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TL;DR: Get a one-year subscription to Instaread Book Summaries for $19.99, a 77% savings as of Dec. 15. 


If your reading list is longer than you can handle, an Instaread subscription might come in handy. Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars on the App Store, Instaread provides summaries of over 1,000 bestselling books, which you can read right on your phone.

Here’s how it works.

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Instaread’s categories range from business and health to self-help and social sciences, with bestsellers like The 4-Hour Workweek, The Untethered Soul, and The Art of Thinking Clearly on the roster. New content is added every month, so you’ll never run out of titles. You can also choose between text and audio. No, it’s not a substitute for actually reading, but it’ll still come in handy — think of it as a SparkNotes-style resource.

While a one-year subscription to Instaread is typically $90, you can sign up for only $19.99 for a limited time.