Best Memoir Books | Summaries & Audio

Memoir Book Summaries

Peacebunny Island

by Caleb Smith • 2021

He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.

4.13

208

🐰 Animal Therapy 🕊 Pet Loss 💼 Youth Entrepreneurship ✝️ Christian Memoir 🐇 Animal Rescue

Peacebunny Island

He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.

by Caleb Smith 2021 272 pages

4.13

208 ratings

🐰 Animal Therapy 🕊 Pet Loss 💼 Youth Entrepreneurship ✝️ Christian Memoir 🐇 Animal Rescue

The Double Helix

by James D. Watson • 1968

A stolen X-ray glance, a rival's blunder, and a lunchtime insight that unveiled the double helix.

3.84

20k+

🧬 Molecular Biology 📜 History Of Genetics ⚔️ Scientific Rivalry 🔍 Structural Biology 💡 Scientific Discovery

The Double Helix

A stolen X-ray glance, a rival's blunder, and a lunchtime insight that unveiled the double helix.

by James D. Watson 1968 143 pages

3.84

20k+ ratings

🧬 Molecular Biology 📜 History Of Genetics ⚔️ Scientific Rivalry 🔍 Structural Biology 💡 Scientific Discovery

Still Surprised

by Warren Bennis • 2010

He defined leadership for a generation, then walked away to live on a houseboat.

3.74

🏢 Organizational Behavior 📚 Leadership Studies 🤝 Mentorship 🌱 Adversity And Growth 🔄 Self-Reinvention

Still Surprised

He defined leadership for a generation, then walked away to live on a houseboat.

by Warren Bennis 2010 256 pages

3.74

72 ratings

🏢 Organizational Behavior 📚 Leadership Studies 🤝 Mentorship 🌱 Adversity And Growth 🔄 Self-Reinvention

Becoming Free Indeed

by Jinger Duggar Vuolo • 2023

A faith built on fear and man-made rules. Then she read the Bible for herself.

3.61

52k+

⛓️ Religious Legalism 💔 Spiritual Abuse ✝️ Fundamentalist Christianity 🙏 Fear And Faith 📖 Biblical Interpretation

Becoming Free Indeed

A faith built on fear and man-made rules. Then she read the Bible for herself.

by Jinger Duggar Vuolo 2023 240 pages

3.61

52k+ ratings

⛓️ Religious Legalism 💔 Spiritual Abuse ✝️ Fundamentalist Christianity 🙏 Fear And Faith 📖 Biblical Interpretation

A Book of Silence

by Sara Maitland • 2008

A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.

3.76

1k+

🧘 Contemplative Solitude 🌿 Nature Mysticism 👁️ Sensory Perception 🤝 Solitude Vs Loneliness 🗺️ Landscape And Mind

A Book of Silence

A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.

by Sara Maitland 2008 320 pages

3.76

1k+ ratings

🧘 Contemplative Solitude 🌿 Nature Mysticism 👁️ Sensory Perception 🤝 Solitude Vs Loneliness 🗺️ Landscape And Mind

Dressed Up for a Riot

by Michael Idov • 2018

a GQ editor's Moscow: protests fill squares, Pussy Riot faces trial, and cheese turns patriotic.

3.62

274

🇷🇺 Russian Politics 🧱 Post-Soviet Transition 🎭 Cultural Memoir ✊ Protest Movements 📺 Media Control

Dressed Up for a Riot

a GQ editor's Moscow: protests fill squares, Pussy Riot faces trial, and cheese turns patriotic.

by Michael Idov 2018 288 pages

3.62

274 ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Politics 🧱 Post-Soviet Transition 🎭 Cultural Memoir ✊ Protest Movements 📺 Media Control

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

by Anne Lister • 1992

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

3.95

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

by Anne Lister 1992 422 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

Uncaged

by Frank Shamrock • 2012

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

3.65

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🏡 Adoption And Belonging

Uncaged

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

by Frank Shamrock 2012 272 pages

3.65

96 ratings

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🏡 Adoption And Belonging

Brothers, Sisters, Strangers

by Fern Schumer Chapman • 2021

A sibling cut-off hurts like a death. The repair guide from a woman who rebuilt hers.

4.20

211

💔 Family Estrangement 👥 Sibling Relationships 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧠 Family Trauma 🌫️ Ambiguous Loss

Brothers, Sisters, Strangers

A sibling cut-off hurts like a death. The repair guide from a woman who rebuilt hers.

by Fern Schumer Chapman 2021 304 pages

4.20

211 ratings

💔 Family Estrangement 👥 Sibling Relationships 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧠 Family Trauma 🌫️ Ambiguous Loss

Find the Good

by Heather Lende • 2015

An obituary writer finds the secret to a good life hidden in messy, ordinary deaths she chronicles.

3.76

6k+

💀 Obituary Writing 🤝 Community Connection ⏳ Mortality 🫴 Embracing Imperfection 🏘️ Ordinary Lives

Find the Good

An obituary writer finds the secret to a good life hidden in messy, ordinary deaths she chronicles.

by Heather Lende 2015 176 pages

3.76

6k+ ratings

💀 Obituary Writing 🤝 Community Connection ⏳ Mortality 🫴 Embracing Imperfection 🏘️ Ordinary Lives

A Lion's Tale

by Chris Jericho • 2007

Flea markets, circus tents, and a Japanese dojo: the unlikely apprenticeship of a WWE icon.

4.37

5k+

🤼 Pro Wrestling 🎬 Showbiz Memoirs 🏋️ Paying Dues 🛣️ Life On The Road 🎤 Backstage Stories

A Lion's Tale

Flea markets, circus tents, and a Japanese dojo: the unlikely apprenticeship of a WWE icon.

by Chris Jericho 2007 412 pages

4.37

5k+ ratings

🤼 Pro Wrestling 🎬 Showbiz Memoirs 🏋️ Paying Dues 🛣️ Life On The Road 🎤 Backstage Stories

The Blink of an Eye

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

4.09

467

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families In Crisis 🖐️ Body Loss And Identity

The Blink of an Eye

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018 239 pages

4.09

467 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families In Crisis 🖐️ Body Loss And Identity

On My Own

by Florence Falk • 2007

Why women fear being alone, and how solitude builds the self-confidence that neediness destroys.

3.69

466

🗣️ Feminist Self-Help 🏠 Women Living Alone 🎨 Creative Solitude 🌊 Life Transitions 🧠 Feminist Psychology

On My Own

Why women fear being alone, and how solitude builds the self-confidence that neediness destroys.

by Florence Falk 2007 304 pages

3.69

466 ratings

🗣️ Feminist Self-Help 🏠 Women Living Alone 🎨 Creative Solitude 🌊 Life Transitions 🧠 Feminist Psychology

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

3.61

1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Doctored

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014 288 pages

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

by Ranya Tabari Idliby • 2014

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

3.47

204

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia 🌉 Cultural Assimilation 📖 Progressive Islam

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

by Ranya Tabari Idliby 2014 256 pages

3.47

204 ratings

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia 🌉 Cultural Assimilation 📖 Progressive Islam

Facing the Unseen

by Damon Tweedy • 2024

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

4.23

192

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism 🏥 Stigma In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality

Facing the Unseen

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

by Damon Tweedy 2024 286 pages

4.23

192 ratings

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism 🏥 Stigma In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality

Rebel with a Clause

by Ellen Jovin • 2022

She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.

4.00

1k+

🧱 Language Mechanics 🗣️ Pop Linguistics 😂 Grammar Humor ✍️ Language Memoir 🔬 Descriptive Grammar

Rebel with a Clause

She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.

by Ellen Jovin 2022 400 pages

4.00

1k+ ratings

🧱 Language Mechanics 🗣️ Pop Linguistics 😂 Grammar Humor ✍️ Language Memoir 🔬 Descriptive Grammar

Bleed

by Tracey Lindeman • 2023

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

4.32

500+

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny 💥 Chronic Pain 💊 Pharma Influence

Bleed

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

by Tracey Lindeman 2023 336 pages

4.32

500+ ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny 💥 Chronic Pain 💊 Pharma Influence

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had

by Tony Danza • 2012

A sitcom star teaches 10th-grade English in Philadelphia. The punchlines stop on day one.

3.86

4k+

🏫 Public Education 👨‍🏫 First Year Teacher 🔬 Immersion Memoir 🏙️ Urban Education 📋 Classroom Management

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had

A sitcom star teaches 10th-grade English in Philadelphia. The punchlines stop on day one.

by Tony Danza 2012 272 pages

3.86

4k+ ratings

🏫 Public Education 👨‍🏫 First Year Teacher 🔬 Immersion Memoir 🏙️ Urban Education 📋 Classroom Management

Gardening for a Lifetime

by Sydney Eddison • 2010

Your body is aging; your garden shouldn't retire. The low-impact shifts that keep you growing.

3.76

274

👵 Aging Gardeners 🌱 Low-Maintenance Gardens 🌑 Shade Gardening 🌳 Woodland Gardening 🪣 Container Gardening

Gardening for a Lifetime

Your body is aging; your garden shouldn't retire. The low-impact shifts that keep you growing.

by Sydney Eddison 2010 208 pages

3.76

274 ratings

👵 Aging Gardeners 🌱 Low-Maintenance Gardens 🌑 Shade Gardening 🌳 Woodland Gardening 🪣 Container Gardening

You Got Anything Stronger?

by Gabrielle Union • 2021

Perimenopause made Gabrielle Union want to die. Then her daughter taught her how to live.

4.11

11k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 👩🏾‍💼 Invisible Labor 🖤 Anti-Blackness 🩺 Women's Health

You Got Anything Stronger?

Perimenopause made Gabrielle Union want to die. Then her daughter taught her how to live.

by Gabrielle Union 2021 242 pages

4.11

11k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 👩🏾‍💼 Invisible Labor 🖤 Anti-Blackness 🩺 Women's Health

Fear Is Just a Word

by Azam Ahmed • 2023

When the Zetas took her daughter, a mother became a detective and hunted every killer herself.

3.93

1k+

🩸 Cartel Violence ⚔️ Drug War 🫥 Forced Disappearances 📰 Narrative Journalism 🗣️ Victim Advocacy

Fear Is Just a Word

When the Zetas took her daughter, a mother became a detective and hunted every killer herself.

by Azam Ahmed 2023 384 pages

3.93

1k+ ratings

🩸 Cartel Violence ⚔️ Drug War 🫥 Forced Disappearances 📰 Narrative Journalism 🗣️ Victim Advocacy

Operation Ironman

by George Mahood • 2015

Hospital bed to Ironman in four months. He couldn't swim front crawl. He lined up anyway.

4.52

2k+

🏃‍♂️ Endurance Sports 🏊 Triathlon 😂 Comedic Memoir 💪 Ultra Endurance 🎯 Against The Odds

Operation Ironman

Hospital bed to Ironman in four months. He couldn't swim front crawl. He lined up anyway.

by George Mahood 2015 311 pages

4.52

2k+ ratings

🏃‍♂️ Endurance Sports 🏊 Triathlon 😂 Comedic Memoir 💪 Ultra Endurance 🎯 Against The Odds

Sound

by Bella Bathurst • 2017

For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.

3.91

288

🦻 Hearing Loss 🏥 Medical Memoir 👁️ Invisible Disability 🔊 Acoustic Ecology 🤟 Deaf Culture

Sound

For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.

by Bella Bathurst 2017 223 pages

3.91

288 ratings

🦻 Hearing Loss 🏥 Medical Memoir 👁️ Invisible Disability 🔊 Acoustic Ecology 🤟 Deaf Culture

Cántame al dormir

by Gilraen Eärfalas • 2023

She dreamed of escape through sleep, fairy tales, and a flying boy who never came.

4.21

387

🧩 Trauma Memoir 📝 Verse Memoir 🎤 Confessional Poetry 🧠 Mental Health Poetry 👶 Childhood Abuse

Cántame al dormir

She dreamed of escape through sleep, fairy tales, and a flying boy who never came.

by Gilraen Eärfalas 2023 154 pages

4.21

387 ratings

🧩 Trauma Memoir 📝 Verse Memoir 🎤 Confessional Poetry 🧠 Mental Health Poetry 👶 Childhood Abuse

On Being Human

by Jennifer Pastiloff • 2019

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

3.91

3k+

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

On Being Human

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

by Jennifer Pastiloff 2019 336 pages

3.91

3k+ ratings

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

Cooking with Nonna

by Rossella Rago • 2017

100 Italian grandmother recipes. Pasta that forgives, sauce that remembers, cannoli worth the mess.

4.44

150

🍷 Italian Home Cooking 🗺️ Regional Italian Cuisine 👵 Family Recipes 🥖 Cucina Povera 🍝 Pasta Making

Cooking with Nonna

100 Italian grandmother recipes. Pasta that forgives, sauce that remembers, cannoli worth the mess.

by Rossella Rago 2017 248 pages

4.44

150 ratings

🍷 Italian Home Cooking 🗺️ Regional Italian Cuisine 👵 Family Recipes 🥖 Cucina Povera 🍝 Pasta Making

Targeted

by Brittany Kaiser • 2019

87 million stolen Facebook profiles, two elections, and one whistleblower's confession.

3.58

1k+

📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🎯 Behavioral Targeting 🗳️ Election Interference

Targeted

87 million stolen Facebook profiles, two elections, and one whistleblower's confession.

by Brittany Kaiser 2019 404 pages

3.58

1k+ ratings

📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🎯 Behavioral Targeting 🗳️ Election Interference

Hendo

by Dan Henderson • 2023

Olympic wrestling paid nothing, so he fought: MMA's first double champion, clean in a dirty sport.

4.10

🥊 Mixed Martial Arts 🤼 Olympic Wrestling 📖 Fighter Memoirs 🥋 Combat Sports 🏛️ Greco Roman Wrestling

Hendo

Olympic wrestling paid nothing, so he fought: MMA's first double champion, clean in a dirty sport.

by Dan Henderson 2023 248 pages

4.10

90 ratings

🥊 Mixed Martial Arts 🤼 Olympic Wrestling 📖 Fighter Memoirs 🥋 Combat Sports 🏛️ Greco Roman Wrestling

Run! 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss

by Dean Karnazes • 2011

Quit the corner office, run through the desert, and find out what you're actually made of.

3.93

3k+

🏃 Running Memoirs 🏅 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Fortitude 🏔️ Adventure Running 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Run! 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss

Quit the corner office, run through the desert, and find out what you're actually made of.

by Dean Karnazes 2011 272 pages

3.93

3k+ ratings

🏃 Running Memoirs 🏅 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Fortitude 🏔️ Adventure Running 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain

by Helene Sula • 2024

An Oxford comma got her fired. A shattered ankle got her blogging. Then Germany happened.

3.85

500+

🧳 Expat Life 🇺🇸 American Abroad 💻 Digital Nomads 🔄 Career Reinvention 🎨 Lifestyle Design

Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain

An Oxford comma got her fired. A shattered ankle got her blogging. Then Germany happened.

by Helene Sula 2024 224 pages

3.85

500+ ratings

🧳 Expat Life 🇺🇸 American Abroad 💻 Digital Nomads 🔄 Career Reinvention 🎨 Lifestyle Design

Firefighters

by Dennis Smith • 1988

Caskets on fire trucks down Fifth Avenue: firefighters tell the stories behind the uniform.

4.10

179

🚒 Firefighter Memoirs 🎙️ Oral History 👥 Firehouse Brotherhood 💔 Trauma And Resilience ☠️ Dangerous Jobs

Firefighters

Caskets on fire trucks down Fifth Avenue: firefighters tell the stories behind the uniform.

by Dennis Smith 1988 352 pages

4.10

179 ratings

🚒 Firefighter Memoirs 🎙️ Oral History 👥 Firehouse Brotherhood 💔 Trauma And Resilience ☠️ Dangerous Jobs

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1

by Mark Twain • 2010

A century's delay let him speak without fear. The result is a hilarious, unvarnished life.

3.80

8k+

🇺🇸 American Autobiography ✍️ Literary Memoir 📜 Posthumous Memoirs ⛓️ Slavery Memoirs 🕰️ 19th-Century America

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1

A century's delay let him speak without fear. The result is a hilarious, unvarnished life.

by Mark Twain 2010 736 pages

3.80

8k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Autobiography ✍️ Literary Memoir 📜 Posthumous Memoirs ⛓️ Slavery Memoirs 🕰️ 19th-Century America

Back on the Road (Otra Vez)

by Ernesto Che Guevara • 2000

Guatemala fell while he watched. In Mexico, Castro asked him to join a revolution.

3.72

500+

🗺️ Latin American History 🧳 Political Travelogues 🌎 Cold War Latin America 💡 Political Awakening ⚔️ Anti-Imperialism

Back on the Road (Otra Vez)

Guatemala fell while he watched. In Mexico, Castro asked him to join a revolution.

by Ernesto Che Guevara 2000 160 pages

3.72

500+ ratings

🗺️ Latin American History 🧳 Political Travelogues 🌎 Cold War Latin America 💡 Political Awakening ⚔️ Anti-Imperialism

Tits Up

by Sarah Thornton • 2024

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

3.66

1k+

✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology 🔪 Cosmetic Surgery 🤱 Lactation And Nursing

Tits Up

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

by Sarah Thornton 2024 336 pages

3.66

1k+ ratings

✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology 🔪 Cosmetic Surgery 🤱 Lactation And Nursing

God's Hostage

by Andrew Brunson • 2019

An American pastor arrested as a spy. Twenty-two months as Turkey's hostage. One faith to break.

4.41

500+

✝️ Christian Persecution 🌍 Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Political Imprisonment 💪 Spiritual Perseverance 🙏 Suffering And Faith

God's Hostage

An American pastor arrested as a spy. Twenty-two months as Turkey's hostage. One faith to break.

by Andrew Brunson 2019 256 pages

4.41

500+ ratings

✝️ Christian Persecution 🌍 Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Political Imprisonment 💪 Spiritual Perseverance 🙏 Suffering And Faith

My Men Are My Heroes

by Brad Kasal • 2007

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

4.17

500+

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War 🪖 Infantry Life ⭐ Battlefield Leadership

My Men Are My Heroes

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

by Brad Kasal 2007 287 pages

4.17

500+ ratings

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War 🪖 Infantry Life ⭐ Battlefield Leadership

All Things Aside

by Iliza Shlesinger • 2022

Modern womanhood is a series of scams. A comedian presents her receipts.

3.90

5k+

🎤 Observational Comedy ♀️ Feminist Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 💄 Body Image Pressure 🤰 Modern Motherhood

All Things Aside

Modern womanhood is a series of scams. A comedian presents her receipts.

by Iliza Shlesinger 2022 256 pages

3.90

5k+ ratings

🎤 Observational Comedy ♀️ Feminist Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 💄 Body Image Pressure 🤰 Modern Motherhood

Catholic Street Evangelization

by Steve Dawson • 2015

You don't need a theology degree to evangelize: a medal, your story, and a street corner.

4.22

🕊️ Catholic Evangelism 🗣️ Personal Testimony 🤝 Relational Evangelism 🌍 New Evangelization 🍞 Holistic Ministry

Catholic Street Evangelization

You don't need a theology degree to evangelize: a medal, your story, and a street corner.

by Steve Dawson 2015 228 pages

4.22

41 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Evangelism 🗣️ Personal Testimony 🤝 Relational Evangelism 🌍 New Evangelization 🍞 Holistic Ministry

I, the citizen

by R. Balasubramaniam

In India, the most powerful tool isn't a tractor but a citizen filing an RTI request.

4.26

🇮🇳 Indian Governance 🗳️ Grassroots Democracy 🌾 Rural Development 🛡️ Anti-Corruption 📋 Social Accountability

I, the citizen

In India, the most powerful tool isn't a tractor but a citizen filing an RTI request.

by R. Balasubramaniam 280 pages

4.26

53 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Governance 🗳️ Grassroots Democracy 🌾 Rural Development 🛡️ Anti-Corruption 📋 Social Accountability

All Things Wise and Wonderful

by James Herriot • 1978

From calving sheds to RAF basic training: a young vet learns humans are the difficult animals.

4.45

38k+

🏞️ Rural England 🐄 Country Veterinarian 🐾 Animal Stories 🛩️ Wartime Britain 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

All Things Wise and Wonderful

From calving sheds to RAF basic training: a young vet learns humans are the difficult animals.

by James Herriot 1978 458 pages

4.45

38k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural England 🐄 Country Veterinarian 🐾 Animal Stories 🛩️ Wartime Britain 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

Before My Heart Stops

by Paul Cardall • 2010

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

3.98

392

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant ✨ Inspirational Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Before My Heart Stops

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

by Paul Cardall 2010 290 pages

3.98

392 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant ✨ Inspirational Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives

by John Volanthen • 2021

What finding the Thai boys taught a cave diver about staying calm when everything fails.

3.96

500+

🤿 Cave Diving 🏔️ Extreme Survival 🧠 Crisis Decisions 🧘 Stress Management 💪 Resilience Training

Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives

What finding the Thai boys taught a cave diver about staying calm when everything fails.

by John Volanthen 2021 304 pages

3.96

500+ ratings

🤿 Cave Diving 🏔️ Extreme Survival 🧠 Crisis Decisions 🧘 Stress Management 💪 Resilience Training

Landfill

by Tim Dee • 2018

Gulls eat our trash, nest on our roofs, and carry our poisons. They are our truest mirror.

3.67

152

🦅 Avian Ecology 🦝 Urban Wildlife 🗑️ Discard Studies 🐗 Human-Animal Conflict 🧬 Taxonomy Debates

Landfill

Gulls eat our trash, nest on our roofs, and carry our poisons. They are our truest mirror.

by Tim Dee 2018 239 pages

3.67

152 ratings

🦅 Avian Ecology 🦝 Urban Wildlife 🗑️ Discard Studies 🐗 Human-Animal Conflict 🧬 Taxonomy Debates

Decoded

by Jay-Z • 2009

His annotated lyrics reveal how the corner became a boardroom and rhyme became high poetry.

3.86

8k+

🎤 Hip Hop Memoirs 🎵 Lyricism 💼 Street Entrepreneurship 🎶 Rap Poetics ✊ Conscious Hip Hop

Decoded

His annotated lyrics reveal how the corner became a boardroom and rhyme became high poetry.

by Jay-Z 2009 317 pages

3.86

8k+ ratings

🎤 Hip Hop Memoirs 🎵 Lyricism 💼 Street Entrepreneurship 🎶 Rap Poetics ✊ Conscious Hip Hop

An Adult with an Autism Diagnosis

by Gillan Drew • 2017

Diagnosed autistic as an adult? The label answers old questions. This guide answers the new ones.

3.52

381

🌈 Autism Spectrum 🧾 Adult Diagnosis 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Autistic Adults 🧠 Neurodiversity 🎭 Masking

An Adult with an Autism Diagnosis

Diagnosed autistic as an adult? The label answers old questions. This guide answers the new ones.

by Gillan Drew 2017 160 pages

3.52

381 ratings

🌈 Autism Spectrum 🧾 Adult Diagnosis 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Autistic Adults 🧠 Neurodiversity 🎭 Masking

What Seems to Be the Problem?

by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

4.18

299

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine 💔 Trauma And Healing

What Seems to Be the Problem?

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022 269 pages

4.18

299 ratings

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine 💔 Trauma And Healing

The Addicted Lawyer

by Brian Cuban • 2017

Brian Cuban practiced law by day and fed his addiction by night. The collapse took years.

3.87

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The Addicted Lawyer

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by Brian Cuban 2017 272 pages

3.87

150 ratings

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One Train Later

by Andy Summers • 2006

A missed train would have erased The Police. A life in the balance.

4.04

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One Train Later

A missed train would have erased The Police. A life in the balance.

by Andy Summers 2006 368 pages

4.04

1k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Guitarists 🥁 Band Histories 🎨 Creative Process 🚐 Touring Life 🍄 Psychedelic Era

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love

by Thomas A. Tarrants • 2019

A Klansman went to prison. Books and unlikely friendships made him a minister.

4.37

461

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation 🚪 Leaving Hate Groups ⛓️ Prison Conversion ✝️ Christian Testimony 📚 Intellectual Conversion

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love

A Klansman went to prison. Books and unlikely friendships made him a minister.

by Thomas A. Tarrants 2019 224 pages

4.37

461 ratings

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation 🚪 Leaving Hate Groups ⛓️ Prison Conversion ✝️ Christian Testimony 📚 Intellectual Conversion

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