Categories

Education

Enlightening reads on general knowledge and education—curated just for you.

Topics

Popular

What’s popular with the Blinkist community in Education
Critical Thinkers
Critical Thinkers
Albert Rutherford
Methods for Clear Thinking and Analysis in Everyday Situations from the Greatest Thinkers in History
20 min
4.0
How to Solve It
How to Solve It
George Pólya
A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
16 min
Why We Remember
Why We Remember
Charan Ranganath
Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
19 min
4.3
What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School
What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School
Mark H. McCormack
Notes From a Street-Smart Executive
14 min
3.9
Learn Better
Learn Better
Ulrich Boser
Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything
17 min
4.3
The Sovereign Child
The Sovereign Child
Aaron Stupple
How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents
19 min
3.8
Accounting for Non-Accountants
Accounting for Non-Accountants
Wayne A. Label
The Fast and Easy Way to Learn the Basics
21 min
4.0
On the Origin of Time
On the Origin of Time
Thomas Hertog
Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
17 min
4.6

Newest

Nothing but the freshest additions to the catalogue
Surfaces and Essences
Surfaces and Essences
Douglas Hofstadter
Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
16 min
The Reading Mind
The Reading Mind
Daniel T. Willingham
A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the Mind Reads
20 min
Continuous-Time Finance
Continuous-Time Finance
Robert C. Merton
Mastering Financial Strategies with Math, Models, and Insights
18 min
The Courage to Teach
The Courage to Teach
Parker J. Palmer
Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
18 min
4.1
Screenshots of selected Blinks, Shortcasts and collections — available on Blinkist.
Understand powerful ideas in 15 minutes—with Blinkist!
Get started

Collections

Curated by our experts
Must-Read General Knowledge Books
Must-Read General Knowledge Books
Get smarter and improve your understanding of the world
11 items
Must Reads for Psychology Students
Must Reads for Psychology Students
Essential books and insights on psychology and the brain
6 items
Must Reads for Politics Students
Must Reads for Politics Students
Essential books and insights from the world of politics
6 items
Must Reads for Economics Students
Must Reads for Economics Students
Essential books and insights on international economics
6 items
Must Reads for Business Students
Must Reads for Business Students
Essential books and insights from the world of business
6 items
Must Reads for Engineering Students
Must Reads for Engineering Students
Essential insights from the tech world and computer science
5 items
Top 10 Student Reads
Top 10 Student Reads
Inspiration and ideas for the ultimate student experience
10 items
Best Books on Linguistics
Best Books on Linguistics
The role and importance of language in human life
7 items

Classics

Titles you need to know in Education
Limitless
Limitless
Jim Kwik
Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
31 min
4.6
Learn Like a Pro
Learn Like a Pro
Barbara Oakley and Olav Schewe
Science-based Tools to Become Better at Anything
22 min
4.4
Basic Economics
Basic Economics
Thomas Sowell
A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
20 min
4.4
What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew
What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew
Sharon Saline
Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life
21 min
4.6
How to Win at Chess
How to Win at Chess
Levy Rozman
The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
15 min
3.5
The Art of Impossible
The Art of Impossible
Steven Kotler
A Peak Performance Primer
25 min
4.7
Indian Philosophy
Indian Philosophy
Sue Hamilton
A Very Short Introduction
19 min
4.1
How to Take Smart Notes
How to Take Smart Notes
Sönke Ahrens
One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
18 min
4.4
Build, Don't Talk
Build, Don't Talk
Raj Shamani
Things You Wish You Were Taught in School
14 min
4.2
The AI-fication of Jobs
The AI-fication of Jobs
Huy Nguyen Trieu
Preparing Ourselves for the Future of Work
17 min
4.2
How to Read Lacan
How to Read Lacan
Slavoj Žižek
Explore the Foundations of Lacan’s Thought
9 min
3.7
Parasitic Mind
Parasitic Mind
Gad Saad
How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
19 min
3.9
Speed Reading
Speed Reading
Kam Knight
Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour
18 min
4.5
Tiny Humans, Big Emotions
Tiny Humans, Big Emotions
Alyssa Gloria Campbell & Lauren Stauble
How to Navigate Tantrums, Meltdowns, and Defiance to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children
20 min
4.1
Range
Range
David Epstein
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
21 min
4.3
Unlimited Memory
Unlimited Memory
Kevin Horsley
How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
14 min
4.1
Language, Truth, and Logic
Language, Truth, and Logic
Alfred Jules Ayer
Explore the Boundaries of Meaning and Truth in Language
18 min
4.1
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
A journey into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer
38 min
4.5
The Great Mental Models, Volume 4
The Great Mental Models, Volume 4
Shane Parrish
Economics and Art
18 min
4.0
The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics
The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics
Arthur Schopenhauer
A rigorous investigation of moral philosophy’s deepest questions
16 min
4.5
Teaming
Teaming
Amy C. Edmondson
How To Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
18 min
Hyperspace
Hyperspace
Michio Kaku
Journey Through Parallel Universes and the 10th Dimension
16 min
3.9
Autism
Autism
Uta Frith
Explaining the Enigma
21 min
4.2
Creative Schools
Creative Schools
Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica
Revolutionizing Education from the Ground Up
17 min
4.5

Featured Titles

Discover the Blinkist catalogue

Popular titles

Popular categories

Popular topics

Trending topics

Featured titles

Featured topics