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The Person and the Situation Summary
The Person and the Situation
Perspectives of Social Psychology
by Lee Ross 1991 304 pages
4.00
513 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
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Learn Like a Pro Summary
Learn Like a Pro
by Barbara Oakley 2021 160 pages
4.15
1.5K ratings
Self Help
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Productivity
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2002 560 pages
4.09
25.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
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Human by Design Summary
Human by Design
From Evolution by Chance to Transformation by Choice
by Gregg Braden 2017 320 pages
4.25
480 ratings
Spirituality
Science
Self Help
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks 1985 243 pages
4.05
237.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Medicine
Yoga Anatomy Summary
Yoga Anatomy
by Leslie Kaminoff 2007 221 pages
4.28
6.8K ratings
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Fitness
The Psychology Book Summary
The Psychology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Nigel C. Benson 2011 352 pages
4.18
4.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
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Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You Summary
Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You
How the Brain Shapes Opinions and Perceptions
by Albert Moukheiber 2019 131 pages
3.86
666 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Conscious Mind Summary
The Conscious Mind
In Search of a Fundamental Theory
by David J. Chalmers 1996 432 pages
4.00
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Lucid Dreaming Summary
Lucid Dreaming
Gateway to the Inner Self
by Robert Waggoner 2008 320 pages
4.09
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Self Help
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine
How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
by Andy Clark 2023 320 pages
3.92
861 ratings
Psychology
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Algospeak Summary
Algospeak
How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
by Adam Aleksic 2025 256 pages
4.10
854 ratings
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Friendship Summary
Friendship
The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond
by Lydia Denworth 2020 312 pages
3.64
777 ratings
Psychology
Science
Friendship
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back Summary
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back
How to Run-or Ruin-an Economy
by Tim Harford 2013 272 pages
3.93
3.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Damned Lies and Statistics Summary
Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
by Joel Best 1998 190 pages
3.74
803 ratings
Politics
Science
Mathematics
What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work? Summary
What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?
by Stephen Wolfram 2023 143 pages
3.86
1.4K ratings
Artificial Intelligence
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Technology
Deep Survival Summary
Deep Survival
Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales 1998 295 pages
3.94
14.0K ratings
Psychology
Survival
Adventure
The Happiness Hypothesis Summary
The Happiness Hypothesis
Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
by Jonathan Haidt 2006 297 pages
4.09
43.1K ratings
Psychology
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Self Help
Making Numbers Count Summary
Making Numbers Count
The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers
by Chip Heath 2022 224 pages
3.88
2.6K ratings
Business
Science
Communication
Metaphysics Summary
Metaphysics
by Aristotle 365 pages
4.07
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
My Voice Will Go with You Summary
My Voice Will Go with You
The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson
by Sidney Rosen 1982 256 pages
4.27
1.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
A Whole New Mind Summary
A Whole New Mind
Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
by Daniel H. Pink 2004 275 pages
3.92
29.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Psych Summary
Psych
The Story of the Human Mind
by Paul Bloom 2023 464 pages
4.15
1.9K ratings
Psychology
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Philosophy
Fat Loss Forever Summary
Fat Loss Forever
How to Lose Fat and KEEP it Off
by Layne Norton 2019 378 pages
4.56
326 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Fitness
Chasing the Scream Summary
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
by Johann Hari 2015 400 pages
4.50
20.8K ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
The Elements of Statistical Learning Summary
The Elements of Statistical Learning
Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
by Trevor Hastie 2001 552 pages
4.43
1.9K ratings
Mathematics
Computer Science
Science
Foolproof Summary
Foolproof
Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity
by Sander van der Linden 2023 368 pages
3.99
797 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Science
Body Language Summary
Body Language
by Julius Fast 1970 183 pages
3.49
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
What If? Summary
What If?
Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe 2014 303 pages
4.14
189.2K ratings
Science
Humor
Physics
Concise Inorganic Chemistry Summary
Concise Inorganic Chemistry
by J.D. Lee 1965 1032 pages
4.09
410 ratings
Chemistry
Science
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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain Summary
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
by Sharon Begley 2007 304 pages
4.00
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
You Are the Universe Summary
You Are the Universe
Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
by Deepak Chopra 2017
3.59
2.8K ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Summary
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
by Frans de Waal 2016 340 pages
3.97
16.0K ratings
Science
Animals
Nature
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology Summary
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology
by Gerard J. Tortora 1942 1248 pages
4.15
1.1K ratings
Science
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Reference
The Evolving Self Summary
The Evolving Self
A Psychology for the Third Millennium
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1993 384 pages
4.05
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Exponential Age Summary
The Exponential Age
How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society
by Azeem Azhar 2021 403 pages
3.99
1.3K ratings
Technology
Business
Science
The Phenomenon of Man Summary
The Phenomenon of Man
by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1955 320 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Science
Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed
Ten Commands for a Digital Age
by Douglas Rushkoff 2010 152 pages
3.71
1.9K ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Programming
The Upside of Stress Summary
The Upside of Stress
Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It
by Kelly McGonigal 2012 294 pages
4.09
7.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Health
80/20 Running Summary
80/20 Running
Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower
by Matt Fitzgerald 2014 272 pages
3.94
6.4K ratings
Sports
Fitness
Health
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide Summary
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide
Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys
by James Fadiman 2011 352 pages
4.17
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Spirituality
Skunk Works Summary
Skunk Works
A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
by Ben R. Rich 1994 382 pages
4.46
15.4K ratings
History
Biography
Military Fiction
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
by Ben Dupré 2007 208 pages
3.69
1.8K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Science
The Skincare Bible Summary
The Skincare Bible
Your No-Nonsense Guide to Great Skin
by Anjali Mahto 2018 304 pages
3.83
2.3K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
The Quantum Doctor Summary
The Quantum Doctor
A Physicist's Guide to Health and Healing
by Amit Goswami 2004 320 pages
4.11
345 ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
The Neuroscience of Intelligence Summary
The Neuroscience of Intelligence
by Richard J. Haier 2015 266 pages
4.23
415 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Endure Summary
Endure
Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
by Alex Hutchinson 2018 333 pages
4.12
17.9K ratings
Sports
Science
Health
Understanding Analysis Summary
Understanding Analysis
by Stephen Abbott 2000 272 pages
4.47
427 ratings
Mathematics
Textbooks
Reference
Brainstorm Summary
Brainstorm
The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
by Daniel J. Siegel 2011 336 pages
3.89
4.3K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Education
Sleep Summary
Sleep
Change the way you sleep with this 90 minute read
by Nick Littlehales 2016 197 pages
3.82
3.1K ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
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