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List of Book Summaries

1. 

   What Happened To You?

   Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

2. 

   Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

   Yuval Noah Harari

3. 

   How to Win Friends and Influence People

   Dale Carnegie

4. 

   Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

   James Clear

5. 

   Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

   Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

6. 

   The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

   Mark Manson

7. 

   The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

   Stephen R. Covey

8. 

   The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

   Malcolm Gladwell

9. 

   Outliers: The Story of Success

   Malcolm Gladwell

10. 

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    Rebecca Skloot

11. 

    Educated: A Memoir

    Tara Westover

12. 

    When Breath Becomes Air

    Paul Kalanithi

13. 

    Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor E. Frankl

14. 

    Steve Jobs

    Walter Isaacson

15. 

    Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

    Malcolm Gladwell

16. 

    Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not

    Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter

17. 

    The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

    Rolling Stone

18. 

    The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

    Charles Duhigg

19. 

    Untamed

    Glennon Doyle

20. 

    Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

    Spencer Johnson

21. 

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

22. 

    The Secret

    Rhonda Byrne

23. 

    The Art of War

    Sun Tzu

24. 

    Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

    Susan Cain

25. 

    Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

    J.D. Vance

26. 

    A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes

    Stephen Hawking

27. 

    The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

    Gary Chapman

28. 

    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

    Jared Diamond

29. 

    A Short History of Nearly Everything

    Bill Bryson

30. 

    Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

    Ashlee Vance

31. 

    The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

    Marie Kondō

32. 

    The Last Lecture

    Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow

33. 

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    David Grann

34. 

    Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Peter Thiel and Blake Masters

35. 

    The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

    Eckhart Tolle

36. 

    The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries

37. 

    Think and Grow Rich

    Napoleon Hill

38. 

    Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    Lori Gottlieb

39. 

    The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

    Tim Ferriss

40. 

    Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

    Austin Kleon

41. 

    We Should All Be Feminists

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

42. 

    Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

    Peter Attia and Bill Gifford

43. 

    Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

    Malcolm Gladwell

44. 

    If You Tell

    Gregg Olsen

45. 

    Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

    Sheryl Sandberg

46. 

    Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

    Phil Knight

47. 

    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    John Carreyrou

48. 

    A People's History of the United States

    Howard Zinn

49. 

    Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

    Rachel Hollis

50. 

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

    Robert M. Pirsig

51. 

    You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

    Jen Sincero

52. 

    Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

    Eric Schlosser

53. 

    The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

    Michael Pollan

54. 

    Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

    Christopher McDougall

55. 

    Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

    Elizabeth Gilbert

56. 

    The Republic

    Plato

57. 

    Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

    Simon Sinek

58. 

    Daring Greatly

    Brené Brown

59. 

    12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

    Jordan Peterson

60. 

    Walden; or, Life in the Woods

    Henry David Thoreau

61. 

    Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't

    Jim Collins

62. 

    The Selfish Gene

    Richard Dawkins

63. 

    Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

    Atul Gawande

64. 

    The Gifts of Imperfection

    Brené Brown

65. 

    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World

    Hans and Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund

66. 

    The Happiness Project

    Gretchen Rubin

67. 

    Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

    David Goggins

68. 

    Rework

    Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

69. 

    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

    Matthew Walker

70. 

    Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

    David Allen

71. 

    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    Yuval Noah Harari

72. 

    The Communist Manifesto

    Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

73. 

    Cosmos

    Carl Sagan

74. 

    Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

    Robert B. Cialdini

75. 

    Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

    Robert Kolker

76. 

    Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

    Carol S. Dweck

77. 

    Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

    Cal Newport

78. 

    Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

    Chris Voss and Tahl Raz

79. 

    Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life

    Maxwell Maltz

80. 

    The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

    Bessel van der Kolk

81. 

    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

    Patrick Radden Keefe

82. 

    Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

    Isabel Wilkerson

83. 

    Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

    Dan Ariely

84. 

    The 48 Laws of Power

    Robert Greene

85. 

    The Intelligent Investor

    Benjamin Graham

86. 

    All About Love: New Visions

    bell hooks

87. 

    In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto

    Michael Pollan

88. 

    Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

    Daniel H. Pink

89. 

    On the Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin

90. 

    The Art of Happiness

    Dalai Lama XIV

91. 

    Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

    Daniel Goleman

92. 

    Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

    Angela Duckworth

93. 

    The Power of Positive Thinking

    Norman Vincent Peale

94. 

    How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

    Dale Carnegie

95. 

    The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

    Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

96. 

    10% Happier

    Dan Harris

97. 

    The Psychology of Money

    Morgan Housel

98. 

    The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle

    Steven Pressfield

99. 

    Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

    Caroline Criado Pérez

100. 

     The Magic of Thinking Big

     David J. Schwartz

101. 

     The Courage to Be Disliked

     Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

102. 

     Beyond Good and Evil

     Friedrich Nietzsche

103. 

     Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

     Adam Grant

104. 

     Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

     Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein

105. 

     The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

     Ben Horowitz

106. 

     Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life

     Gary John Bishop

107. 

     The Art of Loving

     Erich Fromm

108. 

     Attached

     Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

109. 

     Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

     James Nestor

110. 

     Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

     Cal Newport

111. 

     The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

     Brad Stone

112. 

     The Interpretation of Dreams

     Sigmund Freud

113. 

     The Body: A Guide for Occupants

     Bill Bryson

114. 

     Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

     Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

115. 

     Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

     Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

116. 

     How to Change Your Mind

     Michael Pollan

117. 

     The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life

     Robin S. Sharma

118. 

     This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

     Daniel J. Levitin

119. 

     Stumbling on Happiness

     Daniel Todd Gilbert

120. 

     Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

     Emily Nagoski

121. 

     Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

     Oliver Burkeman

122. 

     The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

     Jonathan Haidt

123. 

     The Anxious Generation

     Jonathan Haidt

124. 

     Permanent Record

     Edward Snowden

125. 

     Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

     Brené Brown

126. 

     The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

     Don Miguel Ruiz

127. 

     The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

     Elaine N. Aron

128. 

     The Let Them Theory

     Mel Robbins

129. 

     Silent Spring

     Rachel Carson

130. 

     I Will Teach You to Be Rich

     Ramit Sethi

131. 

     Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

     Héctor García and Francesc Miralles

132. 

     The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business

     Josh Kaufman

133. 

     Codependent No More

     Melody Beattie

134. 

     How Not to Die

     Michael Greger and Gene Stone

135. 

     Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

     Lindsay C. Gibson

136. 

     The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

     Peter F. Drucker

137. 

     Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships

     Marshall B. Rosenberg

138. 

     How to Talk to Anyone

     Leil Lowndes

139. 

     Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

     David D. Burns

140. 

     How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

     Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

141. 

     The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted

     T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II

142. 

     Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

     Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

143. 

     How to Do the Work

     Nicole LePera

144. 

     The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

     John M. Gottman and Nan Silver

145. 

     On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

     William Zinsser

146. 

     The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less

     Richard Koch

147. 

     How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

     Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren

148. 

     The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk

     Al Ries and Jack Trout

149. 

     High Output Management

     Andrew S. Grove

150. 

     The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

     Brianna Wiest

151. 

     The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

     Olivia Fox Cabane

152. 

     Models: Attract Women Through Honesty

     Mark Manson

153. 

     Building a Second Brain

     Tiago Forte

154. 

     A Little History of Philosophy

     Nigel Warburton

155. 

     Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

     Sarah Wynn-Williams

156. 

     Master Your Emotions

     Thibaut Meurisse

157. 

     The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

     Saifedean Ammous

158. 

     The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

     Carmine Gallo

159. 

     How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

     David Richo

160. 

     ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction

     Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey

161. 

     Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself

     William W. Li

162. 

     The Relationship Cure

     John M. Gottman and Joan DeClaire

163. 

     The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

     Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz

164. 

     The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

     Rashid Khalidi

165. 

     Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

     Mehdi Hasan

166. 

     Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn

     Daniel Gordis

167. 

     Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health

     David J. Nutt

168. 

     Learning How to Learn

     Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski



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