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  1. Cover of Tuesdays with Morrie summary

    Tuesdays with Morrie

    Mitch Albom

  2. Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind summary
  3. Cover of How to Win Friends and Influence People summary
  4. Cover of Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones summary
  5. Cover of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything summary
  6. Cover of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life summary
  7. Cover of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People summary
  8. Cover of The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference summary
  9. Cover of Outliers: The Story of Success summary
  10. Cover of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks summary
  11. Cover of Educated: A Memoir summary

    Educated: A Memoir

    Tara Westover

  12. Cover of When Breath Becomes Air summary

    When Breath Becomes Air

    Paul Kalanithi

  13. Cover of Man's Search for Meaning summary

    Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor E. Frankl

  14. Cover of Steve Jobs summary

    Steve Jobs

    Walter Isaacson

  15. Cover of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking summary
  16. Cover of Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not summary
  17. Cover of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time summary
  18. Cover of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business summary
  19. Cover of Untamed summary

    Untamed

    Glennon Doyle

  20. Cover of Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life summary
  21. Cover of Thinking, Fast and Slow summary

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

  22. Cover of The Secret summary

    The Secret

    Rhonda Byrne

  23. Cover of The Art of War summary

    The Art of War

    Sun Tzu

  24. Cover of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking summary
  25. Cover of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis summary
  26. Cover of A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes summary
  27. Cover of The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts summary
  28. Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies summary
  29. Cover of A Short History of Nearly Everything summary
  30. Cover of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future summary
  31. Cover of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing summary
  32. Cover of The Last Lecture summary

    The Last Lecture

    Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow

  33. Cover of Killers of the Flower Moon summary
  34. Cover of Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future summary
  35. Cover of The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment summary
  36. Cover of The Lean Startup summary

    The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries

  37. Cover of Think and Grow Rich summary

    Think and Grow Rich

    Napoleon Hill

  38. Cover of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone summary
  39. Cover of The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich summary
  40. Cover of Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative summary
  41. Cover of We Should All Be Feminists summary

    We Should All Be Feminists

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  42. Cover of Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity summary

    Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

    Peter Attia and Bill Gifford

  43. Cover of Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know summary
  44. Cover of If You Tell summary

    If You Tell

    Gregg Olsen

  45. Cover of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead summary
  46. Cover of Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike summary
  47. Cover of Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup summary
  48. Cover of A People's History of the United States summary
  49. Cover of Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be summary
  50. Cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values summary
  51. Cover of You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life summary
  52. Cover of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal summary
  53. Cover of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals summary
  54. Cover of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen summary
  55. Cover of Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear summary
  56. Cover of The Republic summary

    The Republic

    Plato

  57. Cover of Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action summary
  58. Cover of Daring Greatly summary

    Daring Greatly

    Brené Brown

  59. Cover of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos summary
  60. Cover of Walden; or, Life in the Woods summary

    Walden; or, Life in the Woods

    Henry David Thoreau

  61. Cover of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't summary
  62. Cover of The Selfish Gene summary

    The Selfish Gene

    Richard Dawkins

  63. Cover of Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End summary
  64. Cover of The Gifts of Imperfection summary
  65. Cover of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World summary

    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World

    Hans and Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund

  66. Cover of The Happiness Project summary

    The Happiness Project

    Gretchen Rubin

  67. Cover of Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds summary
  68. Cover of Rework summary

    Rework

    Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

  69. Cover of Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams summary
  70. Cover of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity summary
  71. Cover of 21 Lessons for the 21st Century summary
  72. Cover of The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself summary
  73. Cover of The Communist Manifesto summary

    The Communist Manifesto

    Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

  74. Cover of Cosmos summary

    Cosmos

    Carl Sagan

  75. Cover of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion summary
  76. Cover of Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family summary
  77. Cover of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success summary
  78. Cover of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World summary
  79. Cover of Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It summary
  80. Cover of Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life summary
  81. Cover of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma summary
  82. Cover of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty summary
  83. Cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents summary
  84. Cover of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions summary
  85. Cover of The 48 Laws of Power summary

    The 48 Laws of Power

    Robert Greene

  86. Cover of The Intelligent Investor summary

    The Intelligent Investor

    Benjamin Graham

  87. Cover of All About Love: New Visions summary
  88. Cover of In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto summary
  89. Cover of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us summary
  90. Cover of On the Origin of Species summary

    On the Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin

  91. Cover of Make Your Bed summary

    Make Your Bed

    William H. McRaven

  92. Cover of The Art of Happiness summary

    The Art of Happiness

    Dalai Lama XIV

  93. Cover of Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ summary
  94. Cover of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance summary
  95. Cover of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry summary
  96. Cover of The New Jim Crow summary

    The New Jim Crow

    Michelle Alexander

  97. Cover of The Power of Positive Thinking summary

    The Power of Positive Thinking

    Norman Vincent Peale

  98. Cover of How to Stop Worrying and Start Living summary
  99. Cover of The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy summary
  100. Cover of 10% Happier summary

    10% Happier

    Dan Harris

  101. Cover of The Psychology of Money summary

    The Psychology of Money

    Morgan Housel

  102. Cover of The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle summary
  103. Cover of What Happened To You? summary

    What Happened To You?

    Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

  104. Cover of An Invisible Thread summary

    An Invisible Thread

    Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski

  105. Cover of As a Man Thinketh summary

    As a Man Thinketh

    James Allen

  106. Cover of Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men summary
  107. Cover of The Magic of Thinking Big summary

    The Magic of Thinking Big

    David J. Schwartz

  108. Cover of The Courage to Be Disliked summary

    The Courage to Be Disliked

    Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

  109. Cover of Boundaries summary

    Boundaries

    Henry Cloud and John Townsend

  110. Cover of Beyond Good and Evil summary

    Beyond Good and Evil

    Friedrich Nietzsche

  111. Cover of Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know summary
  112. Cover of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness summary
  113. Cover of The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers summary
  114. Cover of Eating Animals summary

    Eating Animals

    Jonathan Safran Foer

  115. Cover of Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life summary
  116. Cover of The Art of Loving summary

    The Art of Loving

    Erich Fromm

  117. Cover of Attached summary

    Attached

    Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

  118. Cover of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant summary

    The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

    Eric Jorgenson and Naval Ravikant

  119. Cover of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art summary
  120. Cover of Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World summary
  121. Cover of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon summary
  122. Cover of The Interpretation of Dreams summary
  123. Cover of The Day the World Came to Town summary
  124. Cover of The Body: A Guide for Occupants summary
  125. Cover of Isaac's Storm summary

    Isaac's Storm

    Erik Larson

  126. Cover of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High summary

    Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

    Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

  127. Cover of Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win summary
  128. Cover of Stolen Focus summary

    Stolen Focus

    Johann Hari

  129. Cover of How to Change Your Mind summary

    How to Change Your Mind

    Michael Pollan

  130. Cover of The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life summary
  131. Cover of Leaders Eat Last summary

    Leaders Eat Last

    Simon Sinek

  132. Cover of This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession summary
  133. Cover of Stumbling on Happiness summary

    Stumbling on Happiness

    Daniel Todd Gilbert

  134. Cover of Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life summary
  135. Cover of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals summary
  136. Cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion summary
  137. Cover of The Anxious Generation summary

    The Anxious Generation

    Jonathan Haidt

  138. Cover of Permanent Record summary

    Permanent Record

    Edward Snowden

  139. Cover of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? summary
  140. Cover of Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience summary
  141. Cover of The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom summary
  142. Cover of Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time summary
  143. Cover of Why Nations Fail summary

    Why Nations Fail

    Daron Acemoğlu and James A. Robinson

  144. Cover of The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You summary
  145. Cover of The Let Them Theory summary

    The Let Them Theory

    Mel Robbins

  146. Cover of Silent Spring summary

    Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson

  147. Cover of The Happiness Hypothesis summary

    The Happiness Hypothesis

    Jonathan Haidt

  148. Cover of How to Know a Person summary

    How to Know a Person

    David Brooks

  149. Cover of I Will Teach You to Be Rich summary
  150. Cover of Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life summary

    Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

    Héctor García and Francesc Miralles

  151. Cover of The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business summary
  152. Cover of Codependent No More summary

    Codependent No More

    Melody Beattie

  153. Cover of Radical Candor summary

    Radical Candor

    Kim Malone Scott

  154. Cover of Die with Zero summary

    Die with Zero

    Bill Perkins

  155. Cover of How Not to Die summary

    How Not to Die

    Michael Greger and Gene Stone

  156. Cover of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents summary
  157. Cover of Don't Believe Everything You Think summary
  158. Cover of Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself summary
  159. Cover of The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done summary
  160. Cover of The 4-Hour Body summary

    The 4-Hour Body

    Timothy Ferriss

  161. Cover of Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships summary
  162. Cover of How to Talk to Anyone summary

    How to Talk to Anyone

    Leil Lowndes

  163. Cover of Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy summary
  164. Cover of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk summary
  165. Cover of The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted summary
  166. Cover of Entangled Life summary

    Entangled Life

    Merlin Sheldrake

  167. Cover of Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions summary
  168. Cover of How to Do the Work summary

    How to Do the Work

    Nicole LePera

  169. Cover of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work summary

    The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

    John M. Gottman and Nan Silver

  170. Cover of Why Buddhism Is True summary

    Why Buddhism Is True

    Robert Wright

  171. Cover of On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction summary
  172. Cover of The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less summary
  173. Cover of The Happiest Baby on the Block summary
  174. Cover of Bittersweet summary

    Bittersweet

    Susan Cain

  175. Cover of Forgiving What You Can't Forget summary
  176. Cover of The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature summary
  177. Cover of How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading summary

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

    Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren

  178. Cover of Life 3.0 summary

    Life 3.0

    Max Tegmark

  179. Cover of 1929 summary

    1929

    Andrew Ross Sorkin

  180. Cover of Other Minds summary

    Other Minds

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

  181. Cover of Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage summary
  182. Cover of The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk summary
  183. Cover of Behave summary

    Behave

    Robert M. Sapolsky

  184. Cover of High Output Management summary

    High Output Management

    Andrew S. Grove

  185. Cover of The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery summary
  186. Cover of Tribe Of Mentors summary

    Tribe Of Mentors

    Timothy Ferriss

  187. Cover of Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI summary
  188. Cover of Are You Mad at Me? summary

    Are You Mad at Me?

    Meg Josephson

  189. Cover of The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism summary
  190. Cover of Models: Attract Women Through Honesty summary
  191. Cover of Hold Me Tight summary

    Hold Me Tight

    Sue Johnson

  192. Cover of Peak summary

    Peak

    Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

  193. Cover of Building a Second Brain summary
  194. Cover of Abundance summary

    Abundance

    Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

  195. Cover of A Little History of Philosophy summary
  196. Cover of Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism summary
  197. Cover of The Blue Zones summary

    The Blue Zones

    Dan Buettner

  198. Cover of Master Your Emotions summary

    Master Your Emotions

    Thibaut Meurisse

  199. Cover of The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking summary
  200. Cover of Chop Wood Carry Water summary

    Chop Wood Carry Water

    Joshua Medcalf

  201. Cover of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs summary
  202. Cover of Relationship Goals summary

    Relationship Goals

    Michael Todd

  203. Cover of How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving summary
  204. Cover of The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More summary
  205. Cover of Fight Right summary

    Fight Right

    Julie Schwartz Gottman and John M. Gottman

  206. Cover of Stop Letting Everything Affect You summary
  207. Cover of Deep Nutrition summary

    Deep Nutrition

    Catherine and Luke Shanahan

  208. Cover of ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction summary
  209. Cover of Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself summary
  210. Cover of The Relationship Cure summary

    The Relationship Cure

    John M. Gottman and Joan DeClaire

  211. Cover of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness summary
  212. Cover of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine summary
  213. Cover of Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking summary
  214. Cover of Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn summary
  215. Cover of Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health summary
  216. Cover of Learning How to Learn summary

    Learning How to Learn

    Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski

  217. Cover of Protocols summary

    Protocols

    Andrew D. Huberman

  218. Cover of The Age-Proof Brain summary

    The Age-Proof Brain

    Marc Milstein

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