Best Autobiography Books | Summaries & Audio

Autobiography Book Summaries

Role Models

by John Waters • 2010

Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.

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8k+

🧑‍🎨 Outsider Art 💅 Camp Sensibility ✊ Counterculture 🕯️ Cult Figures 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Aesthetics

Role Models

Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.

by John Waters 2010 304 pages

4.07

8k+ ratings

🧑‍🎨 Outsider Art 💅 Camp Sensibility ✊ Counterculture 🕯️ Cult Figures 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Aesthetics

Autobiography of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain • 2010

Sealed for a century: Twain's unfiltered life, with the portrait his daughter wrote tucked inside.

3.80

8k+

🖋️ Literary Lives 🇺🇸 American Authors ✍️ Author Memoirs 😂 Humorists 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Memoir

Autobiography of Mark Twain

Sealed for a century: Twain's unfiltered life, with the portrait his daughter wrote tucked inside.

by Mark Twain 2010 414 pages

3.80

8k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Lives 🇺🇸 American Authors ✍️ Author Memoirs 😂 Humorists 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Memoir

Greek to Me

by Mary Norris • 2019

One copy editor's love affair with Greek: ancient ruins, Aegean swims, and a nation in turmoil.

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2k+

🏛️ Greek Language ✈️ Travel Memoir 📖 Language Obsession 🏺 Greek Mythology 🇬🇷 Philhellenism

Greek to Me

One copy editor's love affair with Greek: ancient ruins, Aegean swims, and a nation in turmoil.

by Mary Norris 2019 240 pages

3.63

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Language ✈️ Travel Memoir 📖 Language Obsession 🏺 Greek Mythology 🇬🇷 Philhellenism

Another Word for Love

by Carvell Wallace • 2024

Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.

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🖋️ Literary Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🟤 Racial Identity 🖤 Black Men

Another Word for Love

Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.

by Carvell Wallace 2024 272 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🟤 Racial Identity 🖤 Black Men

Prisoner

by Jason Rezaian • 2019

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

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1k+

✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement 🌉 Cross-Cultural Identity 🤝 Hostage Diplomacy

Prisoner

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

by Jason Rezaian 2019 320 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement 🌉 Cross-Cultural Identity 🤝 Hostage Diplomacy

Highcastle

by Stanisław Lem • 1966

Before the science fiction, Stanisław Lem ran an imaginary bureaucracy that authorized regicide.

3.65

500+

🧒 Childhood Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🎭 Imagination And Play 🔗 Creativity And Constraint 🧠 Memory And Identity

Highcastle

Before the science fiction, Stanisław Lem ran an imaginary bureaucracy that authorized regicide.

by Stanisław Lem 1966 152 pages

3.65

500+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🎭 Imagination And Play 🔗 Creativity And Constraint 🧠 Memory And Identity

Go For The Goal

by Mia Hamm • 1999

Mia Hamm's World Cup playbook: the habits and resilience that win matches and shape a life.

4.02

500+

⚽ Women's Soccer 🧠 Athletic Mindset 🎯 Deliberate Practice 👥 Sports Leadership 🌱 Young Athletes

Go For The Goal

Mia Hamm's World Cup playbook: the habits and resilience that win matches and shape a life.

by Mia Hamm 1999 272 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

⚽ Women's Soccer 🧠 Athletic Mindset 🎯 Deliberate Practice 👥 Sports Leadership 🌱 Young Athletes

Never Far from Home

by Bruce Jackson • 2023

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

4.12

257

🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

Never Far from Home

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

by Bruce Jackson 2023 272 pages

4.12

257 ratings

🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost

by Rachel Friedman • 2011

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

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4k+

🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs 🦋 Self-Reinvention 🌍 Cultural Immersion

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

by Rachel Friedman 2011 287 pages

3.80

4k+ ratings

🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs 🦋 Self-Reinvention 🌍 Cultural Immersion

Poser

by Claire Dederer • 2010

Yoga undid her. Here is why a Seattle mother spent years trying to nail a backbend.

3.57

6k+

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood 🧘‍♀️ Mom Perfectionism 💔 Generational Divorce 🧘 Yoga Memoir ✍️ Art And Motherhood

Poser

Yoga undid her. Here is why a Seattle mother spent years trying to nail a backbend.

by Claire Dederer 2010 352 pages

3.57

6k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood 🧘‍♀️ Mom Perfectionism 💔 Generational Divorce 🧘 Yoga Memoir ✍️ Art And Motherhood

The Most Beautiful

by Mayte Garcia • 2017

129 shows, a secret wedding, a lost baby, a sudden death: his wife finally tells her story.

4.13

6k+

📖 Celebrity Memoir 🎵 Music Memoir 🕊️ Child Loss 🎬 Life After Fame 🎤 Women In Music

The Most Beautiful

129 shows, a secret wedding, a lost baby, a sudden death: his wife finally tells her story.

by Mayte Garcia 2017 304 pages

4.13

6k+ ratings

📖 Celebrity Memoir 🎵 Music Memoir 🕊️ Child Loss 🎬 Life After Fame 🎤 Women In Music

Never Give an Inch

by Mike Pompeo • 2022

Refusing to pay, apologize, or sign weak agreements: inside Trump’s nationalist foreign policy.

4.31

1k+

🇺🇸 America First 🇨🇳 Us China Rivalry 🏛️ Cabinet Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Diplomacy 🛡️ Deterrence Strategy

Never Give an Inch

Refusing to pay, apologize, or sign weak agreements: inside Trump’s nationalist foreign policy.

by Mike Pompeo 2022 434 pages

4.31

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 America First 🇨🇳 Us China Rivalry 🏛️ Cabinet Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Diplomacy 🛡️ Deterrence Strategy

Girl Walks into a Bar . . .

by Rachel Dratch • 2012

Rachel Dratch was 43, single, and done with baby dreams. A Hawaii fling changed everything.

3.63

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🎤 Comedian Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Personal Essays 🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👩‍👦 Solo Motherhood

Girl Walks into a Bar . . .

Rachel Dratch was 43, single, and done with baby dreams. A Hawaii fling changed everything.

by Rachel Dratch 2012 248 pages

3.63

27k+ ratings

🎤 Comedian Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Personal Essays 🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👩‍👦 Solo Motherhood

In Good Company

by James Martin • 2000

He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.

4.30

381

📿 Catholic Memoirs 🙏 Ignacian Spirituality ✝️ Vocation Discernment 🤲 Service To The Poor 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

In Good Company

He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.

by James Martin 2000 216 pages

4.30

381 ratings

📿 Catholic Memoirs 🙏 Ignacian Spirituality ✝️ Vocation Discernment 🤲 Service To The Poor 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

Under the Black Hat

by Jim Ross • 2020

Half his face was paralyzed. His boss made it a joke. He stayed at the broadcast table.

4.29

2k+

🤼 Professional Wrestling 🎤 Sports Commentary 📺 Wwe History 🕵️ Insider Accounts 💪 Career Resilience

Under the Black Hat

Half his face was paralyzed. His boss made it a joke. He stayed at the broadcast table.

by Jim Ross 2020 295 pages

4.29

2k+ ratings

🤼 Professional Wrestling 🎤 Sports Commentary 📺 Wwe History 🕵️ Insider Accounts 💪 Career Resilience

Abroad in Japan

by Chris Broad • 2023

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

4.11

23k+

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food 😳 Culture Shock 🌏 Expat Life

Abroad in Japan

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

by Chris Broad 2023 320 pages

4.11

23k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food 😳 Culture Shock 🌏 Expat Life

Zero Regrets

by Apolo Anton Ohno • 2010

Eight Olympic medals came from the discipline most athletes ignore: training the mind like a muscle.

4.22

500+

🏅 Elite Performance ⛸️ Winter Sports 🧠 Sports Psychology 🏆 Olympic Memoirs 🎯 Goal Setting

Zero Regrets

Eight Olympic medals came from the discipline most athletes ignore: training the mind like a muscle.

by Apolo Anton Ohno 2010 292 pages

4.22

500+ ratings

🏅 Elite Performance ⛸️ Winter Sports 🧠 Sports Psychology 🏆 Olympic Memoirs 🎯 Goal Setting

Guns & Thighs

by Ram Gopal Varma • 2015

His hits were accidental. His flops were deliberate. A Bollywood director's argument for failure.

3.68

500+

🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎬 Filmmaking Memoir 💥 Artistic Failure 💡 Creative Process 🎞️ Film Philosophy

Guns & Thighs

His hits were accidental. His flops were deliberate. A Bollywood director's argument for failure.

by Ram Gopal Varma 2015 220 pages

3.68

500+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎬 Filmmaking Memoir 💥 Artistic Failure 💡 Creative Process 🎞️ Film Philosophy

The Facts

by Philip Roth • 1988

A master of fiction tries to write the straight truth about his life, and discovers why he cannot.

3.70

1k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers On Writing ✡️ Jewish Identity 🔄 Metafiction 🗽 Artistic Freedom

The Facts

A master of fiction tries to write the straight truth about his life, and discovers why he cannot.

by Philip Roth 1988 208 pages

3.70

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers On Writing ✡️ Jewish Identity 🔄 Metafiction 🗽 Artistic Freedom

Did I Ever Tell You?

by Genevieve Kingston • 2024

Her dying mother packed gift chests for the milestones she'd miss. The first opened at sixteen.

4.29

5k+

🕯️ Grief Memoir 🥀 Loss Of A Mother 🧵 Mother-Daughter Bond 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir

Did I Ever Tell You?

Her dying mother packed gift chests for the milestones she'd miss. The first opened at sixteen.

by Genevieve Kingston 2024 288 pages

4.29

5k+ ratings

🕯️ Grief Memoir 🥀 Loss Of A Mother 🧵 Mother-Daughter Bond 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir

The Profiler

by Pat Brown • 2010

Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.

3.08

1k+

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🧠 Forensic Psychology 👹 Psychopathy 🔍 Crime Scene Analysis ⚖️ Justice System Flaws

The Profiler

Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.

by Pat Brown 2010 285 pages

3.08

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🧠 Forensic Psychology 👹 Psychopathy 🔍 Crime Scene Analysis ⚖️ Justice System Flaws

Tramp for the Lord

by Corrie ten Boom • 1971

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

4.50

26k+

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness 🧭 Divine Guidance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Tramp for the Lord

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

by Corrie ten Boom 1971 224 pages

4.50

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness 🧭 Divine Guidance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

The Upstairs Wife

by Rafia Zakaria • 2015

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

3.78

1k+

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir 🗳️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Pakistani Politics

The Upstairs Wife

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

by Rafia Zakaria 2015 264 pages

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir 🗳️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Pakistani Politics

A Little Bit Broken

by Roz Weston • 2022

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

4.25

1k+

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bonds 🕯️ Parental Loss

A Little Bit Broken

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

by Roz Weston 2022 333 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bonds 🕯️ Parental Loss

Is This Legal?

by Art Davie • 2014

73 minutes before airtime, the contract was unsigned. How a stubborn ad man birthed the UFC.

4.21

🥋 Mixed Martial Arts 💼 Sports Business 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏷️ Brand Creation 😱 Moral Panics

Is This Legal?

73 minutes before airtime, the contract was unsigned. How a stubborn ad man birthed the UFC.

by Art Davie 2014 270 pages

4.21

86 ratings

🥋 Mixed Martial Arts 💼 Sports Business 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏷️ Brand Creation 😱 Moral Panics

Some Girls

by Jillian Lauren • 2010

At 18, she joined a harem. The pay was lavish; the real cost took years.

3.35

9k+

💋 Sex Work Memoirs 👑 Royal Insider Accounts 🪞 Objectification ✊ Female Agency 🍽️ Body Image

Some Girls

At 18, she joined a harem. The pay was lavish; the real cost took years.

by Jillian Lauren 2010 336 pages

3.35

9k+ ratings

💋 Sex Work Memoirs 👑 Royal Insider Accounts 🪞 Objectification ✊ Female Agency 🍽️ Body Image

Blind Curves

by Linda Crill • 2013

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

3.62

149

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys 🌿 Outdoor Healing 🌻 Post-Traumatic Growth

Blind Curves

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

by Linda Crill 2013 256 pages

3.62

149 ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys 🌿 Outdoor Healing 🌻 Post-Traumatic Growth

Winning!

by Clive Woodward • 2004

Talent wins games. Relentless attention to detail wins World Cups: a champion coach's blueprint.

4.14

497

🏉 Sports Leadership ⚡ High-Performance Teams 🏆 Performance Culture 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🧠 Competitive Mindset

Winning!

Talent wins games. Relentless attention to detail wins World Cups: a champion coach's blueprint.

by Clive Woodward 2004

4.14

497 ratings

🏉 Sports Leadership ⚡ High-Performance Teams 🏆 Performance Culture 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🧠 Competitive Mindset

Where White Men Fear to Tread

by Russell Means • 1995

How a California street kid reclaimed his Lakota identity and led the occupation of Mount Rushmore.

4.14

1k+

🪶 Lakota Culture ✊ Indigenous Activism 🏫 Boarding School Legacy 🌱 Cultural Reclamation 📜 Treaty Rights

Where White Men Fear to Tread

How a California street kid reclaimed his Lakota identity and led the occupation of Mount Rushmore.

by Russell Means 1995 624 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🪶 Lakota Culture ✊ Indigenous Activism 🏫 Boarding School Legacy 🌱 Cultural Reclamation 📜 Treaty Rights

Travels with Myself and Another

by Martha Gellhorn • 1979

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

3.84

2k+

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel 👁️ Cultural Observation 📰 Field Journalism

Travels with Myself and Another

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

by Martha Gellhorn 1979 320 pages

3.84

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel 👁️ Cultural Observation 📰 Field Journalism

Nowhere Girl

by Cheryl Diamond • 2021

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

4.04

8k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 False Identities ✂️ Breaking Family Cycles

Nowhere Girl

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

by Cheryl Diamond 2021 309 pages

4.04

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 False Identities ✂️ Breaking Family Cycles

The Idea Factory

by Pepper White • 1991

MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.

3.85

255

🎓 Grad School 🏛️ Elite Universities 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 📚 Academic Pressure 🔧 Hands-On Learning

The Idea Factory

MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.

by Pepper White 1991 328 pages

3.85

255 ratings

🎓 Grad School 🏛️ Elite Universities 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 📚 Academic Pressure 🔧 Hands-On Learning

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass • 2004

A former slave's firsthand account of how literacy unlocked his escape from bondage.

4.13

100k+

📜 Slave Narratives ⛓️ American Slavery 🔓 Self-Emancipation 📚 Literacy And Freedom ✊ Abolitionist Literature

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

A former slave's firsthand account of how literacy unlocked his escape from bondage.

by Frederick Douglass 2004 158 pages

4.13

100k+ ratings

📜 Slave Narratives ⛓️ American Slavery 🔓 Self-Emancipation 📚 Literacy And Freedom ✊ Abolitionist Literature

The Stories We Tell

by Joanna Gaines • 2022

The story you tell about yourself is a first draft. Here is how to revise it.

3.48

12k+

🎤 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Self-Help Memoir 💭 Storytelling And Identity 🫂 Vulnerability 🧘 Mindfulness

The Stories We Tell

The story you tell about yourself is a first draft. Here is how to revise it.

by Joanna Gaines 2022 252 pages

3.48

12k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Self-Help Memoir 💭 Storytelling And Identity 🫂 Vulnerability 🧘 Mindfulness

The Wives

by Simone Gorrindo • 2024

She joined a hidden world of rules, waiting, and rivalries: the sisterhood of Army wives.

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9k+

🏠 Military Spouses 💪 Invisible Labor 👭 Female Friendship ❤️ Marriage Under Pressure 🏛️ Institutional Critique

The Wives

She joined a hidden world of rules, waiting, and rivalries: the sisterhood of Army wives.

by Simone Gorrindo 2024 416 pages

3.77

9k+ ratings

🏠 Military Spouses 💪 Invisible Labor 👭 Female Friendship ❤️ Marriage Under Pressure 🏛️ Institutional Critique

Decision Points

by George W. Bush • 2010

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

3.81

42k+

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🏗️ Nation-Building ⚔️ Wartime Leadership

Decision Points

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

by George W. Bush 2010 496 pages

3.81

42k+ ratings

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🏗️ Nation-Building ⚔️ Wartime Leadership

Punch Me Up To The Gods

by Brian Broome • 2021

His father's lessons were fists. Pittsburgh's gay bars taught him a different kind of blow.

4.33

6k+

🖤 Black Masculinity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🪞 Internalized Racism 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery

Punch Me Up To The Gods

His father's lessons were fists. Pittsburgh's gay bars taught him a different kind of blow.

by Brian Broome 2021 272 pages

4.33

6k+ ratings

🖤 Black Masculinity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🪞 Internalized Racism 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery

Notes to Self

by Emilie Pine • 2018

She was good at going hungry. It was the one thing she could control.

4.10

20k+

📖 Confessional Memoir ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🫥 Body Shame

Notes to Self

She was good at going hungry. It was the one thing she could control.

by Emilie Pine 2018 192 pages

4.10

20k+ ratings

📖 Confessional Memoir ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🫥 Body Shame

The Book of (More) Delights

by Ross Gay • 2023

A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.

4.25

2k+

📝 Lyric Essays 👀 Practice Of Noticing 🙏 Everyday Devotion 🌱 Garden As Teacher 🍂 Midlife Reflection

The Book of (More) Delights

A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.

by Ross Gay 2023 301 pages

4.25

2k+ ratings

📝 Lyric Essays 👀 Practice Of Noticing 🙏 Everyday Devotion 🌱 Garden As Teacher 🍂 Midlife Reflection

The Secret Race

by Tyler Hamilton • 2012

A secret phone, hidden blood, a decade of lies: a Tour winner tells all.

4.39

19k+

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Sports Doping 🧪 Doping Culture 🕵️ Sports Corruption 🧠 Athlete Mental Health

The Secret Race

A secret phone, hidden blood, a decade of lies: a Tour winner tells all.

by Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 pages

4.39

19k+ ratings

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Sports Doping 🧪 Doping Culture 🕵️ Sports Corruption 🧠 Athlete Mental Health

The Happy Medium

by Kim Russo • 2016

A working medium teaches you to unlock the intuitive abilities you shut down as a child.

4.33

1k+

🔮 Mediumship 🧠 Psychic Development ⚡ Energy Work 👻 Afterlife Exploration ⏳ Past Lives

The Happy Medium

A working medium teaches you to unlock the intuitive abilities you shut down as a child.

by Kim Russo 2016 240 pages

4.33

1k+ ratings

🔮 Mediumship 🧠 Psychic Development ⚡ Energy Work 👻 Afterlife Exploration ⏳ Past Lives

In the Form of a Question

by Amy Schneider • 2023

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

3.51

3k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

In the Form of a Question

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

by Amy Schneider 2023 272 pages

3.51

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs

by Ulysses S. Grant • 1885

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

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9k+

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command 🚂 Military Logistics 💡 Military Realism

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

by Ulysses S. Grant 1885

4.14

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command 🚂 Military Logistics 💡 Military Realism

Unfiltered

by Lily Collins • 2017

Actress known for polished roles reveals the eating disorder and emotional abuse behind the camera.

3.84

11k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🪞 Body Image 💗 Self-Acceptance 🚩 Toxic Relationships

Unfiltered

Actress known for polished roles reveals the eating disorder and emotional abuse behind the camera.

by Lily Collins 2017 224 pages

3.84

11k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🪞 Body Image 💗 Self-Acceptance 🚩 Toxic Relationships

Aussie Grit

by Mark Webber • 2015

Three races from a title, his team gave the only new front wing to his rival.

4.02

2k+

🏎️ Formula 1 Racing 🏛️ Team Politics ⚔️ F1 Rivalries 🩹 Sports Adversity 🔄 Career Transitions

Aussie Grit

Three races from a title, his team gave the only new front wing to his rival.

by Mark Webber 2015 390 pages

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏎️ Formula 1 Racing 🏛️ Team Politics ⚔️ F1 Rivalries 🩹 Sports Adversity 🔄 Career Transitions

You're Never Weird on the Internet

by Felicia Day • 2015

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

4.07

50k+

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

You're Never Weird on the Internet

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

by Felicia Day 2015 272 pages

4.07

50k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

Porcelain

by Moby • 2016

A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.

3.98

4k+

🎧 Electronic Music 🪩 Rave Culture 🎤 Music Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Doubt 🍷 Sobriety Journeys

Porcelain

A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.

by Moby 2016 418 pages

3.98

4k+ ratings

🎧 Electronic Music 🪩 Rave Culture 🎤 Music Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Doubt 🍷 Sobriety Journeys

Breaking the Silence

by Casey Watson • 2013

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

4.42

1k+

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Breaking the Silence

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

by Casey Watson 2013 289 pages

4.42

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting 💔 Childhood Trauma 🥀 Grief In Children

Windswept & Interesting

by Billy Connolly • 2021

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

4.40

11k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Windswept & Interesting

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

by Billy Connolly 2021 392 pages

4.40

11k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

The Apprentice

by Jacques Pépin • 2003

From kitchen boy at thirteen to de Gaulle's chef. Then a car crash changed everything.

4.19

10k+

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The Apprentice

From kitchen boy at thirteen to de Gaulle's chef. Then a car crash changed everything.

by Jacques Pépin 2003 336 pages

4.19

10k+ ratings

🍳 Chef Memoirs 🥖 French Cuisine 🔪 Culinary Apprenticeship 🍲 Food And Memory 🔄 Career Reinvention

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