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Sapiens Summary
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari 2011 512 pages
4.35
1.1M+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
800k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
The Tipping Point Summary
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell 2002 301 pages
4.01
800k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Summary
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot 2010 370 pages
4.12
700k+ ratings
Science
History
Biography
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 pages
3.96
600k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
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
Science
Anthropology
Elon Musk Summary
Elon Musk
Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance 2015 392 pages
4.14
400k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Science
A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 544 pages
4.22
400k+ ratings
Science
History
Humor
Talking to Strangers Summary
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
by Malcolm Gladwell 2019 388 pages
4.00
300k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.20
200k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
The Body Keeps the Score Summary
The Body Keeps the Score
Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
by Bessel van der Kolk 2014 464 pages
4.38
200k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
"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
Why We Sleep Summary
Why We Sleep
Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
by Matthew Walker 2017 368 pages
4.38
200k+ ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
Being Mortal Summary
Being Mortal
Medicine and What Matters in the End
by Atul Gawande 2014 282 pages
4.49
200k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Health
David and Goliath Summary
David and Goliath
Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell 2013 305 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
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
The Psychopath Test Summary
The Psychopath Test
A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson 2011 275 pages
3.95
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 270 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
Emotional Intelligence Summary
Emotional Intelligence
Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
by Daniel Goleman 1995 352 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Predictably Irrational Summary
Predictably Irrational
The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely 2008 247 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Black Swan Summary
The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007 480 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Philosophy
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
Politics
Geography
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures Summary
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 444 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Essays
Breath Summary
Breath
The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor 2020 280 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Nudge Summary
Nudge
Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Richard H. Thaler 2008 260 pages
3.84
90k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Business
Flow Summary
Flow
The Psychology of Optimal Experience
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1990 303 pages
4.11
84k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
How to Change Your Mind Summary
How to Change Your Mind
The New Science of Psychedelics
by Michael Pollan 2018 480 pages
4.27
80k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Health
Come as You Are Summary
Come as You Are
The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
by Emily Nagoski 2015 400 pages
4.29
75k+ ratings
Self Help
Feminism
Psychology
Range Summary
Range
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
by David Epstein 2019 339 pages
4.14
73k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
The Checklist Manifesto Summary
The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande 2009 208 pages
4.04
72k+ ratings
Business
Productivity
Self Help
Lab Girl Summary
Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren 2016 290 pages
3.98
69k+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Biography
Stolen Focus Summary
Stolen Focus
Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
by Johann Hari 2022 357 pages
4.23
64k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Righteous Mind Summary
The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by Jonathan Haidt 2012 419 pages
4.20
60k+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
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
Antifragile Summary
Antifragile
Things That Gain from Disorder
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012 426 pages
4.10
54k+ ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
The Whole-Brain Child Summary
The Whole-Brain Child
Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
by Daniel J. Siegel 2011 192 pages
4.27
51k+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
Silent Spring Summary
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson 1962 378 pages
4.05
51k+ ratings
Science
Environment
Nature
Waking Up Summary
Waking Up
A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
by Sam Harris 2014 256 pages
3.91
48k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Religion
The Design of Everyday Things Summary
The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman 1988 257 pages
4.15
45k+ ratings
Design
Business
Psychology
The Happiness Hypothesis Summary
The Happiness Hypothesis
Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
by Jonathan Haidt 2006 297 pages
4.10
42k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
The Art of Thinking Clearly Summary
The Art of Thinking Clearly
by Rolf Dobelli 2011 384 pages
3.85
38k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Cribsheet Summary
Cribsheet
A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
by Emily Oster 2019 352 pages
4.14
36k+ ratings
Parenting
Science
Childrens
What Every Body is Saying Summary
What Every Body is Saying
An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
by Joe Navarro 2008 250 pages
3.91
32k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself Summary
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One
by Joe Dispenza 2012 329 pages
4.14
32k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
It Didn't Start with You Summary
It Didn't Start with You
How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
by Mark Wolynn 2016 256 pages
3.55
31k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
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
When the Body Says No Summary
When the Body Says No
The Cost of Hidden Stress
by Gabor Maté 2003 320 pages
4.21
28k+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Self Help
Life 3.0 Summary
Life 3.0
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by Max Tegmark 2017 384 pages
4.00
26k+ ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
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
Why Buddhism Is True Summary
Why Buddhism Is True
The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
by Robert Wright 2017 11 pages
4.02
24k+ ratings
Philosophy
Buddhism
Psychology
Clean Code Summary
Clean Code
A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
by Robert C. Martin 2007 464 pages
4.37
22k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Far from the Tree Summary
Far from the Tree
Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
by Andrew Solomon 2012 962 pages
4.26
21k+ ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Science
Make It Stick Summary
Make It Stick
The Science of Successful Learning
by Peter C. Brown 2014 313 pages
4.16
20k+ ratings
Education
Self Help
Psychology
Superintelligence Summary
Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom 2014 352 pages
3.86
19k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Inside of a Dog Summary
Inside of a Dog
What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
by Alexandra Horowitz 2009 353 pages
3.62
17k+ ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
Free Summary
Free
The Future of a Radical Price
by Chris Anderson 2009 288 pages
3.86
17k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Technology
The Red Queen Summary
The Red Queen
Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
by Matt Ridley 1993 405 pages
4.05
17k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Thinking In Pictures Summary
Thinking In Pictures
And Other Reports from My Life with Autism
by Temple Grandin 1995 240 pages
4.10
16k+ ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Memoir
Psychology
AI Superpowers Summary
AI Superpowers
China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
by Kai-Fu Lee 2018 255 pages
4.09
15k+ ratings
Business
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Summary
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
by Robert M. Sapolsky 1993 560 pages
4.18
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
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
The Mythical Man-Month Summary
The Mythical Man-Month
Essays on Software Engineering
by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975 322 pages
4.01
14k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker 1973 336 pages
4.06
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
The Female Brain Summary
The Female Brain
by Louann Brizendine 2006 304 pages
3.84
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Social Intelligence Summary
Social Intelligence
The New Science of Human Relationships
by Daniel Goleman 2006 416 pages
3.99
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Fast Like a Girl Summary
Fast Like a Girl
A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones
by Mindy Pelz 2022 336 pages
4.23
13k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Starry Messenger Summary
Starry Messenger
Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2022 271 pages
4.11
13k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
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
Irresistible Summary
Irresistible
The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
by Adam Alter 2017 368 pages
3.86
12k+ ratings
Psychology
Technology
Science
The Second Machine Age Summary
The Second Machine Age
Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
by Erik Brynjolfsson 2014 336 pages
3.91
12k+ ratings
Technology
Economics
Business
The Moral Animal Summary
The Moral Animal
Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
by Robert Wright 1994 496 pages
4.08
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer 1997 384 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Marshmallow Test Summary
The Marshmallow Test
Mastering Self-Control
by Walter Mischel 2014 336 pages
3.72
9k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Coming Wave Summary
The Coming Wave
Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
by Mustafa Suleyman 2023 332 pages
3.85
9k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
The Vagina Bible Summary
The Vagina Bible
The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine
by Jen Gunter 2019 420 pages
4.35
8k+ ratings
Science
Feminism
Health
Consciousness Explained Summary
Consciousness Explained
by Daniel C. Dennett 1991 511 pages
3.90
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Letters From An Astrophysicist Summary
Letters From An Astrophysicist
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2019 272 pages
4.06
8k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Mind-Gut Connection Summary
The Mind-Gut Connection
How the Astonishing Dialogue Taking Place in Our Bodies Impacts Health, Weight, and Mood
by Emeran Mayer 2015 256 pages
3.76
8k+ ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
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
Storytelling with Data Summary
Storytelling with Data
A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals
by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 2015 288 pages
4.39
7k+ ratings
Business
Design
Technology
The Art of Deception Summary
The Art of Deception
Controlling the Human Element of Security
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2001 352 pages
3.76
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Technology
Computer Science
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 352 pages
4.13
6k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Co-Intelligence Summary
Co-Intelligence
Living and Working with AI
by Ethan Mollick 2024 243 pages
4.07
6k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Business
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
Hjärnstark Summary
Hjärnstark
by Anders Hansen 2016 256 pages
3.97
6k+ ratings
Health
Psychology
Science
Clean Architecture Summary
Clean Architecture
by Robert C. Martin 2017 432 pages
4.23
6k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Finding Flow Summary
Finding Flow
The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1995 181 pages
3.90
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
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
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together
Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
by Sherry Turkle 2011 360 pages
3.62
6k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
Magic Pill Summary
Magic Pill
The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
by Johann Hari 2024 320 pages
4.28
5k+ ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
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
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
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
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
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
Life Ascending Summary
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
by Nick Lane 2009 352 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Building Microservices Summary
Building Microservices
Designing Fine-Grained Systems
by Sam Newman 2014 473 pages
4.22
5k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
The Age of AI and Our Human Future Summary
The Age of AI and Our Human Future
by Henry Kissinger 2021 272 pages
3.46
4k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Science
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