Themes Lists Trending New
Start free trial
EnglishEnglish
EspañolSpanish
简体中文Chinese
繁體中文Chinese (Traditional)
FrançaisFrench
DeutschGerman
日本語Japanese
PortuguêsPortuguese
ItalianoItalian
한국어Korean
РусскийRussian
NederlandsDutch
العربيةArabic
PolskiPolish
हिन्दीHindi
Tiếng ViệtVietnamese
SvenskaSwedish
ΕλληνικάGreek
TürkçeTurkish
ไทยThai
ČeštinaCzech
RomânăRomanian
MagyarHungarian
УкраїнськаUkrainian
IndonesiaIndonesian
DanskDanish
SuomiFinnish
БългарскиBulgarian
עבריתHebrew
NorskNorwegian
HrvatskiCroatian
CatalàCatalan
SlovenčinaSlovak
LietuviųLithuanian
SlovenščinaSlovenian
СрпскиSerbian
EestiEstonian
LatviešuLatvian
فارسیPersian
മലയാളംMalayalam
தமிழ்Tamil
اردوUrdu
SoBrief

Technology

Our digital world pulses with endless possibilities, from coding breakthroughs to philosophical questions about how technology shapes our minds and culture. Here you'll find practical guides for developers and entrepreneurs alongside thoughtful explorations of how our tools and screens are transforming society, work, and human connection.

Technology Book Summaries

The Freelance Manifesto
by Joey Korenman • 2017
Motion designers can hit six figures freelancing. A field guide to portfolio, pricing, and trust.
4.52
500+
🎬 Motion Design💼 Freelance Business🎨 Creative Careers📁 Portfolio Building🤝 Client Relationships
The Freelance Manifesto Summary
The Freelance Manifesto
Motion designers can hit six figures freelancing. A field guide to portfolio, pricing, and trust.
by Joey Korenman 2017 360 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
🎬 Motion Design💼 Freelance Business🎨 Creative Careers📁 Portfolio Building🤝 Client Relationships
Reclaiming Conversation
by Sherry Turkle • 2015
Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.
3.80
5k+
🛑 Techno Skepticism🌐 Media Ecology📱 Attention Crisis🗣️ Meaningful Conversation👨‍👩‍👧 Digital Parenting
Reclaiming Conversation Summary
Reclaiming Conversation
Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.
by Sherry Turkle 2015 448 pages
3.80
5k+ ratings
🛑 Techno Skepticism🌐 Media Ecology📱 Attention Crisis🗣️ Meaningful Conversation👨‍👩‍👧 Digital Parenting
Sooner Safer Happier
by Jonathan Smart • 2020
Stop auditing agile compliance; start delivering faster, safer, more satisfying outcomes.
4.19
500+
🏢 Business Agility🔄 Lean And Agile🧠 Psychological Safety📈 Outcome Over Output🧪 Experimentation Culture
Sooner Safer Happier Summary
Sooner Safer Happier
Stop auditing agile compliance; start delivering faster, safer, more satisfying outcomes.
by Jonathan Smart 2020 288 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
🏢 Business Agility🔄 Lean And Agile🧠 Psychological Safety📈 Outcome Over Output🧪 Experimentation Culture
Storytelling with Data
by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic • 2019
A practice method for charts so clear your audience never spends a second confused.
4.47
179
📊 Data Visualization📈 Business Presentations👁️ Visual Perception📉 Chart Design📖 Business Storytelling
Storytelling with Data Summary
Storytelling with Data
A practice method for charts so clear your audience never spends a second confused.
by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 2019 448 pages
4.47
179 ratings
📊 Data Visualization📈 Business Presentations👁️ Visual Perception📉 Chart Design📖 Business Storytelling
The Cyber Effect
by Mary Aiken • 2016
A cyberpsychologist reveals the dark web's psychology: why anonymity brings out the worst in us.
3.74
1k+
🧠 Digital Psychology💻 Cybercrime🕶️ Dark Web👾 Hacker Psychology🎯 Social Engineering
The Cyber Effect Summary
The Cyber Effect
A cyberpsychologist reveals the dark web's psychology: why anonymity brings out the worst in us.
by Mary Aiken 2016 400 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
🧠 Digital Psychology💻 Cybercrime🕶️ Dark Web👾 Hacker Psychology🎯 Social Engineering
The Nature of Code
by Daniel Shiffman • 2012
Code that breathes: how to build simulations that move, think, and evolve on your screen.
4.57
500+
🎨 Creative Coding🖼️ Generative Art🟩 Cellular Automata❄️ Fractal Geometry🧬 Genetic Algorithms
The Nature of Code Summary
The Nature of Code
Code that breathes: how to build simulations that move, think, and evolve on your screen.
by Daniel Shiffman 2012 520 pages
4.57
500+ ratings
🎨 Creative Coding🖼️ Generative Art🟩 Cellular Automata❄️ Fractal Geometry🧬 Genetic Algorithms
The Metaverse
by Matthew Ball • 2022
A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.
3.79
2k+
🌐 Virtual Worlds💰 Virtual Economies🔮 Future Of The Internet🥽 Immersive Technology🏗️ Tech Infrastructure
The Metaverse Summary
The Metaverse
A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.
by Matthew Ball 2022 352 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
🌐 Virtual Worlds💰 Virtual Economies🔮 Future Of The Internet🥽 Immersive Technology🏗️ Tech Infrastructure
The Glass Cage
by Nicholas Carr • 2014
The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.
3.75
2k+
🔬 Technology And Cognition🏭 Automation And Society🔍 Technological Skepticism📉 De-Skilling🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.
by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
🔬 Technology And Cognition🏭 Automation And Society🔍 Technological Skepticism📉 De-Skilling🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design
The Big Picture
by Ben Fritz • 2018
How Marvel, Netflix, and the Chinese box office dismantled the movies you used to love.
4.02
2k+
🎬 Hollywood Economics📺 Streaming Disruption🎥 Franchise Filmmaking🌏 Global Box Office🏢 Media Consolidation
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture
How Marvel, Netflix, and the Chinese box office dismantled the movies you used to love.
by Ben Fritz 2018 309 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Economics📺 Streaming Disruption🎥 Franchise Filmmaking🌏 Global Box Office🏢 Media Consolidation
Notes on a Nervous Planet
by Matt Haig • 2018
The news, the scroll, the shopping cart are designed to hurt. What actually helps?
3.94
56k+
🧠 Digital Age Anxiety🏙️ Modern Life Critique📵 Social Media Detox🧘 Mindfulness Practices👁️ Attention Economy Critique
Notes on a Nervous Planet Summary
Notes on a Nervous Planet
The news, the scroll, the shopping cart are designed to hurt. What actually helps?
by Matt Haig 2018 299 pages
3.94
56k+ ratings
🧠 Digital Age Anxiety🏙️ Modern Life Critique📵 Social Media Detox🧘 Mindfulness Practices👁️ Attention Economy Critique
Slack
by Tom DeMarco • 2001
Efficiency that cuts every buffer leaves organizations that can sprint but never pivot.
4.02
1k+
🔄 Organizational Change⏳ Efficiency Critique🔥 Overwork And Burnout⚠️ Risk Management🔗 Systems Thinking
Slack Summary
Slack
Efficiency that cuts every buffer leaves organizations that can sprint but never pivot.
by Tom DeMarco 2001 240 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
🔄 Organizational Change⏳ Efficiency Critique🔥 Overwork And Burnout⚠️ Risk Management🔗 Systems Thinking
The New Rules of War
by Sean McFate • 2019
An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.
3.96
1k+
🎖️ Military Strategy⚔️ Modern Warfare⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare🔀 Hybrid Warfare🎯 Counterinsurgency
The New Rules of War Summary
The New Rules of War
An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.
by Sean McFate 2019 336 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
🎖️ Military Strategy⚔️ Modern Warfare⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare🔀 Hybrid Warfare🎯 Counterinsurgency
Silent Sales Machine 10.0
by Jim Cockrum • 2012
Find the audience, sell what they want: the multi-platform method for unsinkable online income.
3.82
323
🛒 Online Selling💰 Multiple Income Streams🏷️ Retail Arbitrage📣 Audience Building📧 Email Marketing
Silent Sales Machine 10.0 Summary
Silent Sales Machine 10.0
Find the audience, sell what they want: the multi-platform method for unsinkable online income.
by Jim Cockrum 2012 156 pages
3.82
323 ratings
🛒 Online Selling💰 Multiple Income Streams🏷️ Retail Arbitrage📣 Audience Building📧 Email Marketing
Passive Income
by Richard Gadson • 2016
The online business models that pay around the clock, from affiliate sales to digital courses.
2.96
322
💰 Passive Income💻 Online Business🔗 Affiliate Marketing📦 Dropshipping📱 Digital Products
Passive Income Summary
Passive Income
The online business models that pay around the clock, from affiliate sales to digital courses.
by Richard Gadson 2016 126 pages
2.96
322 ratings
💰 Passive Income💻 Online Business🔗 Affiliate Marketing📦 Dropshipping📱 Digital Products
Game Changer
by Matthew Sadler • 2019
From scratch, AlphaZero taught itself chess in nine hours and played like a Romantic-era genius.
4.21
289
🤖 Computer Chess♟️ Chess Strategy🔁 Reinforcement Learning⚔️ Attacking Play♞ Piece Activity
Game Changer Summary
Game Changer
From scratch, AlphaZero taught itself chess in nine hours and played like a Romantic-era genius.
by Matthew Sadler 2019 416 pages
4.21
289 ratings
🤖 Computer Chess♟️ Chess Strategy🔁 Reinforcement Learning⚔️ Attacking Play♞ Piece Activity
How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck
by Steve Stockman • 2011
Ten seconds is all your video gets. The working-director playbook for making people stay past that.
4.20
1k+
🎬 Video Production🎥 Beginner Filmmaking📖 Storytelling Basics👁️ Visual Storytelling✂️ Editing And Pacing
How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck Summary
How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck
Ten seconds is all your video gets. The working-director playbook for making people stay past that.
by Steve Stockman 2011 248 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
🎬 Video Production🎥 Beginner Filmmaking📖 Storytelling Basics👁️ Visual Storytelling✂️ Editing And Pacing
Effective Typescript
by Dan Vanderkam • 2019
62 battle-tested recipes that turn TypeScript from a linter into a safety net.
4.40
500+
🔷 Typescript📐 Type Design🪪 Type Systems🏗️ Structural Typing✅ Code Quality
Effective Typescript Summary
Effective Typescript
62 battle-tested recipes that turn TypeScript from a linter into a safety net.
by Dan Vanderkam 2019 250 pages
4.40
500+ ratings
🔷 Typescript📐 Type Design🪪 Type Systems🏗️ Structural Typing✅ Code Quality
Lean AI
by Lomit Patel • 2020
AI can multiply your marketing experiments a hundredfold. The startup framework for doing it.
3.64
36
🚀 Growth Marketing📈 Startup Scaling🤖 AI In Business🎯 Customer Acquisition📊 Data-Driven Marketing
Lean AI Summary
Lean AI
AI can multiply your marketing experiments a hundredfold. The startup framework for doing it.
by Lomit Patel 2020 234 pages
3.64
36 ratings
🚀 Growth Marketing📈 Startup Scaling🤖 AI In Business🎯 Customer Acquisition📊 Data-Driven Marketing
YouTube Secrets
by Sean Cannell • 2022
Zero subscribers, one weekly video: the YouTube playbook for building an audience that pays.
4.02
2k+
🎥 Video Marketing✍️ Content Creation💡 Creator Economy👥 Audience Building⭐ Personal Branding
YouTube Secrets Summary
YouTube Secrets
Zero subscribers, one weekly video: the YouTube playbook for building an audience that pays.
by Sean Cannell 2022 122 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
🎥 Video Marketing✍️ Content Creation💡 Creator Economy👥 Audience Building⭐ Personal Branding
Faster
by James Gleick • 1999
Technology promised to save time. Instead it filled the gaps and trained us to crave speed.
3.52
1k+
📊 Information Overload⏱️ Time Perception⚡ Speed Culture👁️ Attention Economy🔀 Multitasking Myth
Faster Summary
Faster
Technology promised to save time. Instead it filled the gaps and trained us to crave speed.
by James Gleick 1999 330 pages
3.52
1k+ ratings
📊 Information Overload⏱️ Time Perception⚡ Speed Culture👁️ Attention Economy🔀 Multitasking Myth
Designed for Digital
by Jeanne W. Ross • 2019
Why digital transformation fails and the organizational redesign that makes it stick.
4.20
288
🔄 Digital Transformation🏗️ Enterprise Architecture🖥️ Platform Strategy🧩 Organizational Design⚡ Business Agility
Designed for Digital Summary
Designed for Digital
Why digital transformation fails and the organizational redesign that makes it stick.
by Jeanne W. Ross 2019 208 pages
4.20
288 ratings
🔄 Digital Transformation🏗️ Enterprise Architecture🖥️ Platform Strategy🧩 Organizational Design⚡ Business Agility
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems
by Micah Godbolt • 2015
Forget page-building. Build a design system with modular markup and CSS that scales.
3.33
123
🏗️ Front-End Architecture🎨 Design Systems📐 CSS Methodologies🧱 Modular Markup🧩 Component-Based Design
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems Summary
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems
Forget page-building. Build a design system with modular markup and CSS that scales.
by Micah Godbolt 2015 198 pages
3.33
123 ratings
🏗️ Front-End Architecture🎨 Design Systems📐 CSS Methodologies🧱 Modular Markup🧩 Component-Based Design
Mix It Up
by David Grazian • 2010
Rihanna, the Super Bowl, and Disney: how sociology reveals the social forces behind popular culture.
3.52
107
🎥 Media Sociology🏭 Culture Industry Critique🎉 Ritual And Solidarity📡 Diffusion Of Culture💎 Cultural Capital
Mix It Up Summary
Mix It Up
Rihanna, the Super Bowl, and Disney: how sociology reveals the social forces behind popular culture.
by David Grazian 2010 256 pages
3.52
107 ratings
🎥 Media Sociology🏭 Culture Industry Critique🎉 Ritual And Solidarity📡 Diffusion Of Culture💎 Cultural Capital
SQL Antipatterns, Volume 1
by Bill Karwin • 2010
The database design mistakes every developer makes, and the patterns that fix them before they ship.
4.02
500+
🗄️ Database Design💻 Sql Programming⚠️ Antipatterns🔒 Data Integrity🚀 Query Optimization
SQL Antipatterns, Volume 1 Summary
SQL Antipatterns, Volume 1
The database design mistakes every developer makes, and the patterns that fix them before they ship.
by Bill Karwin 2010 380 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
🗄️ Database Design💻 Sql Programming⚠️ Antipatterns🔒 Data Integrity🚀 Query Optimization
Brunelleschi's Dome
by Ross King • 1999
A goldsmith promised to build the world's largest dome without scaffolding. No one believed him.
3.91
28k+
🏛️ Architectural History🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy⚙️ Engineering Feats🔧 Mechanical Invention⚔️ Artistic Rivalry
Brunelleschi's Dome Summary
Brunelleschi's Dome
A goldsmith promised to build the world's largest dome without scaffolding. No one believed him.
by Ross King 1999 192 pages
3.91
28k+ ratings
🏛️ Architectural History🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy⚙️ Engineering Feats🔧 Mechanical Invention⚔️ Artistic Rivalry
Unsettled
by Steven E. Koonin • 2021
The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.
4.24
3k+
🤔 Climate Skepticism💻 Climate Models❓ Uncertainty In Science⚖️ Scientific Integrity📊 Data Literacy
Unsettled Summary
Unsettled
The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.
by Steven E. Koonin 2021 320 pages
4.24
3k+ ratings
🤔 Climate Skepticism💻 Climate Models❓ Uncertainty In Science⚖️ Scientific Integrity📊 Data Literacy
Waste Tide
by Chen Qiufan • 2013
On an island of Chinese e-waste, a virus turns a migrant worker into a living network.
3.32
2k+
♻️ Eco-Cyberpunk🧠 Networked Consciousness✊ Class Uprising🦠 Viral Transformation🌃 Dark Near-Future
Waste Tide Summary
Waste Tide
On an island of Chinese e-waste, a virus turns a migrant worker into a living network.
by Chen Qiufan 2013 352 pages
3.32
2k+ ratings
♻️ Eco-Cyberpunk🧠 Networked Consciousness✊ Class Uprising🦠 Viral Transformation🌃 Dark Near-Future
Survive Like a Spy
by Jason Hanson • 2018
The spy's playbook for everyday life: spot lies, shake a tail, and make it home safe.
3.37
500+
🛡️ Personal Security🕵️ Espionage Tradecraft👀 Situational Awareness🏕️ Survival Skills🎭 Social Engineering
Survive Like a Spy Summary
Survive Like a Spy
The spy's playbook for everyday life: spot lies, shake a tail, and make it home safe.
by Jason Hanson 2018 256 pages
3.37
500+ ratings
🛡️ Personal Security🕵️ Espionage Tradecraft👀 Situational Awareness🏕️ Survival Skills🎭 Social Engineering
Masters of Scale
by Reid Hoffman • 2021
Why the best founders chase rejection, kill their own habits, and let actions overrule words.
4.07
1k+
📈 Startup Scaling🧠 Founder Mindset🏛️ Organizational Culture🔄 Pivoting🔍 Customer Discovery
Masters of Scale Summary
Masters of Scale
Why the best founders chase rejection, kill their own habits, and let actions overrule words.
by Reid Hoffman 2021 304 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
📈 Startup Scaling🧠 Founder Mindset🏛️ Organizational Culture🔄 Pivoting🔍 Customer Discovery
Beyond Bullet Points
by Cliff Atkinson • 2005
Why bullet slides fail: a story framework that works with how the brain learns.
3.70
500+
📽️ Presentation Design💼 Business Communication📖 Storytelling🧠 Cognitive Load👁️ Visual Communication
Beyond Bullet Points Summary
Beyond Bullet Points
Why bullet slides fail: a story framework that works with how the brain learns.
by Cliff Atkinson 2005 352 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
📽️ Presentation Design💼 Business Communication📖 Storytelling🧠 Cognitive Load👁️ Visual Communication
Coders at Work
by Peter Seibel • 2009
Fifteen master programmers on how they think, debug, and design: the craft in their own words.
3.95
5k+
🧑‍💻 Software Engineering🎙️ Developer Interviews🔨 Craft Of Programming🗣️ Polyglot Programming🕵️ Hacker Culture
Coders at Work Summary
Coders at Work
Fifteen master programmers on how they think, debug, and design: the craft in their own words.
by Peter Seibel 2009 634 pages
3.95
5k+ ratings
🧑‍💻 Software Engineering🎙️ Developer Interviews🔨 Craft Of Programming🗣️ Polyglot Programming🕵️ Hacker Culture
Growth Hacking
by Raymond Fong • 2017
An automated system that finds, sells, and keeps customers around the clock, no big team required.
3.81
305
🚀 Growth Marketing🤖 Sales Automation🎯 Conversion Optimization🔻 Funnel Design🔗 Referral Marketing
Growth Hacking Summary
Growth Hacking
An automated system that finds, sells, and keeps customers around the clock, no big team required.
by Raymond Fong 2017 204 pages
3.81
305 ratings
🚀 Growth Marketing🤖 Sales Automation🎯 Conversion Optimization🔻 Funnel Design🔗 Referral Marketing
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
by Alan Cooper • 1999
Software frustrates because programmers design it, optimizing for the machine, not the mind.
3.94
2k+
🖥️ User Experience Design↔️ Interaction Design🧠 Human-Computer Interaction💡 Design Thinking⚙️ Technology And Cognition
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum Summary
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Software frustrates because programmers design it, optimizing for the machine, not the mind.
by Alan Cooper 1999 255 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
🖥️ User Experience Design↔️ Interaction Design🧠 Human-Computer Interaction💡 Design Thinking⚙️ Technology And Cognition
Hacking Darwin
by Jamie Metzl • 2019
Humans are taking control of evolution; the tools to design our children are already here.
3.97
3k+
🧬 Genetic Engineering✂️ Gene Editing⏳ Longevity Science⚖️ Bioethics🤖 Transhumanism
Hacking Darwin Summary
Hacking Darwin
Humans are taking control of evolution; the tools to design our children are already here.
by Jamie Metzl 2019 327 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
🧬 Genetic Engineering✂️ Gene Editing⏳ Longevity Science⚖️ Bioethics🤖 Transhumanism
X Saves the World
by Jeff Gordinier • 2008
The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.
3.45
500+
👤 Gen X🎸 Alternative Culture🌱 Micro-Movements💻 Dot-Com Era📺 Media Democratization
X Saves the World Summary
X Saves the World
The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.
by Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 pages
3.45
500+ ratings
👤 Gen X🎸 Alternative Culture🌱 Micro-Movements💻 Dot-Com Era📺 Media Democratization
Love Triangle
by Matt Parker • 2024
Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.
3.93
1k+
🔢 Popular Mathematics📐 Geometry🎨 Art And Mathematics🌿 Geometry In Nature💻 Computer Graphics
Love Triangle Summary
Love Triangle
Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.
by Matt Parker 2024 352 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
🔢 Popular Mathematics📐 Geometry🎨 Art And Mathematics🌿 Geometry In Nature💻 Computer Graphics
Until the Streetlights Come On
by Ginny Yurich • 2023
The childhood your kids actually need: more boredom, more dirt, fewer screens, less you.
4.30
4k+
🍃 Nature-Based Play🧩 Play-Based Learning🐢 Slow Parenting🦅 Free-Range Parenting📱 Screen Time Limits
Until the Streetlights Come On Summary
Until the Streetlights Come On
The childhood your kids actually need: more boredom, more dirt, fewer screens, less you.
by Ginny Yurich 2023 224 pages
4.30
4k+ ratings
🍃 Nature-Based Play🧩 Play-Based Learning🐢 Slow Parenting🦅 Free-Range Parenting📱 Screen Time Limits
Ten Drugs
by Thomas Hager • 2019
Ten drugs that each reshaped medicine, and revealed the price of every cure.
4.18
5k+
📜 History Of Medicine💊 Pharmaceutical History💉 Vaccination History🧠 Psychopharmacology🦠 Antibiotics And Resistance
Ten Drugs Summary
Ten Drugs
Ten drugs that each reshaped medicine, and revealed the price of every cure.
by Thomas Hager 2019 304 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
📜 History Of Medicine💊 Pharmaceutical History💉 Vaccination History🧠 Psychopharmacology🦠 Antibiotics And Resistance
Spycatcher
by Peter Wright • 1987
MI5's first scientist built secret listening devices, then spent his career hunting a Soviet mole.
3.73
3k+
🕵️ Cold War Espionage🇬🇧 British Intelligence📡 Technical Surveillance🔍 Mole Hunts🛡️ Counterespionage
Spycatcher Summary
Spycatcher
MI5's first scientist built secret listening devices, then spent his career hunting a Soviet mole.
by Peter Wright 1987 392 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
🕵️ Cold War Espionage🇬🇧 British Intelligence📡 Technical Surveillance🔍 Mole Hunts🛡️ Counterespionage
Badass
by Kathy Sierra • 2015
Better users beat better features. A method for designing skill into the first 30 minutes.
4.17
1k+
🎨 Product Design🖥️ User Experience🧠 Learning Science👤 User-Centered Design📐 Learning Design
Badass Summary
Badass
Better users beat better features. A method for designing skill into the first 30 minutes.
by Kathy Sierra 2015 294 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
🎨 Product Design🖥️ User Experience🧠 Learning Science👤 User-Centered Design📐 Learning Design
Command and Control
by Eric Schlosser • 2013
One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.
4.27
14k+
🧪 Nuclear History🥶 Cold War Era💥 Technological Disaster🏛️ Organizational Failure⚠️ Normal Accident Theory
Command and Control Summary
Command and Control
One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.
by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages
4.27
14k+ ratings
🧪 Nuclear History🥶 Cold War Era💥 Technological Disaster🏛️ Organizational Failure⚠️ Normal Accident Theory
Data Smart
by John W. Foreman • 2013
Real machine learning inside Excel: cluster customers, forecast demand, optimize decisions. No code.
4.12
1k+
📊 Spreadsheet Modeling📈 Business Analytics🤖 Machine Learning For Managers🧮 Quantitative Decision Making🔮 Forecasting Methods
Data Smart Summary
Data Smart
Real machine learning inside Excel: cluster customers, forecast demand, optimize decisions. No code.
by John W. Foreman 2013 409 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
📊 Spreadsheet Modeling📈 Business Analytics🤖 Machine Learning For Managers🧮 Quantitative Decision Making🔮 Forecasting Methods
Effective Python
by Brett Slatkin • 2015
The Python habits that turn working code into maintainable software, from functions to concurrency.
4.26
500+
🐍 Python🧰 Software Craftsmanship📈 Intermediate Python🔧 Refactoring⚡ Concurrency
Effective Python Summary
Effective Python
The Python habits that turn working code into maintainable software, from functions to concurrency.
by Brett Slatkin 2015 227 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
🐍 Python🧰 Software Craftsmanship📈 Intermediate Python🔧 Refactoring⚡ Concurrency
A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript. The new tech-assisted approach that requires half the effort
by Mark Myers • 2013
JavaScript learned through short chapters and immediate coding practice, designed to stick faster.
4.04
500+
🌐 Web Development💻 Learn To Code📚 Programming Fundamentals🐣 Beginner Programming🖱️ Dom Scripting
A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript. The new tech-assisted approach that requires half the effort Summary
A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript. The new tech-assisted approach that requires half the effort
JavaScript learned through short chapters and immediate coding practice, designed to stick faster.
by Mark Myers 2013 254 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
🌐 Web Development💻 Learn To Code📚 Programming Fundamentals🐣 Beginner Programming🖱️ Dom Scripting
The Facebook Effect
by David Kirkpatrick • 2010
The bet: real names would make the internet better. Then 500 million people showed up.
3.86
11k+
📱 Social Media History🏢 Corporate Biography🌉 Silicon Valley History🔗 Platform Economics📈 Viral Growth
The Facebook Effect Summary
The Facebook Effect
The bet: real names would make the internet better. Then 500 million people showed up.
by David Kirkpatrick 2010 386 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
📱 Social Media History🏢 Corporate Biography🌉 Silicon Valley History🔗 Platform Economics📈 Viral Growth
The Conversion Code
by Chris Smith • 2016
Turn internet leads into appointments and closed deals: a system from clicks to contracts.
4.01
500+
🖥️ Digital Marketing🎯 Lead Generation📞 Sales Techniques📋 Sales Follow-Up📱 Social Media Marketing
The Conversion Code Summary
The Conversion Code
Turn internet leads into appointments and closed deals: a system from clicks to contracts.
by Chris Smith 2016 192 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
🖥️ Digital Marketing🎯 Lead Generation📞 Sales Techniques📋 Sales Follow-Up📱 Social Media Marketing
Behind Every Good Decision
by Piyanka Jain • 2014
Analytics problems rarely need data scientists. A five-step framework anyone with Excel can use.
3.60
144
📊 Business Analytics📈 Data-Driven Decisions🧩 Analytics Frameworks📖 Data Literacy🔧 Everyday Analytics
Behind Every Good Decision Summary
Behind Every Good Decision
Analytics problems rarely need data scientists. A five-step framework anyone with Excel can use.
by Piyanka Jain 2014 248 pages
3.60
144 ratings
📊 Business Analytics📈 Data-Driven Decisions🧩 Analytics Frameworks📖 Data Literacy🔧 Everyday Analytics
Quantum Computing for Everyone
by Chris Bernhardt • 2019
A guide that starts with a single qubit and ends with breaking RSA encryption.
4.06
500+
🧑‍💻 Quantum Computing⚛️ Quantum Mechanics🤖 Quantum Algorithms🔐 Cryptography🕸️ Entanglement
Quantum Computing for Everyone Summary
Quantum Computing for Everyone
A guide that starts with a single qubit and ends with breaking RSA encryption.
by Chris Bernhardt 2019 216 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
🧑‍💻 Quantum Computing⚛️ Quantum Mechanics🤖 Quantum Algorithms🔐 Cryptography🕸️ Entanglement
The Machine Learning Solutions Architect Handbook
by David Ping • 2022
Most ML models never make it to production. The architecture playbook for the ones that do.
4.06
16
🏢 Enterprise Ml🏗️ Solution Architecture🔄 Ml Lifecycle⚙️ Mlops🔬 Applied Machine Learning
The Machine Learning Solutions Architect Handbook Summary
The Machine Learning Solutions Architect Handbook
Most ML models never make it to production. The architecture playbook for the ones that do.
by David Ping 2022 442 pages
4.06
16 ratings
🏢 Enterprise Ml🏗️ Solution Architecture🔄 Ml Lifecycle⚙️ Mlops🔬 Applied Machine Learning
The Attention Fix
by Anders Hansen • 2024
Your brain was built for hunting, not scrolling. The mismatch explains why you cannot focus.
3.89
359
🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch📱 Digital Attention📵 Phone Addiction🧠 Dopamine And Reward⚡ Stress Biology
The Attention Fix Summary
The Attention Fix
Your brain was built for hunting, not scrolling. The mismatch explains why you cannot focus.
by Anders Hansen 2024 206 pages
3.89
359 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch📱 Digital Attention📵 Phone Addiction🧠 Dopamine And Reward⚡ Stress Biology
Home
Search
Swipe
Library
Get App
Try Full Access for 3 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
📖 Read Summaries
Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
 —
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📜 Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📥 Unlimited Downloads
Free users are limited to 1
 —
Risk-Free Timeline
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 26,000+ books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 2: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 3: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on Jul 27,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8× More Books
2.8× more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
600,000+ readers
Trustpilot Rating
TrustPilot
4.6 Excellent
This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.
— Dave G
Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!
— Em
Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.
— Greg M
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year/yr
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Start a 3-Day Free Trial
3 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Unlock a world of fiction & nonfiction books
26,000+ books for the price of 2 books
Read any book in 10 minutes
Discover new books like Tinder
Request any book if it's not summarized
Read more books than anyone you know
#1 app for book lovers
Lifelike & immersive summaries
30-day money-back guarantee
Download summaries in EPUBs or PDFs
Cancel anytime in a few clicks
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel
Settings
General
Widget
Loading...
⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel