The essential ideas from books that matter.

“I put one on when I leave the flat and it's usually finished before I get to my desk. That's the whole habit, honestly.”

“I'll be honest, I expected bullet points read out loud. It's closer to a friend who actually read the book telling you the good parts.”

“I listen first, and if I still want the whole thing I'll buy it. It's stopped me from buying two or three books I'd have quit forty pages in.”

“I get interrupted constantly, so the part I actually care about is picking up where I stopped instead of hunting around for my place.”

“My train ride is about twenty minutes. One chapter, a couple of ideas saved, and that's my reading done, which is more than I managed all last year.”

“When the same book keeps coming up in meetings, I listen to it that evening. At least then I know what everyone means, and whether it's worth the full read.”

“Fifteen minutes before a call is enough to get what the author is actually arguing. Not the version everyone repeats at conferences.”

“Most apps like this feel like they're selling me something the whole time. This one tells me what the book says and then stops.”