Memoir
Real lives unfold on these pages as writers share their most profound experiences, revelations, and transformative moments through intimate personal storytelling. Whether penned by world leaders or beloved artists, each memoir offers a window into someone's truth - their struggles and triumphs, wisdom and wonder, laughter and loss.
Memoir Book Summaries
Left for Dead
My Journey Home from Everest
Adventure
Mountaineering
Memoir
Left for Dead
My Journey Home from Everest
Adventure
Mountaineering
Memoir
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Biography
Politics
History
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Biography
Politics
History
A Long Way Home
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
A Long Way Home
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
The Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Books About Books
Russia
Memoir
The Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Books About Books
Russia
Memoir
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
Race
Essays
Memoir
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
Race
Essays
Memoir
The Wind in My Hair
My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
Memoir
Iran
Feminism
The Wind in My Hair
My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
Memoir
Iran
Feminism
Three Women
Feminism
Book Club
Contemporary
Three Women
Feminism
Book Club
Contemporary
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised
A Memoir of Survival and Hope
Sports
Memoir
Basketball
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised
A Memoir of Survival and Hope
Sports
Memoir
Basketball
Mother Tongue
My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish
Travel
Memoir
Language
Mother Tongue
My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish
Travel
Memoir
Language
Mao's America
A Survivor's Warning
Politics
History
China
Mao's America
A Survivor's Warning
Politics
History
China
Choosing to Run
A Memoir
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Choosing to Run
A Memoir
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters
The Education of a Craftsman
Philosophy
Art
Memoir
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters
The Education of a Craftsman
Philosophy
Art
Memoir
Somehow
Thoughts on Love
Essays
Memoir
Spirituality
Somehow
Thoughts on Love
Essays
Memoir
Spirituality
Every Tool's a Hammer
Life Is What You Make It
Biography
Memoir
Science
Every Tool's a Hammer
Life Is What You Make It
Biography
Memoir
Science
Melania and Me
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Melania and Me
Politics
Memoir
Biography
The Lessons of Love
Rediscovering Our Passion for Live When It All Seems Too Hard to Take
Self Help
Spirituality
Relationships
The Lessons of Love
Rediscovering Our Passion for Live When It All Seems Too Hard to Take
Self Help
Spirituality
Relationships
A Fish in the Water
A Memoir
Biography
Memoir
Nobel Prize
A Fish in the Water
A Memoir
Biography
Memoir
Nobel Prize
Handcrafted
A Woodworker's Story
Biography
Memoir
Woodwork
Handcrafted
A Woodworker's Story
Biography
Memoir
Woodwork
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
A Mostly True Memoir
Memoir
Humor
Book Club
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
A Mostly True Memoir
Memoir
Humor
Book Club
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
History
Books About Books
Memoir
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
History
Books About Books
Memoir
One Taste
Daily Reflections on Integral Spirituality
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
One Taste
Daily Reflections on Integral Spirituality
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
On the Move
A Life
Memoir
Biography
Science
On the Move
A Life
Memoir
Biography
Science
Same Kind of Different as Me
A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Book Club
Memoir
Christian
Same Kind of Different as Me
A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Book Club
Memoir
Christian
French Kids Eat Everything ( And Yours Can, Too )
How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banished Snacking and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Healthy, Happy Eaters
Parenting
Food
Memoir
French Kids Eat Everything ( And Yours Can, Too )
How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banished Snacking and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Healthy, Happy Eaters
Parenting
Food
Memoir
Dare I Say It
Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause
Health
Memoir
Self Help
Dare I Say It
Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause
Health
Memoir
Self Help
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
Before & Laughter
The funniest man in the UK’s genuinely useful guide to life
Biography
Comedy
Self Help
Before & Laughter
The funniest man in the UK’s genuinely useful guide to life
Biography
Comedy
Self Help
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
Essays
Memoir
Feminism
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
Essays
Memoir
Feminism
Hope
A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
Hope
A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
Mind Without Fear
Business
Biography
Autobiography
Mind Without Fear
Business
Biography
Autobiography
Surviving to Drive
Sports
Biography
Memoir
Surviving to Drive
Sports
Biography
Memoir
There's More to Life Than This
Spirituality
Memoir
Biography
There's More to Life Than This
Spirituality
Memoir
Biography
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies
And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There
Self Help
Memoir
Psychology
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies
And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There
Self Help
Memoir
Psychology
My Broken Language
Memoir
Latinx
Biography
My Broken Language
Memoir
Latinx
Biography
A Century Is Not Enough
My Roller-coaster Ride to Success
Sports
Biography
Autobiography
A Century Is Not Enough
My Roller-coaster Ride to Success
Sports
Biography
Autobiography
Bringing Up Bébé
One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Parenting
Memoir
France
Bringing Up Bébé
One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Parenting
Memoir
France
Novelist as a Vocation
Writing
Memoir
Essays
Novelist as a Vocation
Writing
Memoir
Essays
Moonshot
A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible
Science
Space
Biography
Moonshot
A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible
Science
Space
Biography
The Housekeeper's Secret
Memoir
Mystery
Autobiography
The Housekeeper's Secret
Memoir
Mystery
Autobiography
Every Day Gets A Little Closer
Psychology
Mental Health
Counselling
Every Day Gets A Little Closer
Psychology
Mental Health
Counselling
The Philosopher and the Wolf
Lessons From the Wild on Love, Death and Happiness
Philosophy
Animals
Memoir
The Philosopher and the Wolf
Lessons From the Wild on Love, Death and Happiness
Philosophy
Animals
Memoir
26 Marathons
What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career
Sports
Memoir
Biography
26 Marathons
What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career
Sports
Memoir
Biography
The Sound of Gravel
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
The Sound of Gravel
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Respect in a World of Inequality
Sociology
Politics
Society
Respect in a World of Inequality
Sociology
Politics
Society
The Heart of a Woman
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Heart of a Woman
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Extraordinary Circumstances
The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
Business
Accounting
Memoir
Extraordinary Circumstances
The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
Business
Accounting
Memoir
Exposure
Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont
Science
History
Environment
Exposure
Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont
Science
History
Environment
We Have Always Been Here
A Queer Muslim Memoir
Memoir
Queer
LGBT
We Have Always Been Here
A Queer Muslim Memoir
Memoir
Queer
LGBT
Lucky Man
A Memoir
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Lucky Man
A Memoir
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Long Walk to Freedom
Biography
History
Africa
Long Walk to Freedom
Biography
History
Africa
