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How to Be Slightly Happier, Slightly More Successful and Get a Bit More Done
by Oliver Burkeman 2010 288 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
The Antidote Summary
The Antidote
Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
by Oliver Burkeman 2012 256 pages
4.04
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
How to Create a Mind Summary
How to Create a Mind
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
by Ray Kurzweil 2012 336 pages
3.97
7k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal
How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012 260 pages
4.06
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Storytelling Animal Summary
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages
3.70
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Writing
Science
Free to Choose Summary
Free to Choose
A Personal Statement
by Milton Friedman 1979 356 pages
4.22
9k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Language of Letting Go Summary
The Language of Letting Go
Daily Meditations on Codependency
by Melody Beattie 1990 393 pages
4.36
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
The Noticer Summary
The Noticer
Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective
by Andy Andrews 2009 167 pages
4.20
19k+ ratings
Self Help
Inspirational
Christian
The Believing Brain Summary
The Believing Brain
From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
by Michael Shermer 2011 400 pages
3.93
7k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Religion
Rules of the Game Summary
Rules of the Game
by Neil Strauss 2007 352 pages
3.53
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
The Magic of Reality Summary
The Magic of Reality
How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins 2011 271 pages
4.05
26k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky 2012 218 pages
3.57
1k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Meditation in Action Summary
Meditation in Action
by Chögyam Trungpa 1969 96 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation Summary
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
by Chögyam Trungpa 1976 219 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Book of Job Summary
The Book of Job
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
by Harold S. Kushner 2012 202 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Judaism
The Problem of Political Authority Summary
The Problem of Political Authority
An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey
by Michael Huemer 2012 365 pages
4.38
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 461 pages
4.21
6k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
Metaphors We Live By Summary
Metaphors We Live By
by George Lakoff 1980 276 pages
4.09
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Linguistics
Psychology
Tales of Power Summary
Tales of Power
by Carlos Castaneda 1974 304 pages
4.11
7k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Fantasy
The Dude and the Zen Master Summary
The Dude and the Zen Master
by Jeff Bridges 2012 288 pages
3.70
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Buddhism
Spirituality
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
by Charles Eisenstein 2011 469 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
Integral Life Practice Summary
Integral Life Practice
A 21st-Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity, and Spiritual Awakening
by Ken Wilber 2006 388 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Living Buddha, Living Christ Summary
Living Buddha, Living Christ
by Thich Nhat Hanh 1997 240 pages
4.16
18k+ ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Buddhism
The Art of Power Summary
The Art of Power
A Zen Master's Guide to Redefining Power, Achieving True Freedom and Discovering Lasting Happiness in a Stressful World
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2007 240 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Happiness Summary
Happiness
Essential Mindfulness Practices
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2005 120 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Buddhism
Self Help
Spirituality
Rules for Radicals Summary
Rules for Radicals
A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky 1971 196 pages
3.74
8k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
Wherever You Go, There You Are Summary
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn 1994 304 pages
4.13
50k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Psychology
Alan Watts–Here and Now Summary
Alan Watts–Here and Now
Contributions to Psychology, Philosophy, and Religion
by Peter J. Columbus 2012 263 pages
4.14
10+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
The Logic of Life Summary
The Logic of Life
The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
by Tim Harford 2008 213 pages
3.81
5k+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
The Walking Dead and Philosophy Summary
The Walking Dead and Philosophy
Zombie Apocalypse Now
by Wayne Yuen 2012 262 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Zombies
Pop Culture
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy Summary
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
by Jacob M. Held 2011 304 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Childrens
Human Design Summary
Human Design
Discover the Person You Were Born to be
by Chetan Parkyn 2009 304 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Astrology
Self Help
Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking Summary
Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking
by Daniel C. Dennett 2013 496 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Who Owns the Future? Summary
Who Owns the Future?
by Jaron Lanier 2013 367 pages
3.77
3k+ ratings
Technology
Economics
Science
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell 1930 183 pages
4.02
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Surfaces and Essences Summary
Surfaces and Essences
Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2011 578 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
by Christopher Lasch 1978 368 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
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
The Future of Life Summary
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson 2002 220 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Environment
Why Men Fight Summary
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell Earl 1916 280 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Letters from a Stoic Summary
Letters from a Stoic
by Seneca 254 pages
4.34
49k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Mastery Summary
Mastery
by Robert Greene 2012 318 pages
4.26
45k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion
Why There is No 'You' Inside Your Head [Extract]
by Bruce M. Hood 2011 349 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything Summary
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything
Yes, Anything
by Albert Ellis 2000 215 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Zen Golf Summary
Zen Golf
Mastering the Mental Game
by Joseph Parent 2002 224 pages
4.22
2k+ ratings
Sports
Psychology
Self Help
Looking for Spinoza Summary
Looking for Spinoza
Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by António Damásio 2001 368 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Why Meditate Summary
Why Meditate
Working with Thoughts and Emotions
by Matthieu Ricard 2008 168 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
Running with the Mind of Meditation Summary
Running with the Mind of Meditation
Lessons for Training Body and Mind
by Sakyong Mipham 2012 208 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
Buddhism
Health
Spirituality
The Power of an Open Question Summary
The Power of an Open Question
The Buddha's Path to Freedom
by Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel 2010 114 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes 1976 491 pages
4.26
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
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