Best Memoir Books | Summaries & Audio

Memoir Book Summaries

Brain over Binge

by Kathryn Hansen • 2011

Binge eating is a brain habit, not a disorder. Stop acting on urges, and they stop.

3.84

3k+

🩹 Eating Disorder Recovery 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🌊 Urge Surfing 🧘 Mindful Detachment 📖 Eating Disorder Memoir

Brain over Binge

Binge eating is a brain habit, not a disorder. Stop acting on urges, and they stop.

by Kathryn Hansen 2011 328 pages

3.84

3k+ ratings

🩹 Eating Disorder Recovery 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🌊 Urge Surfing 🧘 Mindful Detachment 📖 Eating Disorder Memoir

A Spiritual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe

by Paul Rademacher • 2009

Heaven is a shift in perception, not a future reward. A former minister shows the way.

4.18

🕊️ Mystical Christianity 📖 Spiritual Memoir ☯️ Unity Consciousness ✨ Mystical Experience 💀 Near Death Experiences

A Spiritual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe

Heaven is a shift in perception, not a future reward. A former minister shows the way.

by Paul Rademacher 2009 296 pages

4.18

39 ratings

🕊️ Mystical Christianity 📖 Spiritual Memoir ☯️ Unity Consciousness ✨ Mystical Experience 💀 Near Death Experiences

Every Day I Read

by Hwang Bo-Reum • 2021

Fifty-three essays that reclaim deep reading from the scroll, one stolen quarter-hour at a time.

3.88

3k+

📖 Reading Life 📚 Bibliophilia ⏳ Reading Habits 📱 Digital Distraction 🐢 Slow Reading

Every Day I Read

Fifty-three essays that reclaim deep reading from the scroll, one stolen quarter-hour at a time.

by Hwang Bo-Reum 2021 240 pages

3.88

3k+ ratings

📖 Reading Life 📚 Bibliophilia ⏳ Reading Habits 📱 Digital Distraction 🐢 Slow Reading

See A Little Light

by Bob Mould • 2011

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

3.80

2k+

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

See A Little Light

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

by Bob Mould 2011 403 pages

3.80

2k+ ratings

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Cash

by Johnny Cash • 1997

He crawled into a cave to die and came out ready to play Folsom Prison.

4.01

25k+

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery ✝️ Faith Journeys 🕊️ Redemption Stories

Cash

He crawled into a cave to die and came out ready to play Folsom Prison.

by Johnny Cash 1997 310 pages

4.01

25k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery ✝️ Faith Journeys 🕊️ Redemption Stories

Get Big Fast and Do More Good

by Ido Leffler • 2013

No-ad-budget playbook: trade-show stunts, a social mission, and partnerships that land retail.

3.75

220

🫂 Social Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Memoirs 🎯 Guerilla Marketing 🧱 Brand Building 🤝 Partnership Dynamics

Get Big Fast and Do More Good

No-ad-budget playbook: trade-show stunts, a social mission, and partnerships that land retail.

by Ido Leffler 2013 224 pages

3.75

220 ratings

🫂 Social Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Memoirs 🎯 Guerilla Marketing 🧱 Brand Building 🤝 Partnership Dynamics

Perfectly You

by Mariana Atencio • 2019

Why fitting in fails: a journalist's case for being real on camera and the career it built.

3.97

244

🗺️ Immigrant Memoir 💼 Career Journeys 📖 Owning Your Story 🤝 Authenticity At Work 💪 Resilience Building

Perfectly You

Why fitting in fails: a journalist's case for being real on camera and the career it built.

by Mariana Atencio 2019 272 pages

3.97

244 ratings

🗺️ Immigrant Memoir 💼 Career Journeys 📖 Owning Your Story 🤝 Authenticity At Work 💪 Resilience Building

Everything and Nothing at Once

by Joel Leon • 2024

Black men don't get to be ordinary. One memoirist fights for the right to simply be.

4.32

158

✊🏿 Black Masculinity 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📝 Memoir Essays 👨‍👧 Black Fatherhood 🩹 Trauma Healing

Everything and Nothing at Once

Black men don't get to be ordinary. One memoirist fights for the right to simply be.

by Joel Leon 2024 304 pages

4.32

158 ratings

✊🏿 Black Masculinity 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📝 Memoir Essays 👨‍👧 Black Fatherhood 🩹 Trauma Healing

Song of the Nightingale

by Helen Berhane • 2009

Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.

4.35

173

✝️ Christian Persecution 🔥 Faith Under Fire 🇪🇷 Eritrean History 🚪 Prison Memoirs 😢 Suffering And Faith

Song of the Nightingale

Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.

by Helen Berhane 2009 113 pages

4.35

173 ratings

✝️ Christian Persecution 🔥 Faith Under Fire 🇪🇷 Eritrean History 🚪 Prison Memoirs 😢 Suffering And Faith

The Nepali Flat

by Gordon Alexander • 2016

Seven days of relentless hills, altitude sickness, and tea-house wisdom on the hard road to Everest.

4.17

500+

🏔️ Himalayan Trekking 🇳🇵 Nepal Travel ⛺ Everest Base Camp 😂 Travel Humor 🥾 High-Altitude Trekking

The Nepali Flat

Seven days of relentless hills, altitude sickness, and tea-house wisdom on the hard road to Everest.

by Gordon Alexander 2016 339 pages

4.17

500+ ratings

🏔️ Himalayan Trekking 🇳🇵 Nepal Travel ⛺ Everest Base Camp 😂 Travel Humor 🥾 High-Altitude Trekking

You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap)

by Tammy Strobel • 2012

128 square feet, zero debt, no car. The counterintuitive math of buying happiness for cheap.

3.67

2k+

🏡 Voluntary Simplicity 💸 Debt Freedom 🏠 Tiny House Living 🕰️ Time Freedom 🌍 Experiences Over Things

You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap)

128 square feet, zero debt, no car. The counterintuitive math of buying happiness for cheap.

by Tammy Strobel 2012 224 pages

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏡 Voluntary Simplicity 💸 Debt Freedom 🏠 Tiny House Living 🕰️ Time Freedom 🌍 Experiences Over Things

The Invisible Kingdom

by Meghan O'Rourke • 2022

When doctors couldn't name her illness, she uncovered the medical blind spot affecting millions.

4.02

7k+

🩺 Chronic Illness 🚺 Women's Health 🩻 Medical Gaslighting 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 📖 Illness Narratives

The Invisible Kingdom

When doctors couldn't name her illness, she uncovered the medical blind spot affecting millions.

by Meghan O'Rourke 2022 324 pages

4.02

7k+ ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🚺 Women's Health 🩻 Medical Gaslighting 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 📖 Illness Narratives

Infidel

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • 2006

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

4.20

92k+

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation ⚖️ Honor Culture ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Infidel

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2006 353 pages

4.20

92k+ ratings

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation ⚖️ Honor Culture ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are

by Ursula Burns • 2021

From the projects to Xerox CEO: saving a corporate giant and rewriting its moral contract.

4.01

500+

🏢 Corporate Leadership 📖 Business Memoirs 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🚨 Crisis Management 📈 Economic Mobility

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are

From the projects to Xerox CEO: saving a corporate giant and rewriting its moral contract.

by Ursula Burns 2021 239 pages

4.01

500+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Leadership 📖 Business Memoirs 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🚨 Crisis Management 📈 Economic Mobility

Nice Girls Don't Win

by Parvati Shallow • 2025

Her Survivor smile was a trauma response. This memoir is the demolition.

3.74

8k+

🧘 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Somatic Healing 🙇‍♀️ People-Pleasing 🤰 Motherhood 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Identity

Nice Girls Don't Win

Her Survivor smile was a trauma response. This memoir is the demolition.

by Parvati Shallow 2025 256 pages

3.74

8k+ ratings

🧘 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Somatic Healing 🙇‍♀️ People-Pleasing 🤰 Motherhood 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Identity

Two Whole Cakes

by Lesley Kinzel • 2012

Dieting fails by design. The real victory is stopping the cycle and reclaiming the word fat.

4.11

475

💪 Fat Acceptance 🚫 Anti-Diet ⚕️ Health At Every Size 📣 Fat Activism 📚 Fat Studies

Two Whole Cakes

Dieting fails by design. The real victory is stopping the cycle and reclaiming the word fat.

by Lesley Kinzel 2012 169 pages

4.11

475 ratings

💪 Fat Acceptance 🚫 Anti-Diet ⚕️ Health At Every Size 📣 Fat Activism 📚 Fat Studies

Relaxed & Forward

by Anna Blake • 2016

Find the willing partner beneath the resistance by changing your own breathing, focus, and timing.

4.55

128

🌿 Natural Horsemanship 🏛️ Classical Dressage 👤 Rider Self-Awareness 🍪 Positive Reinforcement 🐴 Horse Behavior

Relaxed & Forward

Find the willing partner beneath the resistance by changing your own breathing, focus, and timing.

by Anna Blake 2016 308 pages

4.55

128 ratings

🌿 Natural Horsemanship 🏛️ Classical Dressage 👤 Rider Self-Awareness 🍪 Positive Reinforcement 🐴 Horse Behavior

The Freelance Academic

by Katie Rose Guest Pryal • 2019

Academia pays you in prestige. Convert your expertise into a freelance career you control.

4.21

🚪 Leaving Academia 💼 Freelance Career 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 💰 Income Diversification ✍️ Freelance Writing

The Freelance Academic

Academia pays you in prestige. Convert your expertise into a freelance career you control.

by Katie Rose Guest Pryal 2019 202 pages

4.21

34 ratings

🚪 Leaving Academia 💼 Freelance Career 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 💰 Income Diversification ✍️ Freelance Writing

One Direction

by One Direction • 2014

Five solo rejections. One last-minute group. The origin of the band that conquered pop.

4.44

3k+

🎵 Pop Music 👥 Boy Bands 🏁 Band Origin Stories 💕 Fan Culture ⭐ Talent Shows

One Direction

Five solo rejections. One last-minute group. The origin of the band that conquered pop.

by One Direction 2014 352 pages

4.44

3k+ ratings

🎵 Pop Music 👥 Boy Bands 🏁 Band Origin Stories 💕 Fan Culture ⭐ Talent Shows

Ultramarathon Man

by Dean Karnazes • 2005

A 100-mile mountain race. Blisters lanced and glued shut. Twenty miles to go, and he's crawling.

4.02

21k+

🏃 Endurance Running 🧠 Mental Toughness 💪 Human Endurance 📖 Running Memoir 🔥 Embracing Pain

Ultramarathon Man

A 100-mile mountain race. Blisters lanced and glued shut. Twenty miles to go, and he's crawling.

by Dean Karnazes 2005 295 pages

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏃 Endurance Running 🧠 Mental Toughness 💪 Human Endurance 📖 Running Memoir 🔥 Embracing Pain

Morning Sunshine!

by Robin Meade • 2009

Stop performing confidence and start building it: the daily mental habits that rewire self-doubt.

3.71

290

🧱 Confidence Building 🫂 Self-Acceptance 🔍 Self-Awareness 🧠 Cognitive Reframing ⚡ Fear Confrontation

Morning Sunshine!

Stop performing confidence and start building it: the daily mental habits that rewire self-doubt.

by Robin Meade 2009 245 pages

3.71

290 ratings

🧱 Confidence Building 🫂 Self-Acceptance 🔍 Self-Awareness 🧠 Cognitive Reframing ⚡ Fear Confrontation

Radical Inclusion

by David Moinina Sengeh • 2023

A minister's playbook for breaking systemic exclusion, forged in a battle over pregnant schoolgirls.

4.00

500+

🚫 Structural Exclusion 📚 Educational Equity 🧱 Coalition Building 📢 Storytelling For Change 📋 Policy Advocacy

Radical Inclusion

A minister's playbook for breaking systemic exclusion, forged in a battle over pregnant schoolgirls.

by David Moinina Sengeh 2023 256 pages

4.00

500+ ratings

🚫 Structural Exclusion 📚 Educational Equity 🧱 Coalition Building 📢 Storytelling For Change 📋 Policy Advocacy

A Search for Purple Cows

by Susan Call • 2012

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

4.30

153

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Healing 🚧 Setting Boundaries

A Search for Purple Cows

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

by Susan Call 2012 232 pages

4.30

153 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Healing 🚧 Setting Boundaries

In the Land of Invisible Women

by Qanta A. Ahmed • 2008

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

3.74

7k+

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation 🧕 Veiling And Identity 🕋 Islamic Pilgrimage

In the Land of Invisible Women

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

by Qanta A. Ahmed 2008 454 pages

3.74

7k+ ratings

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation 🧕 Veiling And Identity 🕋 Islamic Pilgrimage

Why We Swim

by Bonnie Tsui • 2020

Swimming built our species, rebuilds broken bodies, and quiets minds the gym cannot reach.

3.95

11k+

🏊 Swimming Culture 🌊 Open Water Swimming 🌀 Flow State 🧊 Cold Water Immersion 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Why We Swim

Swimming built our species, rebuilds broken bodies, and quiets minds the gym cannot reach.

by Bonnie Tsui 2020 288 pages

3.95

11k+ ratings

🏊 Swimming Culture 🌊 Open Water Swimming 🌀 Flow State 🧊 Cold Water Immersion 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

by Dionysios Farasiotis • 2002

Yoga gave him power. Gurus gave him terror. A Greek monk gave him back his soul.

4.49

1k+

🏛️ Eastern Orthodoxy ⚖️ Comparative Religion 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🆓 Occult Deliverance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

Yoga gave him power. Gurus gave him terror. A Greek monk gave him back his soul.

by Dionysios Farasiotis 2002 320 pages

4.49

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Eastern Orthodoxy ⚖️ Comparative Religion 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🆓 Occult Deliverance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Madam Ambassador

by Eleni Kounalakis • 2015

Orbán's supermajority could rewrite Hungary. She was the American ambassador inside the room.

3.77

110

🏛️ Diplomatic Memoir 👩‍💼 Women In Diplomacy 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe 📜 Historical Reckoning

Madam Ambassador

Orbán's supermajority could rewrite Hungary. She was the American ambassador inside the room.

by Eleni Kounalakis 2015 320 pages

3.77

110 ratings

🏛️ Diplomatic Memoir 👩‍💼 Women In Diplomacy 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe 📜 Historical Reckoning

The Life Brief

by Bonnie Wan • 2024

A brand strategist turns the ad world's sharpest tool onto the fog of personal desire.

3.77

429

🧱 Life Design 🎨 Creative Process 🧠 Brain Dump ⛓️ Limiting Beliefs 🪞 Authentic Self

The Life Brief

A brand strategist turns the ad world's sharpest tool onto the fog of personal desire.

by Bonnie Wan 2024 256 pages

3.77

429 ratings

🧱 Life Design 🎨 Creative Process 🧠 Brain Dump ⛓️ Limiting Beliefs 🪞 Authentic Self

The New Path

by Kriyananda • 2009

An American's discovery in a bookshop: a hidden yoga science proving God answers every call.

4.51

116

🪷 Guru-Disciple Bond 🧘 Kriya Yoga ✍️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Mystical Christianity 🔄 Reincarnation Doctrine

The New Path

An American's discovery in a bookshop: a hidden yoga science proving God answers every call.

by Kriyananda 2009 488 pages

4.51

116 ratings

🪷 Guru-Disciple Bond 🧘 Kriya Yoga ✍️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Mystical Christianity 🔄 Reincarnation Doctrine

A Different Kind of Power

by Jacinda Ardern • 2025

A prime minister led through massacre and pandemic with empathy, then walked away. Here is why.

4.45

20k+

🏛️ Political Memoirs 👩‍💼 Female Leadership 💙 Empathetic Leadership ⚠️ Crisis Management 🎭 Impostor Syndrome

A Different Kind of Power

A prime minister led through massacre and pandemic with empathy, then walked away. Here is why.

by Jacinda Ardern 2025 352 pages

4.45

20k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Memoirs 👩‍💼 Female Leadership 💙 Empathetic Leadership ⚠️ Crisis Management 🎭 Impostor Syndrome

Wild Rescues

by Kevin Grange • 2021

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

4.20

3k+

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Wild Rescues

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

by Kevin Grange 2021 304 pages

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Life Is What You Make It

by Peter Buffett • 2010

Warren Buffett's son traded $90,000 for time. What he built with it outlasts any portfolio.

3.80

2k+

🧠 Money Psychology 🌀 Embracing Failure 🎯 Redefining Success 🧭 Purpose And Vocation 🤲 Philanthropy Practice

Life Is What You Make It

Warren Buffett's son traded $90,000 for time. What he built with it outlasts any portfolio.

by Peter Buffett 2010 272 pages

3.80

2k+ ratings

🧠 Money Psychology 🌀 Embracing Failure 🎯 Redefining Success 🧭 Purpose And Vocation 🤲 Philanthropy Practice

Losing Our Religion

by Russell D. Moore • 2023

The implosion of the evangelical church is not a disaster; it's an act of grace.

4.31

2k+

✝️ Evangelicalism 🇺🇸 Christian Nationalism 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🏛️ Politicization Of Faith 🗽 American Church

Losing Our Religion

The implosion of the evangelical church is not a disaster; it's an act of grace.

by Russell D. Moore 2023 272 pages

4.31

2k+ ratings

✝️ Evangelicalism 🇺🇸 Christian Nationalism 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🏛️ Politicization Of Faith 🗽 American Church

Lost & Found

by Kathryn Schulz • 2022

A father lost, a wife found: the discovery that grief and joy are not opposites.

4.11

9k+

🕊️ Grief And Mourning 🔍 Loss And Finding ❤️ Romantic Love 📝 Essayistic Memoir 💞 Parental Loss

Lost & Found

A father lost, a wife found: the discovery that grief and joy are not opposites.

by Kathryn Schulz 2022 256 pages

4.11

9k+ ratings

🕊️ Grief And Mourning 🔍 Loss And Finding ❤️ Romantic Love 📝 Essayistic Memoir 💞 Parental Loss

Called Out

by Paula Faris • 2020

Two dream jobs, four crises in a single year, and a faith she'd sidelined for success.

4.12

500+

🧭 Vocational Discernment ⛪ Faith And Work 🏆 Achievement Addiction 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🪪 Identity And Work

Called Out

Two dream jobs, four crises in a single year, and a faith she'd sidelined for success.

by Paula Faris 2020 192 pages

4.12

500+ ratings

🧭 Vocational Discernment ⛪ Faith And Work 🏆 Achievement Addiction 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🪪 Identity And Work

The Return

by Hisham Matar • 2016

Decades after Qaddafi made his father disappear, a son returns to Libya seeking answers.

4.16

16k+

🇱🇾 Libyan History 🔍 Forced Disappearance 🏠 Exile And Belonging 👨‍👦 Father Son Memoir 💔 Ambiguous Loss

The Return

Decades after Qaddafi made his father disappear, a son returns to Libya seeking answers.

by Hisham Matar 2016 256 pages

4.16

16k+ ratings

🇱🇾 Libyan History 🔍 Forced Disappearance 🏠 Exile And Belonging 👨‍👦 Father Son Memoir 💔 Ambiguous Loss

Screaming on the Inside

by Jessica Grose • 2022

Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.

3.47

4k+

🧩 Modern Motherhood 😶 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Momfluencer Culture 💼 Motherhood Penalty 📜 History Of Motherhood

Screaming on the Inside

Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.

by Jessica Grose 2022 240 pages

3.47

4k+ ratings

🧩 Modern Motherhood 😶 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Momfluencer Culture 💼 Motherhood Penalty 📜 History Of Motherhood

Foot Soldier of the Constitution

by Teesta Setalvad • 2017

She documented a massacre the state wanted forgotten. Then the state came after her.

4.00

105

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🕌 Communal Violence ✊ Legal Activism ⚖️ Human Rights Law 📜 Public Interest Litigation

Foot Soldier of the Constitution

She documented a massacre the state wanted forgotten. Then the state came after her.

by Teesta Setalvad 2017 226 pages

4.00

105 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🕌 Communal Violence ✊ Legal Activism ⚖️ Human Rights Law 📜 Public Interest Litigation

Heart of a Stranger

by Angela Buchdahl • 2025

Told she didn't look Jewish, a Korean-born rabbi turns being an outsider into her greatest strength.

4.62

3k+

🧬 Mixed-Race Memoir 🕊️ Interfaith Families 🟤 Jews Of Color 🕎 Women In Clergy 🙏 Spiritual Memoir

Heart of a Stranger

Told she didn't look Jewish, a Korean-born rabbi turns being an outsider into her greatest strength.

by Angela Buchdahl 2025 352 pages

4.62

3k+ ratings

🧬 Mixed-Race Memoir 🕊️ Interfaith Families 🟤 Jews Of Color 🕎 Women In Clergy 🙏 Spiritual Memoir

Natives

by Akala • 2018

Britain's empire never ended. It just learned to call itself meritocracy.

4.53

22k+

🇬🇧 British Empire 🏛️ Structural Racism 👮 Police And Race 🏫 Education Inequality 🖤 Black Britain

Natives

Britain's empire never ended. It just learned to call itself meritocracy.

by Akala 2018 352 pages

4.53

22k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Empire 🏛️ Structural Racism 👮 Police And Race 🏫 Education Inequality 🖤 Black Britain

In My Room

by Jim Lucey • 2014

Recovery is possible even when mental illness persists. A psychiatrist proves it, case by case.

3.38

203

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌱 Recovery Journeys 💬 Stigma And Mental Health 🩹 Trauma And Recovery 🔄 Recovery Model

In My Room

Recovery is possible even when mental illness persists. A psychiatrist proves it, case by case.

by Jim Lucey 2014 278 pages

3.38

203 ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌱 Recovery Journeys 💬 Stigma And Mental Health 🩹 Trauma And Recovery 🔄 Recovery Model

Tell Me More

by Kelly Corrigan • 2018

The hard, clumsy, healing words we try on the people we love most.

4.17

22k+

🫂 Grief And Loss 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Boundaries 🕊️ Radical Acceptance 💔 Apologies And Repair

Tell Me More

The hard, clumsy, healing words we try on the people we love most.

by Kelly Corrigan 2018 240 pages

4.17

22k+ ratings

🫂 Grief And Loss 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Boundaries 🕊️ Radical Acceptance 💔 Apologies And Repair

After Auschwitz

by Eva Schloss • 2013

Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.

4.32

7k+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 🧱 Camp Survival 🕵️ Life In Hiding 🕊️ Post-War Recovery 🖤 Grief Memoirs

After Auschwitz

Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.

by Eva Schloss 2013 336 pages

4.32

7k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 🧱 Camp Survival 🕵️ Life In Hiding 🕊️ Post-War Recovery 🖤 Grief Memoirs

The Story You Need to Tell

by Sandra Marinella • 2017

The facts of your life are fixed. The story your brain tells about them is not.

4.40

238

🖊️ Expressive Writing 🔄 Narrative Reframing 💔 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Narrative Psychology ✍️ Freewriting

The Story You Need to Tell

The facts of your life are fixed. The story your brain tells about them is not.

by Sandra Marinella 2017 328 pages

4.40

238 ratings

🖊️ Expressive Writing 🔄 Narrative Reframing 💔 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Narrative Psychology ✍️ Freewriting

Attention

by Casey Schwartz • 2020

Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.

3.12

394

🏪 Attention Economy 💊 Prescription Stimulants 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Trauma And Focus 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Attention

Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.

by Casey Schwartz 2020 257 pages

3.12

394 ratings

🏪 Attention Economy 💊 Prescription Stimulants 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Trauma And Focus 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Yeager

by Chuck Yeager • 1985

Broken ribs, a broomstick, and the flight that punched through a myth at Mach 1.07.

4.24

6k+

✈️ Test Pilot Memoirs 🛩️ Fighter Pilot Stories 🚀 Supersonic Flight 🧰 Mechanical Intuition 🏔️ Appalachian Upbringing

Yeager

Broken ribs, a broomstick, and the flight that punched through a myth at Mach 1.07.

by Chuck Yeager 1985 448 pages

4.24

6k+ ratings

✈️ Test Pilot Memoirs 🛩️ Fighter Pilot Stories 🚀 Supersonic Flight 🧰 Mechanical Intuition 🏔️ Appalachian Upbringing

The Gallic War

by Gaius Julius Caesar

Caesar's own account of conquering Gaul. Every victory was ammunition for the political war ahead.

4.02

13k+

🗡️ Ancient Warfare 🏛️ Late Republic 🏰 Siege Warfare 📖 War Memoirs 🌍 Roman Imperialism

The Gallic War

Caesar's own account of conquering Gaul. Every victory was ammunition for the political war ahead.

by Gaius Julius Caesar 320 pages

4.02

13k+ ratings

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