Frequently asked questions

Guri Wise turns nonfiction books into short summaries you can read or listen to in about 15 minutes. Each summary explains a book’s key ideas, so you can learn more in less time and choose which books to read in full.

Nonfiction only: business and leadership, psychology, health, money, history, science and more. The catalog has 5,000+ books. Browse by category or goal.

Professionals, students and lifelong learners who want the key ideas of great nonfiction books in less time.

We add new titles regularly. Have a book in mind? Suggest it.

We write each summary in our own words through an AI-augmented process, and narrate it with natural-sounding AI voices. A summary explains a book’s main ideas; it does not reproduce the book’s text.

No. A summary gives you the key ideas in 15 minutes. When a book speaks to you, read it in full for the stories, evidence and detail a summary leaves out.

No. Guri Wise offers summaries of nonfiction books, not recordings of the complete original books.

Tell us the book title and what is wrong. We check it and correct the summary.

With a subscription you hear every summary in full. Use the website to explore the catalog, discover reading paths, hear short previews and choose your subscription.

Yes, for previews. Every book page on the website has a short audio preview, free and without an account.

Every summary is available in English.

Unlimited listening to the available Guri Wise audio-summary catalog, for you and one invited person. These are summaries of nonfiction books, not recordings of the complete original books. Monthly and yearly include the same access.

$5.99 a month, or $59.99 a year (2 months free). Prices include applicable taxes. See the plans.

The access is identical. Yearly is billed at $59.99 after the trial. That is 2 months free compared with twelve monthly payments of $5.99.

Yes. Both plans start with seven days free. A card is required to start the trial.

Nothing is charged for your seven-day free trial. Unless you cancel before it ends, your first payment is $5.99 for Monthly or $59.99 for Yearly. The same amount renews each month or year. A card is required; prices include applicable taxes.

Cancellation stops the next renewal. Both accounts keep access until the current trial or paid period ends. Cancel before the end of the free trial to avoid the first charge.

Yes. If you change your mind, you can ask for a full refund within 14 days of your first payment or of a yearly renewal. Monthly renewals are not refunded. To avoid being charged at all, cancel before your seven-day free trial ends.

Invite one person to join your subscription. They use their own login and keep their library and listening progress private. You can both listen at the same time, with one active playback per account. There is no need to share your password.

Please do not. Your plan already includes a second personal account for one invited person, so there is no need to share a password.

Contact us from the email address on your account, and we delete your account and its data.

Yes. See the details and buy one on the gift cards page.

Yes. University students and education staff get 50% off the yearly plan. See the details and confirm your status on the student plan page.

Yes, for creators, book reviewers and educators. See the details and apply on the affiliate program page.

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