Instaread Summaries: 317 books

Summary of Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer | Includes Analysis   Preview:   Into Thin Air was published in 1997 by journalist and outdoorsman Jon Krakauer. The book focuses on the events surrounding the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, of which the author was a survivor....

Love Does by Bob Goff | Includes Analysis   Preview: Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff is a memoir of the lawyer’s journey through faith as a Christian. As a young child, Goff injured his eye when he was playing with his...

Summary of A Passion for Leadership by Robert Gates | Includes Analysis   Preview: A Passion for Leadership is an advice manual for those who want to enact reform from a position of leadership in a bureaucratic organization. It also examines the challenges of reforming...

Summary of Drive by Daniel Pink | Includes Analysis   Preview: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011) is a book about human motivations. Many of the prevailing ideas about why humans make decisions and operate the way they do aren’t true or, at least, they...

Summary of Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty | Includes Analysis   Preview: Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a study of inequity, both historically and in the present. The book describes how the concentration of wealth has changed...

Summary of Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton | Includes Analysis   Preview: Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton is a guide to using principled negotiation techniques, rather than positional bargaining that makes for less successful...

Summary of Platform Revolution by Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Choudary | Includes Analysis   Preview:   Platform Revolution by Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Choudary is a comprehensive look at the emergence of platforms as market...

Summary of Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman | Includes Analysis   Preview: Daniel Kahneman, author of the book Thinking, Fast and Slow, sets out to create a new vocabulary of words and definitions to describe mental errors. He hopes that readers will recognize these errors...

Good Profit by Charles G. Koch | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review Preview: Good Profit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World’s Most Successful Companies is a nonfiction book that outlines the management strategy of Charles G. Koch, the chief executive officer (CEO)...

Summary of The Billion Dollar Spy: by David E. Hoffman | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E. Hoffman chronicles the six year relationship between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and engineer, Adolf...

Summary of The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a philosophical treatment of Taleb's research on highly improbable, high-impact events. These events, which Taleb calls “Black Swans,”...

Summary of The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham and Jason Zweig | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham, with commentary by Jason Zweig, is a thorough guide to the principles of portfolio...

Summary of The Industries of the Future by Alec Ross | Includes Analysis   Preview: The Industries of the Future provides an insider’s perspective on emerging digital industries. Many of these emerging technologies, including robotics, genomics, the codification of money into...

Summary of The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling | Includes Analysis Preview: The 4 Disciplines of Execution is a guide for businesses to reliably commit to the goals and plans they set, authored by associates from FranklinCovey, a management consultancy....