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List of Book Summaries

1. 

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

   Mehdi Hasan

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 with 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. 

    Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

    Robert B. Cialdini

74. 

    Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

    Carol S. Dweck

75. 

    Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

    Cal Newport

76. 

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

    Chris Voss and Tahl Raz

77. 

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

    Maxwell Maltz

78. 

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

    Bessel van der Kolk

79. 

    Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

    Isabel Wilkerson

80. 

    Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

    Dan Ariely

81. 

    The 48 Laws of Power

    Robert Greene

82. 

    The Intelligent Investor

    Benjamin Graham

83. 

    In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto

    Michael Pollan

84. 

    Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

    Daniel H. Pink

85. 

    On the Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin

86. 

    The Art of Happiness

    Dalai Lama XIV

87. 

    Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

    Daniel Goleman

88. 

    Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

    Angela Duckworth

89. 

    The Power of Positive Thinking

    Norman Vincent Peale

90. 

    How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

    Dale Carnegie

91. 

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

    Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

92. 

    10% Happier

    Dan Harris

93. 

    The Psychology of Money

    Morgan Housel

94. 

    The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle

    Steven Pressfield

95. 

    Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

    Caroline Criado Pérez

96. 

    The Magic of Thinking Big

    David J. Schwartz

97. 

    Beyond Good and Evil

    Friedrich Nietzsche

98. 

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

    Adam Grant

99. 

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

    Ben Horowitz

100. 

     Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

     James Nestor

101. 

     Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

     Cal Newport

102. 

     The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

     Brad Stone

103. 

     The Body: A Guide for Occupants

     Bill Bryson

104. 

     Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

     Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

105. 

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

     Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

106. 

     How to Change Your Mind

     Michael Pollan

107. 

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

     Robin S. Sharma

108. 

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

     Daniel J. Levitin

109. 

     Stumbling on Happiness

     Daniel Todd Gilbert

110. 

     Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

     Oliver Burkeman

111. 

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

     Jonathan Haidt

112. 

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

     Brené Brown

113. 

     The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

     Don Miguel Ruiz

114. 

     Silent Spring

     Rachel Carson

115. 

     I Will Teach You to Be Rich

     Ramit Sethi

116. 

     Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

     Héctor García and Francesc Miralles

117. 

     The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business

     Josh Kaufman

118. 

     How Not to Die

     Michael Greger and Gene Stone

119. 

     Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

     Lindsay C. Gibson

120. 

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

     Peter F. Drucker

121. 

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

     Marshall B. Rosenberg

122. 

     How to Talk to Anyone

     Leil Lowndes

123. 

     Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

     David D. Burns

124. 

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

     Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

125. 

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

     T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II

126. 

     Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

     Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

127. 

     How to Do the Work

     Nicole LePera

128. 

     On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

     William Zinsser

129. 

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

     Al Ries and Jack Trout

130. 

     High Output Management

     Andrew S. Grove

131. 

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

     Brianna Wiest

132. 

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

     Olivia Fox Cabane

133. 

     Models: Attract Women Through Honesty

     Mark Manson

134. 

     Building a Second Brain

     Tiago Forte

135. 

     Master Your Emotions

     Thibaut Meurisse

136. 

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

     David Richo

137. 

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

     Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey

138. 

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

     William W. Li

139. 

     The Relationship Cure

     John M. Gottman and Joan DeClaire

140. 

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

     Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz

141. 

     The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

     Rashid Khalidi

142. 

     Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn

     Daniel Gordis

143. 

     Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health

     David J. Nutt

144. 

     Learning How to Learn

     Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski



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