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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

Basketball Junkie
by Chris Herren • 2011
33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.
4.11
1k+
🏅 Sports Memoirs💊 Addiction Memoirs🌅 Recovery Narratives💉 Heroin Addiction🏀 Basketball Careers
Basketball Junkie Summary
Basketball Junkie
33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.
by Chris Herren 2011 308 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
🏅 Sports Memoirs💊 Addiction Memoirs🌅 Recovery Narratives💉 Heroin Addiction🏀 Basketball Careers
Forgiveness
by Mark Sakamoto • 2014
One grandfather survived a Japanese POW camp. One grandmother, internment. Their kids married.
4.00
4k+
🏕️ Japanese Internment📖 Multigenerational Memoir🪖 Pow Survival🌏 Mixed Race Identity💔 Addiction And Family
Forgiveness Summary
Forgiveness
One grandfather survived a Japanese POW camp. One grandmother, internment. Their kids married.
by Mark Sakamoto 2014 256 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
🏕️ Japanese Internment📖 Multigenerational Memoir🪖 Pow Survival🌏 Mixed Race Identity💔 Addiction And Family
A Man Without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 2005
America as failed empire, Earth as casualty, laughter as survival: Vonnegut's final dispatch.
4.10
50k+
📝 Literary Essays🖤 Dark Humor🎭 Political Satire🌍 Secular Humanism🕊️ Anti-War Writing
A Man Without a Country Summary
A Man Without a Country
America as failed empire, Earth as casualty, laughter as survival: Vonnegut's final dispatch.
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2005 145 pages
4.10
50k+ ratings
📝 Literary Essays🖤 Dark Humor🎭 Political Satire🌍 Secular Humanism🕊️ Anti-War Writing
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr • 1995
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
3.94
72k+
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents🧬 Generational Trauma🩹 Childhood Trauma
The Liars' Club Summary
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
by Mary Karr 1995 352 pages
3.94
72k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents🧬 Generational Trauma🩹 Childhood Trauma
Scatter Brain
by Shaparak Khorsandi • 2023
From lost shoes to a working system: a comedian's chaotic road to a late ADHD diagnosis.
4.10
475
🧠 Adult Adhd👩 Women And Adhd🔍 Late Diagnosis📚 Neurodiversity Memoirs🍷 Adhd And Addiction
Scatter Brain Summary
Scatter Brain
From lost shoes to a working system: a comedian's chaotic road to a late ADHD diagnosis.
by Shaparak Khorsandi 2023 256 pages
4.10
475 ratings
🧠 Adult Adhd👩 Women And Adhd🔍 Late Diagnosis📚 Neurodiversity Memoirs🍷 Adhd And Addiction
Girl, Interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen • 1993
One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.
3.95
200k+
🏥 Psychiatric Memoir👩 Women And Madness🤝 Ward Friendships🎭 Darkly Comic Memoir🏚️ Life Inside An Asylum
Girl, Interrupted Summary
Girl, Interrupted
One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.
by Susanna Kaysen 1993 169 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
🏥 Psychiatric Memoir👩 Women And Madness🤝 Ward Friendships🎭 Darkly Comic Memoir🏚️ Life Inside An Asylum
12 Notes
by Quincy Jones • 2022
From the producer of Thriller: twelve notes on turning pain into art and practice into legacy.
4.29
1k+
🎹 Music Memoirs🎵 Music Industry🎨 Creative Process🤝 Mentorship🧠 Growth Mindset
12 Notes Summary
12 Notes
From the producer of Thriller: twelve notes on turning pain into art and practice into legacy.
by Quincy Jones 2022 192 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
🎹 Music Memoirs🎵 Music Industry🎨 Creative Process🤝 Mentorship🧠 Growth Mindset
Chasing Daylight
by Eugene O'Kelly • 2005
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
3.94
3k+
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring🌅 Present Moment👋 Intentional Goodbyes
Chasing Daylight Summary
Chasing Daylight
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
by Eugene O'Kelly 2005 179 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring🌅 Present Moment👋 Intentional Goodbyes
Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story
by George S. Clason • 2002
An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.
4.19
500+
🎬 Celebrity Memoir📝 Comic Essays💕 Complicated Friendship💪 Body Image Struggles😂 Self-Deprecating Humor
Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story Summary
Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story
An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.
by George S. Clason 2002
4.19
500+ ratings
🎬 Celebrity Memoir📝 Comic Essays💕 Complicated Friendship💪 Body Image Struggles😂 Self-Deprecating Humor
Until We Are Free
by Shirin Ebadi • 2016
A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.
4.27
1k+
🇮🇷 Iranian Politics✊ Human Rights Activism🔒 Political Repression🧕 Women Under Theocracy✈️ Exile And Displacement
Until We Are Free Summary
Until We Are Free
A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.
by Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
🇮🇷 Iranian Politics✊ Human Rights Activism🔒 Political Repression🧕 Women Under Theocracy✈️ Exile And Displacement
Born on a Blue Day
by Daniel Tammet • 2006
A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.
3.85
24k+
🧩 Living With Autism🌈 Synesthesia👁️ Sensory Perception🧠 Savant Abilities♾️ Neurodiversity
Born on a Blue Day Summary
Born on a Blue Day
A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.
by Daniel Tammet 2006 226 pages
3.85
24k+ ratings
🧩 Living With Autism🌈 Synesthesia👁️ Sensory Perception🧠 Savant Abilities♾️ Neurodiversity
Option B
by Sheryl Sandberg • 2017
The three traps that keep you stuck after loss, and how growth can follow grief.
3.84
57k+
🕯️ Grief And Loss🧱 Building Resilience🩹 Trauma Recovery🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth💗 Self Compassion
Option B Summary
Option B
The three traps that keep you stuck after loss, and how growth can follow grief.
by Sheryl Sandberg 2017 226 pages
3.84
57k+ ratings
🕯️ Grief And Loss🧱 Building Resilience🩹 Trauma Recovery🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth💗 Self Compassion
365 Thank Yous
by John Kralik • 2010
One thank-you note a day, one year, one life pulled back from the brink.
3.91
4k+
🧱 Gratitude Practice📖 Self-Help Memoir🧠 Positive Psychology✉️ Handwritten Letters🔄 Personal Reinvention
365 Thank Yous Summary
365 Thank Yous
One thank-you note a day, one year, one life pulled back from the brink.
by John Kralik 2010 240 pages
3.91
4k+ ratings
🧱 Gratitude Practice📖 Self-Help Memoir🧠 Positive Psychology✉️ Handwritten Letters🔄 Personal Reinvention
The Year of Living Biblically
by A.J. Jacobs • 2007
A secular journalist spent a year following every Bible rule literally. Most people just quit.
3.76
69k+
🧪 Experimental Memoir🗞️ Immersive Journalism📖 Biblical Literalism🎪 Stunt Memoir🙏 Gratitude Practice
The Year of Living Biblically Summary
The Year of Living Biblically
A secular journalist spent a year following every Bible rule literally. Most people just quit.
by A.J. Jacobs 2007 400 pages
3.76
69k+ ratings
🧪 Experimental Memoir🗞️ Immersive Journalism📖 Biblical Literalism🎪 Stunt Memoir🙏 Gratitude Practice
Straight Shooter
by Stephen A. Smith • 2023
Fired by ESPN. Dyslexic. A Queens kid's improbable rise to the top of sports television.
4.12
3k+
🎙️ Sports Broadcasting📺 Media Careers📝 Sports Journalism🔄 Career Comebacks🚀 Self-Made Success
Straight Shooter Summary
Straight Shooter
Fired by ESPN. Dyslexic. A Queens kid's improbable rise to the top of sports television.
by Stephen A. Smith 2023 288 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
🎙️ Sports Broadcasting📺 Media Careers📝 Sports Journalism🔄 Career Comebacks🚀 Self-Made Success
Based on a True Story
by Norm Macdonald • 2016
SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.
4.03
19k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy📖 Comedic Memoir🎬 Snl Alumni🎰 Gambling Addiction🎭 Show Business
Based on a True Story Summary
Based on a True Story
SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.
by Norm Macdonald 2016 256 pages
4.03
19k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy📖 Comedic Memoir🎬 Snl Alumni🎰 Gambling Addiction🎭 Show Business
Lessons from Madame Chic
by Jennifer L. Scott • 2011
The French art of looking polished, eating joyfully, and turning ordinary days into occasions.
3.73
8k+
🇫🇷 French Lifestyle👗 Capsule Wardrobes👔 Personal Style💄 Natural Beauty🛍️ Mindful Consumption
Lessons from Madame Chic Summary
Lessons from Madame Chic
The French art of looking polished, eating joyfully, and turning ordinary days into occasions.
by Jennifer L. Scott 2011 283 pages
3.73
8k+ ratings
🇫🇷 French Lifestyle👗 Capsule Wardrobes👔 Personal Style💄 Natural Beauty🛍️ Mindful Consumption
Miracle in the Andes
by Nando Parrado • 2006
Sixty days trapped in the Andes. One promise. A ten-day trek without gear to find help.
4.37
27k+
📖 Survival Memoir🏔️ Andes Plane Crash⛏️ Extreme Survival💪 Human Endurance⛰️ Mountaineering Disasters
Miracle in the Andes Summary
Miracle in the Andes
Sixty days trapped in the Andes. One promise. A ten-day trek without gear to find help.
by Nando Parrado 2006 304 pages
4.37
27k+ ratings
📖 Survival Memoir🏔️ Andes Plane Crash⛏️ Extreme Survival💪 Human Endurance⛰️ Mountaineering Disasters
Soul Boom
by Rainn Wilson • 2023
Our crises are spiritual. The cure: a joy-fueled revolution with death as a teacher.
3.81
8k+
✊ Spiritual Activism🕊️ Post-Religious Spirituality💖 Radical Compassion💀 Memento Mori🧘 Engaged Spirituality
Soul Boom Summary
Soul Boom
Our crises are spiritual. The cure: a joy-fueled revolution with death as a teacher.
by Rainn Wilson 2023 304 pages
3.81
8k+ ratings
✊ Spiritual Activism🕊️ Post-Religious Spirituality💖 Radical Compassion💀 Memento Mori🧘 Engaged Spirituality
How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market
by Nicolas Darvas • 2017
A globe-trotting dancer made $2 million in the market. His method: a simple visual price pattern.
4.23
6k+
🏦 Stock Trading📈 Trend Following📊 Technical Analysis🧠 Trading Psychology🌱 Growth Investing
How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market Summary
How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market
A globe-trotting dancer made $2 million in the market. His method: a simple visual price pattern.
by Nicolas Darvas 2017 141 pages
4.23
6k+ ratings
🏦 Stock Trading📈 Trend Following📊 Technical Analysis🧠 Trading Psychology🌱 Growth Investing
A Widow's Story
by Joyce Carol Oates • 2011
Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.
3.76
4k+
🖤 Spousal Loss📖 Bereavement Memoir⚡ Sudden Death🪞 Grief And Identity✍️ Creative Block
A Widow's Story Summary
A Widow's Story
Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.
by Joyce Carol Oates 2011 432 pages
3.76
4k+ ratings
🖤 Spousal Loss📖 Bereavement Memoir⚡ Sudden Death🪞 Grief And Identity✍️ Creative Block
How to Tell When We Will Die
by Johanna Hedva • 2024
The body fails. That's the truth ableism hides. A manifesto for those already living it.
3.76
1k+
♿ Disability Justice🩻 Chronic Illness💸 Anti-Capitalism🤝 Care Ethics🧬 Body Politics
How to Tell When We Will Die Summary
How to Tell When We Will Die
The body fails. That's the truth ableism hides. A manifesto for those already living it.
by Johanna Hedva 2024 384 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
♿ Disability Justice🩻 Chronic Illness💸 Anti-Capitalism🤝 Care Ethics🧬 Body Politics
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
by Donald Miller • 2009
You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.
4.13
32k+
📖 Narrative Identity✝️ Christian Memoir🔄 Life Transitions🧭 Vocation And Calling🦁 Everyday Courage
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Summary
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.
by Donald Miller 2009 288 pages
4.13
32k+ ratings
📖 Narrative Identity✝️ Christian Memoir🔄 Life Transitions🧭 Vocation And Calling🦁 Everyday Courage
The Dealmaker
by Guy Hands • 2021
After building a private equity empire, one acquisition cost him €78 million in legal fees alone.
3.90
500+
🏢 Private Equity📈 Value Investing🔄 Corporate Turnarounds📖 Business Memoir😰 Executive Burnout
The Dealmaker Summary
The Dealmaker
After building a private equity empire, one acquisition cost him €78 million in legal fees alone.
by Guy Hands 2021 339 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity📈 Value Investing🔄 Corporate Turnarounds📖 Business Memoir😰 Executive Burnout
Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts
by Santosh Nair • 2016
Insider whispers, auction tricks, and the crash of India's biggest bull: one trader's education.
4.32
1k+
🇮🇳 Indian Markets📖 Trading Memoirs🤫 Insider Trading🎭 Market Manipulation💰 Rags To Riches
Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts Summary
Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts
Insider whispers, auction tricks, and the crash of India's biggest bull: one trader's education.
by Santosh Nair 2016 395 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
🇮🇳 Indian Markets📖 Trading Memoirs🤫 Insider Trading🎭 Market Manipulation💰 Rags To Riches
Adolf Hitler
by Spike Milligan • 1971
Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.
4.04
8k+
🪖 Wwii Memoirs🇬🇧 British Comedy😂 Military Humor🏕️ Army Life🎭 Absurdist War
Adolf Hitler Summary
Adolf Hitler
Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.
by Spike Milligan 1971 142 pages
4.04
8k+ ratings
🪖 Wwii Memoirs🇬🇧 British Comedy😂 Military Humor🏕️ Army Life🎭 Absurdist War
A Smile as Big as the Moon
by Mike Kersjes • 2002
They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.
4.31
500+
🧩 Special Education🔬 Experiential Learning✊ Disability Advocacy🏫 Underdog Classrooms👩‍🏫 Special Educators
A Smile as Big as the Moon Summary
A Smile as Big as the Moon
They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.
by Mike Kersjes 2002 288 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
🧩 Special Education🔬 Experiential Learning✊ Disability Advocacy🏫 Underdog Classrooms👩‍🏫 Special Educators
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou • 1993
Maya Angelou on dignity: short lessons from a life built from nothing.
4.30
11k+
🕯️ Spiritual Memoir📜 Wisdom Literature👩🏿 Black Womanhood💝 Self-Acceptance🍂 Midlife Reflection
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Summary
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Maya Angelou on dignity: short lessons from a life built from nothing.
by Maya Angelou 1993 144 pages
4.30
11k+ ratings
🕯️ Spiritual Memoir📜 Wisdom Literature👩🏿 Black Womanhood💝 Self-Acceptance🍂 Midlife Reflection
Love Warrior
by Glennon Doyle Melton • 2016
After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.
4.07
74k+
💔 Marriage Crisis🦋 Addiction And Recovery💗 Emotional Vulnerability🌸 Women's Self-Discovery⛪ Faith Reconstruction
Love Warrior Summary
Love Warrior
After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.
by Glennon Doyle Melton 2016 272 pages
4.07
74k+ ratings
💔 Marriage Crisis🦋 Addiction And Recovery💗 Emotional Vulnerability🌸 Women's Self-Discovery⛪ Faith Reconstruction
Sam Walton, Made in America
by Sam Walton • 1992
The five-and-dime that refused to act big and grew into the world's largest retailer.
4.16
28k+
🏬 Retail Business📖 Founder Memoir😍 Customer Focus⚙️ Lean Operations🔄 Constant Improvement
Sam Walton, Made in America Summary
Sam Walton, Made in America
The five-and-dime that refused to act big and grew into the world's largest retailer.
by Sam Walton 1992 346 pages
4.16
28k+ ratings
🏬 Retail Business📖 Founder Memoir😍 Customer Focus⚙️ Lean Operations🔄 Constant Improvement
This Is Woman's Work
by Dominique Christina • 2015
A poet's map of seven inner selves, and the one you've been most afraid to meet.
4.34
142
🕯️ Sacred Feminine🏛️ Women's Archetypes🌑 Shadow Work💔 Trauma Healing✍️ Expressive Writing
This Is Woman's Work Summary
This Is Woman's Work
A poet's map of seven inner selves, and the one you've been most afraid to meet.
by Dominique Christina 2015 208 pages
4.34
142 ratings
🕯️ Sacred Feminine🏛️ Women's Archetypes🌑 Shadow Work💔 Trauma Healing✍️ Expressive Writing
Brewing Up a Business
by Sam Calagione • 2005
A tiny brewery's playbook: eccentric recipes, shoestring stunts, and business as a creative act.
3.78
1k+
🍺 Craft Beer Industry📖 Startup Memoir🎯 Product Differentiation🏷️ Brand Building📣 Innovative Marketing
Brewing Up a Business Summary
Brewing Up a Business
A tiny brewery's playbook: eccentric recipes, shoestring stunts, and business as a creative act.
by Sam Calagione 2005 280 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
🍺 Craft Beer Industry📖 Startup Memoir🎯 Product Differentiation🏷️ Brand Building📣 Innovative Marketing
The Dirt
by Tommy Lee • 2001
One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.
4.14
49k+
📖 Oral History🎸 Rock Memoirs🥂 Fame And Excess🤘 Glam Metal💉 Addiction Recovery
The Dirt Summary
The Dirt
One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.
by Tommy Lee 2001 431 pages
4.14
49k+ ratings
📖 Oral History🎸 Rock Memoirs🥂 Fame And Excess🤘 Glam Metal💉 Addiction Recovery
Dear Dolly
by Dolly Alderton • 2022
Love, shame, heartbreak, and the friends who outgrow you: an agony aunt's most honest answers.
3.78
44k+
🖋️ Advice Columns💔 Modern Dating👯 Female Friendship🩹 Heartbreak Recovery👩 Millennial Womanhood
Dear Dolly Summary
Dear Dolly
Love, shame, heartbreak, and the friends who outgrow you: an agony aunt's most honest answers.
by Dolly Alderton 2022 224 pages
3.78
44k+ ratings
🖋️ Advice Columns💔 Modern Dating👯 Female Friendship🩹 Heartbreak Recovery👩 Millennial Womanhood
Look Me in the Eye
by John Elder Robison • 2007
No eye contact. No friends. Flawless with machines. The reason hid in plain sight for forty years.
3.92
69k+
🧠 Aspergers Memoir🔍 Late Autism Diagnosis🧩 Neurodiversity Movement🔧 Mechanical Thinking🎸 Music Industry Memoir
Look Me in the Eye Summary
Look Me in the Eye
No eye contact. No friends. Flawless with machines. The reason hid in plain sight for forty years.
by John Elder Robison 2007 306 pages
3.92
69k+ ratings
🧠 Aspergers Memoir🔍 Late Autism Diagnosis🧩 Neurodiversity Movement🔧 Mechanical Thinking🎸 Music Industry Memoir
The Happiness of Pursuit
by Chris Guillebeau • 2014
A teenager sued her government to sail alone around the world. What's your quest?
3.70
7k+
🗺️ Bucket Lists🧭 Life Design🏔️ Quest Narratives🌍 Adventure Travel🧱 Self-Reliance
The Happiness of Pursuit Summary
The Happiness of Pursuit
A teenager sued her government to sail alone around the world. What's your quest?
by Chris Guillebeau 2014 304 pages
3.70
7k+ ratings
🗺️ Bucket Lists🧭 Life Design🏔️ Quest Narratives🌍 Adventure Travel🧱 Self-Reliance
The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
by Jordan Belfort • 2016
He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.
4.32
163
💰 Financial Crime🧠 Sales Psychology💊 Addiction Memoir📉 Fall From Grace🇺🇸 American Dream Critique
The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street Summary
The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.
by Jordan Belfort 2016 530 pages
4.32
163 ratings
💰 Financial Crime🧠 Sales Psychology💊 Addiction Memoir📉 Fall From Grace🇺🇸 American Dream Critique
The Great War for Civilisation
by Robert Fisk • 2005
One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.
4.41
5k+
🌍 Modern Middle East🎤 Conflict Reporting🎯 Western Intervention👀 War Witnessing🏛️ Imperial Legacy
The Great War for Civilisation Summary
The Great War for Civilisation
One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.
by Robert Fisk 2005 1111 pages
4.41
5k+ ratings
🌍 Modern Middle East🎤 Conflict Reporting🎯 Western Intervention👀 War Witnessing🏛️ Imperial Legacy
How We Think
by John Dewey • 1997
One grid, thirteen virtues, a lifetime of revisions: the system that built a founding father.
3.86
1k+
🏛️ American Enlightenment🇺🇸 Founding Fathers⚖️ Virtue Ethics🔄 Habit Formation🦉 Practical Wisdom
How We Think Summary
How We Think
One grid, thirteen virtues, a lifetime of revisions: the system that built a founding father.
by John Dewey 1997 240 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
🏛️ American Enlightenment🇺🇸 Founding Fathers⚖️ Virtue Ethics🔄 Habit Formation🦉 Practical Wisdom
I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2
by Baek Se-hee • 2020
A Korean twentysomething returns to therapy, still certain she looks wrong, still pushing love away.
3.63
8k+
🇰🇷 Korean Memoir🛋️ Therapy Transcripts🧠 Cognitive Distortions💗 Self-Acceptance😰 Social Anxiety
I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2 Summary
I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2
A Korean twentysomething returns to therapy, still certain she looks wrong, still pushing love away.
by Baek Se-hee 2020 232 pages
3.63
8k+ ratings
🇰🇷 Korean Memoir🛋️ Therapy Transcripts🧠 Cognitive Distortions💗 Self-Acceptance😰 Social Anxiety
Secondhand Time
by Svetlana Alexievich • 2013
A civilization vanished with the USSR, leaving millions unprepared for the freedom they craved.
4.46
22k+
🎙️ Oral History🪆 Post-Soviet Russia🧠 Collective Memory⛓️ Totalitarian Legacies🏢 Everyday Socialism
Secondhand Time Summary
Secondhand Time
A civilization vanished with the USSR, leaving millions unprepared for the freedom they craved.
by Svetlana Alexievich 2013 496 pages
4.46
22k+ ratings
🎙️ Oral History🪆 Post-Soviet Russia🧠 Collective Memory⛓️ Totalitarian Legacies🏢 Everyday Socialism
Working
by Robert A. Caro • 2019
How one biographer's archival obsession made Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson give up their secrets.
4.45
7k+
🔍 Biographical Research📰 Narrative Journalism📜 Archival Research🏛️ Political Biography🗺️ Sense Of Place
Working Summary
Working
How one biographer's archival obsession made Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson give up their secrets.
by Robert A. Caro 2019 231 pages
4.45
7k+ ratings
🔍 Biographical Research📰 Narrative Journalism📜 Archival Research🏛️ Political Biography🗺️ Sense Of Place
Room to Dream
by David Lynch • 2018
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
4.39
9k+
🎬 Auteur Filmmaking🖼️ Surrealism💡 Creative Process🌙 Subconscious In Art🧘 Transcendental Meditation
Room to Dream Summary
Room to Dream
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
by David Lynch 2018 577 pages
4.39
9k+ ratings
🎬 Auteur Filmmaking🖼️ Surrealism💡 Creative Process🌙 Subconscious In Art🧘 Transcendental Meditation
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
by Simone Arnold Liebster • 2000
Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.
4.72
1k+
📖 Holocaust Memoirs🚩 Nazi Occupation🙏 Religious Persecution🦁 Moral Courage🕊️ Post-War Forgiveness
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe Summary
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.
by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000 508 pages
4.72
1k+ ratings
📖 Holocaust Memoirs🚩 Nazi Occupation🙏 Religious Persecution🦁 Moral Courage🕊️ Post-War Forgiveness
Real Estate
by Deborah Levy • 2021
She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.
4.28
10k+
🧠 Feminist Memoir🖋️ Writer's Memoir🏠 Home And Identity🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy🍂 Aging And Reinvention
Real Estate Summary
Real Estate
She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.
by Deborah Levy 2021 297 pages
4.28
10k+ ratings
🧠 Feminist Memoir🖋️ Writer's Memoir🏠 Home And Identity🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy🍂 Aging And Reinvention
Slash
by Slash • 2007
The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.
4.00
30k+
🎸 Rock Memoirs💔 Band Breakups💉 Heroin Addiction🎵 Music Industry🕶️ 80s Rock Scene
Slash Summary
Slash
The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.
by Slash 2007 458 pages
4.00
30k+ ratings
🎸 Rock Memoirs💔 Band Breakups💉 Heroin Addiction🎵 Music Industry🕶️ 80s Rock Scene
Choosing to Run
by Des Linden • 2023
She lost Boston by two seconds. Then a nor'easter gave her one more shot at victory.
4.24
12k+
👟 Professional Running♀️ Women In Sports🏃 Marathon Running🧠 Mental Toughness📋 Training Philosophy
Choosing to Run Summary
Choosing to Run
She lost Boston by two seconds. Then a nor'easter gave her one more shot at victory.
by Des Linden 2023 272 pages
4.24
12k+ ratings
👟 Professional Running♀️ Women In Sports🏃 Marathon Running🧠 Mental Toughness📋 Training Philosophy
Leading with the Heart
by Mike Krzyzewski • 2001
A Hall of Fame coach's formula for building teams that play for each other, not the scoreboard.
4.2
4k+
🏀 Sports Leadership📋 Coaching🤝 Team Culture⛰️ Overcoming Adversity🎯 Effort Over Outcomes
Leading with the Heart Summary
Leading with the Heart
A Hall of Fame coach's formula for building teams that play for each other, not the scoreboard.
by Mike Krzyzewski 2001 291 pages
4.2
4k+ ratings
🏀 Sports Leadership📋 Coaching🤝 Team Culture⛰️ Overcoming Adversity🎯 Effort Over Outcomes
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup • 2013
Drugged and chained, a free New York violinist begins twelve years as a Louisiana slave.
4.23
100k+
🎋 American Slavery⛓️ Slave Narratives📜 Abolitionist Literature🕯️ Survival Under Bondage🩸 Plantation Brutality
Twelve Years a Slave Summary
Twelve Years a Slave
Drugged and chained, a free New York violinist begins twelve years as a Louisiana slave.
by Solomon Northup 2013 363 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
🎋 American Slavery⛓️ Slave Narratives📜 Abolitionist Literature🕯️ Survival Under Bondage🩸 Plantation Brutality
This is Going to Hurt
by Adam Kay • 2017
Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.
4.40
300k+
🏥 Medical Memoirs🩺 Healthcare System Critique🎓 Medical Training📖 Patient Stories🇬🇧 British Humor
This is Going to Hurt Summary
This is Going to Hurt
Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.
by Adam Kay 2017 285 pages
4.40
300k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Memoirs🩺 Healthcare System Critique🎓 Medical Training📖 Patient Stories🇬🇧 British Humor
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