Skip the Book: Summaries
Funny self-help book notes
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Skip the book. Become insufferable faster. All the wisdom, considerably less journey. First three are free.
Self-help and nonfiction can make one useful thought last 300 pages, and by page 80 you are not improving yourself, you are being held hostage by a very polite man with a morning routine. Skip the Book is a book summaries app that reads the books so you don't have to.
Each book gets six chapters: the ideas and what it actually argues, what happened when real people tried the advice, B******t? and which claims are exaggerated, where readers disagree, what to actually do tonight, and the one thing worth remembering. Tap Give me the good bits to read only what matters in about ten minutes. You may remain a mess. At least now your failure is based on research.
Browse shelves for habits, work, money, relationships, time, health, creativity and more, or verdicts: Worth reading, One good idea, Overrated but useful, or Skip it. Browse by idea too, because the same handful of ideas keep turning up in different books, hoping you forgot you already paid for them.
Every line was read to a panel of ten ordinary people, and seven had to laugh before it was allowed in. Six laughs and the line died. Your last bad decision faced less scrutiny.
New books are added most days and appear on their own. Works on iPhone and iPad. No account, no emails. Written with attitude and a lot of swearing, because self-improvement is already the humiliating experience of becoming your own disappointed parent.
Your first three books are free. After that, a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase unlocks the whole library, including every book added later.
Rated 17+ for a reason.
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WHAT YOU GET WITH SKIP THE BOOK
*Six chapters per book
The ideas. What happened when people tried them. B******t? Where readers disagree. What to actually do. The one thing worth remembering. Every book, the same honest shape.
*Give me the good bits
The ideas, the actions and the one thing, in about ten minutes. The rest of the book stays where it belongs.
*Real readers, not blurbs
What happened when actual people on Goodreads, Reddit, YouTube and Hacker News tried the advice. Named and quoted.
*Verdicts you can browse
Worth reading. One good idea. Overrated, but useful. Skip it. Sort any shelf by what the Librarian actually thinks.
*Shelves and ideas
Habits, work, thinking, money, relationships, time, health, creativity, communication, confidence. Or browse by idea, because the same handful keep turning up in different jackets.
*New books most days
They appear on their own. No update to install.
*Reads offline
Anything you've opened stays on your iPhone or iPad.
*No account, no emails
Nothing to sign up for. Nobody asks how you're enjoying it.
*Every line tested on ten people
Seven of ten ordinary people had to laugh before a line was allowed in. Six, and it died.
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FREE, YEARLY OR FOREVER
- Free: your first three books, any three, in full.
- Yearly: every book, including every book added later. Renews until you cancel.
- Forever: one payment, every book, no renewal.
Both plans cover every iPhone and iPad on your Apple ID. Purchases are made through Apple; cancel any time in your Apple ID subscriptions.
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Written with attitude and a lot of swearing. Rated 17+ for a reason.
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A Classics shelf and Editor's Picks on the home screen, a clearer New section, pull down to check for new books, and plenty of new titles.
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Information
- Seller
- K N Padmavathamma
- Size
- 54.6 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Frequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Infrequent
Mature or Suggestive Themes
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- The whole library, forever $59.99
- The whole library, yearly $29.99
- Copyright
- © 2025 K N Padmavathamma