Big books, distilled❦
The world's best non-fiction, re-told in our own words — a handful of ideas per book, minutes per idea. Read the summary, then buy the ones that deserve your shelf.
TractionGabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares9 ideas · 9 minTractatus Logico-PhilosophicusLudwig Wittgenstein9 ideas · 9 minTools of TitansTimothy Ferriss10 ideas · 10 minTo Sell Is HumanDaniel H. Pink8 ideas · 8 minTitanRon Chernow9 ideas · 9 minTiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change EverythingBJ Fogg10 ideas · 10 minTiny Beautiful ThingsCheryl Strayed9 ideas · 9 minThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche9 ideas · 9 minThis Is Your Mind on PlantsMichael Pollan9 ideas · 9 minThis Is Your Brain on MusicDaniel J. Levitin9 ideas · 9 minThis Is MarketingSeth Godin10 ideas · 10 minThinking with TypeEllen Lupton9 ideas · 9 minThinking in SystemsDonella H. Meadows9 ideas · 9 minThinking in PicturesTemple Grandin8 ideas · 8 minThinking in BetsAnnie Duke9 ideas · 9 minThinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman10 ideas · 10 minThink and Grow RichNapoleon Hill10 ideas · 10 minThink AgainAdam Grant10 ideas · 10 minThing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple WordsRandall Munroe8 ideas · 8 minThese TruthsJill Lepore9 ideas · 9 minThe Zimmermann TelegramBarbara W. Tuchman9 ideas · 9 minThe Year of Magical ThinkingJoan Didion8 ideas · 8 minThe Year of Living BiblicallyA. J. Jacobs10 ideas · 10 minThe Writing LifeAnnie Dillard8 ideas · 8 min