
4.36
200k+ ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.20
200k+ ratings
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Just Mercy Summary
Just Mercy
by Bryan Stevenson 2014 336 pages
4.63
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Social Justice
Race
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Summary
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
by Richard P. Feynman 1985 400 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Science
Biography
Physics
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan 2006 450 pages
4.19
200k+ ratings
Food
Science
Health
The 48 Laws of Power Summary
The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene 1998 452 pages
4.11
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Team of Rivals Summary
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Summary
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Science
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Biography
History
American History
Prisoners of Geography Summary
Prisoners of Geography
Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
by Tim Marshall 2015 256 pages
4.19
100k+ ratings
History
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Geography
Too Much and Never Enough Summary
Too Much and Never Enough
How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
by Mary L. Trump 2020 236 pages
3.82
92k+ ratings
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Memoir
The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham 2006 360 pages
3.86
81k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
The Everything Store Summary
The Everything Store
Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
by Brad Stone 2013 384 pages
4.14
75k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
Gandhi Summary
Gandhi
An Autobiography
by Mahatma Gandhi 1927 528 pages
4.11
72k+ ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
The River of Doubt Summary
The River of Doubt
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
by Candice Millard 2005 416 pages
4.20
72k+ ratings
History
Biography
Adventure
Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2012 529 pages
4.08
55k+ ratings
Politics
History
Business
The Snowball Summary
The Snowball
Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
by Alice Schroeder 2008 960 pages
4.15
52k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Finance
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson 1962 378 pages
4.05
51k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 600 pages
4.15
41k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
The Consolations of Philosophy Summary
The Consolations of Philosophy
by Alain de Botton 2000 265 pages
4.01
32k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Girls of Atomic City Summary
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by Denise Kiernan 2013 373 pages
3.72
31k+ ratings
History
World War II
Science
Justice Summary
Justice
What's the Right Thing to Do?
by Michael J. Sandel 2007 308 pages
4.30
26k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Law
The Lucifer Effect Summary
The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2007 551 pages
3.92
25k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Laws of Human Nature Summary
The Laws of Human Nature
by Robert Greene 2018 624 pages
4.36
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1986 400 pages
4.34
23k+ ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
by Edward S. Herman 1988 412 pages
4.24
22k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Beyond Band of Brothers Summary
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
by Dick Winters 2006 304 pages
4.32
19k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Masters of Doom Summary
Masters of Doom
How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
by David Kushner 2003 339 pages
4.29
19k+ ratings
Biography
History
Video Games
Hatching Twitter Summary
Hatching Twitter
A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
by Nick Bilton 2013 299 pages
4.04
18k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 1997 119 pages
4.06
18k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The 33 Strategies of War Summary
The 33 Strategies of War
by Robert Greene 2001 496 pages
4.23
18k+ ratings
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History
Business
Same as Ever Summary
Same as Ever
A Guide to What Never Changes
by Morgan Housel 2023 240 pages
4.17
17k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Finance
iWoz Summary
iWoz
Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
by Steve Wozniak 2006 313 pages
3.84
17k+ ratings
Biography
Technology
Business
Becoming Steve Jobs Summary
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
by Brent Schlender 2015 464 pages
4.14
16k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
Where Good Ideas Come From Summary
Where Good Ideas Come From
The Natural History of Innovation
by Steven Johnson 2010 326 pages
4.00
15k+ ratings
Business
Science
History
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 271 pages
4.11
13k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics
A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell 2000 448 pages
4.36
13k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
World Order Summary
World Order
by Henry Kissinger 2014 420 pages
4.05
13k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Rational Optimist Summary
The Rational Optimist
How Prosperity Evolves
by Matt Ridley 2010 448 pages
3.98
12k+ ratings
Economics
History
Science
The World As It Is Summary
The World As It Is
Inside the Obama White House
by Ben Rhodes 2018 480 pages
4.30
12k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
The New New Thing Summary
The New New Thing
A Silicon Valley Story
by Michael Lewis 1999 349 pages
3.75
10k+ ratings
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Technology
Biography
When McKinsey Comes to Town Summary
When McKinsey Comes to Town
by Walt Bogdanich 2022 368 pages
3.80
9k+ ratings
Business
Politics
History
The Deficit Myth Summary
The Deficit Myth
Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
by Stephanie Kelton 2020 327 pages
4.03
9k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
7k+ ratings
Economics
Africa
Politics
The Master Switch Summary
The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by Tim Wu 2010 384 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
History
Technology
Business
Cicero Summary
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt 2001 364 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
The Bottom Billion Summary
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
by Paul Collier 2007 205 pages
3.85
7k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
International Development
Michael Jordan Summary
Michael Jordan
The Life
by Roland Lazenby 2014 720 pages
4.31
7k+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Basketball
A Man for All Markets Summary
A Man for All Markets
From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
by Edward O. Thorp 2016 416 pages
4.24
7k+ ratings
Finance
Biography
Business
The Fourth Turning Summary
The Fourth Turning
An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
by William Strauss 1996 400 pages
3.88
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Digital Gold Summary
Digital Gold
Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
by Nathaniel Popper 2015 416 pages
4.15
6k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Finance
The Cult of We Summary
The Cult of We
WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
by Eliot Brown 2021 464 pages
4.27
6k+ ratings
Business
History
True Crime
Wizard Summary
Wizard
The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius
by Marc J. Seifer 1996 542 pages
3.73
6k+ ratings
Biography
Science
History
Tried by War Summary
Tried by War
Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
by James M. McPherson 2008 329 pages
4.09
5k+ ratings
History
Civil War
Biography
The Revenge Of Geography Summary
The Revenge Of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
by Robert D. Kaplan 2012 432 pages
3.78
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
Until the End of Time Summary
Until the End of Time
Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
by Brian Greene 2020 384 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree Summary
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor
by Laura Hillman 2003 274 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Holocaust
History
Memoir
How Civil Wars Start Summary
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages
4.24
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
Stalling for Time Summary
Stalling for Time
My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
by Gary Noesner 2010 372 pages
3.93
5k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
Life Ascending Summary
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
by Nick Lane 2009 352 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Currency Wars Summary
Currency Wars
The Making of the Next Global Crisis
by James Rickards 2011 304 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Art of War/The Art of Warfare Summary
The Art of War/The Art of Warfare
by Sun Tzu 2002 143 pages
4.14
4k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
History
American Icon Summary
American Icon
Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
by Bryce G. Hoffman 2012 432 pages
4.42
4k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
The Bridge Summary
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
by David Remnick 2010 656 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Fake Law Summary
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
by The Secret Barrister 2020 400 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
God Is Not One Summary
God Is Not One
The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World — and Why Their Differences Matter
by Stephen Prothero 2010 388 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
Religion
History
Philosophy
The Daily Laws Summary
The Daily Laws
366 Meditations from the author of the bestselling The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene 2021 463 pages
4.26
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
The Panama Papers Summary
The Panama Papers
Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
by Frederik Obermaier 2016 400 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021 368 pages
4.02
4k+ ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowell 2009 416 pages
4.29
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Origins Summary
Origins
How Earth's History Shaped Human History
by Lewis Dartnell 2019 352 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
History
Science
Geography
A Freewheelin' Time Summary
A Freewheelin' Time
A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
by Suze Rotolo 2008 369 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 1978 228 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Master and His Emissary Summary
The Master and His Emissary
The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
by Iain McGilchrist 2009 608 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Right Thing, Right Now Summary
Right Thing, Right Now
Justice in an Unjust World
by Ryan Holiday 2024 365 pages
4.16
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Personal Development
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization Summary
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2005 280 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
History
Religion
Catholic
Work Summary
Work
A History of How we spend our Time
by James Suzman 2020 464 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Economics
Oxygen Summary
Oxygen
The Molecule that Made the World
by Nick Lane 2002 384 pages
4.14
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Chemistry
The Cult of Trump Summary
The Cult of Trump
A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control
by Steven Hassan 2019 320 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Cults
Money Summary
Money
by Yuval Noah Harari 2018 144 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
History
Economics
Finance
Lady Justice Summary
Lady Justice
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
by Dahlia Lithwick 2022 368 pages
4.40
2k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
History
Keynes Hayek Summary
Keynes Hayek
The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
by Nicholas Wapshott 2011 400 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Machine That Changed the World Summary
The Machine That Changed the World
The Story of Lean Production
by James P. Womack 1990 323 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Business
Management
History
The Obamas Summary
The Obamas
by Jodi Kantor 2011 368 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
Occupy Summary
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky 2012 128 pages
3.60
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Philosophy for Life Summary
Philosophy for Life
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by Jules Evans 2012 292 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
A Call to Action Summary
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
by Jimmy Carter 2014 211 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Kushner, Inc. Summary
Kushner, Inc.
Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
by Vicky Ward 2019 304 pages
3.53
2k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here
by Neil Howe 2023
3.96
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Broken Money Summary
Broken Money
Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden 2023 538 pages
4.66
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
Read Dangerously Summary
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
by Azar Nafisi 2022 240 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
The Essential Jung Summary
The Essential Jung
Selected Writings
by C.G. Jung 1983 448 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
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