Memoir
Real lives unfold on these pages as writers share their most profound experiences, revelations, and transformative moments through intimate personal storytelling. Whether penned by world leaders or beloved artists, each memoir offers a window into someone's truth - their struggles and triumphs, wisdom and wonder, laughter and loss.
Memoir Book Summaries
A Lion's Tale
Around the World in Spandex
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
A Lion's Tale
Around the World in Spandex
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
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
Science
Travel
Environment
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
Science
Travel
Environment
On the Other Side of Fear
How I Found Peace
Religion
Catholic
Memoir
On the Other Side of Fear
How I Found Peace
Religion
Catholic
Memoir
Trespassing Across America
One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Trespassing Across America
One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Believe
The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way into Our Hearts
Sports
Pop Culture
History
Believe
The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way into Our Hearts
Sports
Pop Culture
History
Wake Up With Purpose!
What I've Learned in My First Hundred Years
Memoir
Biography
Sports
Wake Up With Purpose!
What I've Learned in My First Hundred Years
Memoir
Biography
Sports
The Little Locksmith
A Memoir
Memoir
Classics
History
The Little Locksmith
A Memoir
Memoir
Classics
History
Cook, Eat, Repeat
Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories – Nigella Lawson's Delicious Essays on Food, Family, and Life
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Cook, Eat, Repeat
Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories – Nigella Lawson's Delicious Essays on Food, Family, and Life
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Natural Disaster
I Cover Them. I am One.
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Natural Disaster
I Cover Them. I am One.
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Accidental Investment Banker
Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
Finance
Business
Biography
The Accidental Investment Banker
Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
Finance
Business
Biography
Do Cool Sh*t
Quit Your Day Job, Start Your Own Business, and Live Happily Ever After
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Do Cool Sh*t
Quit Your Day Job, Start Your Own Business, and Live Happily Ever After
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Still Surprised
A Memoir of a Life in Leadership
Leadership
Memoir
Business
Still Surprised
A Memoir of a Life in Leadership
Leadership
Memoir
Business
Gardening for a Lifetime
How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older
Gardening
Nature
Autobiography
Gardening for a Lifetime
How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older
Gardening
Nature
Autobiography
Raising Hare
A Memoir
Memoir
Nature
Animals
Raising Hare
A Memoir
Memoir
Nature
Animals
Renegade
Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
Politics
Memoir
History
Renegade
Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
Politics
Memoir
History
Find the Good
Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer
Memoir
Essays
Self Help
Find the Good
Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer
Memoir
Essays
Self Help
Faith Unraveled
How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions
Religion
Memoir
Christian
Faith Unraveled
How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions
Religion
Memoir
Christian
Peace Pilgrim
Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
Biography
Spirituality
Memoir
Peace Pilgrim
Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
Biography
Spirituality
Memoir
The Electric Woman
A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
The Electric Woman
A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
How to Write One Song
Music
Writing
Art
How to Write One Song
Music
Writing
Art
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
Adventures in Anxiety – A Funny and Poignant Memoir from the Emmy-Winning Writer of Succession
Memoir
Humor
Mental Health
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
Adventures in Anxiety – A Funny and Poignant Memoir from the Emmy-Winning Writer of Succession
Memoir
Humor
Mental Health
Dark Squares
How Chess Saved My Life
Chess
Memoir
Biography
Dark Squares
How Chess Saved My Life
Chess
Memoir
Biography
9 Rules of Engagement
A Military Brat’s Guide to Life and Success – A Motivational Memoir on Courage, Duty, and a Vietnam Veteran Father
Memoir
Self Help
Military Fiction
9 Rules of Engagement
A Military Brat’s Guide to Life and Success – A Motivational Memoir on Courage, Duty, and a Vietnam Veteran Father
Memoir
Self Help
Military Fiction
All Things Wise and Wonderful
Animals
Memoir
Biography
All Things Wise and Wonderful
Animals
Memoir
Biography
The Barefoot Lawyer
A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China
China
Memoir
Biography
The Barefoot Lawyer
A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China
China
Memoir
Biography
Under Their Thumb
How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones
Music
Biography
Memoir
Under Their Thumb
How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones
Music
Biography
Memoir
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
True Crime
Crime
History
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
True Crime
Crime
History
Imagine a City
A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World
Travel
Memoir
Aviation
Imagine a City
A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World
Travel
Memoir
Aviation
The Blink of an Eye
A Memoir of Dying—and Learning How to Live Again
Memoir
Biography
Medical
The Blink of an Eye
A Memoir of Dying—and Learning How to Live Again
Memoir
Biography
Medical
Dressed Up for a Riot
Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
Russia
Politics
History
Dressed Up for a Riot
Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
Russia
Politics
History
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
LGBT
History
Queer
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
LGBT
History
Queer
Motherland
A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
History
Russia
Feminism
Motherland
A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
History
Russia
Feminism
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
The Complete and Authoritative Edition
Biography
Autobiography
History
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
The Complete and Authoritative Edition
Biography
Autobiography
History
All Things Aside
Absolutely Correct Opinions
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
All Things Aside
Absolutely Correct Opinions
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had
My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High
Education
Memoir
Biography
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had
My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High
Education
Memoir
Biography
Sound
A Story of Hearing Lost and Found
Memoir
Biography
Disability
Sound
A Story of Hearing Lost and Found
Memoir
Biography
Disability
Rebel with a Clause
Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian
Language
Writing
Linguistics
Rebel with a Clause
Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian
Language
Writing
Linguistics
Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie
Being Muslim in America
Religion
Memoir
Islam
Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie
Being Muslim in America
Religion
Memoir
Islam
Off the Deep End
The Probably Insane Idea That I Could Swim My Way Through a Midlife Crises, And Qualify For the Olympics
Sports
Biography
Memoir
Off the Deep End
The Probably Insane Idea That I Could Swim My Way Through a Midlife Crises, And Qualify For the Olympics
Sports
Biography
Memoir
Homeschooled
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Biography
Homeschooled
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Biography
The Best Advice I Ever Got
Lessons from Extraordinary Lives
Self Help
Inspirational
Biography
The Best Advice I Ever Got
Lessons from Extraordinary Lives
Self Help
Inspirational
Biography
Doctored
The Disillusionment of an American Physician
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
Doctored
The Disillusionment of an American Physician
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
What Seems to Be the Problem?
Memoir
Medicine
Medical
What Seems to Be the Problem?
Memoir
Medicine
Medical
The Way of Gratitude
A New Spirituality for Today
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
The Way of Gratitude
A New Spirituality for Today
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
Becoming Free Indeed
My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear
Memoir
Christian
Biography
Becoming Free Indeed
My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear
Memoir
Christian
Biography
Targeted
The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower's Inside Story of How Big Data, Trump, and Facebook Broke Democracy and How It Can Happen Again
Politics
Technology
Business
Targeted
The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower's Inside Story of How Big Data, Trump, and Facebook Broke Democracy and How It Can Happen Again
Politics
Technology
Business
On My Own
The Art of Being a Woman Alone
Feminism
Self Help
Womens
On My Own
The Art of Being a Woman Alone
Feminism
Self Help
Womens
God's Hostage
A True Story of Persecution, Imprisonment, and Perseverance
Biography
Christian
Memoir
God's Hostage
A True Story of Persecution, Imprisonment, and Perseverance
Biography
Christian
Memoir
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault
Essays from the Grown-up Years
Humor
Essays
Memoir
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault
Essays from the Grown-up Years
Humor
Essays
Memoir
Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain
A Search for an Unconventional Life Abroad
Travel
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain
A Search for an Unconventional Life Abroad
Travel
Memoir
Biography Memoir
