Changelog
A running history of new book summaries, features, and improvements.
August 24, 2026
- NewAdded chapter and character detail imports in the admin area, with support for large JSON files.
- BooksAdded chapter summaries, story-so-far recaps, and character notes for 10x Is Easier Than 2x.
August 8, 2026
- BooksAdded The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson.
- BooksAdded Twelve and a Half by Gary Vaynerchuk.
August 1, 2026
- BooksAdded The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss.
- BooksAdded So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport.
July 30, 2026
- BooksAdded Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish.
- BooksAdded Radical Candor by Kim Scott.
July 25, 2026
- BooksAdded 5 Levels of Leadership by John Maxwell.
- BooksAdded Captivate by Vanessa Van Edwards.
July 18, 2026
- BooksAdded Chess Not Checkers by Mark Miller.
- BooksAdded Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi.
July 12, 2026
- BooksAdded No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer.
- BooksAdded The Four Conversations by Blair Enns.
June 27, 2026
- BooksAdded Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.
- BooksAdded Deep Work by Cal Newport.
June 22, 2026
- BooksAdded Alchemy by Rory Sutherland.
June 21, 2026
- BooksAdded Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks.
- BooksAdded Upstream by Dan Heath.
June 20, 2026
- BooksAdded The 5am Club by Robin Sharma.
- BooksAdded Crucial Conversations by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, and Emily Gregory.
June 1, 2026
- NewAdded this Changelog page, linked from the footer.
May 31, 2026
- BooksAdded Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss.
- BooksAdded The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker.
- BooksAdded The Challenger Sale by Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson.
May 27, 2026
- BooksUpdated Think Again by Adam Grant with a new video summary.
May 26, 2026
- DesignAdded "Created by Mickey Mellen" credit to the footer on every page.
May 25, 2026
- BooksAdded The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
- BooksAdded The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer.
May 16, 2026
- BooksAdded Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
- BooksAdded I Never Thought Of It That Way by Monica Guzman.
- FixFixed SEO findings: per-page titles/descriptions/canonicals, VideoObject JSON-LD, dynamic sitemap, robots.txt, and heading hierarchy/ARIA fixes.
- FixHardened security: Amazon link URL scheme guard, locked-down database trigger, and enabled HIBP leaked-password protection.
May 9, 2026
- BooksAdded 10x is Easier Than 2x by Dan Sullivan.
- BooksAdded The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni.
May 2, 2026
- BooksAdded How to Take Smart Notes by Sonke Ahrens.
- BooksAdded Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.
April 26, 2026
- BooksAdded The Win Without Pitching Manifesto by Blair Enns.
- BooksAdded Think Again by Adam Grant.
April 23, 2026
- BooksAdded You Can't Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar by David Sandler.
April 16, 2026
- BooksAdded Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser.
- BooksAdded Apple in China by Patrick McGee.
April 4, 2026
- BooksAdded Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg.
- BooksAdded Quit by Annie Duke.
- BooksAdded If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares.
March 22, 2026
- BooksAdded Enshittification by Cory Doctorow.
March 21, 2026
- BooksAdded A Minute to Think by Juliet Funt.
- BooksAdded Essentialism by Greg McKeown.
- BooksAdded Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara.
February 23, 2026
- BooksAdded Algospeak by Adam Aleksic.
February 22, 2026
- BooksAdded The Point Is In the Purpose by Brent Rittersdorf.
February 21, 2026
- BooksAdded Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang.
February 12, 2026
- BooksAdded The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
February 8, 2026
- BooksAdded Hell Bent by Brian Recker.
- BooksAdded Read Your Mind by Oz Pearlman.
February 2, 2026
- BooksAdded Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman.
February 1, 2026
- BooksAdded Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff.
- BooksAdded The Short List by David Ackert.
- BooksAdded Smart Brevity by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz.
- BooksAdded Give to Grow by Mo Bunnell.
January 31, 2026
- BooksAdded The AI-Driven Leader by Geoff Woods.
- BooksAdded Day Trading Attention by Gary Vaynerchuk.
- BooksAdded Leading Change by John Kotter.
- BooksAdded How to Know a Person by David Brooks.
- BooksAdded The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni.
- BooksAdded Wisdom Takes Work by Ryan Holiday.
January 30, 2026
- NewInitial launch of Reading Refresh with random book button, browse page, and YouTube video summaries.
- NewEnabled accounts and personal libraries so logged-in users can pick which books appear in their random refreshers.
- NewAdded optional "Buy on Amazon" button on book detail pages.
- NewAdded social sharing buttons (X, Facebook, LinkedIn, copy link) on book pages.
- NewBrowser tab titles now reflect the book being viewed.
- DesignAdded a "View All Books" button next to the Random Book button on the home page.
- DesignPulled real cover art for the starter library.