Discover the best bookshelves in the world.
Every book here was chosen by someone who changed their field. Find the one that changes how you think.
Who do you want to think like?
Founders, investors, scientists, writers and leaders, each with a shelf of the books they chose.
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Founders
Investors
Scientists
Writers
Leaders
Great books are better talked over.
Start a club on any book and read it with friends at one pace.
- 1Pick a book, send a linkFriends join straight from your link.
- 2Set the paceFour weeks, six, or your own. Every chapter gets a date.
- 3Discuss each chapterNotes open when you reach the chapter, so the ending stays a surprise.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari · with Sam, Ada, Basho and Maya
This week
Chapters 7 to 9 by Thursday
B
S
A
M
Chapter 1
Where everyone is
Chapter 20
S
Sam
· Chapter 5
“We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.” I keep thinking about my own routines.
M
Maya
· Chapter 9
Opens when you reach chapter 9
Remember more of what you read.
Write one line after each chapter and the book stays with you long after the last page. A few minutes of memory games a day do the rest.
Try the one-minute test
1 minute
Read a short passage
3 questions
From memory
Your result
Speed and recall
Sample passage
0:38
The river had changed its course twice since the village was founded, and each time the people moved their houses rather than fight it. The old men said a river remembers where it has been, and that it would come back for the fields by the mill…
Why did the villagers move their houses?
Discover the best bookshelves in the world.
Every book here was chosen by someone who changed their field. Find the one that changes how you think.
Who do you want to think like?
Founders, investors, scientists, writers and leaders, each with a shelf of the books they chose.
All
Founders
Investors
Scientists
Writers
Leaders
Great books are better talked over.
Start a club on any book and read it with friends at one pace.
- 1Pick a book, send a linkFriends join straight from your link.
- 2Set the paceFour weeks, six, or your own. Every chapter gets a date.
- 3Discuss each chapterNotes open when you reach the chapter, so the ending stays a surprise.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari · with Sam, Ada, Basho and Maya
This week
Chapters 7 to 9 by Thursday
B
S
A
M
Chapter 1
Where everyone is
Chapter 20
S
Sam
· Chapter 5
“We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.” I keep thinking about my own routines.
M
Maya
· Chapter 9
Opens when you reach chapter 9
This week on Umebook
What great minds are saying about books, as it comes in.
Remember more of what you read.
Write one line after each chapter and the book stays with you long after the last page. A few minutes of memory games a day do the rest.
Try the one-minute test
1 minute
Read a short passage
3 questions
From memory
Your result
Speed and recall
Sample passage
0:38
The river had changed its course twice since the village was founded, and each time the people moved their houses rather than fight it. The old men said a river remembers where it has been, and that it would come back for the fields by the mill…
Why did the villagers move their houses?
Discover the best bookshelves in the world.
Every book here was chosen by someone who changed their field. Find the one that changes how you think.
Who do you want to think like?
Founders, investors, scientists, writers and leaders, each with a shelf of the books they chose.
All
Founders
Investors
Scientists
Writers
Leaders
Great books are better talked over.
Start a club on any book and read it with friends at one pace.
- 1Pick a book, send a linkFriends join straight from your link.
- 2Set the paceFour weeks, six, or your own. Every chapter gets a date.
- 3Discuss each chapterNotes open when you reach the chapter, so the ending stays a surprise.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari · with Sam, Ada, Basho and Maya
This week
Chapters 7 to 9 by Thursday
B
S
A
M
Chapter 1
Where everyone is
Chapter 20
S
Sam
· Chapter 5
“We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.” I keep thinking about my own routines.
M
Maya
· Chapter 9
Opens when you reach chapter 9
This week on Umebook
What great minds are saying about books, as it comes in.
Remember more of what you read.
Write one line after each chapter and the book stays with you long after the last page. A few minutes of memory games a day do the rest.
Try the one-minute test
1 minute
Read a short passage
3 questions
From memory
Your result
Speed and recall
Sample passage
0:38
The river had changed its course twice since the village was founded, and each time the people moved their houses rather than fight it. The old men said a river remembers where it has been, and that it would come back for the fields by the mill…
Why did the villagers move their houses?
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