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How Doctors Think Summary
How Doctors Think
by Jerome Groopman 2007 307 pages
3.93
13k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Fantastic Voyage Summary
Fantastic Voyage
Live Long Enough to Live Forever
by Ray Kurzweil 2004 452 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Futurism
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Summary
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Science
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.20
200k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
Slipstream Time Hacking Summary
Slipstream Time Hacking
How to Cheat Time, Live More, And Enhance Happiness
by Benjamin P. Hardy 2015 141 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Personal Development
The Undercover Economist Summary
The Undercover Economist
by Tim Harford 2005 288 pages
3.81
28k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Lost Connections Summary
Lost Connections
Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
by Johann Hari 2018 322 pages
4.27
38k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Unfuck Your Brain Summary
Unfuck Your Brain
Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers
by Faith G. Harper 2017 196 pages
3.31
20k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
The Intel Trinity Summary
The Intel Trinity
How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
by Michael S. Malone 2014 560 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Business
Technology
Biography
To Repair the World Summary
To Repair the World
Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation
by Paul Farmer 2013 294 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Medicine
Health
Science
The War for Kindness Summary
The War for Kindness
Building Empathy in a Fractured World
by Jamil Zaki 2019 263 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
It Didn't Start with You Summary
It Didn't Start with You
How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
by Mark Wolynn 2016 256 pages
3.55
31k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Human Evolution Summary
Human Evolution
A Very Short Introduction
by Bernard Wood 2005 144 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
The Hidden Life of Trees Summary
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
by Peter Wohlleben 2015 272 pages
4.07
81k+ ratings
Science
Nature
Environment
Mind into Matter Summary
Mind into Matter
A New Alchemy of Science and Spirit
by Fred Alan Wolf 2000 188 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Spirituality
A Briefer History of Time Summary
A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 2005 176 pages
4.26
41k+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
Healing and Recovery Summary
Healing and Recovery
by David R. Hawkins 2009 510 pages
4.50
500+ ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Self Help
Resilience Summary
Resilience
Why Things Bounce Back
by Andrew Zolli 2012 336 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Nurture Assumption Summary
The Nurture Assumption
Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
by Judith Rich Harris 1998 462 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Science
Hormonal Summary
Hormonal
The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones β€” How They Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, Influence Our Choices, and Make Us Wiser
by Martie Haselton 2018 320 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story Summary
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight
by William Hazelgrove 2018 332 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Science
Hacking Life Summary
Hacking Life
Systematized Living and Its Discontents
by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. 2019 204 pages
3.64
50+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Parallel Worlds Summary
Parallel Worlds
A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
by Michio Kaku 2004 361 pages
4.21
22k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Physics of the Future Summary
Physics of the Future
How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
by Michio Kaku 2011 416 pages
4.00
17k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Technology
What Every Body is Saying Summary
What Every Body is Saying
An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
by Joe Navarro 2008 250 pages
3.91
32k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
Storytelling with Data Summary
Storytelling with Data
A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals
by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 2015 288 pages
4.39
7k+ ratings
Business
Design
Technology
The Singularity is Near Summary
The Singularity is Near
When Humans Transcend Biology
by Ray Kurzweil 2005 652 pages
3.93
12k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Philosophy
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Summary
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot 2010 370 pages
4.12
700k+ ratings
Science
History
Biography
Animal Madness Summary
Animal Madness
How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves
by Laurel Braitman 2014 384 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Animals
Science
Psychology
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
by Peter D. Schiff 2010 256 pages
4.16
5k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
AI Superpowers Summary
AI Superpowers
China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
by Kai-Fu Lee 2018 255 pages
4.09
15k+ ratings
Business
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Imagine Summary
Imagine
How Creativity Works
by Jonah Lehrer 2012 279 pages
3.96
50k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
The Decisive Moment Summary
The Decisive Moment
How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind
by lehrer-jonah 2009 294 pages
3.84
41k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Exercised Summary
Exercised
Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2021 464 pages
4.18
9k+ ratings
Health
Science
Anthropology
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts Summary
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Close Encounters with Addiction
by Gabor MatΓ© 2007 480 pages
4.49
21k+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Mental Health
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
800k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Eat to Beat Disease Summary
Eat to Beat Disease
The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself
by William W. Li 2019 496 pages
4.02
3k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Social Summary
Social
Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
by Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 384 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Teaming with Nutrients Summary
Teaming with Nutrients
The Organic Gardener’s Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition
by Jeff Lowenfels 2013 250 pages
4.30
100+ ratings
Gardening
Science
Agriculture
Dirty Genes Summary
Dirty Genes
A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health
by Ben Lynch 2018 384 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
The Brain Summary
The Brain
A User's Manual: A simple guide to the world's most complex machine
by Marco Magrini 2017 285 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Guitar Zero Summary
Guitar Zero
The New Musician and the Science of Learning
by Gary F. Marcus 2012 288 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Memoir
Prisoners of Geography Summary
Prisoners of Geography
Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
by Tim Marshall 2015 256 pages
4.19
100k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
Hierarchy of Needs Summary
Hierarchy of Needs
A Theory of Human Motivation
by Abraham H. Maslow 1943 405 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Philosophy
The Idea Factory Summary
The Idea Factory
Learning to Think at MIT
by Pepper White 1991 328 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Education
Science
Biography
In Pursuit of Elegance Summary
In Pursuit of Elegance
Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing
by Matthew E. May 2009 224 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Business
Design
Psychology
Information is Beautiful Summary
Information is Beautiful
by David McCandless 2001 255 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
Design
Reference
Science
Because Internet Summary
Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
by Gretchen McCulloch 2019 327 pages
4.05
11k+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
Science
How the Internet Happened Summary
How the Internet Happened
From Netscape to the iPhone
by Brian McCullough 2018 384 pages
4.28
2k+ ratings
History
Technology
Business
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