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Go For The Goal
by Mia Hamm • 1999
A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life
4.02
500+
Sports
Soccer
Autobiography
Go For The Goal Summary
Go For The Goal
A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life
by Mia Hamm 1999 272 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Sports
Soccer
Autobiography
What the Chicken Knows
by Sy Montgomery • 2024
A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
3.82
3k+
Animals
Nature
Science
What the Chicken Knows Summary
What the Chicken Knows
A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
by Sy Montgomery 2024 91 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Animals
Nature
Science
Under the Black Hat
by Jim Ross • 2020
My Life in the WWE and Beyond
4.29
2k+
Biography
Sports
Memoir
Under the Black Hat Summary
Under the Black Hat
My Life in the WWE and Beyond
by Jim Ross 2020 295 pages
4.29
2k+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Memoir
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny
by Phillip Done • 2005
Life Lessons from Teaching
4.38
2k+
Education
Teaching
Humor
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny Summary
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny
Life Lessons from Teaching
by Phillip Done 2005 304 pages
4.38
2k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Humor
The Best Strangers in the World
by Ari Shapiro • 2023
Stories from a Life Spent Listening―A Poignant Journey Through Journalism, Global Connections, and Human Resilience in Today's World
4.02
6k+
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
The Best Strangers in the World Summary
The Best Strangers in the World
Stories from a Life Spent Listening―A Poignant Journey Through Journalism, Global Connections, and Human Resilience in Today's World
by Ari Shapiro 2023 256 pages
4.02
6k+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective
by Robert Mann • 2006
3.91
500+
True Crime
Science
Crime
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective
by Robert Mann 2006
3.91
500+ ratings
True Crime
Science
Crime
How To Be A Woman
by Caitlin Moran • 2011
3.71
100k+
Feminism
Memoir
Humor
How To Be A Woman Summary
How To Be A Woman
by Caitlin Moran 2011 322 pages
3.71
100k+ ratings
Feminism
Memoir
Humor
Highcastle
by Stanisław Lem • 1966
A Remembrance
3.65
500+
Biography
Polish Literature
Literature
Highcastle Summary
Highcastle
A Remembrance
by Stanisław Lem 1966 152 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Biography
Polish Literature
Literature
Gray Matters
by Theodore H. Schwartz • 2024
A Biography of Brain Surgery
4.36
1k+
Science
Medicine
Medical
Gray Matters Summary
Gray Matters
A Biography of Brain Surgery
by Theodore H. Schwartz 2024 512 pages
4.36
1k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Medical
I Don't Want to Die Poor
by Michael Arceneaux • 2020
Essays
3.71
1k+
Essays
Memoir
LGBT
I Don't Want to Die Poor Summary
I Don't Want to Die Poor
Essays
by Michael Arceneaux 2020 240 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
LGBT
Capital Gaines
by Chip Gaines • 2017
Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
3.99
18k+
Biography
Memoir
Business
Capital Gaines Summary
Capital Gaines
Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
by Chip Gaines 2017 208 pages
3.99
18k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Business
Little Angels
by Phra Peter Pannapadipo • 2005
The Real Life Stories of Thai Novice Monks
3.94
135
Buddhism
Memoir
Asia
Little Angels Summary
Little Angels
The Real Life Stories of Thai Novice Monks
by Phra Peter Pannapadipo 2005 320 pages
3.94
135 ratings
Buddhism
Memoir
Asia
Another Word for Love
by Carvell Wallace • 2024
A Memoir
4.25
1k+
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
Another Word for Love Summary
Another Word for Love
A Memoir
by Carvell Wallace 2024 272 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
The Gift
by Edith Eger • 2020
12 Lessons to Save Your Life
4.43
20k+
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Gift Summary
The Gift
12 Lessons to Save Your Life
by Edith Eger 2020 224 pages
4.43
20k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Face the Music
by Paul Stanley • 2014
A Life Exposed
4.13
5k+
Music
Biography
Memoir
Face the Music Summary
Face the Music
A Life Exposed
by Paul Stanley 2014 462 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
What the Dog Knows
by Cat Warren • 2013
The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs
3.98
1k+
Dogs
Animals
Science
What the Dog Knows Summary
What the Dog Knows
The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs
by Cat Warren 2013 352 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Dogs
Animals
Science
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost
by Rachel Friedman • 2011
A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure
3.80
4k+
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost Summary
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost
A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure
by Rachel Friedman 2011 287 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Abroad in Japan
by Chris Broad • 2023
Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
4.11
23k+
Travel
Japan
Memoir
Abroad in Japan Summary
Abroad in Japan
Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
by Chris Broad 2023 320 pages
4.11
23k+ ratings
Travel
Japan
Memoir
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School
by Kathleen Flinn • 2011
How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks
4.09
5k+
Food
Cooking
Memoir
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School Summary
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School
How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks
by Kathleen Flinn 2011 304 pages
4.09
5k+ ratings
Food
Cooking
Memoir
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
by Mindy Kaling • 2011
3.86
500k+
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Summary
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
by Mindy Kaling 2011 5 pages
3.86
500k+ ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
by Rachel Dratch • 2012
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
3.63
27k+
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
Girl Walks into a Bar . . . Summary
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
by Rachel Dratch 2012 248 pages
3.63
27k+ ratings
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table
by Jeffrey A. Kottler • 2003
Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior
3.88
500+
Psychology
Mental Health
Book Club
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table Summary
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table
Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior
by Jeffrey A. Kottler 2003 325 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Book Club
Wild Game
by Adrienne Brodeur • 2019
My Mother, Her Secret, and Me
3.98
33k+
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Wild Game Summary
Wild Game
My Mother, Her Secret, and Me
by Adrienne Brodeur 2019 256 pages
3.98
33k+ ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
The T in LGBT
by Jamie Raines • 2023
everything you need to know about being trans
4.53
1k+
Queer
LGBT
Transgender
The T in LGBT Summary
The T in LGBT
everything you need to know about being trans
by Jamie Raines 2023 256 pages
4.53
1k+ ratings
Queer
LGBT
Transgender
How Dante Can Save Your Life
by Rod Dreher • 2015
The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem
3.98
1k+
Memoir
Poetry
Literature
How Dante Can Save Your Life Summary
How Dante Can Save Your Life
The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem
by Rod Dreher 2015 320 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Literature
Poser
by Claire Dederer • 2010
My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses
3.57
6k+
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Poser Summary
Poser
My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses
by Claire Dederer 2010 352 pages
3.57
6k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Autobiography of Mark Twain
by Mark Twain • 2010
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
3.80
8k+
Biography
Autobiography
History
Autobiography of Mark Twain Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 414 pages
3.80
8k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
Did I Ever Tell You?
by Genevieve Kingston • 2024
4.29
5k+
Memoir
Grief
Death
Did I Ever Tell You? Summary
Did I Ever Tell You?
by Genevieve Kingston 2024 288 pages
4.29
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Grief
Death
Eichmann in My Hands
by Peter Z. Malkin • 1990
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
4.43
500+
History
Holocaust
Biography
Eichmann in My Hands Summary
Eichmann in My Hands
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
by Peter Z. Malkin 1990 267 pages
4.43
500+ ratings
History
Holocaust
Biography
Dreaming in Hindi
by Katherine Russell Rich • 2009
Coming Awake in Another Language
3.12
1k+
India
Memoir
Travel
Dreaming in Hindi Summary
Dreaming in Hindi
Coming Awake in Another Language
by Katherine Russell Rich 2009 360 pages
3.12
1k+ ratings
India
Memoir
Travel
Jew[ish]
by Matt Greene • 2020
3.54
2k+
Memoir
Religion
Jewish
Jew[ish] Summary
Jew[ish]
by Matt Greene 2020 199 pages
3.54
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Religion
Jewish
Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business)
by Tabitha Brown • 2021
Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom
4.42
8k+
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business) Summary
Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business)
Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom
by Tabitha Brown 2021 288 pages
4.42
8k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Greek to Me
by Mary Norris • 2019
Adventures of the Comma Queen
3.63
2k+
Travel
Memoir
Greece
Greek to Me Summary
Greek to Me
Adventures of the Comma Queen
by Mary Norris 2019 240 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Greece
Poster Child
by Emily Rapp • 2006
3.72
500+
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
Poster Child Summary
Poster Child
by Emily Rapp 2006 240 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
Life After Suicide
by Jennifer Ashton • 2019
Finding Courage, Comfort & Community After Unthinkable Loss
3.83
500+
Mental Health
Memoir
Psychology
Life After Suicide Summary
Life After Suicide
Finding Courage, Comfort & Community After Unthinkable Loss
by Jennifer Ashton 2019
3.83
500+ ratings
Mental Health
Memoir
Psychology
Hot Seat
by Jeff Immelt • 2021
Life-changing lessons from one of the world's most successful CEOs
3.97
500+
Business
Leadership
Biography
Hot Seat Summary
Hot Seat
Life-changing lessons from one of the world's most successful CEOs
by Jeff Immelt 2021 354 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Biography
My Friend Anne Frank
by Hannah Pick-Goslar • 2023
The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
4.66
7k+
Memoir
History
Biography
My Friend Anne Frank Summary
My Friend Anne Frank
The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
by Hannah Pick-Goslar 2023 320 pages
4.66
7k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
Nothing Holds Back the Night
by Delphine de Vigan • 2011
4.35
24k+
France
Roman
Memoir
Nothing Holds Back the Night Summary
Nothing Holds Back the Night
by Delphine de Vigan 2011 352 pages
4.35
24k+ ratings
France
Roman
Memoir
Zero Regrets
by Apolo Anton Ohno • 2010
Be Greater Than Yesterday
4.22
500+
Biography
Sports
Memoir
Zero Regrets Summary
Zero Regrets
Be Greater Than Yesterday
by Apolo Anton Ohno 2010 292 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Memoir
The Bone Woman
by Clea Koff • 2001
A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
4.02
3k+
Anthropology
History
Africa
The Bone Woman Summary
The Bone Woman
A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
by Clea Koff 2001 304 pages
4.02
3k+ ratings
Anthropology
History
Africa
The Profiler
by Pat Brown • 2010
My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths
3.08
1k+
True Crime
Crime
Biography
The Profiler Summary
The Profiler
My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths
by Pat Brown 2010 285 pages
3.08
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Let's Talk About Hard Things
by Anna Sale • 2021
3.65
3k+
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
Let's Talk About Hard Things Summary
Let's Talk About Hard Things
by Anna Sale 2021 297 pages
3.65
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
Churchill
by Winston S. Churchill • 2012
The Power of Words
4.28
500+
History
Biography
Politics
Churchill Summary
Churchill
The Power of Words
by Winston S. Churchill 2012 688 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Castaway
by Lucy Irvine • 1983
3.76
500+
Travel
Biography
Memoir
Castaway Summary
Castaway
by Lucy Irvine 1983 288 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Travel
Biography
Memoir
Winning!
by Clive Woodward • 2004
4.14
497
Biography
Autobiography
Sports
Winning! Summary
Winning!
by Clive Woodward 2004
4.14
497 ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Sports
Why Fish Don’t Exist
by Lulu Miller • 2020
A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
4.13
58k+
Science
Memoir
History
Why Fish Don’t Exist Summary
Why Fish Don’t Exist
A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
by Lulu Miller 2020 225 pages
4.13
58k+ ratings
Science
Memoir
History
By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020
by Dean Nicholson • 2020
4.36
7k+
Travel
Animals
Memoir
By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020 Summary
By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020
by Dean Nicholson 2020
4.36
7k+ ratings
Travel
Animals
Memoir
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass • 2004
4.13
100k+
History
Classics
Biography
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Summary
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass 2004 158 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
History
Classics
Biography
Prisoner
by Jason Rezaian • 2019
My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out
3.88
1k+
Memoir
Biography
Iran
Prisoner Summary
Prisoner
My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out
by Jason Rezaian 2019 320 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Iran
In Good Company
by James Martin • 2000
The Fast Track from the Corporate World to Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience
4.30
381
Religion
Spirituality
Biography
In Good Company Summary
In Good Company
The Fast Track from the Corporate World to Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience
by James Martin 2000 216 pages
4.30
381 ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Biography
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