7 Minute Books: Free Book Summaries

“The Boring Raft That Beats the Speedboat” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing Author: Mel Lindauer, Taylor Larimore & Michael LeBoeuf Category: Personal Growth, Personal Finance & Investing, Career Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement W...

“The Diamond on the Beach: Why Great Products Get Ignored” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Obviously Awesome Author: April Dunford Category: Focus, Habits & Productivity, Business Strategy, Sales, Branding & Marketing, Startups & Entrepreneurship Why do genuinely great prod...

“Why Your Inner Critic Is Actually On Your Side” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Monster Transformation Author: Ari Lightman, Rafeh Masood, Gary Hirsch Category: Workplace & Company Culture, Technology & Innovation, Leadership & Team Building, Career Growth What if the voic...

“The Man Who Slept Under a Desk and Still Won” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Pursuit of Happyness Author: Chris Gardner Category: Career Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement, Memoirs & Life Stories What does it actually cost to keep going when you have nothing left to se...

“The Hidden Labor and Power Behind AI” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Empire of AI Author: Karen Hao Category: Startups & Entrepreneurship, Creativity in Business, Technology & Innovation, Business Strategy What if AI isn't a neutral tool at all, but a sprawling empire wi...

“Eagleton's Surprisingly Warm Answer to the Big Question” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Meaning of Life Author: Terry Eagleton Category: Culture & Society, Philosophy & Big Ideas Terry Eagleton thinks we've been asking the meaning of life question all wrong — so...

“The Walls That Keep Out Love” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Own Your Armor Author: Michelle Brody Category: Public Speaking & Communication, Workplace & Company Culture, Leadership & Team Building What if the walls you built to protect yourself are the same walls keeping...

“The Drowning Child and the Distance Excuse” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Life You Can Save Author: Peter Singer Category: Culture & Society, Philosophy & Big Ideas, Economics & Global Markets Would you ruin an expensive suit to save a drowning child? Almost everyone...

“The King Who Owned a Country and Got Away With It for Years” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: King Leopold's Ghost Author: Adam Hochschild Category: World History, Memoirs & Life Stories What if one man could own an entire country — and the world called him a philanthropist wh...

“Jeff Bezos on Staying Hungry and Never Settling for Day 2” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Invent and Wander Author: Jeff Bezos Category: Memoirs & Life Stories, Technology & Innovation, AI, Data & the Future, Startups & Entrepreneurship What does it mean to stay in Da...

“The Self-Help Industry's Dirty Little Secrets” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Psychobabble Author: Stephen Briers Category: Psychology & Human Behavior, Personal Growth Is the self-help industry actually helping us, or is it just making us feel worse? Sam and Sophie open wit...

“Prem Rawat's Case for Doing Less, Not More” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Hear Yourself Author: Prem Rawat Category: Mindfulness & Wellbeing, Philosophy & Big Ideas, Faith, Spirituality & Meaning, Personal Growth Prem Rawat says the peace you're chasing is alre...

“Moll Flanders: The Art of Reinvention” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Moll Flanders Author: Daniel Defoe Category: Creativity & the Arts, Writing, Language & Storytelling, Career Growth, Motivation & Self-Improvement Is Moll Flanders the most scandalous book we've co...

“The Zebra, the Lion, and Your Inbox” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Author: Robert M. Sapolsky Category: Mindfulness & Wellbeing, Culture & Society Why don't zebras get ulcers? Sam and Sophie open with that question, and the answer turns...

“The Measurement Problem Behind the Inequality Headlines” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Myth of American Inequality Author: Phil Gramm, Robert Ekelund & John Early Category: Economics & Global Markets, Philosophy & Big Ideas, Politics & Current Affairs What if the...

“The Pandemic That's Coming, and Why We Keep Forgetting” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Big One Author: Michael T. Osterholm & Mark Olshaker Category: Culture & Society, Health, Food & Nutrition What if the next pandemic isn't a question of if, but when — and...

“Beowulf: Why the Oldest English Epic Still Gets Under Our Skin” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Beowulf Author: Unknown Category: Culture & Society, Writing, Language & Storytelling, Philosophy & Big Ideas A thousand-year-old poem about a guy fighting monsters — why does i...

“Hawking's Case for a Self-Made Universe” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Grand Design Author: Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow Category: Science & Discovery, Nature, Climate & Environment Did this book make you feel liberated or a little unmoored? Sam and Sophie o...

“Stop Fixing Yourself and Start Seeing You're Already Whole” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Supercoach Author: Michael Neill Category: Career Growth, Focus, Habits & Productivity, Motivation & Self-Improvement, Leadership & Team Building What if the endless project of...

“The Double Bind and How to Slay Anyway” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Slay in Your Lane Author: Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke Category: Culture & Society What does it mean to be a Black woman in Britain, where every room seems to have a different set of rules for you? Sa...

“The Government Blame Game: Revisiting the 2008 Crash” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Meltdown Author: Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Category: Personal Finance & Investing, Economics & Global Markets What if the 2008 financial crisis wasn't a market failure at all, but a governmen...

“The Self Is a Story Your Brain Tells” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Selfie Author: Will Storr Category: Culture & Society, Psychology & Human Behavior, Philosophy & Big Ideas Why does chasing your "true self" leave you more anxious than ever? Sam and Sophie ope...

“Why Boring Investing Wins and Your Brain Is the Enemy” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: A Wealth of Common Sense Author: Ben Carlson Category: Personal Finance & Investing Why is a book about being sensible so refreshing? Sam and Sophie open with that question, and the answer turns...

“The Access Economy and the Death of the Corner Office” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: YouthNation Author: Matt Britton Category: Sales, Branding & Marketing, Business Strategy What happens to business when a generation stops wanting to own things and starts wanting to experience...

“Why the First Statement Sets the Tone” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: Communicate in a Crisis Author: Kate Hartley Category: Leadership & Team Building, Sales, Branding & Marketing What if the first thing you say in a crisis matters more than everything that follows? Sam and...