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Jonathan Livingstone Seagull Summary
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
by Richard Bach 1970 96 pages
3.86
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Fantasy
Tales of Power Summary
Tales of Power
by Carlos Castaneda 1974 304 pages
4.12
7k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Fantasy
Journey to Ixtlan Summary
Journey to Ixtlan
The Lessons of Don Juan
by Carlos Castaneda 1972 288 pages
4.12
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Anthropology
The Analects Summary
The Analects
by Confucius 249 pages
3.80
24k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
China
Democracy Summary
Democracy
The God That Failed
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe 2001 304 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Phenomenology of Perception Summary
Phenomenology of Perception
by Maurice Merleau-Ponty 1945 544 pages
4.18
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
The Book of Joy Summary
The Book of Joy
Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by Dalai Lama XIV 2016 354 pages
4.38
65k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Essential Jung Summary
The Essential Jung
Selected and introduced by Anthony Storr
by C.G. Jung 1983 448 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
A Secular Age Summary
A Secular Age
by Charles Margrave Taylor 2007 874 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
History
Happy Sexy Millionaire Summary
Happy Sexy Millionaire
Unexpected Truths about Fulfillment, Love, and Success
by Steven Bartlett 2021 224 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Selections from the Prison Notebooks Summary
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
by Antonio Gramsci 1947 579 pages
4.21
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Seeking Wisdom Summary
Seeking Wisdom
From Darwin To Munger
by Peter Bevelin 2003 318 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Business
Psychology
Big Gods Summary
Big Gods
How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
by Ara Norenzayan 2013 257 pages
4.01
398 ratings
Religion
History
Psychology
The Masnavi Summary
The Masnavi
Book One
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Islam
Classics
Siddhartha Summary
Immersive
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages
4.08
800k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Spirituality
Sophie's World Summary
Sophie's World
A Graphic Novel About the History of Philosophy Vol I: From Socrates to Galileo
by Jostein Gaarder 2022 264 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Graphic Novels
Comics
Why Buddhism is True Summary
Why Buddhism is True
The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
by Robert Wright 2017 336 pages
4.02
27k+ ratings
Philosophy
Buddhism
Psychology
The Intelligence Trap Summary
The Intelligence Trap
Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
by David Robson 2019 314 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
A Brief History of Neoliberalism Summary
A Brief History of Neoliberalism
by David Harvey 2005 247 pages
4.13
7k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Stillness Is the Key Summary
Stillness Is the Key
by Ryan Holiday 2019 288 pages
4.22
41k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Stumbling on Happiness Summary
Stumbling on Happiness
by Daniel Todd Gilbert 2006 277 pages
3.82
63k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Free to Choose Summary
Free to Choose
A Personal Statement
by Milton Friedman 1979 356 pages
4.22
9k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Corrosion of Character Summary
The Corrosion of Character
The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennett 1996 176 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Sociology
Economics
Philosophy
Skin in the Game Summary
Skin in the Game
Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2018 304 pages
3.91
32k+ ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Hidden Reality Summary
The Hidden Reality
Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene 2011 384 pages
4.11
21k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Love and Will Summary
Love and Will
by Rollo May 1969 352 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Love
On Killing Summary
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman 1995 400 pages
4.11
12k+ ratings
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology Summary
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior
by Scott O. Lilienfeld 2009 352 pages
3.66
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Beyond Order Summary
Beyond Order
12 More Rules For Life
by Jordan B. Peterson 2021 382 pages
4.14
30k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Love and Limerence Summary
Love and Limerence
The Experience of Being in Love
by Dorothy Tennov 1979 340 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Relationships
Self Help
Civilization and Its Discontents Summary
Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud 1930 127 pages
3.80
45k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
The Narrow Corridor Summary
The Narrow Corridor
States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2019 560 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Kundalini Tantra Summary
Kundalini Tantra
by Satyananda Saraswati 2010 453 pages
4.34
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Sexuality
A Way of Being Summary
A Way of Being
by Carl R. Rogers 1980 395 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
No More Mr. Nice Guy! Summary
No More Mr. Nice Guy!
by Robert A. Glover 2000 155 pages
4.04
24k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
Way of the Peaceful Warrior Summary
Way of the Peaceful Warrior
A Basically True Story
by Dan Millman 1980 210 pages
4.13
56k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
The Essential Rumi Summary
The Essential Rumi
by Coleman Barks 1273 416 pages
4.39
50k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Spirituality
The Scout Mindset Summary
The Scout Mindset
Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
by Julia Galef 2021 288 pages
4.09
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Ikigai Summary
Ikigai
The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Hygge / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
by Héctor García 2018
3.85
54k+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Expert Political Judgment Summary
Expert Political Judgment
How Good Is It? How Can We Know?
by Philip E. Tetlock 2005 344 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
Tao Te Ching Summary
Tao Te Ching
Annotated & Explained
by Lao Tzu 208 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Spirituality
The Way of the Superior Man Summary
The Way of the Superior Man
A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire
by David Deida 1997 201 pages
4.05
35k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
The Crowd Summary
The Crowd
A Study of the Popular Mind
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 104 pages
3.80
22k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Interpretation of Dreams Summary
The Interpretation of Dreams
by Sigmund Freud 1899 630 pages
3.84
81k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1930 190 pages
4.02
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Network State Summary
The Network State
How To Start a New Country
by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022 262 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Technology
A History of Western Philosophy Summary
A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1945 906 pages
4.13
41k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
Being Aware of Being Aware Summary
Being Aware of Being Aware
by Rupert Spira 2013 128 pages
4.41
3k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Psychology
The Open Society and Its Enemies Summary
The Open Society and Its Enemies
by Karl Popper 1956 920 pages
4.21
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
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