Best Memoir Books | Summaries & Audio

Memoir Book Summaries

American Drug Addict

by Brett Douglas • 2018

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 👪 Family And Addiction

American Drug Addict

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

by Brett Douglas 2018 420 pages

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 👪 Family And Addiction

Silicon Valley Porn Star

by Jason Portnoy • 2022

He built startups by day and a sex addiction by night. Then his wife called.

4.32

256

🖥️ Silicon Valley Culture 🔞 Pornography Addiction 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience

Silicon Valley Porn Star

He built startups by day and a sex addiction by night. Then his wife called.

by Jason Portnoy 2022 222 pages

4.32

256 ratings

🖥️ Silicon Valley Culture 🔞 Pornography Addiction 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience

A Higher Loyalty

by James B. Comey • 2018

The president wanted a loyalty oath; the FBI director wrote memos instead. A front-row account.

4.09

49k+

📖 Political Memoir 🤝 Ethical Leadership 🏢 Institutional Integrity 🏛️ Presidential Accountability ⚖️ Rule Of Law

A Higher Loyalty

The president wanted a loyalty oath; the FBI director wrote memos instead. A front-row account.

by James B. Comey 2018 290 pages

4.09

49k+ ratings

📖 Political Memoir 🤝 Ethical Leadership 🏢 Institutional Integrity 🏛️ Presidential Accountability ⚖️ Rule Of Law

Inciting Joy

by Ross Gay • 2022

Why skateboarders share everything: a poet's case for joy in grief and refusal to be useful.

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5k+

🎁 Gift Economies 🐢 Slowing Down 💗 Vulnerability 🌱 Transformative Grief 🏫 Unschooling

Inciting Joy

Why skateboarders share everything: a poet's case for joy in grief and refusal to be useful.

by Ross Gay 2022 256 pages

4.13

5k+ ratings

🎁 Gift Economies 🐢 Slowing Down 💗 Vulnerability 🌱 Transformative Grief 🏫 Unschooling

Fire Shut Up in My Bones

by Charles M. Blow • 2014

Sexually abused at seven, he spent decades climbing toward power. A polygraph machine made him stop.

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4k+

🌾 Southern Childhood 🖤 Growing Up Black 🩹 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧬 Generational Trauma

Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Sexually abused at seven, he spent decades climbing toward power. A polygraph machine made him stop.

by Charles M. Blow 2014 228 pages

4.01

4k+ ratings

🌾 Southern Childhood 🖤 Growing Up Black 🩹 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧬 Generational Trauma

Enchantment

by Katherine May • 2023

Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.

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12k+

🍃 Nature Writing ✨ Everyday Wonder 🙏 Sacred Ordinary 🌿 Nature Connection 😰 Modern Anxiety

Enchantment

Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.

by Katherine May 2023 212 pages

3.59

12k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Writing ✨ Everyday Wonder 🙏 Sacred Ordinary 🌿 Nature Connection 😰 Modern Anxiety

Bruce Lee

by Bruce Lee • 2001

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

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1k+

🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir ☢️ Cold War Culture 🚬 Teenage Rebellion

Bruce Lee

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

by Bruce Lee 2001 288 pages

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir ☢️ Cold War Culture 🚬 Teenage Rebellion

Sastun

by Rosita Arvigo • 1994

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

4.38

500+

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

Sastun

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

by Rosita Arvigo 1994 208 pages

4.38

500+ ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

A Marriage at Sea

by Sophie Elmhirst • 2024

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

3.81

62k+

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Literary Nonfiction

A Marriage at Sea

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

by Sophie Elmhirst 2024 256 pages

3.81

62k+ ratings

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Literary Nonfiction

A Heart That Works

by Rob Delaney • 2022

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

4.62

34k+

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

A Heart That Works

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

by Rob Delaney 2022 196 pages

4.62

34k+ ratings

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

The Dark Side of Innocence

by Terri Cheney • 2011

She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.

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1k+

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 👶 Childhood Bipolar 📖 Mental Illness Memoir 🍷 Self-Medication 🎓 Perfectionism

The Dark Side of Innocence

She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.

by Terri Cheney 2011 290 pages

3.98

1k+ ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 👶 Childhood Bipolar 📖 Mental Illness Memoir 🍷 Self-Medication 🎓 Perfectionism

So Sad Today

by Melissa Broder • 2016

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

3.80

17k+

📖 Confessional Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💻 Internet Addiction 🖤 Dark Humor 🔥 Sexual Candor

So Sad Today

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

by Melissa Broder 2016 206 pages

3.80

17k+ ratings

📖 Confessional Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💻 Internet Addiction 🖤 Dark Humor 🔥 Sexual Candor

Iron Man

by Tony Iommi • 2011

A factory press severs his fingertips. Leather thimbles, detuned strings: heavy metal is born.

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4k+

🎸 Heavy Metal Memoirs 💰 Music Industry Greed 🩹 Post-Injury Creativity 🥁 Band Dynamics 🔮 Occult Rock

Iron Man

A factory press severs his fingertips. Leather thimbles, detuned strings: heavy metal is born.

by Tony Iommi 2011 381 pages

4.01

4k+ ratings

🎸 Heavy Metal Memoirs 💰 Music Industry Greed 🩹 Post-Injury Creativity 🥁 Band Dynamics 🔮 Occult Rock

The Beauty of Dusk

by Frank Bruni • 2022

A stroke took half his eyesight. Blind climbers showed him what fills the space loss creates.

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4k+

🏥 Memoir Of Illness 🦯 Living With Disability 🛡️ Resilience 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🔄 Reframing Adversity

The Beauty of Dusk

A stroke took half his eyesight. Blind climbers showed him what fills the space loss creates.

by Frank Bruni 2022 316 pages

4.06

4k+ ratings

🏥 Memoir Of Illness 🦯 Living With Disability 🛡️ Resilience 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🔄 Reframing Adversity

The Gates of Gaza

by Amir Tibon • 2024

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

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1k+

🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure 🚜 Zionist Pioneers 🗳️ Israeli Politics

The Gates of Gaza

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

by Amir Tibon 2024 352 pages

4.63

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure 🚜 Zionist Pioneers 🗳️ Israeli Politics

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

by Rosie Pérez • 2014

She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.

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1k+

📖 Latina Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 💃 Dancer Memoir

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.

by Rosie Pérez 2014 320 pages

4.12

1k+ ratings

📖 Latina Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 💃 Dancer Memoir

Know Your Power

by Nancy Pelosi • 2008

She ran for Congress at 47 with five children. Her precinct-by-precinct organizing made her Speaker.

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500+

🗳️ Women In Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Democratic Politics 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 👩‍🏫 Mentorship For Women

Know Your Power

She ran for Congress at 47 with five children. Her precinct-by-precinct organizing made her Speaker.

by Nancy Pelosi 2008 192 pages

3.41

500+ ratings

🗳️ Women In Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Democratic Politics 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 👩‍🏫 Mentorship For Women

Bloomberg by Bloomberg

by Michael R. Bloomberg • 1997

Fired with $10 million, he built a terminal that reshaped finance, then ran New York City.

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1k+

💼 Wall Street Stories 📊 Financial Technology 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏢 Startup Culture 🔄 Failure To Success

Bloomberg by Bloomberg

Fired with $10 million, he built a terminal that reshaped finance, then ran New York City.

by Michael R. Bloomberg 1997 280 pages

3.71

1k+ ratings

💼 Wall Street Stories 📊 Financial Technology 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏢 Startup Culture 🔄 Failure To Success

How to Fail

by Elizabeth Day • 2019

What divorce, infertility, and not fitting in taught her that success never could.

3.93

13k+

🧱 Embracing Failure 🔄 Redefining Success 💪 Resilience Building 🔥 Female Anger 🎭 Perfectionism

How to Fail

What divorce, infertility, and not fitting in taught her that success never could.

by Elizabeth Day 2019

3.93

13k+ ratings

🧱 Embracing Failure 🔄 Redefining Success 💪 Resilience Building 🔥 Female Anger 🎭 Perfectionism

Please Stop Laughing at Us...

by Jodee Blanco • 2008

Traditional punishment fails bullies. A survivor's guide to what heals the scars and stops torment.

3.87

234

🚸 School Bullying 📖 Survivor Memoir 🫂 Compassionate Discipline 🌱 Trauma Healing ✋ Anti-Bullying

Please Stop Laughing at Us...

Traditional punishment fails bullies. A survivor's guide to what heals the scars and stops torment.

by Jodee Blanco 2008 506 pages

3.87

234 ratings

🚸 School Bullying 📖 Survivor Memoir 🫂 Compassionate Discipline 🌱 Trauma Healing ✋ Anti-Bullying

The Water Is Wide

by Pat Conroy • 1972

The island kids couldn't tell time. Their teacher drove them to Washington.

4.17

27k+

📚 Teaching Memoir ⚖️ School Inequality 🌴 American South 🧑‍🏫 Progressive Education 🏛️ Teacher Vs Bureaucracy

The Water Is Wide

The island kids couldn't tell time. Their teacher drove them to Washington.

by Pat Conroy 1972 260 pages

4.17

27k+ ratings

📚 Teaching Memoir ⚖️ School Inequality 🌴 American South 🧑‍🏫 Progressive Education 🏛️ Teacher Vs Bureaucracy

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

by Alison Arngrim • 2010

America hated her on screen. Her fury was real, and her own brother had created it.

4.10

18k+

🌟 Child Star Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎥 Behind The Scenes 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survivor Memoir

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

America hated her on screen. Her fury was real, and her own brother had created it.

by Alison Arngrim 2010 302 pages

4.10

18k+ ratings

🌟 Child Star Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎥 Behind The Scenes 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survivor Memoir

Sous Chef

by Michael Gibney • 2014

From morning delivery to last ticket: a sous chef's 24 hours of heat, hierarchy, and precision.

3.64

7k+

🍳 Professional Kitchens 🧑‍🍳 Kitchen Hierarchy 🍽️ Service Culture 📖 Kitchen Memoirs 🏢 Restaurant Industry

Sous Chef

From morning delivery to last ticket: a sous chef's 24 hours of heat, hierarchy, and precision.

by Michael Gibney 2014 240 pages

3.64

7k+ ratings

🍳 Professional Kitchens 🧑‍🍳 Kitchen Hierarchy 🍽️ Service Culture 📖 Kitchen Memoirs 🏢 Restaurant Industry

Gray Matter

by David I. Levy • 2011

A neurosurgeon starts praying with his patients. Then he watches the unexplainable happen.

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1k+

🩺 Faith In Medicine 🧠 Neurosurgery Memoirs 🙏 Prayer And Healing ❤️‍🩹 Forgiveness And Health 💔 Emotional Roots Of Illness

Gray Matter

A neurosurgeon starts praying with his patients. Then he watches the unexplainable happen.

by David I. Levy 2011 304 pages

4.21

1k+ ratings

🩺 Faith In Medicine 🧠 Neurosurgery Memoirs 🙏 Prayer And Healing ❤️‍🩹 Forgiveness And Health 💔 Emotional Roots Of Illness

Don’t Burn This Book

by Dave Rubin • 2020

A former progressive's playbook for when the mob calls you a Nazi and demands an apology.

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3k+

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🌐 Intellectual Dark Web ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 📰 Media Bias

Don’t Burn This Book

A former progressive's playbook for when the mob calls you a Nazi and demands an apology.

by Dave Rubin 2020 256 pages

3.76

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🌐 Intellectual Dark Web ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 📰 Media Bias

Canaries Among Us

by Kayla Taylor • 2022

Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.

4.26

227

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎒 School Bullying 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🧸 Child Mental Health 📚 Trauma-Informed Education

Canaries Among Us

Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.

by Kayla Taylor 2022 378 pages

4.26

227 ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎒 School Bullying 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🧸 Child Mental Health 📚 Trauma-Informed Education

Black Box

by Shiori Itō • 2017

Arrest warrant canceled at the last minute. She named her rapist at a press conference anyway.

4.47

2k+

⚖️ Sexual Assault Law 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Metoo Movement 🗾 Japanese Feminism 🏛️ Institutional Sexism

Black Box

Arrest warrant canceled at the last minute. She named her rapist at a press conference anyway.

by Shiori Itō 2017 230 pages

4.47

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Sexual Assault Law 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Metoo Movement 🗾 Japanese Feminism 🏛️ Institutional Sexism

Smart on Crime

by Kamala Harris • 2009

Tough on crime filled prisons without making us safe; a prosecutor's case for being smart instead.

3.75

346

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚪 Reentry Programs 🤝 Community Policing 🛡️ Victim Advocacy

Smart on Crime

Tough on crime filled prisons without making us safe; a prosecutor's case for being smart instead.

by Kamala Harris 2009 205 pages

3.75

346 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚪 Reentry Programs 🤝 Community Policing 🛡️ Victim Advocacy

Orange Is the New Black

by Piper Kerman • 2010

A decade-old drug crime. A year in federal prison. The hidden world of women doing time.

3.72

200k+

🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🔒 Prison Memoir ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 👩‍🦰 Women In Prison 💊 Drug War

Orange Is the New Black

A decade-old drug crime. A year in federal prison. The hidden world of women doing time.

by Piper Kerman 2010 314 pages

3.72

200k+ ratings

🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🔒 Prison Memoir ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 👩‍🦰 Women In Prison 💊 Drug War

Love & Autism

by Kay Kerr • 2023

Autistic women hide themselves to find love. What happens when they stop hiding is the real story.

4.24

500+

🧠 Neurodiversity Paradigm 👩 Autistic Women 🎭 Autistic Masking 💞 Autistic Relationships 🌀 Sensory Processing

Love & Autism

Autistic women hide themselves to find love. What happens when they stop hiding is the real story.

by Kay Kerr 2023 235 pages

4.24

500+ ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity Paradigm 👩 Autistic Women 🎭 Autistic Masking 💞 Autistic Relationships 🌀 Sensory Processing

In Love

by Amy Bloom • 2022

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

4.26

25k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief 🕊️ Assisted Suicide 💀 Death Acceptance

In Love

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

by Amy Bloom 2022 240 pages

4.26

25k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief 🕊️ Assisted Suicide 💀 Death Acceptance

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

4.35

1k+

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021 347 pages

4.35

1k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

How to Murder Your Life

by Cat Marnell • 2017

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

3.88

21k+

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

How to Murder Your Life

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

by Cat Marnell 2017 384 pages

3.88

21k+ ratings

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

Pour Me, A Life

by A.A. Gill • 2014

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

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2k+

🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Pour Me, A Life

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

by A.A. Gill 2014 288 pages

4.08

2k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

In Trump Time

by Peter Navarro • 2021

A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.

4.53

500+

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🦠 Pandemic Politics 🔬 Covid Origins 🗳️ Election Integrity 🤐 Covid Censorship

In Trump Time

A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.

by Peter Navarro 2021 344 pages

4.53

500+ ratings

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🦠 Pandemic Politics 🔬 Covid Origins 🗳️ Election Integrity 🤐 Covid Censorship

Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis • 1989

The bond desk taught one rule: whoever bluffs best wins. A young Michael Lewis took notes.

4.15

100k+

🏦 Wall Street 📼 1980s Finance ✍️ Wall Street Memoir 🃏 Trading Culture 🦈 Corporate Raiders

Liar's Poker

The bond desk taught one rule: whoever bluffs best wins. A young Michael Lewis took notes.

by Michael Lewis 1989 256 pages

4.15

100k+ ratings

🏦 Wall Street 📼 1980s Finance ✍️ Wall Street Memoir 🃏 Trading Culture 🦈 Corporate Raiders

The Heart and the Fist

by Eric Greitens • 2011

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

4.12

9k+

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🛡️ Moral Courage 🎌 Cultural Competence

The Heart and the Fist

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

by Eric Greitens 2011 320 pages

4.12

9k+ ratings

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🛡️ Moral Courage 🎌 Cultural Competence

Girl Logic

by Iliza Shlesinger • 2017

Women seem crazy but are actually running a complex internal calculus. A comic explains.

3.84

8k+

😂 Feminist Humor 🎤 Comedic Memoir 👩 Modern Womanhood 🌀 Overthinking 👯 Female Friendships

Girl Logic

Women seem crazy but are actually running a complex internal calculus. A comic explains.

by Iliza Shlesinger 2017 264 pages

3.84

8k+ ratings

😂 Feminist Humor 🎤 Comedic Memoir 👩 Modern Womanhood 🌀 Overthinking 👯 Female Friendships

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

by Vic Armstrong • 2011

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

3.67

403

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

by Vic Armstrong 2011

3.67

403 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

The Empathy Exams

by Leslie Jamison • 2014

Empathy isn't a feeling but a practice, and these essays examine what it demands of us.

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15k+

📝 Personal Essays 📰 Literary Journalism 🩺 Medical Humanities 👁️ Ethics Of Witnessing 🗣️ Pain And Narrative

The Empathy Exams

Empathy isn't a feeling but a practice, and these essays examine what it demands of us.

by Leslie Jamison 2014 230 pages

3.67

15k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 📰 Literary Journalism 🩺 Medical Humanities 👁️ Ethics Of Witnessing 🗣️ Pain And Narrative

In My Time

by Dick Cheney • 2011

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

3.79

2k+

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War 🗺️ Post-Cold War Era 🛡️ Defense Policy

In My Time

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

by Dick Cheney 2011 576 pages

3.79

2k+ ratings

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War 🗺️ Post-Cold War Era 🛡️ Defense Policy

Pastoral Song

by James Rebanks • 2020

The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.

4.42

8k+

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🚜 Traditional Farming 🪱 Soil Health 📖 Agrarian Memoir 🍽️ Food Systems Critique

Pastoral Song

The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.

by James Rebanks 2020 304 pages

4.42

8k+ ratings

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🚜 Traditional Farming 🪱 Soil Health 📖 Agrarian Memoir 🍽️ Food Systems Critique

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

by Amy Chua • 2011

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

3.67

54k+

🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🧧 Asian American Experience

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

by Amy Chua 2011 256 pages

3.67

54k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🧧 Asian American Experience

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

by Brianna Madia • 2024

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

4.14

6k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

by Brianna Madia 2024 208 pages

4.14

6k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

A Journey

by Tony Blair • 2010

From rewriting Labour's soul to the order for war: the private memoir of a prime minister.

3.57

4k+

📖 Political Memoirs 🇬🇧 Uk Politics 🌹 Social Democracy 🌍 Humanitarian Intervention 🏥 Public Sector Reform

A Journey

From rewriting Labour's soul to the order for war: the private memoir of a prime minister.

by Tony Blair 2010 720 pages

3.57

4k+ ratings

📖 Political Memoirs 🇬🇧 Uk Politics 🌹 Social Democracy 🌍 Humanitarian Intervention 🏥 Public Sector Reform

Blue Like Jazz

by Donald Miller • 2003

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

3.90

100k+

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 🔍 Self-Examination

Blue Like Jazz

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

by Donald Miller 2003 243 pages

3.90

100k+ ratings

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 🔍 Self-Examination

Blind Injustice

by Mark Godsey • 2017

How good people convict the innocent: a former prosecutor on the cognitive traps built in justice.

4.39

345

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 👁️ Eyewitness Misidentification 🧠 Cognitive Bias 🏢 Banality Of Evil

Blind Injustice

How good people convict the innocent: a former prosecutor on the cognitive traps built in justice.

by Mark Godsey 2017 265 pages

4.39

345 ratings

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 👁️ Eyewitness Misidentification 🧠 Cognitive Bias 🏢 Banality Of Evil

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

3.69

200k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Million Little Pieces

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

by James Frey 2003

3.69

200k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

Little Angels

by Phra Peter Pannapadipo • 2005

Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.

3.94

135

🧘 Thai Buddhism 🏯 Buddhist Monasticism 📿 Monastic Life 🎙️ Oral History ☸️ Theravada Tradition

Little Angels

Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.

by Phra Peter Pannapadipo 2005 320 pages

3.94

135 ratings

🧘 Thai Buddhism 🏯 Buddhist Monasticism 📿 Monastic Life 🎙️ Oral History ☸️ Theravada Tradition

How to Be Fine

by Jolenta Greenberg • 2020

Fifty self-help books, road-tested by two friends. The dozen lessons that actually worked.

3.51

5k+

🧪 Self-Help Experiments 🧠 Positive Psychology 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🧹 Decluttering 📵 Digital Detox

How to Be Fine

Fifty self-help books, road-tested by two friends. The dozen lessons that actually worked.

by Jolenta Greenberg 2020 256 pages

3.51

5k+ ratings

🧪 Self-Help Experiments 🧠 Positive Psychology 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🧹 Decluttering 📵 Digital Detox

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