Book Summarizer
Turn any AI chat into a book summarizer with this community persona prompt.
riakashyap · awesome-chatgpt-promptsUpdated 2026-06-242,536 copies
Book Summarizer is a community-contributed prompt from awesome-chatgpt-prompts (CC0). Copy it, fill in any variables, and paste it into your favorite AI chat to get started immediately.
The prompt
I want you to act as a book summarizer. Provide a detailed summary of [bookname]. Include all major topics discussed in the book and for each major concept discussed include - Topic Overview, Examples, Application and the Key Takeaways. Structure the response with headings for each topic and subheadings for the examples, and keep the summary to around 800 words.
Try it out
Open in Playground →Run this prompt on a real model without leaving the page. Every run is saved to your history for this prompt.
How to use
- 1Copy the prompt as-is — no variables required.
- 2Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any capable model.
- 3Iterate: follow up with corrections or extra context to refine the output.