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The Willpower Instinct Summary
The Willpower Instinct
How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
by Kelly McGonigal 2011 275 pages
4.13
33k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Willpower Summary
Willpower
Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
by Roy F. Baumeister 2011 291 pages
3.95
20k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Buyology Summary
Buyology
Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2008 272 pages
3.76
14k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
Mindsight Summary
Mindsight
The New Science of Personal Transformation
by Daniel J. Siegel 2009 236 pages
4.14
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Body Language Summary
Body Language
How to Read Others' Thoughts by Their Gestures
by Allan Pease 2006 152 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
The Shallows Summary
The Shallows
What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
by Nicholas Carr 2010 276 pages
3.89
33k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Technology
Why We Love Summary
Why We Love
The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
by Helen Fisher 2004 320 pages
3.74
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
Evolutionary Psychology Summary
Evolutionary Psychology
The New Science of the Mind
by David M. Buss 2014 518 pages
4.34
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
AI Ethics Summary
AI Ethics
by Mark Coeckelbergh 2020 248 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Gödel, Escher, Bach Summary
Gödel, Escher, Bach
An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1979 777 pages
4.29
52k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Mathematics
Gut Summary
Gut
The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
by Giulia Enders 2014 272 pages
4.08
56k+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
End Times Summary
End Times
Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
by Peter Turchin 2023 368 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Artificial Intelligence Summary
Artificial Intelligence
A Guide for Thinking Humans
by Melanie Mitchell 2019 336 pages
4.33
4k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
The Art of Deception Summary
The Art of Deception
Controlling the Human Element of Security
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2001 368 pages
3.76
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Technology
Hackers
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005 172 pages
3.96
600k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
How We Learn Summary
How We Learn
The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
by Benedict Carey 2014 272 pages
3.91
7k+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Science
The Way Out Summary
The Way Out
The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Heal Chronic Pain
by Alan Gordon 2020 224 pages
4.39
5k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Irresistible Summary
Irresistible
The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
by Adam Alter 2017 368 pages
3.85
12k+ ratings
Psychology
Technology
Science
Uncommon Sense Teaching Summary
Uncommon Sense Teaching
Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn
by Barbara Oakley 2021 336 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Psychology
How Not to Age Summary
How Not to Age
The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
by Michael Greger 2023 640 pages
4.25
3k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
How to Change Your Mind Summary
How to Change Your Mind
What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
by Michael Pollan 2018 464 pages
4.27
85k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Health
Moonwalking with Einstein Summary
Moonwalking with Einstein
The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
by Joshua Foer 2011 307 pages
3.88
94k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
The Happiness Hypothesis Summary
The Happiness Hypothesis
Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
by Jonathan Haidt 2006 297 pages
4.09
45k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Metaphors We Live By Summary
Metaphors We Live By
by George Lakoff 1980 276 pages
4.09
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Linguistics
Psychology
The Definitive Book of Body Language Summary
The Definitive Book of Body Language
by Allan Pease 1981 400 pages
3.95
28k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
The Little Book of Psychology Summary
The Little Book of Psychology
An Introduction to the Key Psychologists and Theories You Need to Know
by Emily Ralls 2021 130 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Chatter Summary
Chatter
by Ethan Kross 2021
3.96
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Signal and the Noise Summary
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
by Nate Silver 2012 545 pages
3.97
52k+ ratings
Science
Business
Economics
Playing and Reality Summary
Playing and Reality
by D.W. Winnicott 1971 214 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Philosophy
How to Measure Anything Summary
How to Measure Anything
Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business
by Douglas W. Hubbard 1985 432 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
Business
Management
Science
The Poisoner's Handbook Summary
The Poisoner's Handbook
Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by Deborah Blum 2010 319 pages
4.02
37k+ ratings
History
Science
True Crime
Mutual Aid Summary
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1891 138 pages
4.23
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Wisdom of Psychopaths Summary
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success
by Kevin Dutton 2012 222 pages
3.74
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Antifragile Summary
Antifragile
Things That Gain from Disorder
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012 426 pages
4.10
58k+ ratings
Philosophy
Business
Economics
Deep Utopia Summary
Deep Utopia
Life and Meaning in a Solved World
by Nick Bostrom 2024 536 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Learned Optimism Summary
Learned Optimism
How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
by Martin E.P. Seligman 1990 319 pages
3.96
20k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Red Queen Summary
The Red Queen
Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
by Matt Ridley 1993 405 pages
4.05
17k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Mastermind Summary
Mastermind
How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
by Maria Konnikova 2013 273 pages
3.55
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Sex at Dawn Summary
Sex at Dawn
The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
by Christopher Ryan 2010 416 pages
3.97
31k+ ratings
Science
History
Sexuality
Rewire Summary
Rewire
Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change
by Nicole Vignola 2024 354 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Science
Data Science for Business Summary
Data Science for Business
What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking
by Foster Provost 2013 413 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Science
A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence Summary
A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence
What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going
by Michael Wooldridge 2021 272 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
The Menopause Brain Summary
The Menopause Brain
New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition with Knowledge and Confidence
by Lisa Mosconi 2024 320 pages
4.01
3k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Undercover Economist Summary
Undercover Economist
Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!
by Tim Harford 2005 304 pages
3.81
29k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Psych 101 Summary
Psych 101
Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!
by Paul Kleinman 2012 288 pages
3.92
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Reference
Normal Accidents Summary
Normal Accidents
Living with High-Risk Technologies
by Charles Perrow 1984 464 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Science
Engineering
Technology
Consciousness Explained Summary
Consciousness Explained
by Daniel C. Dennett 1991 530 pages
3.90
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Alignment Problem Summary
The Alignment Problem
Machine Learning and Human Values
by Brian Christian 2020 496 pages
4.34
5k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
The Anatomy of Motive Summary
The Anatomy of Motive
The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores The Key To Understanding And Catching Violent Criminals
by John E. Douglas 1999 320 pages
4.18
7k+ ratings
True Crime
Psychology
Crime
Anatomy of Love Summary
Anatomy of Love
A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray
by Helen Fisher 1992 464 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
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