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Deep Thinking Summary
Deep Thinking
Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
by Garry Kasparov 2017
3.89
3k+ ratings
Science
Chess
Technology
Buddhism Plain & Simple Summary
Buddhism Plain & Simple
The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
by Steve Hagen 1997 165 pages
4.04
9k+ ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Religion
Focusing Summary
Focusing
by Eugene T. Gendlin 1978 224 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
The Art of the Good Life Summary
The Art of the Good Life
by Rolf Dobelli 2012 272 pages
4.01
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
The Go-Getter Summary
The Go-Getter
by Peter B. Kyne 1920 68 pages
4.15
9k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
The Power of Positive Thinking Summary
The Power of Positive Thinking
by Norman Vincent Peale 1952 128 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The New Human Rights Movement Summary
The New Human Rights Movement
Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
by Peter Joseph 2017 448 pages
4.34
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Road Less Traveled & Beyond Summary
The Road Less Traveled & Beyond
Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety
by M. Scott Peck 1997 324 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
Radical Honesty Summary
Radical Honesty
How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth
by Brad Blanton 1994 286 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Reality Transurfing Steps I-V Summary
Reality Transurfing Steps I-V
by Vadim Zeland 2006 544 pages
4.46
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
Wise and Otherwise Summary
Wise and Otherwise
by Sudha Murty 2006 220 pages
4.02
13k+ ratings
Short Stories
India
Indian Literature
Terror, Love and Brainwashing Summary
Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
by Alexandra Stein 2017 236 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Psychology
Cults
Politics
The Elephant in the Brain Summary
The Elephant in the Brain
Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
by Kevin Simler 2017 408 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
28k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
This Idea Is Brilliant Summary
This Idea Is Brilliant
Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
by John Brockman 2018 515 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
In Search of Time Summary
In Search of Time
The Science of a Curious Dimension
by Dan Falk 2008 329 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Forty Rules of Love Summary
The Forty Rules of Love
by Elif Shafak 2009 354 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Romance
The Enlightenment Summary
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction
by John Robertson 2015 176 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
A Natural History of Human Thinking Summary
A Natural History of Human Thinking
by Michael Tomasello 2014 192 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Enlightenment Now Summary
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker 2018 576 pages
4.20
31k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Consciousness Speaks Summary
Consciousness Speaks
Conversations with Ramesh S. Balsekar
by Ramesh S. Balsekar 1992 392 pages
4.52
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Mysticism
Awakening Your Ikigai Summary
Awakening Your Ikigai
How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day
by Ken Mogi 2017 224 pages
3.58
14k+ ratings
Self Help
Japan
Philosophy
The Tao of Fully Feeling Summary
The Tao of Fully Feeling
Harvesting Forgiveness Out of Blame
by Pete Walker 1995 265 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Summary
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
Or, How Capitalism Worksβ€”and How It Fails
by Yanis Varoufakis 2013 224 pages
4.13
19k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Liquid Times Summary
Liquid Times
Living in an Age of Uncertainty
by Zygmunt Bauman 2007 128 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Manual Summary
The Manual
A Philosopher's Guide to Life
by Epictetus 1978 70 pages
4.38
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Classics
Meditations Summary
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius 254 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
Out of Your Mind Summary
Out of Your Mind
by Alan W. Watts 1998 192 pages
4.42
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
Awareness Summary
Awareness
The Perils and Opportunities of Reality
by Anthony de Mello 1990 184 pages
4.29
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
The Book Summary
The Book
On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
by Alan W. Watts 1966 163 pages
4.21
23k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
How to Be an Adult Summary
How to Be an Adult
A Handbook for Psychological and Spiritual Integration
by David Richo 1991 122 pages
4.38
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure Summary
Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure
Stoic Exercise for Mental Fitness
by William Ferraiolo 2017 184 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Conspiracy Summary
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
by Ryan Holiday 2018 334 pages
3.97
6k+ ratings
Business
History
Politics
The Consciousness Instinct Summary
The Consciousness Instinct
Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018 288 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Five Lessons Summary
Five Lessons
A Master Class
by Neville Goddard 2012 224 pages
4.56
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
On Grand Strategy Summary
On Grand Strategy
by John Lewis Gaddis 2018 368 pages
3.75
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Business
Awakening the Heroes Within Summary
Awakening the Heroes Within
Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World
by Carol S. Pearson 1991 333 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Writing
365 Days With Self-Discipline Summary
365 Days With Self-Discipline
by Martin Meadows 2017 699 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Productivity
The Book of Joy Summary
The Book of Joy
Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by Dalai Lama XIV 2016 354 pages
4.38
60k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Fourth Age Summary
The Fourth Age
Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity
by Byron Reese 2018 320 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
The Order of Time Summary
The Order of Time
by Carlo Rovelli 2017 224 pages
4.13
34k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude Summary
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude
by Napoleon Hill 1960 384 pages
4.28
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
The Happiness Curve Summary
The Happiness Curve
Why Life Gets Better After 50
by Jonathan Rauch 2018 256 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
One Breath at a Time Summary
One Breath at a Time
Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
by Kevin Griffin 2004 256 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Psychology
Superminds Summary
Superminds
The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together
by Thomas W. Malone 2018 384 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
The Magic of Believing Summary
The Magic of Believing
by Claude M. Bristol 1948 192 pages
4.22
5k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Radical Markets Summary
Radical Markets
Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
by Eric A. Posner 2018 368 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
The Complete Enneagram Summary
The Complete Enneagram
27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge
by Beatrice Chestnut 2013 494 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Mind is Flat Summary
The Mind is Flat
by Nick Chater 2018 272 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning Summary
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl 1974 208 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
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