Best Memoir Books | Summaries & Audio

Memoir Book Summaries

How to Stand Up to a Dictator

by Maria Ressa • 2022

How to fight back when your government weaponizes social media, from the journalist who lived it.

4.36

7k+

🗞️ Press Freedom 🔴 Disinformation ⛓️ Authoritarianism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💻 Big Tech Criticism

How to Stand Up to a Dictator

How to fight back when your government weaponizes social media, from the journalist who lived it.

by Maria Ressa 2022 288 pages

4.36

7k+ ratings

🗞️ Press Freedom 🔴 Disinformation ⛓️ Authoritarianism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💻 Big Tech Criticism

The Secret Race

by Tyler Hamilton • 2012

EPO, blood bags, and the code of silence: inside the Tour de France's doping underworld.

4.39

19k+

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Doping In Sport 🩸 Blood Doping 🤫 Code Of Silence 📖 Confessional Memoir

The Secret Race

EPO, blood bags, and the code of silence: inside the Tour de France's doping underworld.

by Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 pages

4.39

19k+ ratings

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Doping In Sport 🩸 Blood Doping 🤫 Code Of Silence 📖 Confessional Memoir

The Undocumented Americans

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio • 2020

After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.

4.37

27k+

🗽 Undocumented Immigration ✍️ Immigrant Memoir 🏥 Healthcare Inequality 🏭 Environmental Racism ⛓️ Labor Exploitation

The Undocumented Americans

After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2020 208 pages

4.37

27k+ ratings

🗽 Undocumented Immigration ✍️ Immigrant Memoir 🏥 Healthcare Inequality 🏭 Environmental Racism ⛓️ Labor Exploitation

My Journey

by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam • 2013

From newspaper boy to president: the life rules that turn big dreams into bigger actions.

4.43

6k+

🇮🇳 Indian Memoir 🔬 Scientist Autobiography 🌟 Visionary Leadership 🧱 Resilience Building 🕊️ Interfaith Harmony

My Journey

From newspaper boy to president: the life rules that turn big dreams into bigger actions.

by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2013 147 pages

4.43

6k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Memoir 🔬 Scientist Autobiography 🌟 Visionary Leadership 🧱 Resilience Building 🕊️ Interfaith Harmony

You Are Your Best Thing

by Tarana Burke • 2021

Shame, vulnerability, and resilience, reframed by Black voices who live the extra weight of racism.

4.51

7k+

🛡️ Shame Resilience ✊🏾 Black Experience 🧬 Generational Trauma ⛓️‍💥 Systemic Racism 🖤 Black Feminism

You Are Your Best Thing

Shame, vulnerability, and resilience, reframed by Black voices who live the extra weight of racism.

by Tarana Burke 2021 6 pages

4.51

7k+ ratings

🛡️ Shame Resilience ✊🏾 Black Experience 🧬 Generational Trauma ⛓️‍💥 Systemic Racism 🖤 Black Feminism

Poverty Safari

by Darren McGarvey • 2017

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

4.01

6k+

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🔁 Cycle Of Poverty

Poverty Safari

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

by Darren McGarvey 2017 257 pages

4.01

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🔁 Cycle Of Poverty

Know What Matters

by Ron Shaich • 2023

Work backward from the legacy you want: the hard choices that build a life worth owning.

4.23

430

🏛️ Founder Memoirs 🗺️ Life Design ⚔️ Competitive Differentiation 🫂 Customer Empathy 🪓 Hard Choices

Know What Matters

Work backward from the legacy you want: the hard choices that build a life worth owning.

by Ron Shaich 2023 272 pages

4.23

430 ratings

🏛️ Founder Memoirs 🗺️ Life Design ⚔️ Competitive Differentiation 🫂 Customer Empathy 🪓 Hard Choices

Yes, Chef

by Marcus Samuelsson • 2012

Ethiopian orphan, Swedish upbringing, New York three-star chef at 24: a life built on lost names.

3.86

18k+

🍳 Chef Memoirs 🧒 Adoption Stories 🌍 Cultural Identity ✈️ Immigrant Memoirs 🍽️ Race In Fine Dining

Yes, Chef

Ethiopian orphan, Swedish upbringing, New York three-star chef at 24: a life built on lost names.

by Marcus Samuelsson 2012 336 pages

3.86

18k+ ratings

🍳 Chef Memoirs 🧒 Adoption Stories 🌍 Cultural Identity ✈️ Immigrant Memoirs 🍽️ Race In Fine Dining

Emergency

by Neil Strauss • 2009

A journalist masters the skills to survive anything except his own panic.

3.81

5k+

🏕️ Survival Preparedness 📰 Gonzo Journalism 🥫 Prepper Culture 🏙️ Urban Survival 🌲 Wilderness Skills

Emergency

A journalist masters the skills to survive anything except his own panic.

by Neil Strauss 2009 432 pages

3.81

5k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Preparedness 📰 Gonzo Journalism 🥫 Prepper Culture 🏙️ Urban Survival 🌲 Wilderness Skills

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

by Sean Carroll • 2024

Autism isn't broken wiring; it's different wiring. Three cognitive styles unlock hidden strengths.

4.09

500+

♾️ Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing 🖼️ Visual Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Styles

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

Autism isn't broken wiring; it's different wiring. Three cognitive styles unlock hidden strengths.

by Sean Carroll 2024 304 pages

4.09

500+ ratings

♾️ Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing 🖼️ Visual Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Styles

The Perfect Day to Boss Up

by Rick Ross • 2021

The mogul's manual: how vision, financial discipline, and an allergy to excuses build an empire.

4.02

1k+

🎤 Hip Hop Business 🏢 Mogul Memoirs 🎶 Music Industry 💰 Hustle Culture 💸 Financial Discipline

The Perfect Day to Boss Up

The mogul's manual: how vision, financial discipline, and an allergy to excuses build an empire.

by Rick Ross 2021 256 pages

4.02

1k+ ratings

🎤 Hip Hop Business 🏢 Mogul Memoirs 🎶 Music Industry 💰 Hustle Culture 💸 Financial Discipline

The Hunger Games

by Kate Egan • 2012

The dread of dying is the regret of a life postponed: a therapist's guide to starting now.

4.53

200k+

🛋️ Existential Therapy 💀 Death Anxiety 🕊️ Grief Therapy 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship 🔄 Countertransference

The Hunger Games

The dread of dying is the regret of a life postponed: a therapist's guide to starting now.

by Kate Egan 2012 160 pages

4.53

200k+ ratings

🛋️ Existential Therapy 💀 Death Anxiety 🕊️ Grief Therapy 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship 🔄 Countertransference

Storm of Steel

by Ernst Jünger • 1920

A German volunteer reaches the trenches full of ideals and emerges a soldier who stopped flinching.

4.16

22k+

🪖 WWI Memoir 🕳️ Trench Warfare 🤝 Brotherhood In Arms 🫡 Officer's Perspective 🪨 Stoic Endurance

Storm of Steel

A German volunteer reaches the trenches full of ideals and emerges a soldier who stopped flinching.

by Ernst Jünger 1920 289 pages

4.16

22k+ ratings

🪖 WWI Memoir 🕳️ Trench Warfare 🤝 Brotherhood In Arms 🫡 Officer's Perspective 🪨 Stoic Endurance

Little Princes

by Conor Grennan • 2011

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

4.26

23k+

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Little Princes

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

by Conor Grennan 2011 294 pages

4.26

23k+ ratings

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

How to Be Alone

by Lane Moore • 2018

When you raise yourself through childhood, adulthood is a crash course in letting people in.

3.68

6k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 💔 Emotional Neglect 💘 Attachment Wounds 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🙇 People-Pleasing

How to Be Alone

When you raise yourself through childhood, adulthood is a crash course in letting people in.

by Lane Moore 2018 226 pages

3.68

6k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 💔 Emotional Neglect 💘 Attachment Wounds 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🙇 People-Pleasing

Good Time Girl

by Heather Gay • 2024

Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.

3.57

3k+

⛪ Mormon Memoir 💔 Religious Deconstruction 📺 Reality Tv Memoir ✊ Good Girl Rebellion 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Good Time Girl

Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.

by Heather Gay 2024 288 pages

3.57

3k+ ratings

⛪ Mormon Memoir 💔 Religious Deconstruction 📺 Reality Tv Memoir ✊ Good Girl Rebellion 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Let Your Life Speak

by Parker J. Palmer • 1999

Vocation is not about willfulness. It grows from listening to your life, even its darkest seasons.

4.15

13k+

🌿 Contemplative Spirituality 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🖤 Shadow Work 🌧️ Depression Recovery 👤 Self-Aware Leadership

Let Your Life Speak

Vocation is not about willfulness. It grows from listening to your life, even its darkest seasons.

by Parker J. Palmer 1999 128 pages

4.15

13k+ ratings

🌿 Contemplative Spirituality 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🖤 Shadow Work 🌧️ Depression Recovery 👤 Self-Aware Leadership

The Fear Bubble

by Ant Middleton • 2019

A combat technique that shrinks fear to a single moment, then uses it as fuel.

4.11

5k+

🪖 Military Mindset 😱 Fear Management 💪 Mental Toughness 🎯 Personal Accountability 🧠 Visualization

The Fear Bubble

A combat technique that shrinks fear to a single moment, then uses it as fuel.

by Ant Middleton 2019 323 pages

4.11

5k+ ratings

🪖 Military Mindset 😱 Fear Management 💪 Mental Toughness 🎯 Personal Accountability 🧠 Visualization

For Love of Country

by Tulsi Gabbard • 2024

A Democratic congresswoman walks away from her party. What she saw inside explains why.

4.34

2k+

🇺🇸 American Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🕊️ Anti-Interventionism 🎤 Cancel Culture

For Love of Country

A Democratic congresswoman walks away from her party. What she saw inside explains why.

by Tulsi Gabbard 2024 242 pages

4.34

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🕊️ Anti-Interventionism 🎤 Cancel Culture

Unstoppable

by Nick Vujicic • 2012

Born without limbs, suicidal at ten, he learned: believing is not enough. Faith must move.

4.06

2k+

🕊️ Christian Living 💪 Overcoming Adversity ♿ Disability Advocacy 🎯 Purpose And Calling 🫶 Self-Acceptance

Unstoppable

Born without limbs, suicidal at ten, he learned: believing is not enough. Faith must move.

by Nick Vujicic 2012 256 pages

4.06

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 💪 Overcoming Adversity ♿ Disability Advocacy 🎯 Purpose And Calling 🫶 Self-Acceptance

Reham Khan

by Reham Khan • 2018

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

2.56

455

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women's Memoirs 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🎭 Manipulation And Gaslighting

Reham Khan

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

by Reham Khan 2018 562 pages

2.56

455 ratings

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women's Memoirs 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🎭 Manipulation And Gaslighting

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

by Konstantin Kisin • 2022

A Russian immigrant watches the West abandon freedoms his family fled the Soviet Union to reach.

4.24

1k+

🏛️ Western Civilization 🗣️ Free Speech 📝 Cultural Commentary ⚡ Anti-Woke Critique 🛂 Immigration Policy

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

A Russian immigrant watches the West abandon freedoms his family fled the Soviet Union to reach.

by Konstantin Kisin 2022 208 pages

4.24

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 🗣️ Free Speech 📝 Cultural Commentary ⚡ Anti-Woke Critique 🛂 Immigration Policy

An Invisible Thread

by Laura Schroff • 2010

A New York executive buys a hungry boy lunch; the Monday ritual reshapes both their lives.

4.07

48k+

🏙️ 1980s New York 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🫂 Found Family 🧒 Childhood Neglect 🔗 Breaking Cycles

An Invisible Thread

A New York executive buys a hungry boy lunch; the Monday ritual reshapes both their lives.

by Laura Schroff 2010 260 pages

4.07

48k+ ratings

🏙️ 1980s New York 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🫂 Found Family 🧒 Childhood Neglect 🔗 Breaking Cycles

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates • 2015

America's myth of innocence is built on Black bodies. A father writes his son.

4.40

300k+

🧱 Systemic Racism 🩸 Racial Violence 🛑 Police Brutality 👨🏾‍🦱 Black Fatherhood 📚 Black Intellectual Tradition

Between the World and Me

America's myth of innocence is built on Black bodies. A father writes his son.

by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2015 152 pages

4.40

300k+ ratings

🧱 Systemic Racism 🩸 Racial Violence 🛑 Police Brutality 👨🏾‍🦱 Black Fatherhood 📚 Black Intellectual Tradition

The Boer War

by Winston S. Churchill • 1991

Combat, capture, and a moonlit escape: Winston Churchill's firsthand account of the Boer War.

4.07

180

💣 Boer War ✍️ War Correspondence 🏃 Escape Narratives 🔒 Prisoner Of War 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare

The Boer War

Combat, capture, and a moonlit escape: Winston Churchill's firsthand account of the Boer War.

by Winston S. Churchill 1991 405 pages

4.07

180 ratings

💣 Boer War ✍️ War Correspondence 🏃 Escape Narratives 🔒 Prisoner Of War 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare

Marching Powder

by Rusty Young • 2003

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

4.31

31k+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎒 Backpacker Encounters

Marching Powder

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

by Rusty Young 2003 401 pages

4.31

31k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎒 Backpacker Encounters

True Hallucinations

by Terence McKenna • 1993

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

4.09

3k+

🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs 🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology ☯️ I Ching Divination

True Hallucinations

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

by Terence McKenna 1993 256 pages

4.09

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs 🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology ☯️ I Ching Divination

The Good Immigrant

by Nikesh Shukla • 2019

Twenty-six writers on the price of conditional belonging in America.

4.24

2k+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🚧 Systemic Racism 🚪 Conditional Belonging ✍️ Personal Essays 🎭 Cultural Criticism

The Good Immigrant

Twenty-six writers on the price of conditional belonging in America.

by Nikesh Shukla 2019 336 pages

4.24

2k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🚧 Systemic Racism 🚪 Conditional Belonging ✍️ Personal Essays 🎭 Cultural Criticism

The Songlines

by Bruce Chatwin • 1987

The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.

3.96

12k+

🎨 Aboriginal Australia 📚 Travel Literature 🐪 Nomadism 📜 Indigenous Knowledge 💔 Colonization Impacts

The Songlines

The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.

by Bruce Chatwin 1987 304 pages

3.96

12k+ ratings

🎨 Aboriginal Australia 📚 Travel Literature 🐪 Nomadism 📜 Indigenous Knowledge 💔 Colonization Impacts

Danse Macabre

by Stephen King • 1981

What scares a society tells you what ails it. King dissects three decades of American nightmare.

3.67

31k+

🎬 Horror Criticism 🧠 Psychology Of Fear 🧟 Monster Theory 🎥 Horror Film History ✍️ Horror Writing

Danse Macabre

What scares a society tells you what ails it. King dissects three decades of American nightmare.

by Stephen King 1981 400 pages

3.67

31k+ ratings

🎬 Horror Criticism 🧠 Psychology Of Fear 🧟 Monster Theory 🎥 Horror Film History ✍️ Horror Writing

Depression Hates a Moving Target

by Nita Sweeney • 2019

Sixty seconds of jogging. It was the only thing depression couldn't take from her.

3.69

2k+

🏃 Running And Mental Health 👟 Distance Running 🧠 Mental Health Recovery 📈 Incremental Progress 🏅 Beginner Running

Depression Hates a Moving Target

Sixty seconds of jogging. It was the only thing depression couldn't take from her.

by Nita Sweeney 2019 298 pages

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏃 Running And Mental Health 👟 Distance Running 🧠 Mental Health Recovery 📈 Incremental Progress 🏅 Beginner Running

Private Equity

by Carrie Sun • 2024

An exclusive hedge fund. An MIT grad as the billionaire's assistant. Two years to lose everything.

3.60

4k+

📉 Wall Street Memoir 🔥 Career Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Family Pressure 🎭 Work And Identity 🏫 Class And Meritocracy

Private Equity

An exclusive hedge fund. An MIT grad as the billionaire's assistant. Two years to lose everything.

by Carrie Sun 2024 352 pages

3.60

4k+ ratings

📉 Wall Street Memoir 🔥 Career Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Family Pressure 🎭 Work And Identity 🏫 Class And Meritocracy

Adults in the Room

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2017

Europe's unelected chiefs demanded Greece ignore its voters. One minister refused and kept a record.

4.31

5k+

💸 Sovereign Debt 🇪🇺 European Integration 🗣️ Political Memoir 🏦 Bank Bailouts 🗳️ Democratic Backsliding

Adults in the Room

Europe's unelected chiefs demanded Greece ignore its voters. One minister refused and kept a record.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2017 561 pages

4.31

5k+ ratings

💸 Sovereign Debt 🇪🇺 European Integration 🗣️ Political Memoir 🏦 Bank Bailouts 🗳️ Democratic Backsliding

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

by Alicia Elliott • 2019

Colonialism didn't end; it moved into the mind, the kitchen, and the family photo album.

4.40

10k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Colonial Trauma 🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Stigma 🥕 Food Justice

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Colonialism didn't end; it moved into the mind, the kitchen, and the family photo album.

by Alicia Elliott 2019 240 pages

4.40

10k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Colonial Trauma 🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Stigma 🥕 Food Justice

The Book of Basketball

by Bill Simmons • 2009

An obsessive re-ranking of NBA history that argues winning is about people, not players.

4.20

38k+

🏀 Basketball History 🧪 Team Chemistry 📊 Player Rankings ⚔️ Sports Rivalries ✍️ Modern Sports Writing

The Book of Basketball

An obsessive re-ranking of NBA history that argues winning is about people, not players.

by Bill Simmons 2009 736 pages

4.20

38k+ ratings

🏀 Basketball History 🧪 Team Chemistry 📊 Player Rankings ⚔️ Sports Rivalries ✍️ Modern Sports Writing

Emotion By Design

by Greg Hoffman • 2022

The creative principles that built Nike's most emotional campaigns, from a designer who rose to CMO.

3.69

500+

🎨 Brand Identity 🌱 Creative Leadership ❤️ Emotional Branding 🎲 Creative Risk-Taking 📖 Authentic Storytelling

Emotion By Design

The creative principles that built Nike's most emotional campaigns, from a designer who rose to CMO.

by Greg Hoffman 2022 302 pages

3.69

500+ ratings

🎨 Brand Identity 🌱 Creative Leadership ❤️ Emotional Branding 🎲 Creative Risk-Taking 📖 Authentic Storytelling

Dreams from My Father

by Barack Obama • 2008

Across continents, a mixed-race man hunts an absent father and the shape of his own identity.

4.04

500+

🧬 Mixed-Race Identity 🏛️ Political Memoirs 🤝 Community Organizing 🌍 Post-Colonial Africa 💔 Absent Fathers

Dreams from My Father

Across continents, a mixed-race man hunts an absent father and the shape of his own identity.

by Barack Obama 2008

4.04

500+ ratings

🧬 Mixed-Race Identity 🏛️ Political Memoirs 🤝 Community Organizing 🌍 Post-Colonial Africa 💔 Absent Fathers

The Truths We Hold

by Kamala Harris • 2019

Banks, broken courts, separated families: a prosecutor turned senator on the fights that made her.

4.05

34k+

📖 Political Memoirs 🗳️ Progressive Politics ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🌎 Immigration Policy ✊ Civil Rights Movement

The Truths We Hold

Banks, broken courts, separated families: a prosecutor turned senator on the fights that made her.

by Kamala Harris 2019 336 pages

4.05

34k+ ratings

📖 Political Memoirs 🗳️ Progressive Politics ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🌎 Immigration Policy ✊ Civil Rights Movement

Permission to Screw Up

by Kristen Hadeed • 2017

Firing everyone taught her what business school couldn't: how to lead with trust, not perfection.

4.23

2k+

🚀 Startup Leadership 🏢 Company Culture 🫀 Vulnerable Leadership 💪 Employee Empowerment 🛡️ Psychological Safety

Permission to Screw Up

Firing everyone taught her what business school couldn't: how to lead with trust, not perfection.

by Kristen Hadeed 2017 272 pages

4.23

2k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Leadership 🏢 Company Culture 🫀 Vulnerable Leadership 💪 Employee Empowerment 🛡️ Psychological Safety

What in the World?!

by Leanne Morgan • 2024

Canceled sitcom. Shrimp-grilling husband. Makeup counter. Her hilarious detour to sold-out theaters.

4.34

16k+

🏡 Southern Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🌟 Second Acts 👶 Motherhood Humor 🏘️ Small Town Life

What in the World?!

Canceled sitcom. Shrimp-grilling husband. Makeup counter. Her hilarious detour to sold-out theaters.

by Leanne Morgan 2024 240 pages

4.34

16k+ ratings

🏡 Southern Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🌟 Second Acts 👶 Motherhood Humor 🏘️ Small Town Life

Tremendous

by Joey "Coco" Diaz • 2023

Homeless at twenty-one, sleeping in a rocket ship. How Joey Diaz traded crime for stand-up.

4.46

3k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🔫 Criminal Past 🏙️ Street Hustle 💔 Childhood Trauma

Tremendous

Homeless at twenty-one, sleeping in a rocket ship. How Joey Diaz traded crime for stand-up.

by Joey "Coco" Diaz 2023 280 pages

4.46

3k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🔫 Criminal Past 🏙️ Street Hustle 💔 Childhood Trauma

Long-Distance Real Estate Investing

by David Greene • 2017

A free Black man is drugged, kidnapped, and sold. Twelve years later, a letter changes everything.

4.22

1k+

⛓️ Slave Narratives 🏛️ Antebellum America 🛡️ Resistance Under Oppression 💔 Family Separation ✍️ Abolitionist Literature

Long-Distance Real Estate Investing

A free Black man is drugged, kidnapped, and sold. Twelve years later, a letter changes everything.

by David Greene 2017 395 pages

4.22

1k+ ratings

⛓️ Slave Narratives 🏛️ Antebellum America 🛡️ Resistance Under Oppression 💔 Family Separation ✍️ Abolitionist Literature

The Whole Language

by Gregory Boyle • 2021

A Jesuit priest built the world's largest gang rehab program. His method: relentless tenderness.

4.54

2k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma Healing ✝️ Jesuit Spirituality 🏘️ Belonging And Community 🧘 Compassion Practice

The Whole Language

A Jesuit priest built the world's largest gang rehab program. His method: relentless tenderness.

by Gregory Boyle 2021 252 pages

4.54

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma Healing ✝️ Jesuit Spirituality 🏘️ Belonging And Community 🧘 Compassion Practice

Hey, Hun

by Emily Lynn Paulson • 2023

Her 'free' Mercedes cost $9,000 extra. The real price of MLM sisterhood was higher.

3.59

14k+

💼 Multilevel Marketing 🔺 Pyramid Schemes 🧠 Cult Psychology ⚠️ Predatory Business ✊ Intersectional Feminism

Hey, Hun

Her 'free' Mercedes cost $9,000 extra. The real price of MLM sisterhood was higher.

by Emily Lynn Paulson 2023 384 pages

3.59

14k+ ratings

💼 Multilevel Marketing 🔺 Pyramid Schemes 🧠 Cult Psychology ⚠️ Predatory Business ✊ Intersectional Feminism

What If This Were Enough?

by Heather Havrilesky • 2018

Enforced cheer imprisons you. The bars are Instagram and Whole Foods; the key is giving up.

3.64

3k+

🎭 Cultural Criticism ✍️ Essay Collections 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 😊 Toxic Positivity 📱 Social Media Critique

What If This Were Enough?

Enforced cheer imprisons you. The bars are Instagram and Whole Foods; the key is giving up.

by Heather Havrilesky 2018 240 pages

3.64

3k+ ratings

🎭 Cultural Criticism ✍️ Essay Collections 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 😊 Toxic Positivity 📱 Social Media Critique

Furiously Happy

by Jenny Lawson • 2015

When despair says forever, fight back with taxidermy, defiant joy, and inappropriate laughter.

3.89

100k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir ✨ Defiant Joy 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎙️ Confessional Humor

Furiously Happy

When despair says forever, fight back with taxidermy, defiant joy, and inappropriate laughter.

by Jenny Lawson 2015 329 pages

3.89

100k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir ✨ Defiant Joy 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎙️ Confessional Humor

Pageboy

by Elliot Page • 2023

A girlfriend saved as 'Ryan' in his phone. 84 pounds on the scale. Hollywood demanded both.

3.72

76k+

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