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Friendship for Grownups Summary
Friendship for Grownups
by Lisa Whelchel 2010 221 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Christian
Relationships
Self Help
American Sketches Summary
American Sketches
Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
by Walter Isaacson 2009 304 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
First Comes Love Summary
First Comes Love
A Memoir
by Marion Winik 1996 272 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Essays
Zig Summary
Zig
The Autiobiography of Zig Ziglar
by Zig Ziglar 2002 256 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Biography
Business
Autobiography
Journey of a Thousand Miles Summary
Journey of a Thousand Miles
My Story
by Lang Lang 2008 239 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Music
Biography
Autobiography
These Precious Days Summary
These Precious Days
Essays
by Ann Patchett 2021 320 pages
4.43
42k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting Summary
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting
The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up
by Evanna Lynch 2021 463 pages
4.54
6k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Biography
If We Break Summary
If We Break
A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing
by Kathleen Buhle 2022 320 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Novelist as a Vocation Summary
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami 2015 224 pages
3.89
16k+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Japan
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
A Life From Beginning to End
by Hourly History 2016 39 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Biography
History
Historical
Power Failure Summary
Power Failure
The Rise and Fall of an American Icon
by William D. Cohan 2022 816 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Business
History
Economics
The Light We Carry Summary
The Light We Carry
Overcoming in Uncertain Times
by Michelle Obama 2022 319 pages
4.27
90k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Messi vs. Ronaldo Summary
Messi vs. Ronaldo
One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game
by Joshua Robinson 2022 320 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Sports
Football
Soccer
A Chance to Die Summary
A Chance to Die
The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
by Elisabeth Elliot 1987 384 pages
4.08
9k+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Christianity
Endure Summary
Endure
How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
by Cameron R. Hanes 2022 336 pages
4.03
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything Summary
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything
by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022 280 pages
4.61
500+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney 2022 196 pages
4.62
30k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow Summary
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow
A True Story
by Action Bronson 2021 184 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
The Girl With a Mind for Math Summary
The Girl With a Mind for Math
The Story of Raye Montague
by Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 pages
4.40
500+ ratings
Picture Books
Biography
Mathematics
A Love Letter Life Summary
A Love Letter Life
Pursue Creatively. Date Intentionally. Love Faithfully.
by Jeremy Roloff 2019 240 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
Christian
Marriage
Relationships
Never Finished Summary
Never Finished
by David Goggins 2022 312 pages
4.42
38k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
Mark of a Giant Summary
Mark of a Giant
Seven People Who Changed the World
by Ted Stewart 2013 320 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Made in China Summary
Made in China
A Memoir of Love and Labor
by Anna Qu 2021 224 pages
3.85
2k+ ratings
Memoir
China
Biography
A Quantum Life Summary
A Quantum Life
My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
by Hakeem Oluseyi 2021 342 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
Memoir
Science
Biography
How Stella Learned to Talk Summary
How Stella Learned to Talk
The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog
by Christina Hunger 2021 272 pages
4.42
4k+ ratings
Animals
Dogs
Science
Shut Up and Listen! Summary
Shut Up and Listen!
Hard Business Truths that Will Help You Succeed
by Tilman Fertitta 2019 192 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince Summary
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince
In Search of Saint-Exupéry's Lost Child
by Pierre Lassus 2014 240 pages
3.34
10+ ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
History
Crash Test Girl Summary
Crash Test Girl
An Unlikely Experiment in Using the Scientific Method to Answer Life’s Toughest Questions
by Kari Byron 2018 254 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Biography
Science
Memoir
Vintage Saints and Sinners Summary
Vintage Saints and Sinners
25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith
by Karen Wright Marsh 2017 224 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Christian
Biography
Religion
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno Summary
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno
Quindici gioie che il tè mi ha insegnato
by Noriko Morishita 2002 248 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Japan
Tea
Japanese Literature
Callings Summary
Callings
The Purpose and Passion of Work
by Dave Isay 2016 266 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
Memoir
Essays
One Dress. One Year. Summary
One Dress. One Year.
by Bethany Winz 2016 160 pages
3.30
100+ ratings
Biography Memoir
Christian Non Fiction
Novella
Memoirs Summary
Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda 1974 378 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
Elle & Coach Summary
Elle & Coach
Diabetes, the Fight for My Daughter's Life, and the Dog Who Changed Everything
by Stefany Shaheen 2015 240 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Animals
Biography
Memoir
Strong Inside Summary
Strong Inside
Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
by Andrew Maraniss 2014 480 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Sports
Biography
History
You Learn by Living Summary
You Learn by Living
Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
by Eleanor Roosevelt 1960 224 pages
3.98
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Biography
Life in the City of Dirty Water Summary
Life in the City of Dirty Water
A Memoir of Healing
by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021 200 pages
3.64
3k+ ratings
Indigenous
Memoir
Canada
Guitar Lessons Summary
Guitar Lessons
A Life's Journey Turning Passion into Business
by Bob Taylor 2011 272 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Music
Business
Biography
Faith, Hope and Carnage Summary
Faith, Hope and Carnage
by Nick Cave 2022 294 pages
4.42
6k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
Think Big Summary
Think Big
Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
by Ben Carson 1992 272 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Inspirational
The Year of Living like Jesus Summary
The Year of Living like Jesus
My Journey of Discovering What Jesus Would Really Do
by Edward G. Dobson 2009 304 pages
3.47
500+ ratings
Religion
Memoir
Christian
Firefighters Summary
Firefighters
Their Lives in Their Own Words
by Dennis Smith 1988 352 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Emergency Services
Morning Sunshine! Summary
Morning Sunshine!
How to Radiate Confidence and Feel It Too
by Robin Meade 2009 256 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Self Help
Autobiography
Biography
Little Angels Summary
Little Angels
Life as a Novice Monk in Thailand
by Phra Peter Pannapadipo 2005 314 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Biography
Buddhism
Indomitable Summary
Indomitable
A Working Woman's Notes on Work, Life and Leadership
by Arundhati Bhattacharya 2022 394 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
India
Biography
A Lab of One's Own Summary
A Lab of One's Own
One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
by Rita Colwell 2020 288 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Feminism
Kitchen Confidential Summary
Kitchen Confidential
Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
by Anthony Bourdain 2000 312 pages
4.17
300k+ ratings
Memoir
Food
Biography
Now I Am Known Summary
Now I Am Known
by Peter Mutabazi 2022 224 pages
4.78
500+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Adoption
Nothing But The Truth Summary
Nothing But The Truth
The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer
by The Secret Barrister 2022 320 pages
4.08
3k+ ratings
Law
Crime
Memoir
What I Wish People Knew About Dementia Summary
What I Wish People Knew About Dementia
by Wendy Mitchell 2022 240 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Health
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