Shortform Daily Book Summaries 12+

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Discover mind-expanding true stories daily. From groundbreaking science to inspiring memoirs, explore real-world insights that matter. Your truth awaits.

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Get the highest quality book summaries and analyses available in the world. Shortform summaries contain the book's key ideas, plus analysis comparing those ideas to other books.

Remember the key lessons from books you’ve read, and discover new books you need to read.

Reinforce the key lessons with interactive exercises that challenge you to reflect on your past and improve your life.

Trust in writer quality. Shortform summaries are written by professional authors, PhD’s, and Ivy League graduates.

Check out Shortform summaries of this week’s NY Times bestsellers:
• Sapiens, by Yuval Harari
• Educated, by Tara Westover
• Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah
• Why We Sleep, by Matthew Walker
• 12 Rules for Life, by Jordan Peterson

Check out Shortform summaries of these all-time classics:
• How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
• Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
• The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey

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KEY FEATURES

• Quick 1-page summaries to understand the book at a glance

• Chapter-by-chapter comprehensive summaries and analysis

• 550% more ideas covered than other services

• Audio narrations so you can learn on the go

• #1 Bestsellers and all-time classic books

• Interactive exercises to apply the key lessons to your life

• Highlight your favorite passages and take notes

• Share key points with friends and co-workers

• 18 book categories, including Business, Health, Self-Improvement, History, and more

• Printable PDF downloads for your reading convenience

• Offline mode to read without Internet

• Features coming soon: publishing feed, reading tracker, and more...


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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY

"Shortform has by far the best book guides available anywhere. They cover key points and have much more original analysis and content than other summaries.” -- Andy T.

"You guys really hit it out of the park with this summary! I’ve never seen such a complete yet concise summary of this book. The exercises are perfect – not overwhelming or meager, but just right. Thanks for making me smarter every day." -- Stacey M.

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What’s New

Version 7.1.7

Bug fixes and performance improvements

Ratings and Reviews

4.1 out of 5
49 Ratings

49 Ratings

blackbird__16 ,

This App has great potential

It’s basically like Blinkist, but more profound and with cooler features. I love how the summaries are precise enough to actually learn from it and the side notes are amazing.

BUT the app is quite buggy and trying to highlight lines can be a Sisyphos experience. Furthermore, I was quite disappointed that it was mostly self improvement books. They have their own right of existence, but I just wish there was more of the other books too. But I get that the app would begin with more popular self-help books and maybe later on add other genres too.

AronatorX ,

Meisten Rezensionen falsch

Viele geben 1 Stern weil sie kein Account erstellen können. Das geht auf der Website.

Carlos Ben Yussuf ,

Best app for book summaries

I prefer this app, because the texts have much more depth than those of blinkist. They also offer much more details. Of course, for that to be possible, they have to be longer than the corresponding blinkist texts. But it is just not possible to reduce a 500 page to 15 pages.

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