Instaread Summaries: 317 books

Summary of American Girls by Nancy Jo Sales | Includes Analysis   Preview: American Girls, by journalist Nancy Jo Sales, is the result of a two-and-a-half-year investigation into how social media is shaping the development of girls in America today and, by extension, what...

Summary of The Big Picture by Sean Carroll | Includes Analysis   Preview:   The Big Picture by Sean Carroll is a scientific exploration of many essential questions of humanity, such as the meaning of life and the origin of the universe, considered from a poetic-naturalist...

Summary of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson | Includes Analysis   Preview: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption is a legal memoir by Bryan Stevenson. It is set in the 1980s and early 1990s and follows Stevenson’s legal career as an advocate for Alabama prisoners...

For the Love: by Jen Hatmaker | Summary & Analysis   Preview: For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards by Jen Hatmaker is a self-help book about women’s pursuit of perfection. In the modern world, most women have the opportunity to do and be...

Summary of Super Genes by Deepak Chopra & Rudolph Tanzi | Includes Analysis   Preview: Super Genes by Deepak Chopra and Rudolph Tanzi is a scientific and spiritual overview of epigenetics, a field that studies the environmental factors that change the expression of genes. For...

Summary of The Longevity Book by Cameron Diaz and Sandra Bark | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Longevity Book by Cameron Diaz and Sandra Bark is a nonfiction book that explains how women can embrace the latest science of aging to live more fully in optimal health and emotional...

Summary of SPQR by Mary Beard | Includes Analysis   Preview: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard is a single-volume history of Ancient Rome. The book covers Roman history from its semi-mythical origins in roughly 753 BC, to the decision by the Emperor Caracalla in 212...

Summary of The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson offers recommendations for a whole-brainapproach to parenting. This approach emphasizes the importance...

Summary of  A More Perfect Union by Ben Carson, MD & Candy Carson | Includes Analysis   Preview: A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Protect Our Constitutional Liberties is a book by Ben Carson, MD, and his wife, Candy Carson. This book explores the intricacies...

The Sociopath Next Door: by Martha Stout | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review Preview: Sociopaths comprise an alarming four percent of the population; that is, one in every 25 people is a sociopath. But this mental disorder is not well understood and many people fail to recognize...

Summary of Why Diets Make Us Fat: by Sandra Aamodt | Includes Analysis   Preview: Why Diets Make Us Fat by Sandra Aamodt debunks the fallacy that individuals can sustain significant weight loss through dieting and willpower. Although people tend to view diets as a matter...

The Motivation Manifesto by Brendon Burchard - A 15-minute Key Takeaways & Analysis PLEASE NOTE: This is Key Takeaways and Analysis of the book and NOT the original book.  Inside this Instaread: • Key Takeaways of the book • Introduction to the important people in...

Summary of Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend | Includes Analysis    Preview: Written by Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Boundaries: When to Say Yes; How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life examines how conservative evangelical Christians should set and...

Summary of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: by Oliver Sacks | Includes Analysis Preview: In this 30th anniversary edition of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks, M.D. brings together more than two dozen narratives of patients with many different...