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Socrates in the City Summary
Socrates in the City
Conversations on "Life, God, and Other Small Topics"
by Eric Metaxas 2011 400 pages
4.04
501 ratings
Philosophy
Christian
Religion
Head in the Cloud Summary
Head in the Cloud
Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up
by William Poundstone 2016 352 pages
3.43
653 ratings
Psychology
Science
Education
True Hallucinations Summary
True Hallucinations
by Terence McKenna 1993 256 pages
4.10
3.6K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Spirituality
Faster Summary
Faster
The Acceleration of Just About Everything
by James Gleick 1999 330 pages
3.52
1.7K ratings
Science
Technology
Psychology
Hard to Break Summary
Hard to Break
Why Our Brains Make Habits Stick
by Russell A. Poldrack 2021 232 pages
3.57
142 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Mind & the Brain Summary
The Mind & the Brain
Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2001 432 pages
4.10
6.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Dollars and Sex Summary
Dollars and Sex
How Economics Influences Sex and Love
by Marina Adshade 2013 272 pages
3.61
333 ratings
Economics
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Psychology
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
4.05
6.7K ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Who Owns the Future? Summary
Who Owns the Future?
by Jaron Lanier 2013 367 pages
3.77
3.6K ratings
Technology
Economics
Science
Mating Intelligence Unleashed Summary
Mating Intelligence Unleashed
The Role of the Mind in Sex, Dating, and Love
by Glenn Geher 2012 298 pages
3.70
206 ratings
Psychology
Sexuality
Science
Ninety Percent of Everything Summary
Ninety Percent of Everything
Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
by Rose George 2013 304 pages
3.79
4.3K ratings
Business
Economics
History
Mean Genes Summary
Mean Genes
From Sex to Money to Food Taming Our Primal Instincts
by Terry Burnham 2000 272 pages
3.85
1.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Breaking the Spell Summary
Breaking the Spell
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
by Daniel C. Dennett 2006 464 pages
3.89
12.8K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Atheism
The Longevity Paradox Summary
The Longevity Paradox
How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age
by Steven R. Gundry 2019 384 pages
3.74
3.1K ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
by Jared Diamond 2012 512 pages
3.78
10.8K ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
Birth of the Chaordic Age Summary
Birth of the Chaordic Age
VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
by Dee Hock 2000 360 pages
4.25
207 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Isaac Newton Summary
Isaac Newton
by James Gleick 2003 272 pages
3.79
9.4K ratings
Biography
Science
History
Letters to a Young Mathematician Summary
Letters to a Young Mathematician
by Ian Stewart 2006 224 pages
3.86
1.8K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
Psychology Summary
Psychology
A Very Short Introduction
by Gillian Butler 1998 176 pages
3.64
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Education
Peak Summary
Peak
The New Science of Athletic Performance That Is Revolutionizing Sports
by Marc Bubbs 2019 384 pages
4.28
126 ratings
Fitness
Science
Health
Math-ish Summary
Math-ish
Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics
by Jo Boaler 2024 304 pages
4.24
367 ratings
Mathematics
Education
Science
Unweaving the Rainbow Summary
Unweaving the Rainbow
Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
by Richard Dawkins 2000 352 pages
4.01
11.4K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Biology
Men of Mathematics Summary
Men of Mathematics
by Eric Temple Bell 1937 590 pages
4.09
2.1K ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
The Sixth Extinction Summary
The Sixth Extinction
An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014 336 pages
4.16
76.4K ratings
Science
History
Environment
The Science of Positivity Summary
The Science of Positivity
Stop Negative Thought Patterns by Changing Your Brain Chemistry
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2013 224 pages
3.59
489 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Streetlights and Shadows Summary
Streetlights and Shadows
Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making
by Gary Klein 2009 337 pages
4.27
301 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Awakening the Entrepreneur Within Summary
Awakening the Entrepreneur Within
How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies
by Michael E. Gerber 2008 304 pages
3.58
449 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Cringeworthy Summary
Cringeworthy
A Theory of Awkwardness
by Melissa Dahl 2018 300 pages
3.67
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Heavens on Earth Summary
Heavens on Earth
The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
by Michael Shermer 2018 320 pages
3.88
597 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
The Map of Heaven Summary
The Map of Heaven
How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife
by Eben Alexander 2014 208 pages
3.81
1.9K ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Science
How Music Works Summary
How Music Works
by David Byrne 2014 345 pages
4.01
27.1K ratings
Music
History
Art
Chaos, Creativity and Cosmic Consciousness Summary
Chaos, Creativity and Cosmic Consciousness
by Rupert Sheldrake 1992 208 pages
4.06
736 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Spirituality
Cognitive Surplus Summary
Cognitive Surplus
Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
by Clay Shirky 2010 256 pages
3.83
5.8K ratings
Technology
Business
Psychology
Chariots of The Gods Summary
Chariots of The Gods
by Erich von Däniken 1968 220 pages
3.53
17.2K ratings
History
Science
Aliens
The Golem Summary
The Golem
What You Should Know about Science
by Harry Collins 1992 212 pages
3.77
329 ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Caesar's Last Breath Summary
Caesar's Last Breath
Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
by Sam Kean 2017 384 pages
4.25
4.5K ratings
Science
History
Chemistry
Hooked Summary
Hooked
Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions
by Michael Moss 2021 304 pages
3.80
4.5K ratings
Food
Health
Science
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality Summary
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality
The Spirit of Evolution
by Ken Wilber 1995 880 pages
4.35
1.0K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
The Things We Make Summary
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
by Bill Hammack 2023 272 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
History
Science
Engineering
The Quick Fix Summary
The Quick Fix
Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
by Jesse Singal 2021 352 pages
3.92
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Women in White Coats Summary
Women in White Coats
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
by Olivia Campbell 2021 368 pages
3.71
5.3K ratings
History
Medicine
Science
Identically Different Summary
Identically Different
Why You Can Change Your Genes
by Tim Spector 2012 338 pages
3.75
432 ratings
Science
Health
Biology
River Kings Summary
River Kings
A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
by Cat Jarman 2021 336 pages
4.05
3.7K ratings
History
Archaeology
Medieval
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health Summary
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
A Journey into the Heartland of Psychiatry
by Nathan Filer 2019
4.28
2.3K ratings
Mental Health
Psychology
Science
Thinking Better Summary
Thinking Better
The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life
by Marcus du Sautoy 2021
3.62
565 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Self Help
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy Summary
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
by René Descartes 1637 103 pages
3.77
35.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
The Disordered Mind Summary
The Disordered Mind
What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves
by Eric R. Kandel 2018 304 pages
4.12
2.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Fast Exercise Summary
Fast Exercise
The Simple Secret of High Intensity Training: Get Fitter, Stronger and Better Toned in Just a Few Minutes a Day
by Michael Mosley 2013 224 pages
3.83
1.2K ratings
Health
Fitness
Reference
Psycho-Logical Summary
Psycho-Logical
Why Mental Health Goes Wrong – and How to Make Sense of It
by Dean Burnett 2021 288 pages
3.86
938 ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
Fermat's Enigma Summary
Fermat's Enigma
by Simon Singh 1997 315 pages
4.30
32.4K ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
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