getAbstract is a service that provides 5-page summaries of business books. The company I work for gives me unlimited access to the service, and I have made a habit of reading one or two abstracts daily while taking notes.
So far, I have read over 130 book abstracts. The abstracts allow me to effectively skim the important content of a book to determine if it is useful or not. Below is a list of books whose abstracts have been most useful to me.
Because the mere summaries of these books were so useful, I would expect that the books themselves are a treasure trove of useful, actionable information.
Green to Gold
by Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston
Dealing with the Tough Stuff
by Darren Hill, Alison Hill, and Dr. Sean Richardson
The Fabric of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene
Design to Grow
by David Butler and Linda Tischler
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey
Overworked and Overwhelmed
by Scott Eblin
Influence
by Robert B. Cialdini
How the World Sees You
by Sally Hogshead
The Culture Map
by Erin Meyer
Traction
by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares
Fewer, Bigger, Bolder
by Sanjay Khosla and Mohanbir Sawhney
The Intelligent Investor
by Benjamin Graham
The One Thing
by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
The Effective Executive
by Peter F. Drucker
Bold
by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
The Innovator’s Hypothesis
by Michael Schrage
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