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30 books summarized.

The Alchemist cover

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

5-min read

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life cover

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Héctor García and Francesc Miralles

4-min read

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos cover

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Jordan Peterson

4-min read

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny cover

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny

Robin S. Sharma

5-min read

The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire cover

The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire

David Deida

5-min read

As a Man Thinketh cover

As a Man Thinketh

James Allen

3-min read

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

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

Simon Sinek

2-min read

Mastery cover

Mastery

Robert Greene

5-min read

When Breath Becomes Air cover

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

4-min read

Mere Christianity cover

Mere Christianity

C. S. Lewis

5-min read

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant cover

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson and Naval Ravikant

4-min read

Man's Search for Meaning cover

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

3-min read

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience cover

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

5-min read

Into the Wild cover

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

5-min read

The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem cover

The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

Nathaniel Branden

5-min read

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

Cal Newport

5-min read

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose cover

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Eckhart Tolle

5-min read

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us cover

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink

3-min read

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals cover

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman

5-min read

The Last Lecture cover

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow

2-min read

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now cover

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now

Meg Jay

5-min read

The Seat of the Soul cover

The Seat of the Soul

Gary Zukav

5-min read

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies cover

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Jim Collins

5-min read

The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living cover

The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living

Russ Harris

5-min read

Die with Zero cover

Die with Zero

Bill Perkins

4-min read

Relationship Goals cover

Relationship Goals

Michael Todd

3-min read

Chop Wood Carry Water cover

Chop Wood Carry Water

Joshua Medcalf

4-min read

The Blue Zones cover

The Blue Zones

Dan Buettner

2-min read

Walden; or, Life in the Woods cover

Walden; or, Life in the Woods

Henry David Thoreau

2-min read

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

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

Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz

2-min read