Best Memoir Books | Summaries & Audio

Memoir Book Summaries

Midnight in Mexico

by Alfredo Corchado • 2013

A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.

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1k+

🧭 Mexican Drug War 🌎 Border Politics 🎤 Investigative Journalism 💰 State Corruption 🪪 Bicultural Identity

Midnight in Mexico

A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.

by Alfredo Corchado 2013 304 pages

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧭 Mexican Drug War 🌎 Border Politics 🎤 Investigative Journalism 💰 State Corruption 🪪 Bicultural Identity

In an Uncertain World

by Robert E. Rubin • 2003

Markets and governments run on uncertain bets. A Treasury Secretary's method for weighing them.

3.70

500+

🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🎲 Uncertainty Navigation 🌐 Globalization 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

In an Uncertain World

Markets and governments run on uncertain bets. A Treasury Secretary's method for weighing them.

by Robert E. Rubin 2003 448 pages

3.70

500+ ratings

🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🎲 Uncertainty Navigation 🌐 Globalization 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

Home in the World

by Amartya Sen • 2021

What shaped a Nobel economist: Tagore's open-air school, a Kolkata coffee house, and a cancer ward.

4.15

500+

💰 Economic Inequality 🇮🇳 Indian History ✊🏽 Anti-Colonial Thought 🌍 Multicultural Identity 🔗 Polymathic Thinking

Home in the World

What shaped a Nobel economist: Tagore's open-air school, a Kolkata coffee house, and a cancer ward.

by Amartya Sen 2021

4.15

500+ ratings

💰 Economic Inequality 🇮🇳 Indian History ✊🏽 Anti-Colonial Thought 🌍 Multicultural Identity 🔗 Polymathic Thinking

The Feast Nearby

by Robin Mather • 2011

Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.

3.79

1k+

🥬 Seasonal Eating 🧑‍🌾 Local Food Systems 🍳 Culinary Memoir 💰 Frugal Living 🌿 Seasonal Living

The Feast Nearby

Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.

by Robin Mather 2011 272 pages

3.79

1k+ ratings

🥬 Seasonal Eating 🧑‍🌾 Local Food Systems 🍳 Culinary Memoir 💰 Frugal Living 🌿 Seasonal Living

What On Earth Have I Done?

by Robert Fulghum • 1997

Life's biggest questions, answered by lemonade stands, neighbors, and a village in Crete.

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1k+

🧘 Everyday Philosophy 🌼 Ordinary Joys 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤠 American Humorists 🏘️ Community Building

What On Earth Have I Done?

Life's biggest questions, answered by lemonade stands, neighbors, and a village in Crete.

by Robert Fulghum 1997 320 pages

4.09

1k+ ratings

🧘 Everyday Philosophy 🌼 Ordinary Joys 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤠 American Humorists 🏘️ Community Building

Love Thy Neighbor

by Ayaz Virji • 2019

His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.

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🏡 Rural America 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 😔 Islamophobia ☪️ Muslim Americans 📚 Religious Literacy

Love Thy Neighbor

His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.

by Ayaz Virji 2019 203 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏡 Rural America 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 😔 Islamophobia ☪️ Muslim Americans 📚 Religious Literacy

The PDA Paradox

by Harry Thompson • 2019

He failed school, lost jobs, drank to cope. The missing piece: a rare autism profile, PDA.

3.76

414

🧩 Autism Memoirs 📅 Late-Diagnosed Autism 🎭 Autistic Masking 🌍 Neurodiversity Movement 🏫 Alternative Education

The PDA Paradox

He failed school, lost jobs, drank to cope. The missing piece: a rare autism profile, PDA.

by Harry Thompson 2019 184 pages

3.76

414 ratings

🧩 Autism Memoirs 📅 Late-Diagnosed Autism 🎭 Autistic Masking 🌍 Neurodiversity Movement 🏫 Alternative Education

Lately Lesbian

by J.D. Simmons • 2019

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

4.12

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

Lately Lesbian

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

by J.D. Simmons 2019 279 pages

4.12

17 ratings

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

Yes We (Still) Can

by Dan Pfeiffer • 2018

Obama pioneered a new political playbook. Then Fox News, Twitter, and Trump shredded it. Now what?

4.16

7k+

🗣️ Political Communication 🗳️ Election Campaigns 🌐 Internet Politics 🔊 Media Echo Chambers 🚫 Misinformation Warfare

Yes We (Still) Can

Obama pioneered a new political playbook. Then Fox News, Twitter, and Trump shredded it. Now what?

by Dan Pfeiffer 2018 304 pages

4.16

7k+ ratings

🗣️ Political Communication 🗳️ Election Campaigns 🌐 Internet Politics 🔊 Media Echo Chambers 🚫 Misinformation Warfare

English Lessons

by Andrea Lucado • 2017

Raised to have all the answers, she moved to Oxford and learned to love the questions.

4.01

469

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Post-Evangelical 📚 Faith And Reason 🏠 Inherited Faith

English Lessons

Raised to have all the answers, she moved to Oxford and learned to love the questions.

by Andrea Lucado 2017 240 pages

4.01

469 ratings

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Post-Evangelical 📚 Faith And Reason 🏠 Inherited Faith

41-Love

by Scarlett Thomas • 2022

At 41, a novelist falls into competitive tennis. The rating consumes her; the body can't keep up.

3.30

165

🔄 Midlife Crisis 🎾 Competitive Tennis 🪞 Body Image 🏃 Athletic Obsession 🧠 Sports Psychology

41-Love

At 41, a novelist falls into competitive tennis. The rating consumes her; the body can't keep up.

by Scarlett Thomas 2022 384 pages

3.30

165 ratings

🔄 Midlife Crisis 🎾 Competitive Tennis 🪞 Body Image 🏃 Athletic Obsession 🧠 Sports Psychology

The World's Strongest Librarian

by Josh Hanagarne • 2013

A six-foot-seven librarian with Tourette's turns to kettlebells and breathing for relief.

3.82

12k+

📚 Librarian Memoirs 🧠 Tourette Syndrome 💪 Strength Training 🌬 Breathwork 🤔 Faith Crisis

The World's Strongest Librarian

A six-foot-seven librarian with Tourette's turns to kettlebells and breathing for relief.

by Josh Hanagarne 2013 288 pages

3.82

12k+ ratings

📚 Librarian Memoirs 🧠 Tourette Syndrome 💪 Strength Training 🌬 Breathwork 🤔 Faith Crisis

Growing Up Laughing

by Marlo Thomas • 2010

Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.

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1k+

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Comedy History 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎤 Women In Comedy ✊ Feminist Memoir

Growing Up Laughing

Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.

by Marlo Thomas 2010 400 pages

3.85

1k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Comedy History 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎤 Women In Comedy ✊ Feminist Memoir

What's It All About

by Michael Caine • 1992

A charity ward birth, a fish-porter father, and a Cockney accent that Hollywood couldn't erase.

4.07

1k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🎥 Hollywood Memoir 🇬🇧 British Cinema 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🎞️ Behind The Scenes

What's It All About

A charity ward birth, a fish-porter father, and a Cockney accent that Hollywood couldn't erase.

by Michael Caine 1992 466 pages

4.07

1k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🎥 Hollywood Memoir 🇬🇧 British Cinema 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🎞️ Behind The Scenes

The Year of Reading Dangerously

by Andy Miller • 2012

One secret list, fifty classics, and a year spent reading them between diapers and deadlines.

3.31

6k+

🧾 Reading Memoirs 🕰️ Midlife Reflection 😳 Reading Guilt 🏭 Workplace Disillusionment 🐢 Slow Reading

The Year of Reading Dangerously

One secret list, fifty classics, and a year spent reading them between diapers and deadlines.

by Andy Miller 2012 338 pages

3.31

6k+ ratings

🧾 Reading Memoirs 🕰️ Midlife Reflection 😳 Reading Guilt 🏭 Workplace Disillusionment 🐢 Slow Reading

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl

by Tess Holliday • 2017

Too fat to model, she posted a photo anyway. That post launched a global movement.

3.54

500+

🪞 Body Image ✊ Fat Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Experience 📢 Body Positivity Movement 🛡️ Abuse Survivors

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl

Too fat to model, she posted a photo anyway. That post launched a global movement.

by Tess Holliday 2017 260 pages

3.54

500+ ratings

🪞 Body Image ✊ Fat Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Experience 📢 Body Positivity Movement 🛡️ Abuse Survivors

Napkin Notes

by Garth Callaghan • 2013

826 handwritten napkins: one for every school day he feared he'd miss.

4.18

500+

🍎 Fatherhood Memoirs 🕊️ Legacy Building ✉️ Small Daily Acts 🧡 Expressing Love 🫂 Family Rituals

Napkin Notes

826 handwritten napkins: one for every school day he feared he'd miss.

by Garth Callaghan 2013 256 pages

4.18

500+ ratings

🍎 Fatherhood Memoirs 🕊️ Legacy Building ✉️ Small Daily Acts 🧡 Expressing Love 🫂 Family Rituals

Profiles in Mental Health Courage

by Patrick J. Kennedy • 2024

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

4.19

247

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📢 Mental Health Advocacy

Profiles in Mental Health Courage

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

by Patrick J. Kennedy 2024 336 pages

4.19

247 ratings

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📢 Mental Health Advocacy

No Cure for Being Human

by Kate Bowler • 2021

She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.

4.12

24k+

🏥 Cancer Memoirs 🕊️ Faith And Doubt ⏳ Finitude And Limits 🚫 Anti-Self-Help ⏰ Time And Presence

No Cure for Being Human

She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.

by Kate Bowler 2021 224 pages

4.12

24k+ ratings

🏥 Cancer Memoirs 🕊️ Faith And Doubt ⏳ Finitude And Limits 🚫 Anti-Self-Help ⏰ Time And Presence

Lily Dale

by Christine Wicker • 2004

A reporter's three years among American spiritualists. One medium's reading still haunts her.

3.49

1k+

🔮 Modern Spiritualism 👻 Mediumship 💔 Grief And Loss 🤔 Skepticism And Belief ✨ Afterlife Beliefs

Lily Dale

A reporter's three years among American spiritualists. One medium's reading still haunts her.

by Christine Wicker 2004 288 pages

3.49

1k+ ratings

🔮 Modern Spiritualism 👻 Mediumship 💔 Grief And Loss 🤔 Skepticism And Belief ✨ Afterlife Beliefs

Manhood for Amateurs

by Michael Chabon • 2009

Fatherhood is the one job where failing every day means you're probably doing it right.

3.73

8k+

🧔 Modern Masculinity 👨‍👧 Fatherhood 📖 Literary Memoir 💔 Male Vulnerability 🌳 Childhood Freedom

Manhood for Amateurs

Fatherhood is the one job where failing every day means you're probably doing it right.

by Michael Chabon 2009 306 pages

3.73

8k+ ratings

🧔 Modern Masculinity 👨‍👧 Fatherhood 📖 Literary Memoir 💔 Male Vulnerability 🌳 Childhood Freedom

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

by David Sedaris • 2004

His mother banned the word 'weenie.' She was only the first of many baffling rule-givers.

4.12

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📝 Essay Collections 😂 Humor Memoirs 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Stories 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 👀 Observational Comedy

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

His mother banned the word 'weenie.' She was only the first of many baffling rule-givers.

by David Sedaris 2004 272 pages

4.12

200k+ ratings

📝 Essay Collections 😂 Humor Memoirs 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Stories 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 👀 Observational Comedy

You Gotta Want It

by Jake Paul • 2016

Grind harder than anyone, bet on new platforms early, and build a team that multiplies your reach.

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500+

📱 Social Media Fame 🎬 Content Creation 💪 Hustle Culture 🏋️ Daily Discipline 🚀 Young Entrepreneurs

You Gotta Want It

Grind harder than anyone, bet on new platforms early, and build a team that multiplies your reach.

by Jake Paul 2016

3.90

500+ ratings

📱 Social Media Fame 🎬 Content Creation 💪 Hustle Culture 🏋️ Daily Discipline 🚀 Young Entrepreneurs

Cooking as Fast as I Can

by Cat Cora • 2015

She became Iron Chef's first woman. The real story is everything she survived to get there.

3.55

500+

🍳 Restaurant Kitchens 📺 Celebrity Chefs 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍🍳 Women In Food 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Memoir

Cooking as Fast as I Can

She became Iron Chef's first woman. The real story is everything she survived to get there.

by Cat Cora 2015 256 pages

3.55

500+ ratings

🍳 Restaurant Kitchens 📺 Celebrity Chefs 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍🍳 Women In Food 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Memoir

How to Survive the End of the World

by Aaron Gillies • 2018

Your brain thinks a Monday meeting is a lion. Here is a survival guide, with jokes.

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1k+

🧠 Anxiety Management 📖 Mental Health Memoir 🛋️ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness ❤️ Self-Compassion

How to Survive the End of the World

Your brain thinks a Monday meeting is a lion. Here is a survival guide, with jokes.

by Aaron Gillies 2018 288 pages

4.00

1k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 📖 Mental Health Memoir 🛋️ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness ❤️ Self-Compassion

Let Your Mind Run

by Deena Kastor • 2018

Her body could run. Her mind had to learn. The mental training that built an Olympian.

4.35

12k+

🏃 Distance Running 🏃‍♀️ Women In Sports 🧠 Sports Psychology 😊 Positive Psychology 🌱 Growth Mindset

Let Your Mind Run

Her body could run. Her mind had to learn. The mental training that built an Olympian.

by Deena Kastor 2018 296 pages

4.35

12k+ ratings

🏃 Distance Running 🏃‍♀️ Women In Sports 🧠 Sports Psychology 😊 Positive Psychology 🌱 Growth Mindset

Two Sides of the Moon

by David Randolph Scott • 2004

The space race seen from both cockpits: an astronaut and cosmonaut compare notes.

4.29

500+

🚀 Space Race 🥶 Cold War History 🧑‍🚀 Astronaut Memoir 🌙 Lunar Exploration ⚙️ Technological Rivalry

Two Sides of the Moon

The space race seen from both cockpits: an astronaut and cosmonaut compare notes.

by David Randolph Scott 2004 448 pages

4.29

500+ ratings

🚀 Space Race 🥶 Cold War History 🧑‍🚀 Astronaut Memoir 🌙 Lunar Exploration ⚙️ Technological Rivalry

A Fierce Love

by Shauna Shanks • 2017

Her husband asked for a divorce. She fought back with love, and uncovered a spiritual battle.

4.31

466

💍 Christian Marriage 🔄 Marriage Restoration ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 📖 Biblical Love 🤲 Forgiveness

A Fierce Love

Her husband asked for a divorce. She fought back with love, and uncovered a spiritual battle.

by Shauna Shanks 2017 240 pages

4.31

466 ratings

💍 Christian Marriage 🔄 Marriage Restoration ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 📖 Biblical Love 🤲 Forgiveness

Bone

by Marion Woodman • 2000

When cancer strikes a Jungian analyst, she brings her dreams and goddesses into the treatment room.

4.15

182

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌿 Integrative Medicine 💭 Dream Work ✨ Divine Feminine

Bone

When cancer strikes a Jungian analyst, she brings her dreams and goddesses into the treatment room.

by Marion Woodman 2000 272 pages

4.15

182 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌿 Integrative Medicine 💭 Dream Work ✨ Divine Feminine

Old Rage

by Sheila Hancock • 2022

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

4.06

500+

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary 🕯️ Quaker Spirituality ⚒️ Class Consciousness

Old Rage

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

by Sheila Hancock 2022 238 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary 🕯️ Quaker Spirituality ⚒️ Class Consciousness

The Book of Drugs

by Mike Doughty • 2012

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

3.63

1k+

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

The Book of Drugs

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

by Mike Doughty 2012 256 pages

3.63

1k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

A Life on the Edge

by Jim Whittaker • 1999

First American to summit Everest. Then he brought Soviets and Chinese up the same mountain.

4.05

500+

🧗 High-Altitude Climbing 🏔️ Mountain Expeditions 🥇 First Ascents 🧭 Expedition Leadership ⚠️ Risk And Survival

A Life on the Edge

First American to summit Everest. Then he brought Soviets and Chinese up the same mountain.

by Jim Whittaker 1999 320 pages

4.05

500+ ratings

🧗 High-Altitude Climbing 🏔️ Mountain Expeditions 🥇 First Ascents 🧭 Expedition Leadership ⚠️ Risk And Survival

Normal

by Amy Bloom • 2002

Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.

3.53

500+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Studies 📰 Narrative Journalism 💛 Intersex Rights ⚧ Beyond The Gender Binary ⚕ Medical Ethics

Normal

Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.

by Amy Bloom 2002 174 pages

3.53

500+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Studies 📰 Narrative Journalism 💛 Intersex Rights ⚧ Beyond The Gender Binary ⚕ Medical Ethics

Promise Me, Dad

by Joe Biden • 2017

A vice president's son is dying of cancer. Foreign crises don't pause for grief.

4.14

24k+

🏛️ White House Memoirs 🕯️ Parental Grief 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons ⛪ Catholic Faith

Promise Me, Dad

A vice president's son is dying of cancer. Foreign crises don't pause for grief.

by Joe Biden 2017 272 pages

4.14

24k+ ratings

🏛️ White House Memoirs 🕯️ Parental Grief 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons ⛪ Catholic Faith

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

by T Kira Madden • 2019

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

4.25

10k+

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

by T Kira Madden 2019 336 pages

4.25

10k+ ratings

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

A Life in Light

by Mary Pipher • 2022

How to find sustaining light when everything falls apart, from a psychologist who lived through it.

4.06

1k+

🧘 Contemplative Memoir 👵 Mindful Aging 🌿 Nature And Healing 💔 Family Dysfunction 👯 Female Friendships

A Life in Light

How to find sustaining light when everything falls apart, from a psychologist who lived through it.

by Mary Pipher 2022 301 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🧘 Contemplative Memoir 👵 Mindful Aging 🌿 Nature And Healing 💔 Family Dysfunction 👯 Female Friendships

The Soul of All Living Creatures

by Vint Virga • 2013

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

3.55

500+

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🤐 Nonverbal Communication ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

The Soul of All Living Creatures

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

by Vint Virga 2013 240 pages

3.55

500+ ratings

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🤐 Nonverbal Communication ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

The Way of the Explorer

by Edgar D. Mitchell • 1996

An astronaut's secret ESP test from the moon launched a quest to prove a conscious universe.

3.84

222

👨‍🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌉 Science Spirituality Bridge 🪐 Nonlocal Consciousness 🔮 Parapsychology

The Way of the Explorer

An astronaut's secret ESP test from the moon launched a quest to prove a conscious universe.

by Edgar D. Mitchell 1996 240 pages

3.84

222 ratings

👨‍🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌉 Science Spirituality Bridge 🪐 Nonlocal Consciousness 🔮 Parapsychology

What We Carry

by Maya Shanbhag Lang • 2020

Alzheimer's erases her mother, and a daughter learns the family stories she carried were fictions.

4.32

4k+

🏠 Family Memoirs 🤲 Caregiver Memoirs 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiving 🌏 Immigrant Experience

What We Carry

Alzheimer's erases her mother, and a daughter learns the family stories she carried were fictions.

by Maya Shanbhag Lang 2020 306 pages

4.32

4k+ ratings

🏠 Family Memoirs 🤲 Caregiver Memoirs 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiving 🌏 Immigrant Experience

The Comfort of Crows

by Margaret Renkl • 2023

One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.

4.16

15k+

🏡 Backyard Naturalism 📅 Seasonal Nature Writing 👁️ Attention As Practice 🌱 Rewilding 💚 Ecological Grief

The Comfort of Crows

One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.

by Margaret Renkl 2023 270 pages

4.16

15k+ ratings

🏡 Backyard Naturalism 📅 Seasonal Nature Writing 👁️ Attention As Practice 🌱 Rewilding 💚 Ecological Grief

Seven Letters from Paris

by Samantha Verant • 2014

$20,000 in debt, walking dogs; she found seven old letters from a Parisian and replied.

3.55

2k+

🕊️ Second Chance Love 🇫🇷🇺🇸 American In Paris 🧳 Starting Over Abroad 💔➡️💖 Love After Divorce 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Families

Seven Letters from Paris

$20,000 in debt, walking dogs; she found seven old letters from a Parisian and replied.

by Samantha Verant 2014 269 pages

3.55

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Second Chance Love 🇫🇷🇺🇸 American In Paris 🧳 Starting Over Abroad 💔➡️💖 Love After Divorce 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Families

Midnights with the Mystic

by Cheryl Simone • 2008

She spent nights by a fireside questioning a realized yogi. His answers rewired her entire reality.

4.19

1k+

🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🕉️ Guru-Disciple Relationship 🐍 Kundalini Awakening 🧿 Chakra System 🔄 Karma And Reincarnation

Midnights with the Mystic

She spent nights by a fireside questioning a realized yogi. His answers rewired her entire reality.

by Cheryl Simone 2008 328 pages

4.19

1k+ ratings

🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🕉️ Guru-Disciple Relationship 🐍 Kundalini Awakening 🧿 Chakra System 🔄 Karma And Reincarnation

Carry On, Warrior

by Glennon Doyle • 2013

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

4.10

29k+

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 💬 Radical Honesty 👶 Modern Motherhood

Carry On, Warrior

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

by Glennon Doyle 2013 269 pages

4.10

29k+ ratings

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 💬 Radical Honesty 👶 Modern Motherhood

Chris Hoy

by Chris Hoy • 2009

Olympic gold at 32, years after the graphs said he would peak. The margin was never physical.

4.10

367

🚴 Professional Cycling 🏅 Olympic Sports 🧠 Sports Psychology 📈 Peak Performance 📖 Athlete Memoirs

Chris Hoy

Olympic gold at 32, years after the graphs said he would peak. The margin was never physical.

by Chris Hoy 2009 320 pages

4.10

367 ratings

🚴 Professional Cycling 🏅 Olympic Sports 🧠 Sports Psychology 📈 Peak Performance 📖 Athlete Memoirs

Front Row at the Trump Show

by Jonathan Karl • 2020

How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.

4.27

4k+

🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🎤 White House Press Corps 📰 Political Journalism 🎭 Media Manipulation 🤥 Post-Truth Politics

Front Row at the Trump Show

How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.

by Jonathan Karl 2020 368 pages

4.27

4k+ ratings

🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🎤 White House Press Corps 📰 Political Journalism 🎭 Media Manipulation 🤥 Post-Truth Politics

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

by Samantha Irby • 2017

A vet clinic receptionist on chronic illness, dead parents, and the dull love that saved her.

3.89

48k+

🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🩺 Chronic Illness 🧘 Body Acceptance 💸 Poverty Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

A vet clinic receptionist on chronic illness, dead parents, and the dull love that saved her.

by Samantha Irby 2017 275 pages

3.89

48k+ ratings

🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🩺 Chronic Illness 🧘 Body Acceptance 💸 Poverty Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

I Shall Not Hate

by Izzeldin Abuelaish • 2010

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

4.32

7k+

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 💔 Grief And Forgiveness ✌️ Nonviolent Resistance

I Shall Not Hate

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

by Izzeldin Abuelaish 2010 237 pages

4.32

7k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 💔 Grief And Forgiveness ✌️ Nonviolent Resistance

Raising Hare

by Chloe Dalton • 2025

She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.

4.28

42k+

🏥 Wildlife Rescue 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🌳 English Countryside 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🌿 Rewilding

Raising Hare

She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.

by Chloe Dalton 2025 285 pages

4.28

42k+ ratings

🏥 Wildlife Rescue 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🌳 English Countryside 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🌿 Rewilding

Alcoholics Anonymous

by Alcoholics Anonymous • 1991

A program of spiritual surrender and radical honesty: why it works when willpower cannot.

3.99

348

🩹 Addiction Recovery ✨ Spiritual Recovery 🤝 Peer Support 🧘 Practical Spirituality 👥 Anonymous Fellowships

Alcoholics Anonymous

A program of spiritual surrender and radical honesty: why it works when willpower cannot.

by Alcoholics Anonymous 1991 605 pages

3.99

348 ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery ✨ Spiritual Recovery 🤝 Peer Support 🧘 Practical Spirituality 👥 Anonymous Fellowships

Drawing Out the Dragons

by James A. Owen • 2011

An illustrator's hard-won proof: the life you want is built one difficult choice at a time.

4.50

440

🎨 Creative Careers 🖌️ Artistic Perseverance 🧭 Personal Agency 🔄 Reframing Failure 🎯 Long-Term Thinking

Drawing Out the Dragons

An illustrator's hard-won proof: the life you want is built one difficult choice at a time.

by James A. Owen 2011 128 pages

4.50

440 ratings

🎨 Creative Careers 🖌️ Artistic Perseverance 🧭 Personal Agency 🔄 Reframing Failure 🎯 Long-Term Thinking

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