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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
The Salon of Exiled Artists in California Summary
The Salon of Exiled Artists in California
by NΓΊria AΓ±Γ³ 2020 237 pages
4.25
10+ ratings
Art
LGBT
Bisexual
Danger Music Summary
Danger Music
by Eddie Ayres 2017 304 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The Stories We Tell Summary
The Stories We Tell
Every Piece of Your Story Matters
by Joanna Gaines 2022 247 pages
3.48
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Under Their Thumb Summary
Under Their Thumb
How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones
by Bill German 2009 368 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
Rudolf Steiner Summary
Rudolf Steiner
An Introduction to His Life and Work
by Gary Lachman 2007 304 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Biography
Religion
Philosophy
Life's Work Summary
Life's Work
A Memoir
by David Milch 2022 304 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Spare Summary
Spare
by Prince Harry 2023 410 pages
3.84
400k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Faith Under Fire Summary
Faith Under Fire
What the Middle East Conflict Has Taught me About God
by Andrew White 2011 160 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Christianity
Christian
Biography
From Fear to Freedom Summary
From Fear to Freedom
Living as Sons and Daughters of God
by Rose Marie Miller 2000 176 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Christian
Memoir
Theology
Innovate Like Edison Summary
Innovate Like Edison
The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor
by Michael J. Gelb 2007 320 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Business
Biography
Personal Development
What Seems To Be The Problem? Summary
What Seems To Be The Problem?
by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022 272 pages
4.26
100+ ratings
Memoir
Medical
Medicine
The Faith of Elvis Summary
The Faith of Elvis
A Story Only a Brother Can Tell
by Billy Stanley 2022 256 pages
4.25
100+ ratings
Christian
Biography
Religion
A Smile as Big as the Moon Summary
A Smile as Big as the Moon
A Special Education Teacher, His Class, and Their Inspiring Journey Through U.S. Space Camp
by Mike Kersjes 2002 288 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
Education
Disability
Memoir
Straight Shooter Summary
Straight Shooter
A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
by Stephen A. Smith 2023 288 pages
4.14
2k+ ratings
Sports
Memoir
Biography
The Long Alliance Summary
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
by Gabriel Debenedetti 2022 432 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair Summary
If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair
A Manual for Life
by Anya Hindmarch 2021 257 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Memoir
Pass with Care Summary
Pass with Care
by Cooper Lee Bombardier 2020 240 pages
4.52
100+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins 2004 303 pages
3.87
38k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Good for a Girl Summary
Good for a Girl
A Woman Running in a Man's World
by Lauren Fleshman 2023 288 pages
4.47
15k+ ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Start, Stay, or Leave Summary
Start, Stay, or Leave
The Art of Decision Making
by Trey Gowdy 2023 288 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Self Help
Politics
Business
Never Give an Inch Summary
Never Give an Inch
Fighting for the America I Love
by Mike Pompeo 2022 455 pages
4.33
1k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
Into the Wild Summary
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer 1996 207 pages
4.01
1.1M+ ratings
Biography
Adventure
Classics
Ten Days in a Mad-House Summary
Ten Days in a Mad-House
by Nellie Bly 1887 92 pages
3.87
22k+ ratings
History
Classics
Psychology
The Story of My Life Summary
The Story of My Life
by Helen Keller 1902 240 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Good Power Summary
Good Power
Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World
by Ginni Rometty 2023 256 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Biography
Becoming Free Indeed Summary
Becoming Free Indeed
My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear
by Jinger Duggar Vuolo 2023 221 pages
3.61
46k+ ratings
Memoir
Christian
Biography
How to Think Like da Vinci Summary
How to Think Like da Vinci
by Daniel Smith 2015 225 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Biography
Art
Memoir
The Best Strangers in the World Summary
The Best Strangers in the World
Stories from a Life Spent Listening
by Ari Shapiro 2023 256 pages
4.03
6k+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Everything I Know About Love Summary
Everything I Know About Love
by Dolly Alderton 2018 368 pages
3.97
400k+ ratings
Memoir
Romance
Self Help
Choosing to Run Summary
Choosing to Run
A Memoir
by Des Linden 2023 272 pages
4.27
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
LeBron Summary
LeBron
by Jeff Benedict 2023
4.41
1k+ ratings
Sports
Biography
Basketball
It. Goes. So. Fast. Summary
It. Goes. So. Fast.
The Year of No Do-Overs
by Mary Louise Kelly 2023 240 pages
3.86
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Parenting
Biography
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain
Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023 256 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Health
Science
Silicon Valley Porn Star Summary
Silicon Valley Porn Star
A Memoir of Redemption and Rediscovering the Self
by Jason Portnoy 2022 224 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Memoir
Personal Development
Biography
The Spymasters Summary
The Spymasters
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
Desert Flower Summary
Desert Flower
by Waris Dirie 1998 256 pages
4.23
37k+ ratings
Biography
Africa
Memoir
The Path to Power Summary
The Path to Power
by Robert A. Caro 1982 882 pages
4.41
25k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
A Year of Living Simply Summary
A Year of Living Simply
The joys of a life less complicated
by Kate Humble 2020 304 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Nature
Biography
The Giant Killer Summary
The Giant Killer
The Unbelievable True Story of the Smallest Special Forces Soldier to Ever Serve Who Became a War Hero; Whose Life and Death are Shrouded in Mystery
by David A. Yuzuk 2020 282 pages
4.49
1k+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Brave Genius Summary
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
by Sean B. Carroll 2013 592 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
History
Science
Biography
The Book of Charlie Summary
The Book of Charlie
Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
by David von Drehle 2023 194 pages
3.99
10k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
History
Moneyball Summary
Moneyball
by Michael Lewis 2003 317 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Sports
Baseball
Business
To Risk It All Summary
To Risk It All
Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
by James G. Stavridis 2022 351 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
Leadership
Invent and Wander Summary
Invent and Wander
The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos
by Jeff Bezos 2020 288 pages
3.85
6k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
Never Enough Summary
Never Enough
Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success
by Michael D'Antonio 2015 400 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Business
Orphan Bachelors Summary
Orphan Bachelors
by Fae Myenne Ng 2023 256 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Biography
The Country of the Blind Summary
The Country of the Blind
A Memoir at the End of Sight
by Andrew Leland 2023 368 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
Nowhere Girl Summary
Nowhere Girl
A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
by Cheryl Diamond 2021 320 pages
4.05
8k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy Summary
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy
Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader
by Mark Hodkinson 2022 368 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
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