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Black Box Summary
Black Box
by Shiori Itō 2017 256 pages
4.47
1k+ ratings
Japan
Memoir
Feminism
41-Love Summary
41-Love
by Scarlett Thomas 2022 384 pages
3.29
100+ ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Mind Hunter Summary
Mind Hunter
Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John E. Douglas 1995 397 pages
4.09
75k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Psychology
Punch Me Up to the Gods Summary
Punch Me Up to the Gods
by Brian Broome 2021 250 pages
4.33
5k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
Walk the Blue Line Summary
Walk the Blue Line
They Walk the Line between Life and Death
by James Patterson 2023 352 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Biography
Crime
Girl Code Summary
Girl Code
Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done
by Andrea Gonzales 2017 272 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
Becoming Steve Jobs Summary
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
by Brent Schlender 2015 464 pages
4.14
16k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Technology
Be Useful Summary
Be Useful
Seven Tools for Life
by Arnold Schwarzenegger 2023 288 pages
4.13
25k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
Politics On the Edge Summary
Politics On the Edge
A Memoir From Within
by Rory Stewart 2023 436 pages
4.34
13k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021 240 pages
4.41
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Philosophy
Wake Up With Purpose! Summary
Wake Up With Purpose!
What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years
by Jean Dolores Schmidt 2023 222 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
The Woman in Me Summary
The Woman in Me
by Britney Spears 2023 288 pages
3.84
500k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
A House in the Sky Summary
A House in the Sky
by Amanda Lindhout 2013 373 pages
4.27
68k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Summary
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
by Matthew Perry 2022 250 pages
3.93
300k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
In the Form of a Question Summary
In the Form of a Question
The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
by Amy Schneider 2023 272 pages
3.50
2k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Biography
Man’s Search for Meaning Summary
Man’s Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl 1946 165 pages
4.38
700k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Mao's America Summary
Mao's America
A Survivor’s Warning
by Xi Van Fleet 2023 320 pages
4.45
100+ ratings
Politics
History
China
Scatter Brain Summary
Scatter Brain
How I finally got off the ADHD rollercoaster and became the owner of a very tidy sock drawer
by Shaparak Khorsandi 2023 256 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Adhd
Memoir
Biography
More Than the Tattooed Mormon Summary
More Than the Tattooed Mormon
by Al Carraway 2015 176 pages
4.23
2k+ ratings
Religion
Lds
Biography
People vs. Donald Trump Summary
People vs. Donald Trump
An Inside Account
by Mark Pomerantz 2023 299 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Crime
Moonshot Summary
Moonshot
A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible
by Mike Massimino 2023 210 pages
4.30
500+ ratings
Biography
Science
Space
The 50th Law Summary
The 50th Law
by 50 Cent 2008 291 pages
4.17
13k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Freaks, Geeks and Aspergers Syndrome Summary
Freaks, Geeks and Aspergers Syndrome
A User Guide to Adolescence
by Luke Jackson 2002 216 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Aspergers
Confessions of an Advertising Man Summary
Confessions of an Advertising Man
by David Ogilvy 1963 208 pages
4.01
5k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Writing
Becoming Myself Summary
Becoming Myself
A Psychiatrist's Memoir
by Irvin D. Yalom 2017 352 pages
4.20
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Biography
Living with the Monks Summary
Living with the Monks
What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus
by Jesse Itzler 2018 304 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Personal Development
Private Equity Summary
Private Equity
A Memoir
by Carrie Sun 2024 352 pages
3.61
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Business
Biography
Last to Eat, Last to Learn Summary
Last to Eat, Last to Learn
My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women
by Pashtana Durrani 2023 224 pages
4.38
100+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Feminism
The Trading Game Summary
The Trading Game
A Confession
by Gary Stevenson 2024 352 pages
4.20
6k+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
Beyond Basketball Summary
Beyond Basketball
Coach K's Keywords for Success
by Mike Krzyzewski 2006 192 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Sports
Basketball
Leadership
Charles Spurgeon Summary
Charles Spurgeon
Preaching Through Adversity
by John Piper 2015 40 pages
4.42
100+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Theology
Dream with Your Eyes Open Summary
Dream with Your Eyes Open
An Entrepreneurial Journey
by Ronnie Screwvala 2015 185 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
Highcastle Summary
Highcastle
A Remembrance
by Stanisław Lem 1966 160 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
Biography
Polish Literature
Literature
The Many Lives of Mama Love Summary
The Many Lives of Mama Love
A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
by Lara Love Hardin 2023 319 pages
4.46
75k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
True Crime
Sociopath Summary
Sociopath
A Memoir
by Patric Gagne 2024 368 pages
3.77
55k+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Mental Health
50 Business Classics Summary
50 Business Classics
Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2018 400 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Business
Management
Finance
The Splendid and the Vile Summary
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson 2020 546 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Never Leave the Dogs Behind Summary
Never Leave the Dogs Behind
A Memoir
by Brianna Madia 2024 208 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Dogs
Travel
The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to his son Summary
The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to his son
Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
by J D Rockefeller 2023 196 pages
4.35
50+ ratings
Biography
Business
The Wives Summary
The Wives
A Memoir
by Simone Gorrindo 2024 416 pages
3.77
7k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Military Fiction
What the Dead Know Summary
What the Dead Know
Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
by Barbara Butcher 2023 288 pages
4.16
6k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
Did I Ever Tell You? Summary
Did I Ever Tell You?
by Genevieve Kingston 2024 288 pages
4.30
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Death
Biography
Learning from Leonardo Summary
Learning from Leonardo
Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius
by Fritjof Capra 2013 408 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Science
History
Art
John D. Rockefeller - The Original Titan Summary
John D. Rockefeller - The Original Titan
Insight and Analysis into the Life of the Richest Man in American History
by J.R. MacGregor 2019 175 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography Summary
Autobiography
by John Stuart Mill 1873 240 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Biography
Philosophy
History
The Spiral Staircase Summary
The Spiral Staircase
My Climb Out of Darkness
by Karen Armstrong 2004 306 pages
3.94
8k+ ratings
Religion
Memoir
Biography
Elon Musk Summary
Elon Musk
by Walter Isaacson 2023 688 pages
4.37
60k+ ratings
Biography
Business
History
Burn Book Summary
Burn Book
A Tech Love Story
by Kara Swisher 2024 320 pages
3.96
12k+ ratings
Memoir
Technology
Business
Down with the System Summary
Down with the System
A Memoir
by Serj Tankian 2024 352 pages
4.45
3k+ ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
The Situation Room Summary
The Situation Room
The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
by George Stephanopoulos 2024 368 pages
4.38
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
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