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Los señores del narco Summary
Los señores del narco
by Anabel Hernández 2010 592 pages
4.04
2.1K ratings
History
Politics
Crime
Surprised by Christ Summary
Surprised by Christ
My Journey From Judaism to Orthodox Christianity
by A. James Bernstein 2008 335 pages
4.40
167 ratings
Religion
Biography
Christian
Sober Mercies Summary
Sober Mercies
How Love Caught Up with a Christian Drunk
by Heather Harpham Kopp 2013 224 pages
4.31
626 ratings
Memoir
Christian
Biography
All Things Aside Summary
All Things Aside
Absolutely Correct Opinions
by Iliza Shlesinger 2022 256 pages
3.91
4.9K ratings
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
In the Land of Invisible Women Summary
In the Land of Invisible Women
A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
by Qanta A. Ahmed 2008 454 pages
3.74
7.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Religion
It's All About Muhammad Summary
It's All About Muhammad
A Biography of the World's Most Notorious Prophet
by F.W. Burleigh 2014 556 pages
3.90
152 ratings
Biography
Religion
History
Glock Summary
Glock
The Rise of America's Gun
by Paul M. Barrett 2012 291 pages
3.87
2.5K ratings
History
Business
Military Fiction
You'll Never Believe Me Summary
You'll Never Believe Me
A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist
by Kari Ferrell 2025 288 pages
3.35
1.8K ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
Crossroads Summary
Crossroads
The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
by Tom Graves 2008 133 pages
3.84
194 ratings
Music
Biography
History
Edmund Burke Summary
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
by Russell Kirk 1997 285 pages
4.02
300 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
See A Little Light Summary
See A Little Light
The Trail of Rage and Melody
by Bob Mould 2011 403 pages
3.80
2.0K ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
An Autobiography of Trauma Summary
An Autobiography of Trauma
A Healing Journey
by Peter A. Levine 2024 205 pages
3.81
282 ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Mental Health
Mawson's Will Summary
Mawson's Will
The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
by Lennard Bickel 1977 272 pages
4.26
1.7K ratings
Adventure
History
Survival
Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys Summary
Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys
The Songs that Tell Their Story
by Mark Dillon 2012 336 pages
3.95
123 ratings
Music
Biography
The Desert and the Sea Summary
The Desert and the Sea
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
by Michael Scott Moore 2018 480 pages
3.97
2.4K ratings
Memoir
Africa
Biography
Johnny Carson Summary
Johnny Carson
by Henry Bushkin 2013 279 pages
3.78
9.1K ratings
Biography
Biography Memoir
Memoir
Our Noise Summary
Our Noise
The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small
by Laura Ballance 2009 289 pages
4.05
1.4K ratings
Music
Biography
History
Einstein & The Art of Mindful Cycling Summary
Einstein & The Art of Mindful Cycling
Achieving Balance in the Modern World
by Ben Irvine 2012 144 pages
3.53
272 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Science
The Unlikely Disciple Summary
The Unlikely Disciple
A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
by Kevin Roose 2009 324 pages
3.98
12.2K ratings
Religion
Memoir
Biography
Eminent Hipsters Summary
Eminent Hipsters
by Donald Fagen 2013 176 pages
3.56
1.7K ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The Driver Summary
The Driver
My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
by Alexander Roy 2007 336 pages
4.08
653 ratings
Biography
Cars
Racing
Called Out Summary
Called Out
Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling
by Paula Faris 2020 192 pages
4.12
743 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Leadership
You Gotta Want It Summary
You Gotta Want It
by Jake Paul 2016
3.90
799 ratings
Biography
One Direction Summary
One Direction
Who We Are: Our Official Autobiography
by One Direction 2014 352 pages
4.44
3.6K ratings
Biography
Music
Autobiography
Madam Ambassador Summary
Madam Ambassador
Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest
by Eleni Kounalakis 2015 320 pages
3.76
101 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Travel
The Lost Men Summary
The Lost Men
The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
by Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006 366 pages
4.15
1.9K ratings
History
Adventure
Survival
A Curious Mind Summary
A Curious Mind
The Secret to a Bigger Life
by Brian Grazer 2014 320 pages
3.40
6.3K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
This Will Only Hurt a Little Summary
This Will Only Hurt a Little
by Busy Philipps 2018 288 pages
3.91
33.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
A Class of Their Own Summary
A Class of Their Own
Adventures in Tutoring the Super-Rich
by Matthew Hammett Knott 2022
3.62
345 ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
The Latehomecomer Summary
The Latehomecomer
A Hmong Family Memoir
by Kao Kalia Yang 2008 277 pages
4.17
8.3K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
History
The Tigress of Forlì Summary
The Tigress of Forlì
Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
by Elizabeth Lev 2011 316 pages
4.07
2.8K ratings
History
Biography
Italy
Imagine a City Summary
Imagine a City
A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World
by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022 416 pages
3.65
395 ratings
Travel
Memoir
Aviation
Sea of Glory Summary
Sea of Glory
America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2001 452 pages
4.04
6.8K ratings
History
American History
Adventure
Song of the Nightingale Summary
Song of the Nightingale
One Woman's True Story of Faith & Persecution in Eritrea
by Helen Berhane 2009 113 pages
4.35
167 ratings
Biography
Africa
Christian
The Big Burn Summary
The Big Burn
Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
by Timothy Egan 2009 281 pages
4.14
18.0K ratings
History
American History
Nature
There Was and There Was Not Summary
There Was and There Was Not
A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond
by Meline Toumani 2014 304 pages
4.07
575 ratings
History
Memoir
Travel
The Fifth Vital Summary
The Fifth Vital
by Mike Majlak 2020 308 pages
4.33
2.7K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Medical
Saving Five Summary
Saving Five
A Memoir of Hope
by Amanda Nguyen 2025 224 pages
4.28
2.9K ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
Sucker Punch Summary
Sucker Punch
Essays
by Scaachi Koul 2025 272 pages
3.88
1.8K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Canada
You Got Anything Stronger? Summary
You Got Anything Stronger?
by Gabrielle Union 2021 242 pages
4.11
11.5K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Essays
Comandante ad Auschwitz Summary
Comandante ad Auschwitz
by Rudolf Höss 1956 266 pages
3.86
3.5K ratings
History
Holocaust
Biography
Ben & Jerry's Summary
Ben & Jerry's
The Inside Scoop: How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor
by Fred Lager 1994 276 pages
3.87
342 ratings
Business
Food
Biography
Josephine Baker Summary
Josephine Baker
The Hungry Heart
by Jean-Claude Baker 1993 592 pages
3.77
346 ratings
Biography
History
Music
How to Win an Information War Summary
How to Win an Information War
The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler
by Peter Pomerantsev 2024 304 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
History
Politics
War
My Men Are My Heroes Summary
My Men Are My Heroes
The Brad Kasal Story
by Brad Kasal 2007 287 pages
4.18
609 ratings
Military Fiction
History
War
Unfiltered Summary
Unfiltered
No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me
by Lily Collins 2017 224 pages
3.85
11.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Talking as Fast as I Can Summary
Talking as Fast as I Can
From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
by Lauren Graham 2016 224 pages
3.94
157.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
The Latehomecomer Summary
The Latehomecomer
A Hmong Family Memoir
by Kao Kalia Yang 2008 277 pages
4.17
8.3K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
History
Renegade Summary
Renegade
Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
by Adam Kinzinger 2023 316 pages
4.15
2.2K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
Doctored Summary
Doctored
The Disillusionment of an American Physician
by Sandeep Jauhar 2014 288 pages
3.60
1.5K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
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