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I Am a Strange Loop Summary
I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2007 436 pages
3.96
8.3K ratings
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VALIS Summary
VALIS
by Philip K. Dick 1981 242 pages
3.92
31.7K ratings
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The Limits of Interpretation Summary
The Limits of Interpretation
by Umberto Eco 1990 304 pages
4.12
528 ratings
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القانون في الطب Summary
القانون في الطب
by Avicenna 1025 2500 pages
4.31
265 ratings
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The Intellectual Life Summary
The Intellectual Life
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by Antonin Sertillanges 1921 264 pages
4.41
2.6K ratings
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Teaching to Transgress Summary
Teaching to Transgress
Education as the Practice of Freedom
by bell hooks 1994 216 pages
4.45
12.1K ratings
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Practical Wisdom Summary
Practical Wisdom
The Right Way To Do the Right Thing
by Barry Schwartz 2010 336 pages
3.70
791 ratings
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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus Summary
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
by John Gray 1992 368 pages
3.58
196.2K ratings
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Democracy Summary
Democracy
The God That Failed
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe 2001 304 pages
4.15
2.4K ratings
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Nausea Summary
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 pages
3.94
131.9K ratings
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France
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Man's Search for Himself Summary
Man's Search for Himself
by Rollo May 1953 284 pages
4.22
3.9K ratings
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Authentic Happiness Summary
Authentic Happiness
Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
by Martin E.P. Seligman 2002 336 pages
3.92
12.4K ratings
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Personal Development
The Rational Optimist Summary
The Rational Optimist
How Prosperity Evolves
by Matt Ridley 2010 448 pages
3.97
13.0K ratings
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The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 160 pages
4.19
77.2K ratings
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Speech Acts Summary
Speech Acts
An Essay in the Philosophy of Language
by John Rogers Searle 1969 203 pages
3.88
497 ratings
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Summary
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
by Max Weber 1904 320 pages
3.91
14.6K ratings
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The Birth of Tragedy Summary
The Birth of Tragedy
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1871 121 pages
3.98
20.1K ratings
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German Literature
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages
4.03
5.3K ratings
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Timaeus Summary
Timaeus
by Plato 112 pages
3.85
3.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
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A General Theory of Love Summary
A General Theory of Love
by Thomas Lewis 2000 274 pages
4.11
4.8K ratings
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Ecce Homo Summary
Ecce Homo
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1908 144 pages
3.81
18.9K ratings
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Classics
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The Matter With Things Summary
The Matter With Things
Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
by Iain McGilchrist 2021 1500 pages
4.78
468 ratings
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Psychology
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The Systems Thinker Summary
The Systems Thinker
Essential Thinking Skills
by Albert Rutherford 2018 338 pages
3.48
324 ratings
Business
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Who Will Cry When You Die? Summary
Who Will Cry When You Die?
by Robin Sharma 1999 204 pages
4.00
25.7K ratings
Self Help
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Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy Summary
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 1989 304 pages
4.25
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Solitude Summary
Solitude
A Return to the Self
by Anthony Storr 1988 216 pages
3.89
2.3K ratings
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Expert Political Judgment Summary
Expert Political Judgment
How Good Is It? How Can We Know?
by Philip E. Tetlock 2005 344 pages
3.98
684 ratings
Politics
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Science
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney 2011 302 pages
3.86
35.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Warrior of the Light Summary
Warrior of the Light
by Paulo Coelho 1997 142 pages
3.74
31.8K ratings
Philosophy
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Self Help
The Stoic Challenge Summary
The Stoic Challenge
A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
by William B. Irvine 2019 192 pages
3.74
5.8K ratings
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Psychology
The Big Five for Life Summary
The Big Five for Life
by John P. Strelecky 2007 224 pages
3.88
9.2K ratings
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Modern Man in Search of a Soul Summary
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
by C.G. Jung 1931 244 pages
4.20
13.4K ratings
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Spirituality
Anarchy, State, and Utopia Summary
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
by Robert Nozick 1974 367 pages
3.75
5.9K ratings
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You Are Here Summary
You Are Here
Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2004 143 pages
4.30
11.9K ratings
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The Road to Serfdom Summary
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944 274 pages
4.15
25.2K ratings
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Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules Summary
Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules
The Lost Writings
by Napoleon Hill 2008 224 pages
4.07
1.5K ratings
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Business
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The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence Summary
The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence
Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think
by Robert Pantano 2022 236 pages
4.37
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
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The Varieties of Religious Experience Summary
The Varieties of Religious Experience
by William James 1902 519 pages
4.01
12.6K ratings
Philosophy
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Psychology
The Zahir Summary
The Zahir
by Paulo Coelho 2005 336 pages
3.58
81.4K ratings
Novels
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Contemporary
The Book of Ichigo Ichie Summary
The Book of Ichigo Ichie
The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way
by Héctor García 2018 208 pages
3.93
8.2K ratings
Self Help
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Japan
Archetypes Summary
Archetypes
Who Are You?
by Caroline Myss 2013 247 pages
3.45
1.6K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Superminds Summary
Superminds
The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together
by Thomas W. Malone 2018 384 pages
3.57
321 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
The Shock Doctrine Summary
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein 2007 558 pages
4.28
51.1K ratings
Politics
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History
City of God Summary
City of God
by Augustine of Hippo 1186 pages
3.94
13.3K ratings
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Theology
Religion
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart Summary
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart
Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
by Gordon Livingston 2004 169 pages
3.81
4.0K ratings
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The Concept of Anxiety Summary
The Concept of Anxiety
A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin
by Søren Kierkegaard 1844 256 pages
3.96
2.7K ratings
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Psychology
Religion
The Power of Awareness Summary
The Power of Awareness
by Neville Goddard 1951 122 pages
4.40
4.9K ratings
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Self Help
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Being in Love Summary
Being in Love
How to Love with Awareness and Relate Without Fear
by Osho 2008 256 pages
4.00
2.9K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
Thick Face, Black Heart Summary
Thick Face, Black Heart
The Asian Path to Thriving, Winning and Succeeding
by Chu Chin-Ning 1992 255 pages
4.05
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Deep Thinking Summary
Deep Thinking
Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
by Garry Kasparov 2017
3.88
3.4K ratings
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