Best Memoir Books | Summaries & Audio

Memoir Book Summaries

I Stand Corrected

by Eden Collinsworth • 2014

When a Western etiquette expert tried to teach China about manners, China politely corrected her.

3.20

188

🏢 Business Etiquette 🇨🇳 Modern China 📖 China Memoir 🗣️ Cultural Fluency 📜 Confucian Values

I Stand Corrected

When a Western etiquette expert tried to teach China about manners, China politely corrected her.

by Eden Collinsworth 2014 272 pages

3.20

188 ratings

🏢 Business Etiquette 🇨🇳 Modern China 📖 China Memoir 🗣️ Cultural Fluency 📜 Confucian Values

Numerate Life

by John Allen Paulos • 2015

Your life story is a statistical error: a mathematician breaks down why.

3.49

170

🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📖 Narrative Identity 📊 Statistical Reasoning 🧠 Memory And Bias 🫥 Illusion Of Self

Numerate Life

Your life story is a statistical error: a mathematician breaks down why.

by John Allen Paulos 2015 206 pages

3.49

170 ratings

🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📖 Narrative Identity 📊 Statistical Reasoning 🧠 Memory And Bias 🫥 Illusion Of Self

I Must Say

by Martin Short • 2014

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

4.12

18k+

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

I Must Say

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

by Martin Short 2014 336 pages

4.12

18k+ ratings

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

by Maria Bamford • 2023

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

3.71

25k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

by Maria Bamford 2023 287 pages

3.71

25k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

7 Lessons from Heaven

by Mary C. Neal • 2017

She died, saw heaven, and came back with the secret to joy that nothing can shake.

4.15

1k+

☁️ Near Death Experiences ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Divine Love 👼 Angel Encounters

7 Lessons from Heaven

She died, saw heaven, and came back with the secret to joy that nothing can shake.

by Mary C. Neal 2017 288 pages

4.15

1k+ ratings

☁️ Near Death Experiences ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Divine Love 👼 Angel Encounters

Bad with Money

by Gaby Dunn • 2019

Personal finance from someone who blew her money during manic episodes and learned why.

3.50

2k+

🧠 Money Psychology 💸 Millennial Finance 💳 Emotional Spending 🫀 Financial Trauma ⚖️ Systemic Inequality

Bad with Money

Personal finance from someone who blew her money during manic episodes and learned why.

by Gaby Dunn 2019 304 pages

3.50

2k+ ratings

🧠 Money Psychology 💸 Millennial Finance 💳 Emotional Spending 🫀 Financial Trauma ⚖️ Systemic Inequality

Hi, Anxiety

by Kat Kinsman • 2016

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

3.64

1k+

📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping 🛠️ Coping Strategies 🧒 Childhood Influences

Hi, Anxiety

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

by Kat Kinsman 2016 229 pages

3.64

1k+ ratings

📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping 🛠️ Coping Strategies 🧒 Childhood Influences

The Yank

by John Crawley • 2022

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

4.07

200

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Foreign Fighters 🔫 Arms Smuggling

The Yank

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

by John Crawley 2022 279 pages

4.07

200 ratings

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Foreign Fighters 🔫 Arms Smuggling

Outwitting History

by Aaron Lansky • 2004

A million Yiddish books were vanishing into dumpsters. One 24-year-old decided to save them all.

4.25

2k+

📜 Yiddish Literature 📚 Book Preservation 🗣️ Endangered Languages 🌱 Language Revival ✡️ Yiddishkeit

Outwitting History

A million Yiddish books were vanishing into dumpsters. One 24-year-old decided to save them all.

by Aaron Lansky 2004 328 pages

4.25

2k+ ratings

📜 Yiddish Literature 📚 Book Preservation 🗣️ Endangered Languages 🌱 Language Revival ✡️ Yiddishkeit

How Do You Feel?

by Jessi Gold • 2024

Medicine trained her to suppress emotion. Treating COVID-burned doctors forced her to feel again.

4.07

500+

🏥 Medical Culture 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 🎭 Medical Stoicism 💔 Compassion Fatigue 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

How Do You Feel?

Medicine trained her to suppress emotion. Treating COVID-burned doctors forced her to feel again.

by Jessi Gold 2024 288 pages

4.07

500+ ratings

🏥 Medical Culture 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 🎭 Medical Stoicism 💔 Compassion Fatigue 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration 🏜️ Survival Narratives 🌍 Cultural Displacement

Escape from Saddam

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007 320 pages

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration 🏜️ Survival Narratives 🌍 Cultural Displacement

Oil and Honey

by Bill McKibben • 2013

While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.

3.90

1k+

🌍 Climate Activism 📝 Environmental Memoir ✊ Grassroots Organizing 💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Oil and Honey

While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.

by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages

3.90

1k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Activism 📝 Environmental Memoir ✊ Grassroots Organizing 💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

by Bill Mason • 2004

Rooftop break-ins, close calls, a family at home: inside the double life of a master jewel thief.

3.86

1k+

💎 Jewel Heists 🐱 Cat Burglary 🏃‍♂️ Fugitive Life 🧠 Psychology Of Crime 🎲 Addiction To Risk

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

Rooftop break-ins, close calls, a family at home: inside the double life of a master jewel thief.

by Bill Mason 2004 384 pages

3.86

1k+ ratings

💎 Jewel Heists 🐱 Cat Burglary 🏃‍♂️ Fugitive Life 🧠 Psychology Of Crime 🎲 Addiction To Risk

Raquel

by Raquel Welch • 1984

From the woman who defied Hollywood's expiration date: a complete guide to aging powerfully.

3.38

220

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🧘 Mind-Body Wellness 💊 Menopause Guidance 💄 Beauty Over Forty 🥗 Food As Medicine

Raquel

From the woman who defied Hollywood's expiration date: a complete guide to aging powerfully.

by Raquel Welch 1984 285 pages

3.38

220 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🧘 Mind-Body Wellness 💊 Menopause Guidance 💄 Beauty Over Forty 🥗 Food As Medicine

Yoga Bitch

by Suzanne Morrison • 2011

Two months in Bali to become enlightened. She mostly just learned to hate her nickname.

3.67

4k+

🧘 Spiritual Memoir 🕉️ Yoga Culture 🔍 Spiritual Skepticism 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 😔 Guru Disillusionment

Yoga Bitch

Two months in Bali to become enlightened. She mostly just learned to hate her nickname.

by Suzanne Morrison 2011 169 pages

3.67

4k+ ratings

🧘 Spiritual Memoir 🕉️ Yoga Culture 🔍 Spiritual Skepticism 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 😔 Guru Disillusionment

Boy Erased

by Garrard Conley • 2016

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

3.62

21k+

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

Boy Erased

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

by Garrard Conley 2016 340 pages

3.62

21k+ ratings

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

Essential Labor

by Angela Garbes • 2022

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

3.79

3k+

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism ⚖️ Reproductive Justice ♿ Disability Justice

Essential Labor

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

by Angela Garbes 2022

3.79

3k+ ratings

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism ⚖️ Reproductive Justice ♿ Disability Justice

I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder

by Sarah Kurchak • 2020

She 'overcame' her autism to earn praise, then broke under the weight of the act.

4.16

1k+

🎭 Autistic Masking 🔥 Autistic Burnout 🎯 Special Interests ⏰ Late Diagnosis 👩‍🦰 Autistic Women

I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder

She 'overcame' her autism to earn praise, then broke under the weight of the act.

by Sarah Kurchak 2020 240 pages

4.16

1k+ ratings

🎭 Autistic Masking 🔥 Autistic Burnout 🎯 Special Interests ⏰ Late Diagnosis 👩‍🦰 Autistic Women

Tías and Primas

by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez • 2024

The women who shaped you are archetypes. A Latina feminist reveals what they teach about survival.

4.05

1k+

🌺 Latina Feminism 🎭 Female Archetypes 🪢 Intergenerational Trauma 🪞 Body Policing 🤝 Female Solidarity

Tías and Primas

The women who shaped you are archetypes. A Latina feminist reveals what they teach about survival.

by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez 2024 304 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🌺 Latina Feminism 🎭 Female Archetypes 🪢 Intergenerational Trauma 🪞 Body Policing 🤝 Female Solidarity

Shut Up and Run

by Robin Arzón • 2016

The ultramarathon coach's playbook for becoming a runner for life, starting exactly where you are.

3.86

3k+

🏃 Distance Running 🌱 Beginner Running 🧠 Mental Training 🥗 Running Nutrition 🩹 Injury Prevention

Shut Up and Run

The ultramarathon coach's playbook for becoming a runner for life, starting exactly where you are.

by Robin Arzón 2016 192 pages

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏃 Distance Running 🌱 Beginner Running 🧠 Mental Training 🥗 Running Nutrition 🩹 Injury Prevention

Be Different

by John Elder Robison • 2011

How to turn autistic traits into professional and personal strengths, from someone who lived it.

3.97

3k+

🌈 Neurodiversity 📖 Autism Memoirs 🗣️ Social Skills 🦻 Sensory Processing 🛡️ Bullying Prevention

Be Different

How to turn autistic traits into professional and personal strengths, from someone who lived it.

by John Elder Robison 2011 304 pages

3.97

3k+ ratings

🌈 Neurodiversity 📖 Autism Memoirs 🗣️ Social Skills 🦻 Sensory Processing 🛡️ Bullying Prevention

Prophet's Prey

by Sam Brower • 2011

Seven years hunting a prophet who married 13-year-olds and exiled boys to keep the numbers right.

3.98

7k+

⛪ Polygamist Cults 🕵️ Cult Investigation 👰‍♀️ Child Brides 👥 Polygamy 🚪 Leaving Cults

Prophet's Prey

Seven years hunting a prophet who married 13-year-olds and exiled boys to keep the numbers right.

by Sam Brower 2011 336 pages

3.98

7k+ ratings

⛪ Polygamist Cults 🕵️ Cult Investigation 👰‍♀️ Child Brides 👥 Polygamy 🚪 Leaving Cults

Taking Back Trump's America

by Peter Navarro • 2022

How Trump's own White House undermined his re-election, and the playbook for winning in 2024.

4.47

163

🔍 Campaign Postmortems 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Insider Accounts 🐘 Populist Conservatism 🏭 Economic Nationalism

Taking Back Trump's America

How Trump's own White House undermined his re-election, and the playbook for winning in 2024.

by Peter Navarro 2022 429 pages

4.47

163 ratings

🔍 Campaign Postmortems 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Insider Accounts 🐘 Populist Conservatism 🏭 Economic Nationalism

Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

by Steven Petrow • 2021

The anti-bucket list for aging: name what you won't do, and the rest falls into place.

3.67

5k+

🧓 Aging With Humor 🫀 Healthy Aging 🎬 Third Act Living 📝 End Of Life Planning 📖 Personal Legacy

Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

The anti-bucket list for aging: name what you won't do, and the rest falls into place.

by Steven Petrow 2021 272 pages

3.67

5k+ ratings

🧓 Aging With Humor 🫀 Healthy Aging 🎬 Third Act Living 📝 End Of Life Planning 📖 Personal Legacy

Muay Thai

by Michael Goodison • 2016

Modern life buries truth in comfort. In a Muay Thai ring, pain digs it back up.

4.24

138

🥊 Combat Sports ✈️ Travel Memoir 🥋 Martial Arts Memoir 🌑 Embracing Suffering 🤼 Fighting Philosophy

Muay Thai

Modern life buries truth in comfort. In a Muay Thai ring, pain digs it back up.

by Michael Goodison 2016 274 pages

4.24

138 ratings

🥊 Combat Sports ✈️ Travel Memoir 🥋 Martial Arts Memoir 🌑 Embracing Suffering 🤼 Fighting Philosophy

I Didn't Know I Needed This

by Eli Rallo • 2023

A dating guide that starts where others end: with you, alone, and actually loving it.

3.37

8k+

📱 Modern Dating 🎉 Singlehood Celebration 😉 Flirting Tips 🍸 Casual Relationships 💔 Heartbreak Recovery

I Didn't Know I Needed This

A dating guide that starts where others end: with you, alone, and actually loving it.

by Eli Rallo 2023 320 pages

3.37

8k+ ratings

📱 Modern Dating 🎉 Singlehood Celebration 😉 Flirting Tips 🍸 Casual Relationships 💔 Heartbreak Recovery

Happy Wives Club

by Fawn Weaver • 2013

What makes a marriage happy? Wives in twelve countries all pointed to the same two things.

3.69

500+

🏠 Marriage Advice 🤝 Respect And Trust 📅 Daily Marriage Habits 💬 Communication In Marriage ✝️ Christian Marriage

Happy Wives Club

What makes a marriage happy? Wives in twelve countries all pointed to the same two things.

by Fawn Weaver 2013 272 pages

3.69

500+ ratings

🏠 Marriage Advice 🤝 Respect And Trust 📅 Daily Marriage Habits 💬 Communication In Marriage ✝️ Christian Marriage

Restaurant Man

by Joe Bastianich • 2012

Why every restaurant survives on a lie: appear generous, but run your books like a miser.

3.66

1k+

🍽️ Restaurant Business 📖 Culinary Memoirs 🏨 Hospitality Industry 🚀 Food Entrepreneurship 💰 Small Business Finance

Restaurant Man

Why every restaurant survives on a lie: appear generous, but run your books like a miser.

by Joe Bastianich 2012 279 pages

3.66

1k+ ratings

🍽️ Restaurant Business 📖 Culinary Memoirs 🏨 Hospitality Industry 🚀 Food Entrepreneurship 💰 Small Business Finance

Let Me Tell You a Story

by Red Auerbach • 2004

A Chinese restaurant. A victory cigar. And the stories that built basketball's greatest dynasty.

4.13

1k+

🏀 Sports Memoir 🏆 Nba History 📋 Basketball Coaching 🧱 Team Building 👑 Sports Dynasties

Let Me Tell You a Story

A Chinese restaurant. A victory cigar. And the stories that built basketball's greatest dynasty.

by Red Auerbach 2004

4.13

1k+ ratings

🏀 Sports Memoir 🏆 Nba History 📋 Basketball Coaching 🧱 Team Building 👑 Sports Dynasties

Depression the Comedy

by Jessica Holmes • 2018

A comedian's depression hid in plain sight. The recovery was as funny as it was hard.

3.45

139

🌧️ Depression Memoir 😂 Mental Health And Humor 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🧸 Parenting With Depression 😰 Social Anxiety

Depression the Comedy

A comedian's depression hid in plain sight. The recovery was as funny as it was hard.

by Jessica Holmes 2018 202 pages

3.45

139 ratings

🌧️ Depression Memoir 😂 Mental Health And Humor 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🧸 Parenting With Depression 😰 Social Anxiety

Soulbriety

by Elisa Hallerman • 2022

Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.

4.01

242

🔗 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧩 Inner Parts Work 🙏 Spiritual Recovery

Soulbriety

Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.

by Elisa Hallerman 2022 272 pages

4.01

242 ratings

🔗 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧩 Inner Parts Work 🙏 Spiritual Recovery

All the Young Men

by Ruth Coker Burks • 2020

When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.

4.49

9k+

💔 Aids Crisis 🏡 Southern Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism 💜 Chosen Family 🏥 Medical Advocacy

All the Young Men

When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.

by Ruth Coker Burks 2020 304 pages

4.49

9k+ ratings

💔 Aids Crisis 🏡 Southern Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism 💜 Chosen Family 🏥 Medical Advocacy

Mentors

by Russell Brand • 2019

Russell Brand's mentors included a murderer and a monk. His recovery depended on both.

3.67

2k+

🧠 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Mentorship And Guidance 🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🕉️ Spiritual Seeking 🔄 Twelve Step Recovery

Mentors

Russell Brand's mentors included a murderer and a monk. His recovery depended on both.

by Russell Brand 2019 149 pages

3.67

2k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Mentorship And Guidance 🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🕉️ Spiritual Seeking 🔄 Twelve Step Recovery

Knocking on Heaven's Door

by Katy Butler • 2013

Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.

4.12

3k+

🫀 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Medical Overreach 🤲 Caregiving 💰 Healthcare Economics 📋 Patient Advocacy

Knocking on Heaven's Door

Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.

by Katy Butler 2013 322 pages

4.12

3k+ ratings

🫀 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Medical Overreach 🤲 Caregiving 💰 Healthcare Economics 📋 Patient Advocacy

Unbearable Lightness

by Portia de Rossi • 2010

At 82 pounds, she collapsed on set, and her eating disorder still demanded more.

3.83

41k+

🍽️ Eating Disorder Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🚪 Coming Out 🪞 Body Image 📖 Lgbt Memoir

Unbearable Lightness

At 82 pounds, she collapsed on set, and her eating disorder still demanded more.

by Portia de Rossi 2010 320 pages

3.83

41k+ ratings

🍽️ Eating Disorder Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🚪 Coming Out 🪞 Body Image 📖 Lgbt Memoir

That Sounds Fun

by Annie F. Downs • 2021

Your search for fun is really a search for Eden. Start with amateurism.

3.88

8k+

🕊️ Christian Living 🎨 Amateur Pursuits 🐢 Slow Living 🌧️ Grief And Joy 🍯 Savoring

That Sounds Fun

Your search for fun is really a search for Eden. Start with amateurism.

by Annie F. Downs 2021 240 pages

3.88

8k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 🎨 Amateur Pursuits 🐢 Slow Living 🌧️ Grief And Joy 🍯 Savoring

LeaderShift

by Orrin Woodward • 2013

Divorced at fifty, a writer navigates dating apps, younger men, and the cost of staying visible.

4.39

1k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 💔 Divorce Recovery 👯 Female Friendship Bonds 📱 Modern Dating Critique 🌸 Child-Free Reflections

LeaderShift

Divorced at fifty, a writer navigates dating apps, younger men, and the cost of staying visible.

by Orrin Woodward 2013 191 pages

4.39

1k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 💔 Divorce Recovery 👯 Female Friendship Bonds 📱 Modern Dating Critique 🌸 Child-Free Reflections

It's Not About You

by Tom Rath • 2019

Your life has a deadline. Everything that outlasts it was built for someone else.

4.02

8k+

🤝 Prosocial Living ⏳ Mortality Awareness 🧠 Positive Psychology 💞 Relationship Investment 🌳 Legacy Building

It's Not About You

Your life has a deadline. Everything that outlasts it was built for someone else.

by Tom Rath 2019 38 pages

4.02

8k+ ratings

🤝 Prosocial Living ⏳ Mortality Awareness 🧠 Positive Psychology 💞 Relationship Investment 🌳 Legacy Building

Diaries 1969-1979

by Michael Palin • 2006

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

4.04

3k+

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎬 Behind The Scenes ✏️ Comedy Writing

Diaries 1969-1979

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

by Michael Palin 2006 650 pages

4.04

3k+ ratings

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎬 Behind The Scenes ✏️ Comedy Writing

The Wisdom of Tea

by Noriko Morishita • 2002

The Japanese tea ceremony is not about tea: a lifelong training in presence and peace.

3.92

2k+

🇯🇵 Japanese Aesthetics 🍵 Tea Culture 🧘 Mindful Practice 🍂 Seasonal Living ☸️ Zen Buddhism

The Wisdom of Tea

The Japanese tea ceremony is not about tea: a lifelong training in presence and peace.

by Noriko Morishita 2002 176 pages

3.92

2k+ ratings

🇯🇵 Japanese Aesthetics 🍵 Tea Culture 🧘 Mindful Practice 🍂 Seasonal Living ☸️ Zen Buddhism

The Melting Point

by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. • 2024

The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.

4.30

175

🎖️ Military Command 🎯 Counterterrorism Operations 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations 🌍 Middle East Conflicts ⚔️ Modern Warfare

The Melting Point

The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.

by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. 2024 360 pages

4.30

175 ratings

🎖️ Military Command 🎯 Counterterrorism Operations 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations 🌍 Middle East Conflicts ⚔️ Modern Warfare

Body Work

by Melissa Febos • 2022

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

4.22

6k+

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

Body Work

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

by Melissa Febos 2022 171 pages

4.22

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

The In-Between

by Jeff Goins • 2013

Your life isn't delayed. The waiting itself is the beginning of everything that matters.

3.75

500+

📖 Spiritual Memoir ⏳ Waiting As Growth 🧘 Contemplative Living 🐢 Slow Living 🧠 Mindfulness Practice

The In-Between

Your life isn't delayed. The waiting itself is the beginning of everything that matters.

by Jeff Goins 2013 176 pages

3.75

500+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir ⏳ Waiting As Growth 🧘 Contemplative Living 🐢 Slow Living 🧠 Mindfulness Practice

A Sense of the Mysterious

by Alan Lightman • 2005

The creative fire behind cold equations: a physicist-novelist on what science shares with art.

3.82

500+

🧠 Scientific Creativity 🎨 Science And Art 🧵 Two Cultures 📐 Mathematical Beauty 📚 Science Essays

A Sense of the Mysterious

The creative fire behind cold equations: a physicist-novelist on what science shares with art.

by Alan Lightman 2005 224 pages

3.82

500+ ratings

🧠 Scientific Creativity 🎨 Science And Art 🧵 Two Cultures 📐 Mathematical Beauty 📚 Science Essays

One Little Spark!

by Marty Sklar • 2015

Ten principles from Disney Imagineering that turn ideas into attractions millions love.

3.96

500+

🎢 Theme Park Design 🌟 Creative Leadership 📐 Design Principles 🏰 Guest Experience Design 🤝 Creative Collaboration

One Little Spark!

Ten principles from Disney Imagineering that turn ideas into attractions millions love.

by Marty Sklar 2015 257 pages

3.96

500+ ratings

🎢 Theme Park Design 🌟 Creative Leadership 📐 Design Principles 🏰 Guest Experience Design 🤝 Creative Collaboration

Caged Lion

by John Howard Steel • 2020

A prison camp origin, a community of dancers, and a courtroom fight that kept Pilates free.

4.32

500+

🏋️ Fitness Biography 📜 Exercise History 🧘 Modern Pilates 🧠 Mind-Body Method ⚖️ Trademark Battles

Caged Lion

A prison camp origin, a community of dancers, and a courtroom fight that kept Pilates free.

by John Howard Steel 2020 215 pages

4.32

500+ ratings

🏋️ Fitness Biography 📜 Exercise History 🧘 Modern Pilates 🧠 Mind-Body Method ⚖️ Trademark Battles

Praying for Strangers

by River Jordan • 2011

One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.

4.09

500+

✝️ Christian Memoir 🧪 Spiritual Experiments 🤝 Stranger Connection 🙏 Prayer Practice 🕯️ Faith In Action

Praying for Strangers

One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.

by River Jordan 2011 352 pages

4.09

500+ ratings

✝️ Christian Memoir 🧪 Spiritual Experiments 🤝 Stranger Connection 🙏 Prayer Practice 🕯️ Faith In Action

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

by Hanif Abdurraqib • 2017

A poet traces the pulse beneath Black America's grief and defiance, from punk shows to funerals.

4.55

19k+

🎵 Music Criticism 📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Black American Life 🥀 Grief And Loss 🎭 Constructed Identity

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

A poet traces the pulse beneath Black America's grief and defiance, from punk shows to funerals.

by Hanif Abdurraqib 2017 291 pages

4.55

19k+ ratings

🎵 Music Criticism 📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Black American Life 🥀 Grief And Loss 🎭 Constructed Identity

A Change of Affection

by Becket Cook • 2019

A gay set designer walked into a Los Angeles church. One sermon rewrote his sense of self.

4.51

1k+

🙏 Conversion Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Same-Sex Attraction ⚖️ Sexual Ethics ✝️ Identity In Christ 💍 Christian Singleness

A Change of Affection

A gay set designer walked into a Los Angeles church. One sermon rewrote his sense of self.

by Becket Cook 2019 224 pages

4.51

1k+ ratings

🙏 Conversion Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Same-Sex Attraction ⚖️ Sexual Ethics ✝️ Identity In Christ 💍 Christian Singleness

The Inner History of Devices

by Sherry Turkle • 2008

Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.

3.83

🧠 Technology And Self 📱 Digital Intimacy 🎭 Online Identity 🎰 Digital Addiction 🔍 Digital Ethnography

The Inner History of Devices

Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.

by Sherry Turkle 2008 208 pages

3.83

81 ratings

🧠 Technology And Self 📱 Digital Intimacy 🎭 Online Identity 🎰 Digital Addiction 🔍 Digital Ethnography

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