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🧠 Clever Ruse

Plots hinging on an elaborate deception or stratagem, where a well-crafted trick becomes the pivotal turning point of the narrative.
Stone Soup
by Marcia Brown • 1947
A village hides its food from three soldiers, who then start cooking dinner from stones.
4.25
47k+
🦊 Trickster Tale🏘️ Village Life📚 Read-Aloud Classic
Stone Soup Summary
Stone Soup 88%
A village hides its food from three soldiers, who then start cooking dinner from stones.
by Marcia Brown 1947
4.25
47k+ ratings
🦊 Trickster Tale🏘️ Village Life📚 Read-Aloud Classic
The Complete Fables
by Aesop
Talking beasts and wicked irony: an ancient slave's complete guide to the human comedy.
4.05
130k+
🐾 Beast Fables🗣️ Talking Animals🦊 Trickster Fox
The Complete Fables Summary
The Complete Fables 87%
Talking beasts and wicked irony: an ancient slave's complete guide to the human comedy.
by Aesop
4.05
130k+ ratings
🐾 Beast Fables🗣️ Talking Animals🦊 Trickster Fox
Sun Tzu & Machiavelli Leadership Secrets
by Anthony D. Jensen • 2016
Two ruthless classics, one playbook: why fear beats love and deception wins the long game.
3.79
132
🧠 Strategic Thinking👑 Machiavellian Tactics👁️ Perception Management
Sun Tzu & Machiavelli Leadership Secrets Summary
Sun Tzu & Machiavelli Leadership Secrets 87%
Two ruthless classics, one playbook: why fear beats love and deception wins the long game.
by Anthony D. Jensen 2016
3.79
132 ratings
🧠 Strategic Thinking👑 Machiavellian Tactics👁️ Perception Management
How to Cheat at Everything
by Simon Lovell • 2006
The one move every con relies on: making you think you've found a sure thing.
3.63
390
🎭 Con Artistry🃏 Card Cheating🎲 Street Hustles
How to Cheat at Everything Summary
How to Cheat at Everything 86%
The one move every con relies on: making you think you've found a sure thing.
by Simon Lovell 2006
3.63
390 ratings
🎭 Con Artistry🃏 Card Cheating🎲 Street Hustles
The Art of the Con
by R. Paul Wilson • 2014
Step inside the con artist's mind: the universal scam structure and how to shut it down.
3.89
128
🎭 Confidence Games🖥️ Social Engineering🛡️ Scam Prevention
The Art of the Con Summary
The Art of the Con 86%
Step inside the con artist's mind: the universal scam structure and how to shut it down.
by R. Paul Wilson 2014
3.89
128 ratings
🎭 Confidence Games🖥️ Social Engineering🛡️ Scam Prevention
Making Money
by Terry Pratchett • 2007
Forced to run the Royal Bank, a reformed conman faces empty vaults and a murderous family.
4.27
78k+
🎭 Comic Fantasy💰 Financial Satire🃏 Con-Man Protagonist
Making Money Summary
Making Money 86%
Forced to run the Royal Bank, a reformed conman faces empty vaults and a murderous family.
by Terry Pratchett 2007
4.27
78k+ ratings
🎭 Comic Fantasy💰 Financial Satire🃏 Con-Man Protagonist
Fantastic Mr. Fox
by Roald Dahl • 1970
A fox’s secret raids anger three farmers, who dig a trap that buries his family underground.
4.08
149k+
🦊 Clever Animal Hero🧠 Outsmarting Bullies🕳️ Underground Hideout
Fantastic Mr. Fox Summary
Fantastic Mr. Fox 86%
A fox’s secret raids anger three farmers, who dig a trap that buries his family underground.
by Roald Dahl 1970
4.08
149k+ ratings
🦊 Clever Animal Hero🧠 Outsmarting Bullies🕳️ Underground Hideout
Strategy
by Lawrence Freedman • 2013
Strategy is not a plan: a battle of minds from chimpanzee coalitions to nuclear deterrence.
3.97
3k+
🪖 Military History♟️ Strategic Thought🏛️ Political Strategy
Strategy Summary
Strategy 86%
Strategy is not a plan: a battle of minds from chimpanzee coalitions to nuclear deterrence.
by Lawrence Freedman 2013
3.97
3k+ ratings
🪖 Military History♟️ Strategic Thought🏛️ Political Strategy
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
by Maurice Leblanc • 1907
A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.
3.85
17k+
🎩 Gentleman Thief🗼 Belle Epoque Paris🎭 Master Of Disguise
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief Summary
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief 86%
A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.
by Maurice Leblanc 1907
3.85
17k+ ratings
🎩 Gentleman Thief🗼 Belle Epoque Paris🎭 Master Of Disguise
Operation Mincemeat
by Ben Macintyre • 2010
How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.
4.03
24k+
🕵️ World War Ii Espionage🪖 Military Deception🎩 Eccentric Spies
Operation Mincemeat Summary
Operation Mincemeat 86%
How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.
by Ben Macintyre 2010
4.03
24k+ ratings
🕵️ World War Ii Espionage🪖 Military Deception🎩 Eccentric Spies
Bunk
by Kevin Young • 2017
America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.
3.18
1k+
🎭 Hoaxes And Deception📝 Cultural Criticism🎪 Racial Appropriation
Bunk Summary
Bunk 86%
America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.
by Kevin Young 2017
3.18
1k+ ratings
🎭 Hoaxes And Deception📝 Cultural Criticism🎪 Racial Appropriation
Provenance
by Laney Salisbury • 2009
A painter forged the art. A con man forged the archives. The art world bought both.
3.93
7k+
🎨 Art Forgery💰 Art Market🃏 Confidence Games
Provenance Summary
Provenance 86%
A painter forged the art. A con man forged the archives. The art world bought both.
by Laney Salisbury 2009
3.93
7k+ ratings
🎨 Art Forgery💰 Art Market🃏 Confidence Games
Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé
by Maurice Leblanc • 1912
Six weeks to the guillotine: Arsène Lupin must hunt a missing stopper that hides a political bomb.
3.93
2k+
🎩 Gentleman Thief🔮 Heist Gone Wrong🗳️ Political Blackmail
Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé Summary
Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé 85%
Six weeks to the guillotine: Arsène Lupin must hunt a missing stopper that hides a political bomb.
by Maurice Leblanc 1912
3.93
2k+ ratings
🎩 Gentleman Thief🔮 Heist Gone Wrong🗳️ Political Blackmail
Tales from Watership Down
by Richard Adams • 1996
The warren's storytellers spin legends of a trickster prince and tales of courage.
3.84
10k+
🐾 Animal Fantasy📚 Stories Within Stories🌿 Pastoral Fantasy
Tales from Watership Down Summary
Tales from Watership Down 85%
The warren's storytellers spin legends of a trickster prince and tales of courage.
by Richard Adams 1996
3.84
10k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Fantasy📚 Stories Within Stories🌿 Pastoral Fantasy
The Big Con
by David W. Maurer • 1940
The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.
3.82
1k+
🎭 Con Artistry🔍 Criminal Subcultures🗣️ Criminal Language
The Big Con Summary
The Big Con 85%
The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.
by David W. Maurer 1940
3.82
1k+ ratings
🎭 Con Artistry🔍 Criminal Subcultures🗣️ Criminal Language
Caps for Sale
by Esphyr Slobodkina • 1940
While a peddler naps, monkeys steal every cap off his head.
4.17
95k+
📚 Cumulative Tale🐒 Mischievous Monkeys🐵 Monkey See Monkey Do
Caps for Sale Summary
Caps for Sale 85%
While a peddler naps, monkeys steal every cap off his head.
by Esphyr Slobodkina 1940
4.17
95k+ ratings
📚 Cumulative Tale🐒 Mischievous Monkeys🐵 Monkey See Monkey Do
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts
by Hiroshi Moriya • 2008
Victory without combat: how ancient Chinese deception tactics let you win before the fight starts.
3.76
124
🪖 Military Strategy📊 Business Strategy🧠 Psychological Warfare
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts Summary
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts 85%
Victory without combat: how ancient Chinese deception tactics let you win before the fight starts.
by Hiroshi Moriya 2008
3.76
124 ratings
🪖 Military Strategy📊 Business Strategy🧠 Psychological Warfare
Confident Women
by Tori Telfer • 2021
The fake heiresses, false survivors, and phantom psychics who built empires on other people's hope.
3.72
4k+
🎭 Con Artists👩‍⚖️ Female Criminals🕰️ Historical Crime
Confident Women Summary
Confident Women 85%
The fake heiresses, false survivors, and phantom psychics who built empires on other people's hope.
by Tori Telfer 2021
3.72
4k+ ratings
🎭 Con Artists👩‍⚖️ Female Criminals🕰️ Historical Crime
The Chase
by Clive Cussler • 2007
A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.
4.00
20k+
🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit🎭 Master Of Disguise🕵️ Wealthy Detective
The Chase Summary
The Chase 85%
A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.
by Clive Cussler 2007
4.00
20k+ ratings
🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit🎭 Master Of Disguise🕵️ Wealthy Detective
The 33 Strategies Of War
by Robert Greene • 2001
Treat life like a military campaign: 33 strategies to outmaneuver rivals and control every outcome.
4.23
20k+
♟️ Strategic Thinking🎭 Psychological Warfare⚡ Power Dynamics
The 33 Strategies Of War Summary
The 33 Strategies Of War 85%
Treat life like a military campaign: 33 strategies to outmaneuver rivals and control every outcome.
by Robert Greene 2001
4.23
20k+ ratings
♟️ Strategic Thinking🎭 Psychological Warfare⚡ Power Dynamics
The Art of War Landmark Edition
by Sun Tzu • 2021
Strike only where the opponent is empty: a 2,500-year-old strategy that still beats brute force.
3.94
580k+
🪖 Military Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking🎭 Deception Tactics
The Art of War Landmark Edition Summary
The Art of War Landmark Edition 85%
Strike only where the opponent is empty: a 2,500-year-old strategy that still beats brute force.
by Sun Tzu 2021
3.94
580k+ ratings
🪖 Military Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking🎭 Deception Tactics
Amintiri din copilărie
by Ion Creangă • 1971
A Romanian boy's childhood: mischief, family, and the story of a man who tricked Death.
3.78
7k+
🌾 Rural Childhood🃏 Trickster Tales⚰️ Outwitting Death
Amintiri din copilărie Summary
Amintiri din copilărie 85%
A Romanian boy's childhood: mischief, family, and the story of a man who tricked Death.
by Ion Creangă 1971
3.78
7k+ ratings
🌾 Rural Childhood🃏 Trickster Tales⚰️ Outwitting Death
The Concise 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene • 2013
Power moves are ancient and predictable. The person who cannot read them is already a target.
4.08
6k+
🕸️ Power Dynamics🏢 Corporate Politics♟️ Strategic Thinking
The Concise 48 Laws of Power Summary
The Concise 48 Laws of Power 85%
Power moves are ancient and predictable. The person who cannot read them is already a target.
by Robert Greene 2013
4.08
6k+ ratings
🕸️ Power Dynamics🏢 Corporate Politics♟️ Strategic Thinking
The Art of the Con
by Anthony M. Amore • 2015
A master forger fooled the experts for decades. Then they checked the paint.
3.54
1k+
🖼️ Art Fraud🕵️ Art Theft💰 Art Market
The Art of the Con Summary
The Art of the Con 85%
A master forger fooled the experts for decades. Then they checked the paint.
by Anthony M. Amore 2015
3.54
1k+ ratings
🖼️ Art Fraud🕵️ Art Theft💰 Art Market
El hombre que calculaba
by Malba Tahan • 1938
A calculating prodigy arrives in medieval Baghdad and solves puzzles of camels, bread, and love.
4.10
7k+
🧮 Mathematical Fiction🕌 Islamic Golden Age🃏 Wise Fool
El hombre que calculaba Summary
El hombre que calculaba 85%
A calculating prodigy arrives in medieval Baghdad and solves puzzles of camels, bread, and love.
by Malba Tahan 1938
4.10
7k+ ratings
🧮 Mathematical Fiction🕌 Islamic Golden Age🃏 Wise Fool
The Confidence Game
by Maria Konnikova • 2015
Anyone can be conned. The con artist's real genius is finding what you already want to believe.
3.65
6k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎭 Social Engineering📊 Behavioral Economics
The Confidence Game Summary
The Confidence Game 85%
Anyone can be conned. The con artist's real genius is finding what you already want to believe.
by Maria Konnikova 2015
3.65
6k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎭 Social Engineering📊 Behavioral Economics
The Complete Art of War
by Sun Tzu • 1996
Never face strength with strength. The ancient manual on winning conflicts indirectly.
4.14
7k+
⚔️ Military Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking💼 Business Strategy
The Complete Art of War Summary
The Complete Art of War 85%
Never face strength with strength. The ancient manual on winning conflicts indirectly.
by Sun Tzu 1996
4.14
7k+ ratings
⚔️ Military Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking💼 Business Strategy
Sun Tzu
by Gerald A. Michaelson • 1998
A 2,500-year-old general's playbook, rewritten for the boardroom: 50 rules for winning any market.
3.82
621
📊 Business Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking🔎 Competitive Intelligence
Sun Tzu Summary
Sun Tzu 85%
A 2,500-year-old general's playbook, rewritten for the boardroom: 50 rules for winning any market.
by Gerald A. Michaelson 1998
3.82
621 ratings
📊 Business Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking🔎 Competitive Intelligence
Mind Control
by Haha Lung • 2006
Exploit the flaws in senses and memory to control minds, before yours is controlled.
3.60
187
🧠 Psychological Warfare⚡ Power Dynamics👁️ Perception Hacking
Mind Control Summary
Mind Control 85%
Exploit the flaws in senses and memory to control minds, before yours is controlled.
by Haha Lung 2006
3.60
187 ratings
🧠 Psychological Warfare⚡ Power Dynamics👁️ Perception Hacking
Going Postal
by Terry Pratchett • 2004
A conman dodges execution by reviving a haunted post office that killed its last four postmasters.
4.41
137k+
🔮 Comic Fantasy🎭 Con Artist Protagonist🌅 Redemption Arc
Going Postal Summary
Going Postal 85%
A conman dodges execution by reviving a haunted post office that killed its last four postmasters.
by Terry Pratchett 2004
4.41
137k+ ratings
🔮 Comic Fantasy🎭 Con Artist Protagonist🌅 Redemption Arc
The Kremlin School of Negotiation
by Igor Ryzov • 2019
A Russian negotiator's playbook: five moves to control any negotiation and get what you want.
3.91
580
🤝 Negotiation🦊 Machiavellian Tactics🗣️ Persuasion Psychology
The Kremlin School of Negotiation Summary
The Kremlin School of Negotiation 85%
A Russian negotiator's playbook: five moves to control any negotiation and get what you want.
by Igor Ryzov 2019
3.91
580 ratings
🤝 Negotiation🦊 Machiavellian Tactics🗣️ Persuasion Psychology
The Rise of Flynn Rider
by Jen Calonita • 2021
To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.
3.89
604
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family🎪 Circus Fantasy👑 Hidden Royalty
The Rise of Flynn Rider Summary
The Rise of Flynn Rider 85%
To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.
by Jen Calonita 2021
3.89
604 ratings
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family🎪 Circus Fantasy👑 Hidden Royalty
The Big Four
by Agatha Christie • 1927
A dying stranger's warning plunges Poirot into a war against four masterminds who want the world.
3.56
78k+
🕵️ International Thriller📚 Golden Age Mystery🌍 Global Conspiracy
The Big Four Summary
The Big Four 85%
A dying stranger's warning plunges Poirot into a war against four masterminds who want the world.
by Agatha Christie 1927
3.56
78k+ ratings
🕵️ International Thriller📚 Golden Age Mystery🌍 Global Conspiracy
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her
by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
4.25
6k+
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her 85%
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
by Malaclypse the Younger 1965
4.25
6k+ ratings
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset
Catch Me If You Can
by Frank W. Abagnale • 1980
Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.
4.04
63k+
🎭 Con Artists🪪 Impersonation🖋️ Forgery
Catch Me If You Can Summary
Catch Me If You Can 85%
Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.
by Frank W. Abagnale 1980
4.04
63k+ ratings
🎭 Con Artists🪪 Impersonation🖋️ Forgery
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer • 2001
A twelve-year-old genius kidnaps a fairy and demands gold. Her people have hours to pay.
3.86
563k+
🏦 Heist Fantasy🧠 Child Genius⚔️ Antihero Protagonist
Artemis Fowl Summary
Artemis Fowl 85%
A twelve-year-old genius kidnaps a fairy and demands gold. Her people have hours to pay.
by Eoin Colfer 2001
3.86
563k+ ratings
🏦 Heist Fantasy🧠 Child Genius⚔️ Antihero Protagonist
Social Engineering
by Christopher Hadnagy • 2010
Your firewall is fine. Your people are the vulnerability, and this is how attackers exploit them.
3.83
4k+
🕵️ Social Engineering🔒 Cybersecurity🧠 Psychological Influence
Social Engineering Summary
Social Engineering 85%
Your firewall is fine. Your people are the vulnerability, and this is how attackers exploit them.
by Christopher Hadnagy 2010
3.83
4k+ ratings
🕵️ Social Engineering🔒 Cybersecurity🧠 Psychological Influence
The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2007
Four extraordinary kids ace a strange test, then infiltrate an academy built on mind control.
4.20
177k+
🧩 Puzzle Box Mystery🕵️ Spy School Adventure🖤 Found Family
The Mysterious Benedict Society Summary
The Mysterious Benedict Society 85%
Four extraordinary kids ace a strange test, then infiltrate an academy built on mind control.
by Trenton Lee Stewart 2007
4.20
177k+ ratings
🧩 Puzzle Box Mystery🕵️ Spy School Adventure🖤 Found Family
The 48 Laws of Power in 30 Minutes
by Garamond Press • 2013
The 48 Laws condensed: how to wield influence without appearing to, and why mercy fails.
3.89
37
⚡ Power Dynamics🕶️ Dark Psychology🧩 Indirect Influence
The 48 Laws of Power in 30 Minutes Summary
The 48 Laws of Power in 30 Minutes 85%
The 48 Laws condensed: how to wield influence without appearing to, and why mercy fails.
by Garamond Press 2013
3.89
37 ratings
⚡ Power Dynamics🕶️ Dark Psychology🧩 Indirect Influence
Hardball
by Chris Matthews • 1988
A cynical playbook for Washington power: how to network, negotiate, and neutralize your enemies.
3.51
2k+
🗳️ Political Strategy🏛️ Washington Insider🤝 Strategic Alliances
Hardball Summary
Hardball 85%
A cynical playbook for Washington power: how to network, negotiate, and neutralize your enemies.
by Chris Matthews 1988
3.51
2k+ ratings
🗳️ Political Strategy🏛️ Washington Insider🤝 Strategic Alliances
Clausewitz on Strategy
by Tiha von Ghyczy • 2001
Your real competition is the fog, friction, and chaos Clausewitz mapped two centuries ago.
4.05
109
🪖 Military Strategy🏢 Corporate Strategy⚔️ Clausewitzian Strategy
Clausewitz on Strategy Summary
Clausewitz on Strategy 85%
Your real competition is the fog, friction, and chaos Clausewitz mapped two centuries ago.
by Tiha von Ghyczy 2001
4.05
109 ratings
🪖 Military Strategy🏢 Corporate Strategy⚔️ Clausewitzian Strategy
The Gold Standard
by Ari Gold • 2015
Hollywood's most cutthroat agent delivers the rules of power: no apologies, no soft edges.
4.02
970
🎭 Satirical Self-Help📈 Career Strategy🏷️ Personal Branding
The Gold Standard Summary
The Gold Standard 85%
Hollywood's most cutthroat agent delivers the rules of power: no apologies, no soft edges.
by Ari Gold 2015
4.02
970 ratings
🎭 Satirical Self-Help📈 Career Strategy🏷️ Personal Branding
The Misfit Economy
by Alexa Clay • 2015
Pirates, gangsters, and hackers cracked innovation before Silicon Valley. Their playbook, decoded.
3.28
796
🏚️ Informal Economies🕶️ Underground Innovation📋 Strategic Imitation
The Misfit Economy Summary
The Misfit Economy 85%
Pirates, gangsters, and hackers cracked innovation before Silicon Valley. Their playbook, decoded.
by Alexa Clay 2015
3.28
796 ratings
🏚️ Informal Economies🕶️ Underground Innovation📋 Strategic Imitation
The Heist
by Daniel Silva • 2014
A dead smuggler and a missing Caravaggio pull a reluctant Israeli spy back into the shadows.
4.19
31k+
🎨 Art Heist Thriller🖼️ Stolen Art Recovery🕵️ Reluctant Spy
The Heist Summary
The Heist 85%
A dead smuggler and a missing Caravaggio pull a reluctant Israeli spy back into the shadows.
by Daniel Silva 2014
4.19
31k+ ratings
🎨 Art Heist Thriller🖼️ Stolen Art Recovery🕵️ Reluctant Spy
Word Hero
by Jay Heinrichs • 2011
How to write lines that people repeat, share, and remember: the forgotten art of rhetorical figures.
3.73
280
🎭 Figures Of Speech🏛️ Practical Rhetoric😂 Wordplay And Wit
Word Hero Summary
Word Hero 85%
How to write lines that people repeat, share, and remember: the forgotten art of rhetorical figures.
by Jay Heinrichs 2011
3.73
280 ratings
🎭 Figures Of Speech🏛️ Practical Rhetoric😂 Wordplay And Wit
The Lightning Tree
by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014
A fae barman trades in children's secrets beneath a lightning tree. Every wish has a cost.
3.94
5k+
🧚 Fae Trickster🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy🤝 Bargains And Secrets
The Lightning Tree Summary
The Lightning Tree 85%
A fae barman trades in children's secrets beneath a lightning tree. Every wish has a cost.
by Patrick Rothfuss 2014
3.94
5k+ ratings
🧚 Fae Trickster🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy🤝 Bargains And Secrets
Laugh Tactics
by Patrick King • 2016
Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.
3.45
139
💬 Conversational Humor🗣️ Repartee🎤 Comic Delivery
Laugh Tactics Summary
Laugh Tactics 85%
Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.
by Patrick King 2016
3.45
139 ratings
💬 Conversational Humor🗣️ Repartee🎤 Comic Delivery
Nice Is Just a Place in France
by The Betches • 2013
Why niceness is a losing strategy, and the unapologetic playbook for getting everything you want.
3.11
5k+
🤣 Satirical Self-Help📱 Millennial Satire💔 Relationship Strategy
Nice Is Just a Place in France Summary
Nice Is Just a Place in France 85%
Why niceness is a losing strategy, and the unapologetic playbook for getting everything you want.
by The Betches 2013
3.11
5k+ ratings
🤣 Satirical Self-Help📱 Millennial Satire💔 Relationship Strategy
Starter Villain
by John Scalzi • 2023
A broke teacher inherits a supervillain island where dolphins unionize, cats spy, and killers wait.
4.11
100k+
🏢 Corporate Satire👑 Reluctant Heir🐬 Sentient Animals
Starter Villain Summary
Starter Villain 85%
A broke teacher inherits a supervillain island where dolphins unionize, cats spy, and killers wait.
by John Scalzi 2023
4.11
100k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Satire👑 Reluctant Heir🐬 Sentient Animals
Exploding the Phone
by Phil Lapsley • 2013
The phone system had a hidden language. The teenagers who mastered it invented the modern hacker.
4.20
2k+
📞 Phone Phreaking📡 Telecom History💾 Early Hacking
Exploding the Phone Summary
Exploding the Phone 85%
The phone system had a hidden language. The teenagers who mastered it invented the modern hacker.
by Phil Lapsley 2013
4.20
2k+ ratings
📞 Phone Phreaking📡 Telecom History💾 Early Hacking
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