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Every book distilled to its essentials — summaries at four depths, flashcards to test what stuck, and a mind map of how the ideas connect.
- Books
- 45
- Summaries
- 133
- Time to the gist
- Minutes
The book, minus the hours
Four ways into a book, depending on what you need from it.
Four depths of summary
A TL;DR when you need the shape of it, a chapter-by-chapter walk when you need the detail, and two steps in between. Each shows how long it takes to read.
Flashcards that test you
One card at a time, question first. Flip when you have an answer in mind. Reading a summary and recalling it are different skills.
A map of the argument
How the ideas hang together, as a structure rather than prose. Useful when a book has more shape than plot.
Listen instead
Summaries can be generated as audio, for the times reading is not an option.
Three steps, no account
- 01
Pick a book
Browse the catalog, or filter to the books that already have the kind of content you want.
- 02
Choose your depth
Start with the TL;DR. Go deeper only where the book earns it.
- 03
Make it stick
Test yourself with flashcards, or step back and look at the mind map.