Tag: nonfiction

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John Adams

David McCullough · 2001

McCullough follows Adams from Braintree lawyer to second president.

2,515-word summary · 11 min read

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey · 2020

McConaughey shares outlaw stories and greenlight catching from Texas to Hollywood.

2,577-word summary · 11 min read

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson · 1971

Raoul Duke and Gonzo binge Vegas covering Mint 400 and drug conference.

2,443-word summary · 11 min read

Everything I Know About Love

Dolly Alderton · 2018

Dolly Alderton recalls bad dates flatshares and female friendship in her twenties memoir.

2,194-word summary · 10 min read

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015

Coates writes to his son about the Black body in America, from Howard to the loss of Prince Jones.

2,234-word summary · 10 min read

Who Moved My Cheese?

Spencer Johnson · 1998

A tiny parable about two mice and two little people hunting cheese in a maze, and why adapting to change beats waiting for old days to return.

2,533-word summary · 11 min read

The Story of Art

E.H. Gombrich · 1950

Gombrich traces art from cave painting to modernism with clear stories and famous images.

2,520-word summary · 11 min read

The Five Love Languages

Gary Chapman · 1992

Chapman maps words, time, gifts, service, and touch through counseling stories and the empty love-tank idea.

3,122-word summary · 14 min read

Quiet

Susan Cain · 2012

Cain traces the Extrovert Ideal from Harvard Business School to open offices and defends the power of quiet.

2,898-word summary · 13 min read