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Check out Shortform summaries of this week’s NY Times bestsellers:

• Sapiens, by Yuval Harari

• Educated, by Tara Westover

• Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah

• Why We Sleep, by Matthew Walker

• 12 Rules for Life, by Jordan Peterson

Check out Shortform summaries of these all-time classics:

• How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie

• Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman

• The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey

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