Best Memoir Books | Summaries & Audio

Memoir Book Summaries

The Addiction Manifesto

by Jerry Weaver • 2021

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

4.72

1k+

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

The Addiction Manifesto

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

by Jerry Weaver 2021 178 pages

4.72

1k+ ratings

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

The Stories We Tell

by Joanna Gaines • 2022

The story you tell about yourself is a first draft. Here is how to revise it.

3.48

12k+

🎤 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Self-Help Memoir 💭 Storytelling And Identity 🫂 Vulnerability 🧘 Mindfulness

The Stories We Tell

The story you tell about yourself is a first draft. Here is how to revise it.

by Joanna Gaines 2022 252 pages

3.48

12k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Self-Help Memoir 💭 Storytelling And Identity 🫂 Vulnerability 🧘 Mindfulness

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass • 2004

A former slave's firsthand account of how literacy unlocked his escape from bondage.

4.13

100k+

📜 Slave Narratives ⛓️ American Slavery 🔓 Self-Emancipation 📚 Literacy And Freedom ✊ Abolitionist Literature

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

A former slave's firsthand account of how literacy unlocked his escape from bondage.

by Frederick Douglass 2004 158 pages

4.13

100k+ ratings

📜 Slave Narratives ⛓️ American Slavery 🔓 Self-Emancipation 📚 Literacy And Freedom ✊ Abolitionist Literature

Punch Me Up To The Gods

by Brian Broome • 2021

His father's lessons were fists. Pittsburgh's gay bars taught him a different kind of blow.

4.33

6k+

🖤 Black Masculinity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🪞 Internalized Racism 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery

Punch Me Up To The Gods

His father's lessons were fists. Pittsburgh's gay bars taught him a different kind of blow.

by Brian Broome 2021 272 pages

4.33

6k+ ratings

🖤 Black Masculinity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🪞 Internalized Racism 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery

Decision Points

by George W. Bush • 2010

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

3.81

42k+

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🏗️ Nation-Building ⚔️ Wartime Leadership

Decision Points

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

by George W. Bush 2010 496 pages

3.81

42k+ ratings

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🏗️ Nation-Building ⚔️ Wartime Leadership

Faith, Hope and Carnage

by Nick Cave • 2022

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

4.41

7k+

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art 🙏 Art And Spirituality 🎹 Improvisation

Faith, Hope and Carnage

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

by Nick Cave 2022 295 pages

4.41

7k+ ratings

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art 🙏 Art And Spirituality 🎹 Improvisation

Eastward to Tartary

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2001

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

4.05

1k+

🗺️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🏚️ Post-Communist States 🕌 Ottoman Legacy ✂️ Artificial Borders

Eastward to Tartary

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2001 385 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🏚️ Post-Communist States 🕌 Ottoman Legacy ✂️ Artificial Borders

Notes to Self

by Emilie Pine • 2018

She was good at going hungry. It was the one thing she could control.

4.10

20k+

📖 Confessional Memoir ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🫥 Body Shame

Notes to Self

She was good at going hungry. It was the one thing she could control.

by Emilie Pine 2018 192 pages

4.10

20k+ ratings

📖 Confessional Memoir ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🫥 Body Shame

Health and Safety

by Emily Witt • 2024

She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.

3.49

2k+

🧪 Drug Experimentation 🎶 Rave Culture 🏙️ Urban Gentrification 🗳️ Trump-Era Politics 💔 Abusive Relationships

Health and Safety

She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.

by Emily Witt 2024 264 pages

3.49

2k+ ratings

🧪 Drug Experimentation 🎶 Rave Culture 🏙️ Urban Gentrification 🗳️ Trump-Era Politics 💔 Abusive Relationships

Hostage

by Eli Sharabi • 2025

He read his captors like a book. The worst news arrived the day he was freed.

4.73

11k+

🪢 Hostage Memoirs 🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🧠 Psychological Resilience 🔗 Captive-Captor Dynamics 📡 Information Warfare

Hostage

He read his captors like a book. The worst news arrived the day he was freed.

by Eli Sharabi 2025

4.73

11k+ ratings

🪢 Hostage Memoirs 🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🧠 Psychological Resilience 🔗 Captive-Captor Dynamics 📡 Information Warfare

Hell-Bent

by Benjamin Lorr • 2012

A 105-degree room. Twenty-six postures. One guru. And the strangest competitive sport on earth.

3.97

2k+

🎤 Immersion Journalism 🧘 Yoga Culture 🔮 Cult Dynamics 💪 Extreme Wellness 🕉️ Modern Hatha Yoga

Hell-Bent

A 105-degree room. Twenty-six postures. One guru. And the strangest competitive sport on earth.

by Benjamin Lorr 2012 320 pages

3.97

2k+ ratings

🎤 Immersion Journalism 🧘 Yoga Culture 🔮 Cult Dynamics 💪 Extreme Wellness 🕉️ Modern Hatha Yoga

Before I Forget

by B. Smith • 2016

She forgot her husband's name at 64: a couple's fight against Alzheimer's and racial inequity.

4.20

1k+

🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 🫂 Dementia Care 😔 Caregiver Burnout ⚖️ Health Disparities ⏳ Early Onset Dementia

Before I Forget

She forgot her husband's name at 64: a couple's fight against Alzheimer's and racial inequity.

by B. Smith 2016 302 pages

4.20

1k+ ratings

🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 🫂 Dementia Care 😔 Caregiver Burnout ⚖️ Health Disparities ⏳ Early Onset Dementia

Parisian Lives

by Deirdre Bair • 2019

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

4.02

500+

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics 🌸 Feminist Awakening ✊ Second Wave Feminism

Parisian Lives

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

by Deirdre Bair 2019 341 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics 🌸 Feminist Awakening ✊ Second Wave Feminism

The Happy Medium

by Kim Russo • 2016

A working medium teaches you to unlock the intuitive abilities you shut down as a child.

4.33

1k+

🔮 Mediumship 🧠 Psychic Development ⚡ Energy Work 👻 Afterlife Exploration ⏳ Past Lives

The Happy Medium

A working medium teaches you to unlock the intuitive abilities you shut down as a child.

by Kim Russo 2016 240 pages

4.33

1k+ ratings

🔮 Mediumship 🧠 Psychic Development ⚡ Energy Work 👻 Afterlife Exploration ⏳ Past Lives

The Book of (More) Delights

by Ross Gay • 2023

A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.

4.25

2k+

📝 Lyric Essays 👀 Practice Of Noticing 🙏 Everyday Devotion 🌱 Garden As Teacher 🍂 Midlife Reflection

The Book of (More) Delights

A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.

by Ross Gay 2023 301 pages

4.25

2k+ ratings

📝 Lyric Essays 👀 Practice Of Noticing 🙏 Everyday Devotion 🌱 Garden As Teacher 🍂 Midlife Reflection

Unfiltered

by Lily Collins • 2017

Actress known for polished roles reveals the eating disorder and emotional abuse behind the camera.

3.84

11k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🪞 Body Image 💗 Self-Acceptance 🚩 Toxic Relationships

Unfiltered

Actress known for polished roles reveals the eating disorder and emotional abuse behind the camera.

by Lily Collins 2017 224 pages

3.84

11k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🪞 Body Image 💗 Self-Acceptance 🚩 Toxic Relationships

The Fear Factory

by Richard Fenton • 2011

After twenty years of pleasantries, a woman learns her mother-in-law's secrets as death closes in.

4.24

🧭 Narrative Self-Help 📖 Family Memoir 👩‍👦 In-Law Dynamics 🧬 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

The Fear Factory

After twenty years of pleasantries, a woman learns her mother-in-law's secrets as death closes in.

by Richard Fenton 2011 111 pages

4.24

50 ratings

🧭 Narrative Self-Help 📖 Family Memoir 👩‍👦 In-Law Dynamics 🧬 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

My Effin' Life

by Geddy Lee • 2023

Three names before he was ten: a Holocaust survivor's son on the path to rock stardom.

4.55

9k+

🎸 Music Memoirs 🎹 Progressive Rock 🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🧬 Second Generation Trauma 🥁 Band Dynamics

My Effin' Life

Three names before he was ten: a Holocaust survivor's son on the path to rock stardom.

by Geddy Lee 2023 512 pages

4.55

9k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoirs 🎹 Progressive Rock 🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🧬 Second Generation Trauma 🥁 Band Dynamics

The Secret Race

by Tyler Hamilton • 2012

A secret phone, hidden blood, a decade of lies: a Tour winner tells all.

4.39

19k+

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Sports Doping 🧪 Doping Culture 🕵️ Sports Corruption 🧠 Athlete Mental Health

The Secret Race

A secret phone, hidden blood, a decade of lies: a Tour winner tells all.

by Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 pages

4.39

19k+ ratings

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Sports Doping 🧪 Doping Culture 🕵️ Sports Corruption 🧠 Athlete Mental Health

My Father's Brain

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

4.13

1k+

🧠 Dementia Care 🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving 👴 Aging Parents

My Father's Brain

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2023 256 pages

4.13

1k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving 👴 Aging Parents

The Imam's Daughter

by Hannah Shah • 2009

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

4.15

2k+

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse 💔 Childhood Abuse ✝️ Conversion Memoir

The Imam's Daughter

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

by Hannah Shah 2009 288 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse 💔 Childhood Abuse ✝️ Conversion Memoir

Now I Am Known

by Peter Mutabazi • 2022

A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.

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1k+

🏠 Foster Care 💔 Childhood Trauma 🕊️ Forgiveness 🌍 African Memoir 🌆 Street Children

Now I Am Known

A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.

by Peter Mutabazi 2022 226 pages

4.75

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 💔 Childhood Trauma 🕊️ Forgiveness 🌍 African Memoir 🌆 Street Children

AMERN WIFE

by Taya Kyle • 2015

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

4.27

5k+

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood 🧠 Living With Ptsd 🛡️ Defending A Legacy

AMERN WIFE

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

by Taya Kyle 2015 368 pages

4.27

5k+ ratings

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood 🧠 Living With Ptsd 🛡️ Defending A Legacy

Text Me When You Get Home

by Kayleen Schaefer • 2018

How a parting ritual signaled that female friendship had become the true love story.

3.46

8k+

👯 Female Friendship 💞 Platonic Bonds 👩 Modern Womanhood ✍️ Feminist Memoir 📺 Media Representation

Text Me When You Get Home

How a parting ritual signaled that female friendship had become the true love story.

by Kayleen Schaefer 2018 288 pages

3.46

8k+ ratings

👯 Female Friendship 💞 Platonic Bonds 👩 Modern Womanhood ✍️ Feminist Memoir 📺 Media Representation

In the Form of a Question

by Amy Schneider • 2023

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

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3k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

In the Form of a Question

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

by Amy Schneider 2023 272 pages

3.51

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking

by Anya von Bremzen • 2013

Three generations, one collapsing empire, and the dishes that defined them: a Soviet family memoir.

4.03

4k+

🍽️ Food Memoir 🥟 Soviet Cuisine 📖 Culinary History 🧳 Diaspora Identity 🏛️ Food And Politics

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking

Three generations, one collapsing empire, and the dishes that defined them: a Soviet family memoir.

by Anya von Bremzen 2013 339 pages

4.03

4k+ ratings

🍽️ Food Memoir 🥟 Soviet Cuisine 📖 Culinary History 🧳 Diaspora Identity 🏛️ Food And Politics

Anxiety as an Ally

by Dan Ryckert • 2015

Panic attacks, standup stages, and skydiving: he chased them all and made anxiety an asset.

3.93

1k+

🧠 Anxiety Management 📈 Exposure Therapy 💡 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🚹 Men's Mental Health 📖 Mental Illness Memoir

Anxiety as an Ally

Panic attacks, standup stages, and skydiving: he chased them all and made anxiety an asset.

by Dan Ryckert 2015 220 pages

3.93

1k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 📈 Exposure Therapy 💡 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🚹 Men's Mental Health 📖 Mental Illness Memoir

The Audacity to Win

by David Plouffe • 2009

How delegate math, two million small donors, and a custom social network beat the Clinton machine.

4.00

3k+

🎯 Electoral Strategy 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 📋 Campaign Management 📣 Political Messaging

The Audacity to Win

How delegate math, two million small donors, and a custom social network beat the Clinton machine.

by David Plouffe 2009 400 pages

4.00

3k+ ratings

🎯 Electoral Strategy 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 📋 Campaign Management 📣 Political Messaging

Ice

by Ice-T • 2011

Orphaned at twelve, he became a South Central hustler. Then hip-hop made him a TV cop.

3.88

1k+

🎤 Gangsta Rap Origins 🎬 Rapper To Actor 🏙️ Street To Stage 🕊️ Gangland Redemption 🎵 Music As Salvation

Ice

Orphaned at twelve, he became a South Central hustler. Then hip-hop made him a TV cop.

by Ice-T 2011 304 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

🎤 Gangsta Rap Origins 🎬 Rapper To Actor 🏙️ Street To Stage 🕊️ Gangland Redemption 🎵 Music As Salvation

بی‌حجاب

by Yasmine Mohammed • 2019

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

4.36

2k+

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism 💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 New Atheism

بی‌حجاب

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

by Yasmine Mohammed 2019 366 pages

4.36

2k+ ratings

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism 💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 New Atheism

Kurdish Women's Stories

by Houzan Mahmoud • 2021

Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.

4.40

194

🗺️ Kurdish History ⚔️ Women In Conflict 🗣️ Oral History 🌍 Transnational Feminism ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Kurdish Women's Stories

Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.

by Houzan Mahmoud 2021 224 pages

4.40

194 ratings

🗺️ Kurdish History ⚔️ Women In Conflict 🗣️ Oral History 🌍 Transnational Feminism ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Ghost Hunting

by Jason Hawes • 2007

A Ouija board opened the door to a demon. The ghost hunters who had to close it.

3.86

2k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Paranormal Skepticism 👊 Poltergeist Activity 🗣️ Spirit Communication 🧸 Haunted Objects

Ghost Hunting

A Ouija board opened the door to a demon. The ghost hunters who had to close it.

by Jason Hawes 2007 288 pages

3.86

2k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Paranormal Skepticism 👊 Poltergeist Activity 🗣️ Spirit Communication 🧸 Haunted Objects

Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2

by Nelson Mandela • 2003

Twenty-seven years in prison. Then he became president of the country that put him there.

4.42

500+

🏴 Apartheid Resistance 🔗 Political Imprisonment 🇿🇦 South African History ✍️ Prison Memoirs 🌍 Anti-Colonial Struggle

Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2

Twenty-seven years in prison. Then he became president of the country that put him there.

by Nelson Mandela 2003 450 pages

4.42

500+ ratings

🏴 Apartheid Resistance 🔗 Political Imprisonment 🇿🇦 South African History ✍️ Prison Memoirs 🌍 Anti-Colonial Struggle

A Piece of Blue Sky

by Jon Atack • 1990

L. Ron Hubbard was no war hero, no mystic, no genius. Those fabrications built a global church.

3.99

500+

🛑 Religious Cults 🎭 Charismatic Leaders 🧠 Cult Psychology ⚠️ Pseudoscience ⛓️ Coercive Control

A Piece of Blue Sky

L. Ron Hubbard was no war hero, no mystic, no genius. Those fabrications built a global church.

by Jon Atack 1990 428 pages

3.99

500+ ratings

🛑 Religious Cults 🎭 Charismatic Leaders 🧠 Cult Psychology ⚠️ Pseudoscience ⛓️ Coercive Control

The Other Side of Israel

by Susan Nathan • 2005

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

4.08

274

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening 🚧 Occupation Realities 🗝️ Nakba And Memory

The Other Side of Israel

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

by Susan Nathan 2005 336 pages

4.08

274 ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening 🚧 Occupation Realities 🗝️ Nakba And Memory

Aussie Grit

by Mark Webber • 2015

Three races from a title, his team gave the only new front wing to his rival.

4.02

2k+

🏎️ Formula 1 Racing 🏛️ Team Politics ⚔️ F1 Rivalries 🩹 Sports Adversity 🔄 Career Transitions

Aussie Grit

Three races from a title, his team gave the only new front wing to his rival.

by Mark Webber 2015 390 pages

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏎️ Formula 1 Racing 🏛️ Team Politics ⚔️ F1 Rivalries 🩹 Sports Adversity 🔄 Career Transitions

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs

by Ulysses S. Grant • 1885

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

4.14

9k+

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command 🚂 Military Logistics 💡 Military Realism

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

by Ulysses S. Grant 1885

4.14

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command 🚂 Military Logistics 💡 Military Realism

Goodbye, Sweet Girl

by Kelly Sundberg • 2018

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

3.83

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control 🌫️ Gaslighting 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse

Goodbye, Sweet Girl

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

by Kelly Sundberg 2018 272 pages

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control 🌫️ Gaslighting 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse

A Hole in the World

by Amanda Held Opelt • 2022

We lost the rituals that made grief survivable. This is the blueprint for getting them back.

4.43

500+

🕯️ Grief Rituals 🤝 Communal Grief 💪 Embodied Grief ✝️ Theology Of Suffering 📷 Memory And Loss

A Hole in the World

We lost the rituals that made grief survivable. This is the blueprint for getting them back.

by Amanda Held Opelt 2022 256 pages

4.43

500+ ratings

🕯️ Grief Rituals 🤝 Communal Grief 💪 Embodied Grief ✝️ Theology Of Suffering 📷 Memory And Loss

Dealing with China [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] NA

by Henry M. Paulson Jr. • 2014

US-China progress was never about demands. It was about relationships built before they were needed.

3.77

1k+

🇨🇳 US-China Relations 🤝 Economic Diplomacy 💱 Currency Politics 📈 Emerging Markets 🌐 Global Finance

Dealing with China [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] NA

US-China progress was never about demands. It was about relationships built before they were needed.

by Henry M. Paulson Jr. 2014 448 pages

3.77

1k+ ratings

🇨🇳 US-China Relations 🤝 Economic Diplomacy 💱 Currency Politics 📈 Emerging Markets 🌐 Global Finance

The Hero's Journey

by Joseph Campbell

Ancient myths are maps of the psyche. Reading them reveals a compass you already possess.

🌍 Comparative Mythology 🧠 Depth Psychology 🧭 Inner Guidance 🌲 Sacred Landscape 🎨 Art And Transcendence

The Hero's Journey

Ancient myths are maps of the psyche. Reading them reveals a compass you already possess.

by Joseph Campbell

🌍 Comparative Mythology 🧠 Depth Psychology 🧭 Inner Guidance 🌲 Sacred Landscape 🎨 Art And Transcendence

Meb For Mortals

by Meb Keflezighi • 2015

Why a marathon champion wants you to show up slightly undertrained on race day.

3.89

1k+

🏅 Marathon Training 🏃 Running Technique 💪 Mental Toughness 🩹 Injury Prevention 🥑 Sports Nutrition

Meb For Mortals

Why a marathon champion wants you to show up slightly undertrained on race day.

by Meb Keflezighi 2015 208 pages

3.89

1k+ ratings

🏅 Marathon Training 🏃 Running Technique 💪 Mental Toughness 🩹 Injury Prevention 🥑 Sports Nutrition

Aman

by Virginia Lee Barnes • 1994

Famine. Circumcision. Child marriage. Aman survived all three before thirteen. Then came the choice.

3.78

500+

🐪 Somali Culture 🌍 East Africa 👧 Girlhood And Tradition 👩🏾 Somali Women's Lives 💍 Arranged Marriage

Aman

Famine. Circumcision. Child marriage. Aman survived all three before thirteen. Then came the choice.

by Virginia Lee Barnes 1994 368 pages

3.78

500+ ratings

🐪 Somali Culture 🌍 East Africa 👧 Girlhood And Tradition 👩🏾 Somali Women's Lives 💍 Arranged Marriage

Peace and Plenty

by Sarah Ban Breathnach • 2010

The money story you grew up with is still calling the shots. Time to rewrite it.

3.63

485

🧠 Money Psychology 🧵 Frugal Living 🌳 Family Money Patterns 📜 Money Stories 🌼 Voluntary Simplicity

Peace and Plenty

The money story you grew up with is still calling the shots. Time to rewrite it.

by Sarah Ban Breathnach 2010

3.63

485 ratings

🧠 Money Psychology 🧵 Frugal Living 🌳 Family Money Patterns 📜 Money Stories 🌼 Voluntary Simplicity

The Calculus of Friendship

by Steven H. Strogatz • 2009

They traded calculus problems by mail for thirty years. The equations said what they couldn't.

3.87

404

🖋️ Epistolary Friendship 📊 Mathematical Memoir 🔢 Mathematics Of Life 📐 Intellectual Intimacy 🔄 Mentorship Bonds

The Calculus of Friendship

They traded calculus problems by mail for thirty years. The equations said what they couldn't.

by Steven H. Strogatz 2009 184 pages

3.87

404 ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Friendship 📊 Mathematical Memoir 🔢 Mathematics Of Life 📐 Intellectual Intimacy 🔄 Mentorship Bonds

Life in Code

by Ellen Ullman • 2017

Programming is obsession, not logic, and the people who built the internet mistrust human beings.

3.96

1k+

👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🖥️ Tech Culture 📵 Digital Isolation 🧠 Programming Psychology 📉 Tech Criticism

Life in Code

Programming is obsession, not logic, and the people who built the internet mistrust human beings.

by Ellen Ullman 2017 320 pages

3.96

1k+ ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🖥️ Tech Culture 📵 Digital Isolation 🧠 Programming Psychology 📉 Tech Criticism

You're Never Weird on the Internet

by Felicia Day • 2015

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

4.07

50k+

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

You're Never Weird on the Internet

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

by Felicia Day 2015 272 pages

4.07

50k+ ratings

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Confessions of a Surgeon

by Paul A. Ruggieri • 2012

Under the drape, the patient stops being human. A surgeon tells the rest.

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Confessions of a Surgeon

Under the drape, the patient stops being human. A surgeon tells the rest.

by Paul A. Ruggieri 2012 272 pages

3.75

2k+ ratings

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Facing the Lion

by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton • 2003

A Maasai boy shamed for fleeing a lion reclaims his courage on a soccer field.

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Facing the Lion

A Maasai boy shamed for fleeing a lion reclaims his courage on a soccer field.

by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton 2003 128 pages

3.90

1k+ ratings

🐄 Maasai Culture 🌍 East African Memoir 🔥 Rites Of Passage 🌓 Cultural Duality 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge

Porcelain

by Moby • 2016

A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.

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Porcelain

A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.

by Moby 2016 418 pages

3.98

4k+ ratings

🎧 Electronic Music 🪩 Rave Culture 🎤 Music Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Doubt 🍷 Sobriety Journeys

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