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No Cure for Being Human Summary
No Cure for Being Human
And Other Truths I Need to Hear
by Kate Bowler 2021 224 pages
4.13
23.4K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Unveiling Grace Summary
Unveiling Grace
The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church
by Lynn K. Wilder 2013 368 pages
4.29
3.3K ratings
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer Summary
Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer
by Michael Mansfield 2009 512 pages
3.99
152 ratings
Law
Biography
Autobiography
Natural Disaster Summary
Natural Disaster
I Cover Them. I am One.
by Ginger Zee 2017 288 pages
4.02
3.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Hostage Summary
Hostage
by Eli Sharabi 2025
4.78
2.6K ratings
Memoir
Jewish
Israel
Unfiltered Summary
Unfiltered
No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me
by Lily Collins 2017 224 pages
3.85
11.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Summary
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
by T Kira Madden 2019 336 pages
4.25
10.1K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
Moby-Duck Summary
Moby-Duck
The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
by Donovan Hohn 2011 416 pages
3.31
3.2K ratings
Science
Travel
Environment
Front Row at the Trump Show Summary
Front Row at the Trump Show
by Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pages
4.27
4.2K ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
The Way of the Explorer Summary
The Way of the Explorer
An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds
by Edgar D. Mitchell 1996 240 pages
3.87
217 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Memoir
Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie Summary
Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie
Being Muslim in America
by Ranya Tabari Idliby 2014 256 pages
3.47
200 ratings
Religion
Memoir
Islam
The Blink of an Eye Summary
The Blink of an Eye
A Memoir of Dying―and Learning How to Live Again
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018 227 pages
4.11
442 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medical
Carry On, Warrior Summary
Carry On, Warrior
Thoughts on Life Unarmed
by Glennon Doyle 2013 269 pages
4.10
29.6K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Book Club
All Things Wise and Wonderful Summary
All Things Wise and Wonderful
by James Herriot 1978 448 pages
4.45
36.8K ratings
Animals
Memoir
Biography
Treating People Well Summary
Treating People Well
The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life
by Lea Berman 2018 256 pages
3.71
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Business
Politics
How to Write One Song Summary
How to Write One Song
Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
by Jeff Tweedy 2020 176 pages
4.22
6.5K ratings
Music
Writing
Art
The Prosecutor Summary
The Prosecutor
by Nazir Afzal 2020 304 pages
4.43
1.2K ratings
Law
Memoir
Biography
Still Surprised Summary
Still Surprised
A Memoir of a Life in Leadership
by Warren Bennis 2010 272 pages
3.75
71 ratings
Leadership
Memoir
Business
Between You & Me Summary
Between You & Me
Confessions of a Comma Queen
by Mary Norris 2015 240 pages
3.61
6.4K ratings
Memoir
Writing
Language
Skipping Towards Gomorrah Summary
Skipping Towards Gomorrah
The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America
by Dan Savage 2002 320 pages
3.81
3.4K ratings
Humor
Politics
Essays
Q's Legacy Summary
Q's Legacy
A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books
by Helene Hanff 1985 177 pages
4.05
2.2K ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
Wake Up With Purpose! Summary
Wake Up With Purpose!
What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years
by Jean Dolores Schmidt 2023 222 pages
4.17
2.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Sports
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life Summary
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
Adventures in Anxiety
by Georgia Pritchett 2021 288 pages
3.82
6.0K ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Humor
The People's Hospital Summary
The People's Hospital
Hope and Peril in American Medicine
by Ricardo Nuila 2023 370 pages
4.38
3.2K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Health
Ask a Pro Summary
Ask a Pro
Deep Thoughts and Unreliable Advice from America’s Foremost Cycling Sage
by Phil Gaimon 2017 216 pages
4.07
660 ratings
Cycling
Sports
Memoir
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
4.14
54.0K ratings
Science
Memoir
History
A Lion's Tale Summary
A Lion's Tale
Around the World in Spandex
by Chris Jericho 2007 412 pages
4.37
5.6K ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Autobiography of Mark Twain Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 414 pages
3.80
8.7K ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
Find the Good Summary
Find the Good
Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer
by Heather Lende 2015 176 pages
3.76
6.0K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Essays
The Year of Reading Dangerously Summary
The Year of Reading Dangerously
by Andy Miller 2012 338 pages
3.32
6.1K ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
Growing Up Colt Summary
Growing Up Colt
A Father, a Son, a Life in Football
by Colt McCoy 2011 256 pages
4.08
308 ratings
Biography
Sports
Football
Self-Portrait in Black and White Summary
Self-Portrait in Black and White
Unlearning Race
by Thomas Chatterton Williams 2019 192 pages
4.03
1.6K ratings
Memoir
Race
Politics
The Accidental Investment Banker Summary
The Accidental Investment Banker
Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
by Jonathan A. Knee 2006 288 pages
3.59
830 ratings
Finance
Business
Biography
Silver Screen Fiend Summary
Silver Screen Fiend
Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
by Patton Oswalt 2015 240 pages
3.62
7.6K ratings
Memoir
Humor
Film
The Hate Next Door Summary
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
by Matson Browning 2023 368 pages
4.13
397 ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Seldom Disappointed Summary
Seldom Disappointed
A Memoir
by Tony Hillerman 2001 368 pages
4.00
764 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Good Doctor Summary
The Good Doctor
A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics
by Barron H. Lerner 2014 240 pages
3.85
189 ratings
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
When They Call You a Terrorist Summary
When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018 257 pages
4.49
25.2K ratings
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
Peace Pilgrim Summary
Peace Pilgrim
Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
by Peace Pilgrim 1983 208 pages
4.26
724 ratings
Biography
Spirituality
Memoir
Wonderland Avenue Summary
Wonderland Avenue
Tales of Glamour and Excess
by Danny Sugerman 1989 480 pages
4.25
2.7K ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
Dressed Up for a Riot Summary
Dressed Up for a Riot
Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
by Michael Idov 2018 288 pages
3.62
261 ratings
Russia
Memoir
Politics
The Fifth Vital Summary
The Fifth Vital
by Mike Majlak 2020 308 pages
4.33
2.7K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Medical
Cleaning House Summary
Cleaning House
A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement
by Kay Wills Wyma 2012 278 pages
3.72
2.9K ratings
Parenting
Self Help
Christian
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had Summary
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had
My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High
by Tony Danza 2012 272 pages
3.86
4.4K ratings
Education
Memoir
Biography
Off the Deep End Summary
Off the Deep End
The Probably Insane Idea That I Could Swim My Way Through a Midlife Crises, And Qualify For the Olympics
by W. Hodding Carter IV 2008 209 pages
3.30
111 ratings
Sports
Biography
Memoir
A Nurse's Story Summary
A Nurse's Story
My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis
by Louise Curtis 2020 286 pages
3.94
1.3K ratings
Medical
Memoir
Medicine
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan Summary
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan
by Helen Keller 1902 79 pages
3.95
528 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst
by Daniel Reingold 2006 368 pages
3.87
1.1K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Latehomecomer Summary
The Latehomecomer
A Hmong Family Memoir
by Kao Kalia Yang 2008 277 pages
4.17
8.3K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
History
Manhood for Amateurs Summary
Manhood for Amateurs
by Michael Chabon 2009 306 pages
3.73
8.0K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Biography
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