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Ancestral Medicine
by Daniel Foor • 2017
A therapist's ritual guide to healing with your ancestors: repair the dead, reclaim your life.
4.42
343
Ancestral Medicine Summary
Ancestral Medicine 89%
A therapist's ritual guide to healing with your ancestors: repair the dead, reclaim your life.
by Daniel Foor 2017
4.42
343 ratings
The Invisible History of the Human Race
by Christine Kenneally • 2014
Human history is written in DNA: migrations, crashes, and secrets we are only starting to read.
3.81
2k+
The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary
The Invisible History of the Human Race 88%
Human history is written in DNA: migrations, crashes, and secrets we are only starting to read.
by Christine Kenneally 2014
3.81
2k+ ratings
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
by Adam Rutherford • 2016
The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.
4.03
12k+
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived 88%
The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.
by Adam Rutherford 2016
4.03
12k+ ratings
Red Paint
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
4.12
3k+
Red Paint Summary
Red Paint 88%
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022
4.12
3k+ ratings
The Ancestor Syndrome
by Anne Ancelin Schützenberger • 1998
Your fears and illnesses may not be your own: how unspoken family secrets echo across generations.
3.78
737
The Ancestor Syndrome Summary
The Ancestor Syndrome 88%
Your fears and illnesses may not be your own: how unspoken family secrets echo across generations.
by Anne Ancelin Schützenberger 1998
3.78
737 ratings
Of Water and the Spirit
by Malidoma Patrice Somé • 1994
A kidnapped West African returns home a stranger. To belong, he must survive a deadly initiation.
4.41
2k+
Of Water and the Spirit Summary
Of Water and the Spirit 88%
A kidnapped West African returns home a stranger. To belong, he must survive a deadly initiation.
by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1994
4.41
2k+ ratings
America Before
by Graham Hancock • 2019
Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.
4.13
4k+
America Before Summary
America Before 88%
Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.
by Graham Hancock 2019
4.13
4k+ ratings
Ancestors
by Pierre Zalloua • 2025
Your genes don't define your identity. A geneticist's journey through the Levant shows what does.
3.74
80
Ancestors Summary
Ancestors 88%
Your genes don't define your identity. A geneticist's journey through the Levant shows what does.
by Pierre Zalloua 2025
3.74
80 ratings
They Call You Back
by Tim Z. Hernandez • 2024
1948 crash: 28 Mexican dead labeled 'deportees.' One writer's hunt to learn and return their names.
4.43
30
They Call You Back Summary
They Call You Back 88%
1948 crash: 28 Mexican dead labeled 'deportees.' One writer's hunt to learn and return their names.
by Tim Z. Hernandez 2024
4.43
30 ratings
It Didn't Start with You
by Mark Wolynn • 2016
Your worst fears may not be yours. They could belong to your grandmother.
3.55
40k+
It Didn't Start with You Summary
It Didn't Start with You 88%
Your worst fears may not be yours. They could belong to your grandmother.
by Mark Wolynn 2016
3.55
40k+ ratings
Ritual
by Malidoma Patrice Somé • 1993
When a community stops its rituals, the ancestors withdraw and the witches move in.
4.22
597
Ritual Summary
Ritual 88%
When a community stops its rituals, the ancestors withdraw and the witches move in.
by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1993
4.22
597 ratings
Indaba My Children
by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa • 1964
Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.
4.41
450
Indaba My Children Summary
Indaba My Children 87%
Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.
by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa 1964
4.41
450 ratings
Who We Are and How We Got Here
by David Reich • 2018
Ancient DNA rewrites the last 300,000 years: humans are a history of continuous, radical mixture.
4.14
6k+
Who We Are and How We Got Here Summary
Who We Are and How We Got Here 87%
Ancient DNA rewrites the last 300,000 years: humans are a history of continuous, radical mixture.
by David Reich 2018
4.14
6k+ ratings
Decolonial Daughter
by Lesley-Ann Brown • 2018
Letters from a Black mother to her European son about the colonial past they carry together.
4.13
86
Decolonial Daughter Summary
Decolonial Daughter 87%
Letters from a Black mother to her European son about the colonial past they carry together.
by Lesley-Ann Brown 2018
4.13
86 ratings
The Gene Keys
by Richard Rudd • 2011
Your moods program your DNA. A 64-point map for converting fear into genius.
4.52
1k+
The Gene Keys Summary
The Gene Keys 87%
Your moods program your DNA. A 64-point map for converting fear into genius.
by Richard Rudd 2011
4.52
1k+ ratings
Split Tooth
by Tanya Tagaq • 2018
A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.
3.88
14k+
Split Tooth Summary
Split Tooth 87%
A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.
by Tanya Tagaq 2018
3.88
14k+ ratings
African Religions & Philosophy
by John S. Mbiti • 1990
The dead are still family. Time has no future. Religion is the air.
3.85
280
African Religions & Philosophy Summary
African Religions & Philosophy 87%
The dead are still family. Time has no future. Religion is the air.
by John S. Mbiti 1990
3.85
280 ratings
The Healing Wisdom of Africa
by Malidoma Patrice Somé • 1999
A West African elder's ritual and community practices for restoring the purpose you forgot.
4.48
474
The Healing Wisdom of Africa Summary
The Healing Wisdom of Africa 87%
A West African elder's ritual and community practices for restoring the purpose you forgot.
by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1999
4.48
474 ratings
Dreams from My Father
by Barack Obama • 2008
Across continents, a mixed-race man hunts an absent father and the shape of his own identity.
4.04
529
Dreams from My Father Summary
Dreams from My Father 87%
Across continents, a mixed-race man hunts an absent father and the shape of his own identity.
by Barack Obama 2008
4.04
529 ratings
Tauhou
by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall • 2023
Two Indigenous women, an ocean apart, discover their ancestors have been meeting without them.
3.97
720
Tauhou Summary
Tauhou 87%
Two Indigenous women, an ocean apart, discover their ancestors have been meeting without them.
by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall 2023
3.97
720 ratings
The World Until Yesterday
by Jared Diamond • 2012
What hunter-gatherers knew about raising children, avoiding danger, and ending feuds we forgot.
3.78
11k+
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday 87%
What hunter-gatherers knew about raising children, avoiding danger, and ending feuds we forgot.
by Jared Diamond 2012
3.78
11k+ ratings
Medicine River
by Mary Annette Pember • 2025
A dress with 365 jingles: one Ojibwe woman dancing to heal her mother's boarding-school past.
3.91
2k+
Medicine River Summary
Medicine River 87%
A dress with 365 jingles: one Ojibwe woman dancing to heal her mother's boarding-school past.
by Mary Annette Pember 2025
3.91
2k+ ratings
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
by Carl Zimmer • 2018
Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.
4.15
7k+
She Has Her Mother's Laugh Summary
She Has Her Mother's Laugh 87%
Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.
by Carl Zimmer 2018
4.15
7k+ ratings
Scatterlings
by Martin Shaw • 2019
Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.
4.63
106
Scatterlings Summary
Scatterlings 87%
Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.
by Martin Shaw 2019
4.63
106 ratings
The Revelator
by Daryl Gregory • 2021
A moonshiner's return home becomes a battle to rescue her cousin from the family's subterranean god.
3.95
8k+
The Revelator Summary
The Revelator 87%
A moonshiner's return home becomes a battle to rescue her cousin from the family's subterranean god.
by Daryl Gregory 2021
3.95
8k+ ratings
Mama Lola
by Karen McCarthy Brown • 2001
A religion of survival, not sorcery: the life of a Haitian Vodou priestess in Brooklyn.
4.04
1k+
Mama Lola Summary
Mama Lola 87%
A religion of survival, not sorcery: the life of a Haitian Vodou priestess in Brooklyn.
by Karen McCarthy Brown 2001
4.04
1k+ ratings
This Cursed House
by Del Sandeen • 2024
1962: A Black woman finds family, ghosts, and a deadly curse in a crumbling New Orleans mansion.
3.60
6k+
This Cursed House Summary
This Cursed House 87%
1962: A Black woman finds family, ghosts, and a deadly curse in a crumbling New Orleans mansion.
by Del Sandeen 2024
3.60
6k+ ratings
We Survived the Night
by Julian Brave NoiseCat • 2025
A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.
4.27
1k+
We Survived the Night Summary
We Survived the Night 87%
A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.
by Julian Brave NoiseCat 2025
4.27
1k+ ratings
In Sorcery's Shadow
by Paul Stoller • 1989
Birds defecate on an anthropologist in Niger. A sorcerer sees a sign and demands an apprenticeship.
3.98
312
In Sorcery's Shadow Summary
In Sorcery's Shadow 87%
Birds defecate on an anthropologist in Niger. A sorcerer sees a sign and demands an apprenticeship.
by Paul Stoller 1989
3.98
312 ratings
Everyone Is African
by Daniel J. Fairbanks • 2015
Race isn't in your genes. Africa is, for everyone, and the science is unequivocal.
4.12
144
Everyone Is African Summary
Everyone Is African 87%
Race isn't in your genes. Africa is, for everyone, and the science is unequivocal.
by Daniel J. Fairbanks 2015
4.12
144 ratings
Break the Cycle
by Mariel Buqué • 2023
Your family's trauma lives in your body. A holistic guide to healing what you inherited.
4.20
1k+
Break the Cycle Summary
Break the Cycle 87%
Your family's trauma lives in your body. A holistic guide to healing what you inherited.
by Mariel Buqué 2023
4.20
1k+ ratings
Deep Nutrition
by Catherine Shanahan • 2008
Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.
4.20
6k+
Deep Nutrition Summary
Deep Nutrition 87%
Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.
by Catherine Shanahan 2008
4.20
6k+ ratings
Bad Cree
by Jessica Johns • 2023
Bloody nightmares drag a woman home to Alberta, where a starving spirit feeds on family grief.
3.89
21k+
Bad Cree Summary
Bad Cree 87%
Bloody nightmares drag a woman home to Alberta, where a starving spirit feeds on family grief.
by Jessica Johns 2023
3.89
21k+ ratings
Roots
by Alex Haley • 1976
One stolen African refuses to forget his name. Seven generations on, his family still speaks it.
4.45
165k+
Roots Summary
Roots 87%
One stolen African refuses to forget his name. Seven generations on, his family still speaks it.
by Alex Haley 1976
4.45
165k+ ratings
The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC.
by Marija Gimbutas • 1982
Clay figurines from 7,000 years ago reveal a civilization that worshipped goddesses, not kings.
4.25
377
The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC. Summary
The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC. 87%
Clay figurines from 7,000 years ago reveal a civilization that worshipped goddesses, not kings.
by Marija Gimbutas 1982
4.25
377 ratings
How to Argue With a Racist
by Adam Rutherford • 2020
How to shut down racist pseudoscience with real genetics: ancestry, athletics, and intelligence.
3.89
7k+
How to Argue With a Racist Summary
How to Argue With a Racist 87%
How to shut down racist pseudoscience with real genetics: ancestry, athletics, and intelligence.
by Adam Rutherford 2020
3.89
7k+ ratings
The Living Stones
by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957
A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.
3.99
167
The Living Stones Summary
The Living Stones 87%
A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.
by Ithell Colquhoun 1957
3.99
167 ratings
Serpent of Light
by Drunvalo Melchizedek • 2008
A 13,000-year cycle shifts Earth’s kundalini to the Andes, closing the male era, opening feminine.
4.13
1k+
Serpent of Light Summary
Serpent of Light 87%
A 13,000-year cycle shifts Earth’s kundalini to the Andes, closing the male era, opening feminine.
by Drunvalo Melchizedek 2008
4.13
1k+ ratings
Structural Anthropology
by Claude Lévi-Strauss • 1958
Culture obeys a hidden logic as strict as grammar. The linguistic method that reveals it.
3.93
2k+
Structural Anthropology Summary
Structural Anthropology 87%
Culture obeys a hidden logic as strict as grammar. The linguistic method that reveals it.
by Claude Lévi-Strauss 1958
3.93
2k+ ratings
The Forest People
by Colin M. Turnbull • 1961
The Mbuti have no chiefs, no crime, and no fear of the forest that feeds them.
3.96
3k+
The Forest People Summary
The Forest People 87%
The Mbuti have no chiefs, no crime, and no fear of the forest that feeds them.
by Colin M. Turnbull 1961
3.96
3k+ ratings
The Smell of Rain on Dust
by Martin Prechtel • 2015
Grief out loud is the highest praise. Our silence around it fuels addiction, revenge, and war.
4.26
897
The Smell of Rain on Dust Summary
The Smell of Rain on Dust 87%
Grief out loud is the highest praise. Our silence around it fuels addiction, revenge, and war.
by Martin Prechtel 2015
4.26
897 ratings
The Absent Father Effect on Daughters
by Susan E. Schwartz • 2020
The father who was never there still runs the daughter's life from inside her own mind.
3.63
324
The Absent Father Effect on Daughters Summary
The Absent Father Effect on Daughters 87%
The father who was never there still runs the daughter's life from inside her own mind.
by Susan E. Schwartz 2020
3.63
324 ratings
Wawata - Moon Dreaming
by Dr Dr Hinemoa Elder • 2022
Your emotions have a lunar rhythm. A Māori psychiatrist shows you how to read the map.
4.20
197
Wawata - Moon Dreaming Summary
Wawata - Moon Dreaming 87%
Your emotions have a lunar rhythm. A Māori psychiatrist shows you how to read the map.
by Dr Dr Hinemoa Elder 2022
4.20
197 ratings
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss
by Dennis McKenna • 2023
A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.
4.52
31
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Summary
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 86%
A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.
by Dennis McKenna 2023
4.52
31 ratings
Sastun
by Rosita Arvigo • 1994
A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.
4.38
678
Sastun Summary
Sastun 86%
A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.
by Rosita Arvigo 1994
4.38
678 ratings
The Cosmic Serpent
by Jeremy Narby • 1998
A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.
4.17
8k+
The Cosmic Serpent Summary
The Cosmic Serpent 86%
A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.
by Jeremy Narby 1998
4.17
8k+ ratings
Living Resistance
by Kaitlin B. Curtice • 2023
Resistance is a daily practice of integration, starting in your body and extending to the land.
4.11
2k+
Living Resistance Summary
Living Resistance 86%
Resistance is a daily practice of integration, starting in your body and extending to the land.
by Kaitlin B. Curtice 2023
4.11
2k+ ratings
We Are Dancing for You
by Cutcha Risling Baldy • 2018
Colonialism targeted Indigenous women's power; reviving a puberty ceremony is the counteroffensive.
4.51
171
We Are Dancing for You Summary
We Are Dancing for You 86%
Colonialism targeted Indigenous women's power; reviving a puberty ceremony is the counteroffensive.
by Cutcha Risling Baldy 2018
4.51
171 ratings
American Aloha
by Heather A. Diamond • 2008
A hula stage on the National Mall: how festivals manufacture tradition and erase a colonial past.
4.20
10
American Aloha Summary
American Aloha 86%
A hula stage on the National Mall: how festivals manufacture tradition and erase a colonial past.
by Heather A. Diamond 2008
4.20
10 ratings
Visionary
by Graham Hancock • 2022
The same non-human intelligence that painted cave walls 35,000 years ago still abducts people today.
4.30
338
Visionary Summary
Visionary 86%
The same non-human intelligence that painted cave walls 35,000 years ago still abducts people today.
by Graham Hancock 2022
4.30
338 ratings
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