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Don't Text Your Ex Happy Birthday
by Nick Viall • 2022
And Other Advice on Love, Sex, and Dating
3.62
2k+
Relationships
Self Help
Adult
Don't Text Your Ex Happy Birthday Summary
Don't Text Your Ex Happy Birthday
And Other Advice on Love, Sex, and Dating
by Nick Viall 2022 224 pages
3.62
2k+ ratings
Relationships
Self Help
Adult
Thanks a Thousand
by A.J. Jacobs • 2018
A Gratitude Journey
3.73
3k+
Memoir
Self Help
Humor
Thanks a Thousand Summary
Thanks a Thousand
A Gratitude Journey
by A.J. Jacobs 2018 160 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Humor
Uncle Tungsten
by Oliver Sacks • 2001
3.98
7k+
Science
Memoir
Biography
Uncle Tungsten Summary
Uncle Tungsten
by Oliver Sacks 2001 337 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Biography
Walden on Wheels
by Ken Ilgunas • 2013
On The Open Road from Debt to Freedom
4.01
8k+
Memoir
Travel
Biography
Walden on Wheels Summary
Walden on Wheels
On The Open Road from Debt to Freedom
by Ken Ilgunas 2013 297 pages
4.01
8k+ ratings
Memoir
Travel
Biography
Sovietistan
by Erika Fatland • 2014
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
4.27
8k+
Travel
History
Russia
Sovietistan Summary
Sovietistan
Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
by Erika Fatland 2014 477 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
Travel
History
Russia
The Shift
by Tinx • 2023
Change Your Perspective, Not Yourself
3.93
10k+
Self Help
Relationships
Romance
The Shift Summary
The Shift
Change Your Perspective, Not Yourself
by Tinx 2023 279 pages
3.93
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Relationships
Romance
I Am Jennie
by Jennie Ketcham • 2012
3.82
500+
Memoir
Biography
Sexuality
I Am Jennie Summary
I Am Jennie
by Jennie Ketcham 2012 352 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Sexuality
The Book of Moods
by Lauren Martin • 2020
How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life
3.84
4k+
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
The Book of Moods Summary
The Book of Moods
How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life
by Lauren Martin 2020 288 pages
3.84
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
Beyond the Gender Binary
by Alok Vaid-Menon • 2020
4.48
13k+
LGBT
Queer
Gender
Beyond the Gender Binary Summary
Beyond the Gender Binary
by Alok Vaid-Menon 2020 64 pages
4.48
13k+ ratings
LGBT
Queer
Gender
Stones Into Schools
by Greg Mortenson • 2009
Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
3.85
17k+
Education
Memoir
Biography
Stones Into Schools Summary
Stones Into Schools
Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by Greg Mortenson 2009 420 pages
3.85
17k+ ratings
Education
Memoir
Biography
These Precious Days
by Ann Patchett • 2021
Essays
4.42
47k+
Essays
Memoir
Book Club
These Precious Days Summary
These Precious Days
Essays
by Ann Patchett 2021 320 pages
4.42
47k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Book Club
The Parrot's Perch
by Karen Keilt • 2019
A Memoir
4.23
334
Memoir
Brazil
True Crime
The Parrot's Perch Summary
The Parrot's Perch
A Memoir
by Karen Keilt 2019 290 pages
4.23
334 ratings
Memoir
Brazil
True Crime
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead
by Jerry Weintraub • 2010
Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
4.13
4k+
Biography
Business
Memoir
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead Summary
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead
Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
by Jerry Weintraub 2010 304 pages
4.13
4k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Memoir
Writing My Wrongs
by Shaka Senghor • 2013
Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
4.25
5k+
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Writing My Wrongs Summary
Writing My Wrongs
Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
by Shaka Senghor 2013 268 pages
4.25
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet
by Shauna Niequist • 2022
Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working
3.99
13k+
Memoir
Self Help
Christian
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet Summary
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet
Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working
by Shauna Niequist 2022 240 pages
3.99
13k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Christian
The Big Truck that Went By
by Jonathan M. Katz • 2013
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
4.12
1k+
History
Politics
International Development
The Big Truck that Went By Summary
The Big Truck that Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
by Jonathan M. Katz 2013 320 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
International Development
Los hornos de Hitler
by Olga Lengyel • 1947
4.42
21k+
Holocaust
History
World War II
Los hornos de Hitler Summary
Los hornos de Hitler
by Olga Lengyel 1947 263 pages
4.42
21k+ ratings
Holocaust
History
World War II
The Basketball Diaries
by Jim Carroll • 1978
3.99
31k+
Memoir
Biography
Drugs
The Basketball Diaries Summary
The Basketball Diaries
by Jim Carroll 1978 224 pages
3.99
31k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Drugs
My Invented Country
by Isabel Allende • 2003
A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
3.89
12k+
Memoir
Biography
Travel
My Invented Country Summary
My Invented Country
A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
by Isabel Allende 2003 222 pages
3.89
12k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Ghost Rider
by Neil Peart • 2002
Travels on the Healing Road
4.12
6k+
Travel
Biography
Music
Ghost Rider Summary
Ghost Rider
Travels on the Healing Road
by Neil Peart 2002 462 pages
4.12
6k+ ratings
Travel
Biography
Music
I Can't Make This Up
by Kevin Hart • 2017
Life Lessons
4.10
37k+
Biography
Humor
Memoir
I Can't Make This Up Summary
I Can't Make This Up
Life Lessons
by Kevin Hart 2017 378 pages
4.10
37k+ ratings
Biography
Humor
Memoir
Lewis Hamilton
by Lewis Hamilton • 2007
My Story
3.69
1k+
Biography
Autobiography
Sports
Lewis Hamilton Summary
Lewis Hamilton
My Story
by Lewis Hamilton 2007 320 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Sports
Happy People Are Annoying
by Josh Peck • 2022
4.05
18k+
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Happy People Are Annoying Summary
Happy People Are Annoying
by Josh Peck 2022 272 pages
4.05
18k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty • 2014
4.22
100k+
Memoir
Death
Science
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Summary
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty 2014 254 pages
4.22
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Death
Science
Eat a Peach
by David Chang • 2020
3.88
28k+
Memoir
Food
Biography
Eat a Peach Summary
Eat a Peach
by David Chang 2020 304 pages
3.88
28k+ ratings
Memoir
Food
Biography
Broken Open
by Elizabeth Lesser • 2004
How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
4.03
8k+
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Broken Open Summary
Broken Open
How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
by Elizabeth Lesser 2004 307 pages
4.03
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Coach K
by Ian O'Connor • 2022
The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
4.22
1k+
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Coach K Summary
Coach K
The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
by Ian O'Connor 2022 384 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
There Is No Ethan
by Anna Akbari • 2024
How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
3.56
9k+
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
There Is No Ethan Summary
There Is No Ethan
How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
by Anna Akbari 2024 304 pages
3.56
9k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
Chasing Chaos
by Jessica Alexander • 2013
My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
4.09
3k+
Memoir
Travel
Africa
Chasing Chaos Summary
Chasing Chaos
My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
by Jessica Alexander 2013 400 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Travel
Africa
And Then One Day
by Naseeruddin Shah • 2014
A Memoir
4.02
1k+
Biography
Memoir
India
And Then One Day Summary
And Then One Day
A Memoir
by Naseeruddin Shah 2014 328 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
India
The Forest for the Trees
by Betsy Lerner • 2000
3.94
3k+
Writing
Reference
Crafts
The Forest for the Trees Summary
The Forest for the Trees
by Betsy Lerner 2000 304 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
The Book of Alchemy
by Suleika Jaouad • 2025
A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
4.26
4k+
Writing
Self Help
Essays
The Book of Alchemy Summary
The Book of Alchemy
A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
by Suleika Jaouad 2025 305 pages
4.26
4k+ ratings
Writing
Self Help
Essays
The Lost Continent
by Bill Bryson • 1989
Travels in Small-Town America
3.81
65k+
Travel
Humor
Memoir
The Lost Continent Summary
The Lost Continent
Travels in Small-Town America
by Bill Bryson 1989 299 pages
3.81
65k+ ratings
Travel
Humor
Memoir
How to Be Black
by Baratunde R. Thurston • 2012
3.90
8k+
Humor
Memoir
Race
How to Be Black Summary
How to Be Black
by Baratunde R. Thurston 2012 254 pages
3.90
8k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Race
Spirit Run
by Noé Álvarez • 2020
A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
3.50
4k+
Memoir
Travel
Indigenous
Spirit Run Summary
Spirit Run
A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
by Noé Álvarez 2020 218 pages
3.50
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Travel
Indigenous
If the Oceans Were Ink
by Carla Power • 2015
An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
4.12
2k+
Islam
Religion
Memoir
If the Oceans Were Ink Summary
If the Oceans Were Ink
An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
by Carla Power 2015 352 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Islam
Religion
Memoir
Spies in the Family
by Eva Dillon • 2017
An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War
4.15
1k+
History
Memoir
Espionage
Spies in the Family Summary
Spies in the Family
An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War
by Eva Dillon 2017 352 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Espionage
When It All Burns
by Jordan Thomas • 2025
Fighting Fire in a Transformed World
4.36
1k+
Nature
Memoir
Science
When It All Burns Summary
When It All Burns
Fighting Fire in a Transformed World
by Jordan Thomas 2025 361 pages
4.36
1k+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Science
Our Time Is Now
by Stacey Abrams • 2020
Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
4.41
8k+
Politics
Social Justice
History
Our Time Is Now Summary
Our Time Is Now
Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
by Stacey Abrams 2020 304 pages
4.41
8k+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
My Spiritual Journey
by Dalai Lama XIV • 2009
3.98
2k+
Buddhism
Spirituality
Biography
My Spiritual Journey Summary
My Spiritual Journey
by Dalai Lama XIV 2009 304 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Biography
In My Time of Dying
by Sebastian Junger • 2024
How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
3.82
9k+
Memoir
Science
Death
In My Time of Dying Summary
In My Time of Dying
How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
by Sebastian Junger 2024 176 pages
3.82
9k+ ratings
Memoir
Science
Death
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
by Bob Odenkirk • 2022
3.60
13k+
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama Summary
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
by Bob Odenkirk 2022 284 pages
3.60
13k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
I Can't Date Jesus
by Michael Arceneaux • 2018
Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé
3.77
4k+
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
I Can't Date Jesus Summary
I Can't Date Jesus
Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé
by Michael Arceneaux 2018 256 pages
3.77
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
by Sylvia Plath • 2000
4.28
26k+
Classics
Poetry
Memoir
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Summary
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
by Sylvia Plath 2000 732 pages
4.28
26k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Memoir
Life in the City of Dirty Water
by Clayton Thomas-Muller • 2021
A Memoir of Healing
3.65
4k+
Memoir
Indigenous
Canada
Life in the City of Dirty Water Summary
Life in the City of Dirty Water
A Memoir of Healing
by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021 331 pages
3.65
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Indigenous
Canada
I Can See Clearly Now
by Wayne W. Dyer • 2014
4.28
3k+
Self Help
Spirituality
Memoir
I Can See Clearly Now Summary
I Can See Clearly Now
by Wayne W. Dyer 2014 371 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Memoir
Beyond Borderline
by John G. Gunderson • 2016
True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
3.80
405
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
Beyond Borderline Summary
Beyond Borderline
True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
by John G. Gunderson 2016 192 pages
3.80
405 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
More Than a Game
by Phil Jackson • 2011
3.80
500+
Sports
Basketball
Biography
More Than a Game Summary
More Than a Game
by Phil Jackson 2011 343 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Paris
by Paris Hilton • 2023
A Memoir for Young Women in the Age of Influencers
4.21
90k+
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Paris Summary
Paris
A Memoir for Young Women in the Age of Influencers
by Paris Hilton 2023 336 pages
4.21
90k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Call Me American
by Abdi Nor Iftin • 2018
A Memoir
4.52
4k+
Memoir
Africa
Book Club
Call Me American Summary
Call Me American
A Memoir
by Abdi Nor Iftin 2018 320 pages
4.52
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Africa
Book Club
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