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Virus of the Mind Summary
Virus of the Mind
The New Science of the Meme
by Richard Brodie 1995 256 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
How to Live Summary
How to Live
Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by Sarah Bakewell 2010 400 pages
4.02
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
Light from Many Lamps Summary
Light from Many Lamps
A Treasury of Inspiration
by Lillian Watson 1979 352 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Spirituality
How to Win an Argument Summary
How to Win an Argument
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 288 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Alamut Summary
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages
4.32
13k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
Stop Doing That Sh*t Summary
Stop Doing That Sh*t
End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back
by Gary John Bishop 2019 240 pages
3.83
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Spinoza Problem Summary
The Spinoza Problem
by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages
4.26
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Historical Fiction
The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856 300 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
France
Serpent of Light Summary
Serpent of Light
Beyond 2012 - The Movement of the Earth's Kundalini and the Rise of the Female Light, 1949 to 2013
by Drunvalo Melchizedek 2008 270 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
New Age
Metaphysics
The Cow in the Parking Lot Summary
The Cow in the Parking Lot
A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
by Leonard Scheff 2008 198 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Buddhism
Richard Dawkins Summary
Richard Dawkins
How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think: Reflections by Scientists, Writers, and Philosophers
by Mark Ridley 2006 304 pages
3.77
485 ratings
Science
Biography
Biology
What's Our Problem? Summary
What's Our Problem?
A Self-Help Book for Societies
by Tim Urban 2023 746 pages
4.24
5k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
Mindfulness in Plain English Summary
Mindfulness in Plain English
by Henepola Gunaratana 1992 208 pages
4.16
18k+ ratings
Buddhism
Meditation
Spirituality
Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations Summary
Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations
Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems
by Jules Evans 2012 320 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Catching the Big Fish Summary
Catching the Big Fish
Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
by David Lynch 2006 181 pages
3.77
20k+ ratings
Philosophy
Film
Art
The Tibetan Book of the Dead Summary
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
by Padmasambhava 1350 535 pages
4.16
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
The Science of Evil Summary
The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011 256 pages
3.77
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
A Manifesto
by Aaron Bastani 2018 278 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Dancing Wu Li Masters Summary
Dancing Wu Li Masters
An Overview of the New Physics
by Gary Zukav 1979 416 pages
4.01
10k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Living in Flow Summary
Living in Flow
The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices Shape Your World
by Sky Nelson-Isaacs 2019 320 pages
3.80
294 ratings
Psychology
Science
Spirituality
Machiavelli For Women Summary
Machiavelli For Women
Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace
by Stacey Vanek Smith 2021 224 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Business
Feminism
Self Help
Notes from the Underground Summary
Notes from the Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 96 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Russia
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living
Vipassana Meditation
by William Hart 1987 176 pages
4.37
3k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Meditation
The Hero Within Summary
The Hero Within
Six Archetypes We Live By
by Carol S. Pearson 1986 338 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mythology
Energize Your Mind Summary
Energize Your Mind
by Gaur Gopal Das 2024 320 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Death of Expertise Summary
The Death of Expertise
The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
by Thomas M. Nichols 2017 272 pages
3.82
10k+ ratings
Politics
Science
Sociology
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch 1995 276 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Sum Summary
Sum
Forty Tales from the Afterlives
by David Eagleman 2009 110 pages
4.11
23k+ ratings
Short Stories
Philosophy
Fantasy
The Nature of Consciousness Summary
The Nature of Consciousness
Essays on the Unity of Mind and Matter
by Rupert Spira 2013 205 pages
4.41
3k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Psychology
Messages from the Masters Summary
Messages from the Masters
Tapping into the Power of Love
by Brian L. Weiss 1999 262 pages
4.35
6k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales Summary
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
by Marie-Louise von Franz 1974 352 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
Psychology
Mythology
Philosophy
How to Let Things Go Summary
How to Let Things Go
99 Tips from a Zen Buddhist Monk to Relinquish Control and Free Yourself Up for What Matters
by Shunmyō Masuno 2021 224 pages
3.49
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Asshole No More Summary
Asshole No More
by Xavier Crement 1990 218 pages
2.73
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Art as Therapy Summary
Art as Therapy
by Alain de Botton 2013 240 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Art
Philosophy
Psychology
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion
by Bruce M. Hood 2011 258 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Kundalini -- An Untold Story Summary
Kundalini -- An Untold Story
A Himalayan Mystic's Insight into the Power of Kundalini and Chakra Sadhana
by Om Swami 2016 196 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
The Relaxation Response Summary
The Relaxation Response
by Herbert Benson 1975 240 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Summary
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1973 32 pages
4.37
54k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Fantasy
80,000 Hours Summary
80,000 Hours
Find a fulfilling career that does good.
by Benjamin Todd 2016 329 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Philosophy
Words Like Loaded Pistols Summary
Words Like Loaded Pistols
Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
by Sam Leith 2011 322 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Writing
Philosophy
History
Parallel Worlds Summary
Parallel Worlds
A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
by Michio Kaku 2004 428 pages
4.21
22k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Separation Summary
Separation
Anxiety and Anger
by John Bowlby 1972 444 pages
4.25
217 ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Psychoanalysis
Spiritual Enlightenment Summary
Spiritual Enlightenment
The Damnedest Thing
by Jed McKenna 2002 296 pages
4.38
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
The Journeys of Socrates Summary
The Journeys of Socrates
by Dan Millman 2005 336 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
Quantum Psychology Summary
Quantum Psychology
How Brain Software Programs You & Your World
by Robert Anton Wilson 1990 202 pages
4.23
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
God, Freedom, and Evil Summary
God, Freedom, and Evil
by Alvin Plantinga 1973 122 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theology
Religion
Attacking Faulty Reasoning Summary
Attacking Faulty Reasoning
A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments
by T. Edward Damer 1980 256 pages
3.99
208 ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Reference
El corazón del Yoga Summary
El corazón del Yoga
Desarrollando una práctica personal
by T.K.V. Desikachar 1995 440 pages
4.34
5k+ ratings
Spirituality
Health
Philosophy
Against Intellectual Monopoly Summary
Against Intellectual Monopoly
by Michele Boldrin 2008 312 pages
4.02
395 ratings
Economics
Law
Politics
Aristotle's Guide to Self-Persuasion Summary
Aristotle's Guide to Self-Persuasion
How Ancient Rhetoric, Taylor Swift, and Your Own Soul Can Help You Change Your Life
by Jay Heinrichs 2025 288 pages
3.52
98 ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
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