Book Summaries

Leadership

Biography

Productivity

Personality Awareness

  • Gaslighting: Recognize Manipulative and Emotionally Abusive People by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis Ph.D. (8/10) | Book Summary
  • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie (9/10) | Book Summary
  • Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist: How to End the Drama and Get On with Life by Margalis Fjelstad (9/10) | Book Summary
  • Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder (9/10) | Book Summary
  • No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder. (8/10) | Book Summary
  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD. (8/10) | Book Summary
  • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself  by Jefferson A. Singer. (8/10) | Book Summary
  • 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life by Bill Eddy (9/10) | Book Summary
  • In Sheep’s Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People by Dr. George K. Simon Ph.D. (8/10) | Book Summary
  • The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement by Jean M. Twenge Ph.D. & W. Keith Campbell Ph.D. (9/10) | Book Summary
  • The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout Ph.D. (9/10) | Book Summary
  • Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door: How to Protect Yourself Against a Ruthless Manipulator by Martha Stout Ph.D. (9/10) | Book Summary
  • Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People by Jackson MacKenzie (9/10) | Book Summary
  • The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed-in Your World by Jeffrey Kluger. (8/10) | Book Summary
  • Gaslighting: How to Avoid a Narcissist’s Mind Control and Heal from Narcissistic Abuse by Patrick K. Simon. (7/10) | Book Summary
  • Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward (9/10): Print | Kindle(eBook)
  •  The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People by Shahida Arabi (9/10) | Book Summary
  • The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life by Dr. Robin Stern (8/10) | Book Summary
  • You’re Not Crazy – You’re Codependent.: What Everyone Affected by Addiction, Abuse, Trauma or Toxic Shaming Must know to have peace in their lives by Jeanette Elisabeth Menter (8/10) | Book Summary
  • The New Codependency: Help and Guidance for Today’s Generation by Melody Beattie.(8/10) | Book Summary
  •  Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time by Melody Beattie.(8/10) | Book Summary
  •  Rethinking Narcissism: The Secret to Recognizing and Coping with Narcissists by Craig Malkin (7/10) | Book Summary
  • Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed, psychotherapist Wendy T. Behary  (8/10) | Book Summary

Healing

  • Whole Again: Healing Your Heart and Rediscovering Your True Self After Toxic Relationships and Emotional Abuse by Jackson MacKenzie. (9/10) | Book Summary
  • Out of the Fog: Moving From Confusion to Clarity After Narcissistic Abuse by Dana Morningstar. (8/10) | Book Summary
  • How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self by Dr. Nicole LePer. (9/10) | Book Summary
  • Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse by Shannon Thomas. (9/10) | Book Summary
  • It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn (8/10) | Book Summary

Boundaries

  • Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself by Nedra Tawwab.(9/10) | Book Summary
  • Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin by Anne Katherine. (8/10) | Book Summary

Human Behaviour

  • Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit by Joseph Epstein. (8/10) | Book Summary
  • On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done by Cass Sunstein. (8/10) | Book Summary
  • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (9/10) | Book Summary

Habits

Creativity

Writing

Social Media

Psychography

Team Building

Self-Improvement

Psychology

Personal Development

Grief/Loss

Decision-Making

  • Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts by Annie Duke (9/10) | Book Summary
  • Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward by Henry Cloud (9/10) | Book Summary
  • Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice by Patrick J. McGinnis (8/10) | Book Summary
  •  Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets: 5 Questions to Help You Determine Your Next Move by Andy Stanley (8/10) | Book Summary
  • he Paradox of Choice–Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz (9/10) | Book Summary

Universal Basic Income

  • Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World by Annie Lowrey (8/10) | Book Summary

History

Mindset

Real Estate

Sport

  • Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui. (8/10) | Book Summary
  • Swim!: How a Shark, a Suckerfish, and a Parasite Teach You Leadership, Mentoring, and Next Level Success by Walter Bond (8/10) | Book Summary