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Memoir Book Summaries

How to Murder Your Life
by Cat Marnell • 2017
3.88
21k+
Memoir
Biography
Addiction
How to Murder Your Life Summary
How to Murder Your Life
by Cat Marnell 2017 384 pages
3.88
21k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Addiction
Journey of a Thousand Miles
by Lang Lang • 2008
My Story
4.04
500+
Music
Biography
Memoir
Journey of a Thousand Miles Summary
Journey of a Thousand Miles
My Story
by Lang Lang 2008 272 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman
by Vic Armstrong • 2011
3.67
403
Biography
Media Tie In
Memoir
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman Summary
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman
by Vic Armstrong 2011
3.67
403 ratings
Biography
Media Tie In
Memoir
American Drug Addict
by Brett Douglas • 2018
a memoir
4.00
3k+
Memoir
Addiction
Biography
American Drug Addict Summary
American Drug Addict
a memoir
by Brett Douglas 2018 420 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Addiction
Biography
I'll Never Write My Memoirs
by Grace Jones • 2015
3.76
1k+
Music
Memoir
Biography
I'll Never Write My Memoirs Summary
I'll Never Write My Memoirs
by Grace Jones 2015 400 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
Know Your Power
by Nancy Pelosi • 2008
A Message to America's Daughters
3.41
500+
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Know Your Power Summary
Know Your Power
A Message to America's Daughters
by Nancy Pelosi 2008 192 pages
3.41
500+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks • 2020
4.42
8k+
Nature
Memoir
Environment
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks 2020 304 pages
4.42
8k+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Environment
Lipstick Jihad
by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005
A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran
3.70
4k+
Memoir
Iran
Middle East
Lipstick Jihad Summary
Lipstick Jihad
A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran
by Azadeh Moaveni 2005 272 pages
3.70
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Iran
Middle East
I've Tried Being Nice
by Ann Leary • 2024
Essays
3.78
1k+
Essays
Memoir
Humor
I've Tried Being Nice Summary
I've Tried Being Nice
Essays
by Ann Leary 2024 240 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Humor
If We Break
by Kathleen Buhle • 2022
A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing
4.20
3k+
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
If We Break Summary
If We Break
A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing
by Kathleen Buhle 2022 304 pages
4.20
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
In the Dream House
by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019
4.38
100k+
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
In the Dream House Summary
In the Dream House
by Carmen Maria Machado 2019 264 pages
4.38
100k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
Liar's Poker
by Michael Lewis • 1989
4.15
100k+
Business
Finance
Economics
Liar's Poker Summary
Liar's Poker
by Michael Lewis 1989 256 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Nothing But The Truth
by The Secret Barrister • 2022
Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law
4.07
3k+
Law
Politics
Crime
Nothing But The Truth Summary
Nothing But The Truth
Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law
by The Secret Barrister 2022 299 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
Without You, There Is No Us
by Suki Kim • 2014
My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
3.93
22k+
Memoir
History
Politics
Without You, There Is No Us Summary
Without You, There Is No Us
My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by Suki Kim 2014 291 pages
3.93
22k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Politics
Blue Like Jazz
by Donald Miller • 2003
Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
3.90
100k+
Christian
Religion
Christianity
Blue Like Jazz Summary
Blue Like Jazz
Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
by Donald Miller 2003 243 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Christian
Religion
Christianity
Orphan Bachelors
by Fae Myenne Ng • 2023
3.91
238
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Biography
Orphan Bachelors Summary
Orphan Bachelors
by Fae Myenne Ng 2023 256 pages
3.91
238 ratings
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Biography
The Greatest
by Muhammad Ali • 1975
My Own Story
4.26
1k+
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
The Greatest Summary
The Greatest
My Own Story
by Muhammad Ali 1975 424 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Very Good Lives
by J.K. Rowling • 2015
The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
4.08
28k+
Self Help
Essays
Inspirational
Very Good Lives Summary
Very Good Lives
The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
by J.K. Rowling 2015 80 pages
4.08
28k+ ratings
Self Help
Essays
Inspirational
Iacocca
by Lee Iacocca • 1984
3.99
10k+
Biography
Business
Autobiography
Iacocca Summary
Iacocca
by Lee Iacocca 1984 384 pages
3.99
10k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Autobiography
Bravey
by Alexi Pappas • 2021
Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas
4.19
11k+
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Bravey Summary
Bravey
Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas
by Alexi Pappas 2021 338 pages
4.19
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
A Marriage at Sea
by Sophie Elmhirst • 2024
A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
3.81
62k+
Biography
Memoir
Book Club
A Marriage at Sea Summary
A Marriage at Sea
A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
by Sophie Elmhirst 2024 256 pages
3.81
62k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Book Club
Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget
by Margaret Josephs • 2021
How to Survive in Business and Life
3.92
1k+
Memoir
Business
Celebrity
Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget Summary
Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget
How to Survive in Business and Life
by Margaret Josephs 2021 272 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Business
Celebrity
The Complete Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda • 1974
4.16
4k+
Biography
Memoir
Poetry
The Complete Memoirs Summary
The Complete Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda 1974 498 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Poetry
Every Deep-Drawn Breath
by Wes Ely • 2021
A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU
4.35
1k+
Medicine
Medical
Science
Every Deep-Drawn Breath Summary
Every Deep-Drawn Breath
A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU
by Wes Ely 2021 347 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Bird Watching
by Larry Bird • 1999
On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love
3.94
447
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Bird Watching Summary
Bird Watching
On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love
by Larry Bird 1999 352 pages
3.94
447 ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Stephen Hawking
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2020
A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
4.03
500+
Science
Biography
Memoir
Stephen Hawking Summary
Stephen Hawking
A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
by Leonard Mlodinow 2020 240 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Science
Biography
Memoir
Girl With No Job
by Claudia Oshry • 2021
The Crazy Beautiful Life of an Instagram Thirst Monster
3.81
22k+
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Girl With No Job Summary
Girl With No Job
The Crazy Beautiful Life of an Instagram Thirst Monster
by Claudia Oshry 2021 240 pages
3.81
22k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch
by Alison Arngrim • 2010
How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
4.10
18k+
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch Summary
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch
How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
by Alison Arngrim 2010 302 pages
4.10
18k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Heart and the Fist
by Eric Greitens • 2011
The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
4.12
9k+
Military Fiction
Biography
Memoir
The Heart and the Fist Summary
The Heart and the Fist
The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
by Eric Greitens 2011 320 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Military Fiction
Biography
Memoir
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by Amy Chua • 2011
3.67
54k+
Parenting
Memoir
Book Club
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Summary
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by Amy Chua 2011 256 pages
3.67
54k+ ratings
Parenting
Memoir
Book Club
Red Roulette
by Desmond Shum • 2021
An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
3.91
6k+
China
Politics
Business
Red Roulette Summary
Red Roulette
An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
by Desmond Shum 2021
3.91
6k+ ratings
China
Politics
Business
Yesterday I Cried
by Iyanla Vanzant • 1998
4.26
2k+
Self Help
Spirituality
Inspirational
Yesterday I Cried Summary
Yesterday I Cried
by Iyanla Vanzant 1998 304 pages
4.26
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Inspirational
Fate Is the Hunter
by Ernest K. Gann • 1961
4.56
3k+
Aviation
History
Biography
Fate Is the Hunter Summary
Fate Is the Hunter
by Ernest K. Gann 1961 416 pages
4.56
3k+ ratings
Aviation
History
Biography
In Trump Time
by Peter Navarro • 2021
A Journal of America's Plague Year
4.53
500+
Politics
History
Political Science
In Trump Time Summary
In Trump Time
A Journal of America's Plague Year
by Peter Navarro 2021 344 pages
4.53
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
What I Ate in One Year
by Stanley Tucci • 2024
3.81
26k+
Memoir
Food
Biography
What I Ate in One Year Summary
What I Ate in One Year
by Stanley Tucci 2024 350 pages
3.81
26k+ ratings
Memoir
Food
Biography
Good for a Girl
by Lauren Fleshman • 2023
A Woman Running in a Man's World
4.45
18k+
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Good for a Girl Summary
Good for a Girl
A Woman Running in a Man's World
by Lauren Fleshman 2023 286 pages
4.45
18k+ ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Without the Mask
by Charlie Bird • 2020
Coming Out and Coming Into God's Light
4.53
2k+
Memoir
Religion
Lds
Without the Mask Summary
Without the Mask
Coming Out and Coming Into God's Light
by Charlie Bird 2020 176 pages
4.53
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Religion
Lds
Endurance
by Scott Kelly • 2017
A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
4.21
23k+
Science
Biography
Memoir
Endurance Summary
Endurance
A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
by Scott Kelly 2017 400 pages
4.21
23k+ ratings
Science
Biography
Memoir
My Age of Anxiety
by Scott Stossel • 2014
Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
3.86
7k+
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
My Age of Anxiety Summary
My Age of Anxiety
Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
by Scott Stossel 2014 505 pages
3.86
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
Harpo Speaks!
by Harpo Marx • 1961
4.23
4k+
Biography
Humor
Memoir
Harpo Speaks! Summary
Harpo Speaks!
by Harpo Marx 1961 482 pages
4.23
4k+ ratings
Biography
Humor
Memoir
Girl Logic
by Iliza Shlesinger • 2017
The Genius and the Absurdity
3.84
8k+
Humor
Memoir
Comedy
Girl Logic Summary
Girl Logic
The Genius and the Absurdity
by Iliza Shlesinger 2017 264 pages
3.84
8k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Comedy
Somewhere Towards the End
by Diana Athill • 2008
A Memoir
3.72
3k+
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Somewhere Towards the End Summary
Somewhere Towards the End
A Memoir
by Diana Athill 2008 208 pages
3.72
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
by Stephen Cope • 1999
4.13
2k+
Spirituality
Psychology
Health
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self Summary
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
by Stephen Cope 1999 384 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Health
Canary in the Coal Mine
by William Cooke • 2021
A Forgotten Rural Community, a Hidden Epidemic, and a Lone Doctor Battling for the Life, Health, and Soul of the People
3.92
500+
Memoir
Medical
Medicine
Canary in the Coal Mine Summary
Canary in the Coal Mine
A Forgotten Rural Community, a Hidden Epidemic, and a Lone Doctor Battling for the Life, Health, and Soul of the People
by William Cooke 2021 320 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Memoir
Medical
Medicine
How Not to Be a Politician
by Rory Stewart • 2023
A Memoir
4.30
17k+
Politics
Biography
Memoir
How Not to Be a Politician Summary
How Not to Be a Politician
A Memoir
by Rory Stewart 2023 464 pages
4.30
17k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Beyond the Sky and the Earth
by Jamie Zeppa • 1999
A Journey into Bhutan
4.16
4k+
Travel
Memoir
Asia
Beyond the Sky and the Earth Summary
Beyond the Sky and the Earth
A Journey into Bhutan
by Jamie Zeppa 1999 321 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Asia
If You Want to Write
by Brenda Ueland • 2012
A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
4.12
8k+
Writing
Art
Self Help
If You Want to Write Summary
If You Want to Write
A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
by Brenda Ueland 2012 122 pages
4.12
8k+ ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Mark Twain
by Ron Chernow • 2025
4.18
7k+
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Mark Twain Summary
Mark Twain
by Ron Chernow 2025 1200 pages
4.18
7k+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
The Book of Murder
by Matt Murphy • 2024
A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death
4.43
3k+
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
The Book of Murder Summary
The Book of Murder
A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death
by Matt Murphy 2024 320 pages
4.43
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
Over the Top
by Jonathan Van Ness • 2019
A Raw Journey to Self-Love
4.18
68k+
Memoir
LGBT
Biography
Over the Top Summary
Over the Top
A Raw Journey to Self-Love
by Jonathan Van Ness 2019 269 pages
4.18
68k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Biography
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