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Next Big Idea: The World’s Leading Book Summaries & Reading Club. Loved by Thousands of Life-long Learners Across the Globe.

LEARN FROM THE AUTHORS THEMSELVES

Next Big Idea is the only app where you can read summaries written and spoken by the authors.

You won’t find these exclusive gold nuggets anywhere else.

FEATURED AUTHORS

- Adam Grant
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Daniel Pink
- Susan Cain
- James Clear
- Nir Eyal
- And so many more HIGHLIGHTS

. Book Bites - Listen to or read 15 minute book overviews, as created and recorded by the authors themselves. 100+ titles available!

. E-courses - 45 minute master classes, in audio, video and text formats starring the authors of the Next Big Idea’s best books of the year

. Conversations - Watch recorded live Q&As, podcast recordings, and author chats

. Next Big Idea Podcast - 45 minute ad-free episodes from our celebrated podcast

. Idea of the day - 2 minute daily insights from leading thinkers

. Exclusive Invitations - Receive invites to live author Q&As and book launches

TESTIMONIALS

“Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys getting deeper insight into books.” - Buddy G.

"I love the app and listen to the Book Bites most mornings on my walk! Great job." - Kim S.

“There are so many book summary apps out there and I love some of them, like Blinkist and Uptime. But NBI is different. NBI's summaries are written and narrated by the authors so you get the main points they want you to get.” - Hlyan H.

DEEP LEARNING

Don’t just stop at 2 or 15 minutes a day. We have 45 minute e-courses of the best nonfiction books of the year, as selected by our legendary curators.

Taught by the leading thinkers themselves, discover exclusive e-courses feature key takeaways, discussion questions, and interactive exercises and quizzes.

AD-FREE

The Next Big Idea app also gives you access to ad-free episodes of our podcast! Each episode is a deep dive into one big idea through immersive storytelling, narration and curator interviews with the most interesting authors at work today.

A SMARTER VERSION OF YOU IS WAITING

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” What are you waiting for? Go deeper and start learning from the world’s leading experts today.

MEMBERSHIP

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Version History Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.
Latest app improvements include:
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements with updated authentication. 6.9 Aug 5 Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.
Latest app improvements include:
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 6.8 Mar 9 Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.
Latest app improvements include:
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 6.7 09/15/2025 Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.
Latest app improvements include:
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 6.6 05/21/2025 Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.
Latest app improvements include:
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 6.5 02/05/2025 Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.
Latest app improvements include:
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 6.4 11/12/2024 Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.
Latest app improvements include:
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 6.3 10/30/2024 Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.
Latest app improvements include:
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 6.2 10/18/2024 Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.
Latest app improvements include:
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 6.1 09/21/2024 Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.
Latest app improvements include:
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 6.0 09/02/2024 Fast-track your learning with the Next Big Idea app, the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries — from the best new nonfiction books — directly from the authors themselves.

Latest app improvements include:
• Goals. Now, members can set their "reading" pace and the Next Big Idea app will guide them with reminders to keep them on pace with their learning goals.
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 5.9 06/11/2024 Fast-track your learning with curated books summaries, expert insights, and a community of thought leaders The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:
• Personalized recommendation notifications based on your interests
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 5.8 03/05/2024 Fast-track your learning with curated books summaries, expert insights, and a community of thought leaders The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:

• Enhanced personalized recommendations based on your interests
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 5.7 01/11/2024 Fast-track your learning with curated books summaries, expert insights, and a community of thought leaders The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:
• Deep Reads, our new curiosity collaborator, a beta recommendations assistant that helps you find the right book from within the Next Big Idea Club Book Bite library.
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements.
• Podcast sorting and UI enhancements 5.6 12/04/2023 Fast-track your learning with curated books summaries, expert insights, and a community of thought leaders The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:
• Deep Reads, our new curiosity collaborator, a beta recommendations assistant that helps you find the right book from within the Next Big Idea Club Book Bite library.
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements.
• Design enhancements 5.5 11/21/2023 Fast-track your learning with curated books summaries, expert insights, and a community of thought leaders The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:
• Deep Reads, our new curiosity collaborator, a beta recommendations assistant that helps you find the right book from within the Next Big Idea Club Book Bite library.
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 5.4.1 11/06/2023 Fast-track your learning with curated books summaries, expert insights, and a community of thought leaders The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:
• Deep Reads, our new curiosity collaborator, a beta recommendations assistant that helps you find the right book from within the Next Big Idea Club Book Bite library.
• Routine bug fixes and speed improvements. 5.4 11/02/2023 Fast-track your learning with curated books summaries, expert insights, and a community of thought leaders The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute audio summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:
• Reading schedule! Check out the current Next Big Idea Club seasonal selections as well as all past season's selections (with links to all related materials, Book Bites, e-courses, reading guides, podcast episodes, member Q&As and finalists).
• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements. 5.3 08/08/2023 Learn something new every day. The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:
• Audio player enhancements for our new audio only e-courses.
• Routine bug fixes and speed enhancements. 5.2 06/19/2023 Learn something new every day. The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:

• New audio e-course format.
• speed enhancements and bug fixes. 5.1.3 05/29/2023 Learn something new every day. The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:

• Now fully formatted for iPads as well as iPhones.
• Launch of Next Big Idea Originals.
• Speed enhancements and bug fixes 5.1.2 05/18/2023 Learn something new every day. The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:

• Now fully formatted for iPads as well as iPhones.
• Launch of Next Big Idea Originals.
• Speed enhancements and bug fixes. 5.1.1 04/28/2023 Learn something new every day. The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:

• Now fully formatted for iPads as well as iPhones.
• Launch of Next Big Idea Originals.
• Speed enhancements and bug fixes. 5.1 04/25/2023 Learn something new every day. The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:
• Show your love for your favorite Book Bites and Podcast episodes with our new favoriting button.
• Navigate by categories easier from the Book Bites screen and from within individual Book Bites. 5.0.0 03/22/2023 Learn something new every day. The Next Big Idea App is the ONLY place to get 15 minute summaries from the best new nonfiction books directly from the authors themselves. Latest app improvements include:
• Discover more big ideas with related Book Bite suggestions.
• Clickable categories on Book Bite details screen to navigate to similar categories. 4.9.0 03/01/2023