For You Themes Lists Trending
Start free trial
EnglishEnglish
EspañolSpanish
简体中文Chinese
繁體中文Chinese (Traditional)
FrançaisFrench
DeutschGerman
日本語Japanese
PortuguêsPortuguese
ItalianoItalian
한국어Korean
РусскийRussian
NederlandsDutch
العربيةArabic
PolskiPolish
हिन्दीHindi
Tiếng ViệtVietnamese
SvenskaSwedish
ΕλληνικάGreek
TürkçeTurkish
ไทยThai
ČeštinaCzech
RomânăRomanian
MagyarHungarian
УкраїнськаUkrainian
IndonesiaIndonesian
DanskDanish
SuomiFinnish
БългарскиBulgarian
עבריתHebrew
NorskNorwegian
HrvatskiCroatian
CatalàCatalan
SlovenčinaSlovak
LietuviųLithuanian
SlovenščinaSlovenian
СрпскиSerbian
EestiEstonian
LatviešuLatvian
فارسیPersian
മലയാളംMalayalam
தமிழ்Tamil
اردوUrdu
SoBrief
Trending Themes Lists New Genres Authors

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

The Worlds I See
by Fei-Fei Li • 2023
How a Chinese immigrant who barely spoke English built the dataset that sparked the AI revolution.
4.31
5k+
📷 Computer Vision🧠 Deep Learning🤖 Ai History📊 Data-Driven Science⚖️ Ai Ethics
The Worlds I See Summary
The Worlds I See
How a Chinese immigrant who barely spoke English built the dataset that sparked the AI revolution.
by Fei-Fei Li 2023 336 pages
4.31
5k+ ratings
📷 Computer Vision🧠 Deep Learning🤖 Ai History📊 Data-Driven Science⚖️ Ai Ethics
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2006
Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.
3.65
1.8M+
✈️ Travel Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir🎒 Solo Female Travel🍝 Food And Travel🧘 Meditation Practice
Eat, Pray, Love Summary
Eat, Pray, Love
Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.
by Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 458 pages
3.65
1.8M+ ratings
✈️ Travel Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir🎒 Solo Female Travel🍝 Food And Travel🧘 Meditation Practice
Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl • 2017
A psychiatrist in the camps: finding meaning is not self-help. It is survival.
4.39
3k+
🧠 Existential Psychology🧭 Finding Purpose🎯 Attitude Choice🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🤲 Human Dignity
Man's Search for Meaning Summary
Man's Search for Meaning
A psychiatrist in the camps: finding meaning is not self-help. It is survival.
by Viktor E. Frankl 2017 186 pages
4.39
3k+ ratings
🧠 Existential Psychology🧭 Finding Purpose🎯 Attitude Choice🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🤲 Human Dignity
From Third World to First
by Lee Kuan Yew • 2000
No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.
4.46
4k+
🇧🇧 Nation-Building🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism🇵🇸 Postcolonial States🇸🇬 Singapore Model🏆 Meritocracy
From Third World to First Summary
From Third World to First
No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.
by Lee Kuan Yew 2000 752 pages
4.46
4k+ ratings
🇧🇧 Nation-Building🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism🇵🇸 Postcolonial States🇸🇬 Singapore Model🏆 Meritocracy
The Mamba Mentality
by Kobe Bryant • 2018
The relentless preparation and obsessive study behind Kobe Bryant's two decades of dominance.
4.26
18k+
🏀 Professional Basketball🏆 Elite Performance📖 Sports Memoir💪 Relentless Work Ethic🔨 Fundamentals Mastery
The Mamba Mentality Summary
The Mamba Mentality
The relentless preparation and obsessive study behind Kobe Bryant's two decades of dominance.
by Kobe Bryant 2018 208 pages
4.26
18k+ ratings
🏀 Professional Basketball🏆 Elite Performance📖 Sports Memoir💪 Relentless Work Ethic🔨 Fundamentals Mastery
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank • 1947
A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.
4.20
4.2M+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir📔 Wartime Diary🌱 Adolescence In Wartime🏚️ Life In Hiding⚫ Nazi Occupation
The Diary of a Young Girl Summary
The Diary of a Young Girl
A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.
by Anne Frank 1947 283 pages
4.20
4.2M+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir📔 Wartime Diary🌱 Adolescence In Wartime🏚️ Life In Hiding⚫ Nazi Occupation
Autobiography of a Yogi
by Paramahansa Yogananda • 1946
Miracles, they said, were science. A young yogi's record of the Indian saints who proved it.
4.25
74k+
🧘 Yogic Spirituality📜 Vedantic Philosophy🌏 East-West Spirituality🌬️ Pranayama✨ Mystical Experience
Autobiography of a Yogi Summary
Autobiography of a Yogi
Miracles, they said, were science. A young yogi's record of the Indian saints who proved it.
by Paramahansa Yogananda 1946 503 pages
4.25
74k+ ratings
🧘 Yogic Spirituality📜 Vedantic Philosophy🌏 East-West Spirituality🌬️ Pranayama✨ Mystical Experience
Reading Lolita in Tehran
by Azar Nafisi • 2003
Risking arrest, seven Iranian women gather weekly to read forbidden classics.
3.66
100k+
🕌 Iranian Memoir🇮🇷 Women In Iran📖 Literary Memoir🚫📖 Forbidden Reading♀️📚 Feminist Reading
Reading Lolita in Tehran Summary
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Risking arrest, seven Iranian women gather weekly to read forbidden classics.
by Azar Nafisi 2003 347 pages
3.66
100k+ ratings
🕌 Iranian Memoir🇮🇷 Women In Iran📖 Literary Memoir🚫📖 Forbidden Reading♀️📚 Feminist Reading
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
by C.G. Jung • 1962
A boy hides a carved figure in the attic; from that secret, a psychology is born.
4.18
38k+
🧠 Depth Psychology💤 Dream Analysis🌑 Shadow Work🏛️ Mythological Symbolism🕊️ Psychology Of Religion
Memories, Dreams, Reflections Summary
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
A boy hides a carved figure in the attic; from that secret, a psychology is born.
by C.G. Jung 1962 466 pages
4.18
38k+ ratings
🧠 Depth Psychology💤 Dream Analysis🌑 Shadow Work🏛️ Mythological Symbolism🕊️ Psychology Of Religion
Lean In
by Sheryl Sandberg • 2013
Women pay a likeability tax on every promotion. The rules for navigating it without losing yourself.
3.95
200k+
🏢 Women In The Workplace💼 Corporate Feminism⚖️ Work-Life Integration👩‍👧 Working Mothers🪢 Double Bind
Lean In Summary
Lean In
Women pay a likeability tax on every promotion. The rules for navigating it without losing yourself.
by Sheryl Sandberg 2013 240 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
🏢 Women In The Workplace💼 Corporate Feminism⚖️ Work-Life Integration👩‍👧 Working Mothers🪢 Double Bind
The Happiest Refugee
by Anh Do • 2010
Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.
4.25
18k+
🛶 Refugee Memoir🧳 Immigrant Experience🧱 Family Resilience🧧 Vietnamese Diaspora🎤 Comedy Career
The Happiest Refugee Summary
The Happiest Refugee
Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.
by Anh Do 2010 232 pages
4.25
18k+ ratings
🛶 Refugee Memoir🧳 Immigrant Experience🧱 Family Resilience🧧 Vietnamese Diaspora🎤 Comedy Career
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
by Edwin Lefèvre • 1923
A lone speculator made and lost millions reading the tape. His rules still govern trading now.
4.18
20k+
📈 Stock Market Classics🎲 Speculation🧠 Trading Psychology🤔 Contrarian Thinking🔄 Market Cycles
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Summary
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
A lone speculator made and lost millions reading the tape. His rules still govern trading now.
by Edwin Lefèvre 1923 308 pages
4.18
20k+ ratings
📈 Stock Market Classics🎲 Speculation🧠 Trading Psychology🤔 Contrarian Thinking🔄 Market Cycles
Moonwalking with Einstein
by Joshua Foer • 2011
A journalist with an average memory covers memory champions, then becomes U.S. champion in a year.
3.88
94k+
🧠 Memory Improvement🏰 Memory Palaces🎯 Deliberate Practice📜 Ancient Memory Arts🏆 Expertise And Mastery
Moonwalking with Einstein Summary
Moonwalking with Einstein
A journalist with an average memory covers memory champions, then becomes U.S. champion in a year.
by Joshua Foer 2011 307 pages
3.88
94k+ ratings
🧠 Memory Improvement🏰 Memory Palaces🎯 Deliberate Practice📜 Ancient Memory Arts🏆 Expertise And Mastery
Be Useful
by Arnold Schwarzenegger • 2023
From a farm boy to governor: seven blunt rules for a life that actually matters.
4.04
35k+
🎬 Celebrity Self-Help🔄 Personal Reinvention💪 No-Excuses Mindset🧭 Defining Life Purpose📢 Selling Your Vision
Be Useful Summary
Be Useful
From a farm boy to governor: seven blunt rules for a life that actually matters.
by Arnold Schwarzenegger 2023 288 pages
4.04
35k+ ratings
🎬 Celebrity Self-Help🔄 Personal Reinvention💪 No-Excuses Mindset🧭 Defining Life Purpose📢 Selling Your Vision
Making Movies
by Sidney Lumet • 1995
How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.
4.29
10k+
🎬 Filmmaking Craft👁️ Visual Storytelling🎭 Actor Direction✂️ Editing Room🔊 Sound Design
Making Movies Summary
Making Movies
How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.
by Sidney Lumet 1995 240 pages
4.29
10k+ ratings
🎬 Filmmaking Craft👁️ Visual Storytelling🎭 Actor Direction✂️ Editing Room🔊 Sound Design
Night
by Elie Wiesel • 1956
A boy enters Auschwitz with a father to protect and a God who falls silent.
4.38
1.3M+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir👨‍👦 Father And Son🙏 Loss Of Faith💔 Survivor's Guilt⚔️ World War Ii
Night Summary
Night
A boy enters Auschwitz with a father to protect and a God who falls silent.
by Elie Wiesel 1956 120 pages
4.38
1.3M+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir👨‍👦 Father And Son🙏 Loss Of Faith💔 Survivor's Guilt⚔️ World War Ii
Spare
by Prince Harry • 2023
Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.
3.83
400k+
🏰 Royal Family👑 British Monarchy🧠 Trauma And Recovery📰 Tabloid Culture🩹 Mental Health Stigma
Spare Summary
Spare
Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.
by Prince Harry 2023 557 pages
3.83
400k+ ratings
🏰 Royal Family👑 British Monarchy🧠 Trauma And Recovery📰 Tabloid Culture🩹 Mental Health Stigma
The Art of Learning
by Josh Waitzkin • 2007
The championship method: seek failure, shrink your practice, and turn chaos into a performance cue.
4.04
21k+
🧠 Performance Psychology📈 Skill Acquisition🌱 Growth Mindset🔬 Deep Practice🛡️ Stress Inoculation
The Art of Learning Summary
The Art of Learning
The championship method: seek failure, shrink your practice, and turn chaos into a performance cue.
by Josh Waitzkin 2007 265 pages
4.04
21k+ ratings
🧠 Performance Psychology📈 Skill Acquisition🌱 Growth Mindset🔬 Deep Practice🛡️ Stress Inoculation
Gifted Hands
by Ben Carson • 1992
From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.
4.18
22k+
🏥 Medical Memoirs🧠 Surgical Pioneers🌆 Overcoming Poverty📚 Self-Education✝️ Christian Testimony
Gifted Hands Summary
Gifted Hands
From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.
by Ben Carson 1992
4.18
22k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Memoirs🧠 Surgical Pioneers🌆 Overcoming Poverty📚 Self-Education✝️ Christian Testimony
Only in Naples
by Katherine Wilson • 2015
She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.
3.74
2k+
🧳 Expat Memoir🍝 Food Memoir👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life☀️ Southern Italy✈️ Armchair Travel
Only in Naples Summary
Only in Naples
She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.
by Katherine Wilson 2015 287 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
🧳 Expat Memoir🍝 Food Memoir👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life☀️ Southern Italy✈️ Armchair Travel
What My Bones Know
by Stephanie Foo • 2022
A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.
4.49
78k+
📖 Trauma Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🧘 Somatic Healing🤝 Relational Healing
What My Bones Know Summary
What My Bones Know
A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.
by Stephanie Foo 2022 352 pages
4.49
78k+ ratings
📖 Trauma Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🧘 Somatic Healing🤝 Relational Healing
A Man for All Markets
by Edward O. Thorp • 2016
From Vegas card counting to quant hedge funds: one mathematician's edge over every system he faced.
4.24
8k+
🧮 Quantitative Investing📖 Financial Memoirs🎲 Gambling Mathematics⚖️ Risk Management🔍 Market Inefficiencies
A Man for All Markets Summary
A Man for All Markets
From Vegas card counting to quant hedge funds: one mathematician's edge over every system he faced.
by Edward O. Thorp 2016 416 pages
4.24
8k+ ratings
🧮 Quantitative Investing📖 Financial Memoirs🎲 Gambling Mathematics⚖️ Risk Management🔍 Market Inefficiencies
Invent and Wander
by Jeff Bezos • 2020
Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.
3.85
6k+
🤖 Tech Entrepreneurship⏳ Long-Term Thinking💡 Innovation Culture🎯 Customer-Centric Business🏗️ Founder Philosophy
Invent and Wander Summary
Invent and Wander
Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.
by Jeff Bezos 2020 288 pages
3.85
6k+ ratings
🤖 Tech Entrepreneurship⏳ Long-Term Thinking💡 Innovation Culture🎯 Customer-Centric Business🏗️ Founder Philosophy
Wise and Otherwise
by Sudha Murty • 2006
A coolie's honest son and a tribal chief teach the real India about integrity and dignity.
4.03
13k+
🕉️ Indian Philosophy🦉 Anecdotal Wisdom📜 Moral Fables⚖️ Everyday Ethics❤️ Compassion And Empathy
Wise and Otherwise Summary
Wise and Otherwise
A coolie's honest son and a tribal chief teach the real India about integrity and dignity.
by Sudha Murty 2006 220 pages
4.03
13k+ ratings
🕉️ Indian Philosophy🦉 Anecdotal Wisdom📜 Moral Fables⚖️ Everyday Ethics❤️ Compassion And Empathy
The Wolf of Wall Street
by Jordan Belfort • 2007
His brokerage was a carnival of drugs, money, and manipulation, and he was its ringmaster.
3.75
39k+
📈 Wall Street Memoir💰 Financial Crime💊 Drug-Fueled Excess💔 Toxic Marriage😈 Darkly Comic
The Wolf of Wall Street Summary
The Wolf of Wall Street
His brokerage was a carnival of drugs, money, and manipulation, and he was its ringmaster.
by Jordan Belfort 2007 528 pages
3.75
39k+ ratings
📈 Wall Street Memoir💰 Financial Crime💊 Drug-Fueled Excess💔 Toxic Marriage😈 Darkly Comic
Gambler
by Billy Walters • 2023
His betting system beat every casino in Vegas. An insider trading conviction did what they couldn't.
3.82
3k+
🎲 Sports Betting🎰 Professional Gambling📉 Insider Trading📊 Risk Management🩹 Addiction And Recovery
Gambler Summary
Gambler
His betting system beat every casino in Vegas. An insider trading conviction did what they couldn't.
by Billy Walters 2023 384 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
🎲 Sports Betting🎰 Professional Gambling📉 Insider Trading📊 Risk Management🩹 Addiction And Recovery
Wild
by Cheryl Strayed • 2012
Grieving and addicted, she stakes her recovery on a solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.
4.07
800k+
🥾 Hiking Memoir🖤 Grief Memoir👩‍👧 Mother Loss💔 Self-Destruction🌿 Nature Healing
Wild Summary
Wild
Grieving and addicted, she stakes her recovery on a solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.
by Cheryl Strayed 2012 336 pages
4.07
800k+ ratings
🥾 Hiking Memoir🖤 Grief Memoir👩‍👧 Mother Loss💔 Self-Destruction🌿 Nature Healing
My Story
by Elizabeth Smart • 2013
A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.
3.89
48k+
🏠 Abduction Memoirs🩹 Trauma Recovery🙏 Faith And Resilience🧠 Predator Psychology📢 Victim Advocacy
My Story Summary
My Story
A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.
by Elizabeth Smart 2013 308 pages
3.89
48k+ ratings
🏠 Abduction Memoirs🩹 Trauma Recovery🙏 Faith And Resilience🧠 Predator Psychology📢 Victim Advocacy
I'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy • 2022
Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.
4.43
1.5M+
👩‍👧 Toxic Mother🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir🌟 Celebrity Memoir🎬 Stage Parent😈 Religious Guilt
I'm Glad My Mom Died Summary
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.
by Jennette McCurdy 2022 320 pages
4.43
1.5M+ ratings
👩‍👧 Toxic Mother🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir🌟 Celebrity Memoir🎬 Stage Parent😈 Religious Guilt
Alex Ferguson
by Alex Ferguson • 2013
26 years, 38 trophies: the standards, youth pipeline, and brutal honesty that built a dynasty.
3.94
18k+
🏟️ Football Management🏆 Sports Leadership🧱 Team Building🌱 Talent Development💪 Mental Toughness
Alex Ferguson Summary
Alex Ferguson
26 years, 38 trophies: the standards, youth pipeline, and brutal honesty that built a dynasty.
by Alex Ferguson 2013 416 pages
3.94
18k+ ratings
🏟️ Football Management🏆 Sports Leadership🧱 Team Building🌱 Talent Development💪 Mental Toughness
The Anatomy of Motive
by John E. Douglas • 1999
Motive catches killers before evidence does. The FBI profiler who built the science shows why.
4.18
7k+
🕵️ Criminal Profiling🔪 Serial Killers🧠 Forensic Psychology💥 Violent Crime🔎 Murder Investigation
The Anatomy of Motive Summary
The Anatomy of Motive
Motive catches killers before evidence does. The FBI profiler who built the science shows why.
by John E. Douglas 1999 320 pages
4.18
7k+ ratings
🕵️ Criminal Profiling🔪 Serial Killers🧠 Forensic Psychology💥 Violent Crime🔎 Murder Investigation
How To Build A Car
by Adrian Newey • 2017
Ayrton Senna died in his car. He still built more F1 championships than anyone.
4.45
14k+
🏎️ Formula One🏁 Motorsport Memoir🔧 Race Car Design💨 Aerodynamics🎨 Creative Process
How To Build A Car Summary
How To Build A Car
Ayrton Senna died in his car. He still built more F1 championships than anyone.
by Adrian Newey 2017 1 pages
4.45
14k+ ratings
🏎️ Formula One🏁 Motorsport Memoir🔧 Race Car Design💨 Aerodynamics🎨 Creative Process
Just Kids
by Patti Smith • 2010
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.
4.21
300k+
🏙️ 1970s New York🎨 Artistic Soulmates🥖 Starving Artists🎸 Punk Rock Origins🌈 Gay Coming Of Age
Just Kids Summary
Just Kids
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.
by Patti Smith 2010 220 pages
4.21
300k+ ratings
🏙️ 1970s New York🎨 Artistic Soulmates🥖 Starving Artists🎸 Punk Rock Origins🌈 Gay Coming Of Age
Trump
by Donald J. Trump • 1987
A Queens developer's blueprint for a skyline: the dealmaking rules business school never teaches.
3.72
26k+
🏗️ Real Estate Investing🤝 Negotiation Tactics📣 Personal Branding🚀 Aspiring Entrepreneurs💭 Big Thinking
Trump Summary
Trump
A Queens developer's blueprint for a skyline: the dealmaking rules business school never teaches.
by Donald J. Trump 1987 384 pages
3.72
26k+ ratings
🏗️ Real Estate Investing🤝 Negotiation Tactics📣 Personal Branding🚀 Aspiring Entrepreneurs💭 Big Thinking
Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren • 2016
Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.
3.98
72k+
👩‍🔬 Women In STEM🌿 Botanical Writing🔬 Science Memoirs🧠 Mental Health Memoirs📚 Academic Life
Lab Girl Summary
Lab Girl
Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.
by Hope Jahren 2016 290 pages
3.98
72k+ ratings
👩‍🔬 Women In STEM🌿 Botanical Writing🔬 Science Memoirs🧠 Mental Health Memoirs📚 Academic Life
Too Much and Never Enough
by Mary L. Trump • 2020
The family blueprint: a psychologist explains how cruelty, money, and neglect made a president.
3.82
98k+
🧠 Political Psychology🔬 Family Systems Psychology🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics👤 Emotional Neglect🧬 Generational Trauma
Too Much and Never Enough Summary
Too Much and Never Enough
The family blueprint: a psychologist explains how cruelty, money, and neglect made a president.
by Mary L. Trump 2020 225 pages
3.82
98k+ ratings
🧠 Political Psychology🔬 Family Systems Psychology🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics👤 Emotional Neglect🧬 Generational Trauma
Delivering Happiness
by Tony Hsieh • 2000
Culture over advertising: how a shoe seller hit a billion dollars by obsessing about its people.
4.04
76k+
🏢 Company Culture⭐ Customer Experience👥 Employee Engagement🎯 Purpose-Driven Business🌱 Conscious Capitalism
Delivering Happiness Summary
Delivering Happiness
Culture over advertising: how a shoe seller hit a billion dollars by obsessing about its people.
by Tony Hsieh 2000 246 pages
4.04
76k+ ratings
🏢 Company Culture⭐ Customer Experience👥 Employee Engagement🎯 Purpose-Driven Business🌱 Conscious Capitalism
How I Made $2 Million in the Stock Market
by Nicolas Darvas • 2007
How a dancer turned $10k into $2M by ignoring tips, fears, and every pundit.
4.23
6k+
📈 Trader Memoir📊 Trend Following📉 Technical Analysis🧠 Investor Psychology🎓 Behavioral Finance
How I Made $2 Million in the Stock Market Summary
How I Made $2 Million in the Stock Market
How a dancer turned $10k into $2M by ignoring tips, fears, and every pundit.
by Nicolas Darvas 2007 198 pages
4.23
6k+ ratings
📈 Trader Memoir📊 Trend Following📉 Technical Analysis🧠 Investor Psychology🎓 Behavioral Finance
The Happiest Man on Earth
by Eddie Jaku • 2020
Auschwitz, Buchenwald, then Australia: how a man who lost everything rebuilt a life he calls happy.
4.62
100k+
📖 Holocaust Testimony🛡️ Moral Resilience🤝 Friendship And Survival🕊️ Postwar Family Healing🇦🇺 Australian Immigration
The Happiest Man on Earth Summary
The Happiest Man on Earth
Auschwitz, Buchenwald, then Australia: how a man who lost everything rebuilt a life he calls happy.
by Eddie Jaku 2020 200 pages
4.62
100k+ ratings
📖 Holocaust Testimony🛡️ Moral Resilience🤝 Friendship And Survival🕊️ Postwar Family Healing🇦🇺 Australian Immigration
Mindhunter
by John E. Douglas • 1995
Dismissed as witchcraft, FBI profiling began when an agent interviewed serial killers in prison.
4.09
83k+
🎯 Criminal Profiling🔪 Serial Killers🏛️ Fbi History🧠 Criminal Psychology👮 Law Enforcement Memoir
Mindhunter Summary
Mindhunter
Dismissed as witchcraft, FBI profiling began when an agent interviewed serial killers in prison.
by John E. Douglas 1995 384 pages
4.09
83k+ ratings
🎯 Criminal Profiling🔪 Serial Killers🏛️ Fbi History🧠 Criminal Psychology👮 Law Enforcement Memoir
That Will Never Work
by Marc Randolph • 2019
A single mailed CD, and the decade of near-failure it took to build Netflix.
4.22
17k+
📖 Startup Memoirs💻 Tech Startups📦 Subscription Models🗣️ Feedback Culture🔍 Customer Discovery
That Will Never Work Summary
That Will Never Work
A single mailed CD, and the decade of near-failure it took to build Netflix.
by Marc Randolph 2019 337 pages
4.22
17k+ ratings
📖 Startup Memoirs💻 Tech Startups📦 Subscription Models🗣️ Feedback Culture🔍 Customer Discovery
The Actor's Life
by Jenna Fischer • 2017
Fifty rejections per success. The rest of the time, build your own work.
4.17
9k+
🎭 Acting Careers🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎟️ Audition Strategies🛠️ Self-Produced Work🚪 Creative Rejection
The Actor's Life Summary
The Actor's Life
Fifty rejections per success. The rest of the time, build your own work.
by Jenna Fischer 2017 252 pages
4.17
9k+ ratings
🎭 Acting Careers🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎟️ Audition Strategies🛠️ Self-Produced Work🚪 Creative Rejection
Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah • 2016
His mother pretended to be his maid: his very existence was illegal in apartheid South Africa.
4.49
800k+
🇿🇦 Apartheid South Africa🤝 Mixed-Race Identity🎤 Comedian Memoirs🗣️ Language And Identity🛑 Domestic Violence
Born a Crime Summary
Born a Crime
His mother pretended to be his maid: his very existence was illegal in apartheid South Africa.
by Trevor Noah 2016 288 pages
4.49
800k+ ratings
🇿🇦 Apartheid South Africa🤝 Mixed-Race Identity🎤 Comedian Memoirs🗣️ Language And Identity🛑 Domestic Violence
Good Morning, Monster
by Catherine Gildiner • 2019
Five patients, five unthinkable childhoods, and one therapist's account of how they healed.
4.45
67k+
🩺 Clinical Case Studies🧒 Childhood Trauma🌱 Trauma Recovery🧩 Dissociative Identity🪞 Narcissistic Parents
Good Morning, Monster Summary
Good Morning, Monster
Five patients, five unthinkable childhoods, and one therapist's account of how they healed.
by Catherine Gildiner 2019 368 pages
4.45
67k+ ratings
🩺 Clinical Case Studies🧒 Childhood Trauma🌱 Trauma Recovery🧩 Dissociative Identity🪞 Narcissistic Parents
Build
by Tony Fadell • 2022
Designing the iPod taught him how to build what matters: products, teams, and a career that lasts.
4.31
9k+
🛠️ Product Design🌉 Silicon Valley🚀 Startup Building📉 Learning From Failure👥 Team Leadership
Build Summary
Build
Designing the iPod taught him how to build what matters: products, teams, and a career that lasts.
by Tony Fadell 2022 416 pages
4.31
9k+ ratings
🛠️ Product Design🌉 Silicon Valley🚀 Startup Building📉 Learning From Failure👥 Team Leadership
Good Morning, Holy Spirit
by Benny Hinn • 1990
He met the Holy Spirit in his bedroom and never recovered. The path from doctrine to friendship.
4.41
9k+
🕊️ Charismatic Christianity🔥 Holy Spirit✨ Spiritual Encounters📖 Personal Testimony🙏 Prayer Life
Good Morning, Holy Spirit Summary
Good Morning, Holy Spirit
He met the Holy Spirit in his bedroom and never recovered. The path from doctrine to friendship.
by Benny Hinn 1990 204 pages
4.41
9k+ ratings
🕊️ Charismatic Christianity🔥 Holy Spirit✨ Spiritual Encounters📖 Personal Testimony🙏 Prayer Life
پاسخ به تاریخ
by Mohammed Reza Pahlavi • 1979
The Shah's final word: clerics, communists, and allies who abandoned him. Three millennia ended.
3.91
500+
🏛️ Iranian History📜 Political Memoirs🌍 Foreign Intervention🔥 Revolutionary Politics🥶 Cold War History
پاسخ به تاریخ Summary
پاسخ به تاریخ
The Shah's final word: clerics, communists, and allies who abandoned him. Three millennia ended.
by Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1979 345 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
🏛️ Iranian History📜 Political Memoirs🌍 Foreign Intervention🔥 Revolutionary Politics🥶 Cold War History
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
by Scott Adams • 2013
The Dilbert cartoonist failed at nearly everything. Then he quit goals and built systems instead.
4.06
20k+
🔄 Systems Thinking🧱 Habit Design⚡ Energy Management🧗 Embracing Failure🗣️ Persuasion Techniques
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big Summary
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
The Dilbert cartoonist failed at nearly everything. Then he quit goals and built systems instead.
by Scott Adams 2013 248 pages
4.06
20k+ ratings
🔄 Systems Thinking🧱 Habit Design⚡ Energy Management🧗 Embracing Failure🗣️ Persuasion Techniques
Ghost in the Wires
by Kevin D. Mitnick • 2011
He never cracked a password. He cracked people, and the FBI chased him for years.
3.97
27k+
🖥️ Computer Hacking🎭 Social Engineering🏃 Life On The Run🔒 Cybercrime💾 Early Hacker Culture
Ghost in the Wires Summary
Ghost in the Wires
He never cracked a password. He cracked people, and the FBI chased him for years.
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2011 413 pages
3.97
27k+ ratings
🖥️ Computer Hacking🎭 Social Engineering🏃 Life On The Run🔒 Cybercrime💾 Early Hacker Culture
The Autobiography Of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X • 1965
He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.
4.37
200k+
🏛️ Political Autobiography✊🏾 Civil Rights Era🇺🇸 Black American History📖 Prison Education🔄 Conversion Narrative
The Autobiography Of Malcolm X Summary
The Autobiography Of Malcolm X
He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.
by Malcolm X 1965 460 pages
4.37
200k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Autobiography✊🏾 Civil Rights Era🇺🇸 Black American History📖 Prison Education🔄 Conversion Narrative
Home
Search
Swipe
Library
Get App
Try Full Access for 3 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
📖 Read Summaries
Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
 —
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📜 Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📥 Unlimited Downloads
Free users are limited to 1
 —
Risk-Free Timeline
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 26,000+ books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 2: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 3: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on Aug 25,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8× More Books
2.8× more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
600,000+ readers
Trustpilot Rating
TrustPilot
4.6 Excellent
This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.
— Dave G
Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!
— Em
Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.
— Greg M
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year/yr
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Start a 3-Day Free Trial
3 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Unlock a world of fiction & nonfiction books
26,000+ books for the price of 2 books
Read any book in 10 minutes
Discover new books like Tinder
Request any book if it's not summarized
Read more books than anyone you know
#1 app for book lovers
Lifelike & immersive summaries
30-day money-back guarantee
Download summaries in EPUBs or PDFs
Cancel anytime in a few clicks
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel
Settings
General
Widget
Loading...
⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel