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The Socratic Method Summary
The Socratic Method
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4.27
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The Man Who Knew Infinity Summary
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A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by Robert Kanigel 1991 438 pages
4.03
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A Brief History of Time Summary
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 1988 226 pages
4.21
400k+ ratings
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Nonzero Summary
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by Robert Wright 2001 448 pages
3.98
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On the Genealogy of Morals Summary
On the Genealogy of Morals
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4.13
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The Sovereign Individual Summary
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4.03
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Ubiquity Summary
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3.89
500+ ratings
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Forecast Summary
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3.92
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Humble Pi Summary
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In Search of Schrödinger's Cat Summary
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
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4.06
21k+ ratings
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القرآن الكريم Summary
القرآن الكريم
by Anonymous 604 pages
4.38
70k+ ratings
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My Inventions Summary
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by Nikola Tesla 1935 88 pages
3.91
12k+ ratings
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The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought Summary
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by Sun Tzu 2013 760 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
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مقدمة ابن خلدون Summary
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4.30
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Political Ideologies Summary
Political Ideologies
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by Andrew Heywood 1992 382 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
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Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
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by Ayn Rand 1946 340 pages
3.90
4k+ ratings
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International Relations Summary
International Relations
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by Paul Wilkinson 2007 160 pages
3.33
500+ ratings
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Soccernomics Summary
Soccernomics
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by Simon Kuper 2009 336 pages
3.95
19k+ ratings
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The Origins of Virtue Summary
The Origins of Virtue
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by Matt Ridley 1997 265 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
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The Nature of Technology Summary
The Nature of Technology
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by W. Brian Arthur 2009 256 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea Summary
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Evolution and the Meanings of Life
by Daniel C. Dennett 1995 588 pages
4.07
16k+ ratings
Science
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Evolution
Mein Kampf Summary
Mein Kampf
by Adolf Hitler 1925 722 pages
3.18
42k+ ratings
History
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Politics
The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
54k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
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Speechless Summary
Speechless
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by Michael J. Knowles 2021 383 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Supremacy Summary
Supremacy
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by Parmy Olson 2024 336 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
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Free Summary
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by Lea Ypi 2021 288 pages
4.30
17k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
The Origin of Species Summary
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin 1859 703 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Science
Classics
Biology
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Summary
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2017 223 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Space
Plunder Summary
Plunder
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by Brendan Ballou 2023 368 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
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Barbarians Led by Bill Gates Summary
Barbarians Led by Bill Gates
by Jennifer Edstrom 1998 256 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Business
History
Computers
The Spotify Play Summary
The Spotify Play
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by Sven Carlsson 2019 305 pages
3.52
1k+ ratings
Business
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From Third World to First Summary
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The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
by Lee Kuan Yew 2000 752 pages
4.45
4k+ ratings
History
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Biography
Fibershed Summary
Fibershed
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by Rebecca Burgess 2019 288 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Fashion
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Disney War Summary
Disney War
by James B. Stewart 2005 592 pages
4.10
7k+ ratings
Business
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Biography
The Dawn of Everything Summary
The Dawn of Everything
A New History of Humanity
by David Graeber 2021 692 pages
4.20
22k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
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The Myth of Race Summary
The Myth of Race
The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
by Robert Wald Sussman 2014 384 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
History
Race
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Bonk Summary
Bonk
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by Mary Roach 2008 319 pages
3.85
59k+ ratings
Science
Humor
Sexuality
Behold a Pale Horse Summary
Behold a Pale Horse
by Milton William Cooper 1991 534 pages
3.85
5k+ ratings
Conspiracy Theories
Politics
History
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
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by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
Politics
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History
Shape Summary
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3.74
1k+ ratings
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What the Buddha Taught Summary
What the Buddha Taught
by Walpola Rahula 1959 151 pages
4.18
12k+ ratings
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Mythos Summary
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by Stephen Fry 2017 416 pages
4.26
100k+ ratings
Mythology
History
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Lincoln on Leadership for Today Summary
Lincoln on Leadership for Today
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by Donald T. Phillips 2017 336 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Leadership
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War Room Summary
War Room
by Michael Holley 352 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Sports
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Biography
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends Summary
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
The Cyberweapons Arms Race
by Nicole Perlroth 2021 528 pages
4.33
10k+ ratings
Technology
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Smoke Signals Summary
Smoke Signals
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by Martin A. Lee 2012 528 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
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The Symposium Summary
The Symposium
by Plato 90 pages
4.09
82k+ ratings
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Classics
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American Sniper Summary
American Sniper
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by Chris Kyle 2012 502 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
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The Art of Power Summary
The Art of Power
My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
by Nancy Pelosi 2024 352 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
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