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Grief Is for People Summary
Grief Is for People
by Sloane Crosley 2024 208 pages
3.87
13k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Biography
Barbarians Led by Bill Gates Summary
Barbarians Led by Bill Gates
by Jennifer Edstrom 1998 256 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Business
History
Computers
The Spotify Play Summary
The Spotify Play
How Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance
by Sven Carlsson 2019 305 pages
3.52
1k+ ratings
Business
Music
Biography
From Third World to First Summary
From Third World to First
The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
by Lee Kuan Yew 2000 752 pages
4.45
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Disney War Summary
Disney War
by James B. Stewart 2005 592 pages
4.10
7k+ ratings
Business
History
Biography
Letters to Milena Summary
Letters to Milena
by Franz Kafka 1952 298 pages
3.91
20k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Poetry
Navajos Wear Nikes Summary
Navajos Wear Nikes
A Reservation Life
by Jim Kristofic 2011 230 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Memoir
Native American
Native Americans
Coach K Summary
Coach K
The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
by Ian O'Connor 2022 384 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
A Game Plan for Life Summary
A Game Plan for Life
The Power of Mentoring
by John Wooden 2009 208 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Leadership
Sports
Business
The Man Watching Summary
The Man Watching
A Biography of Anson Dorrance, the Unlikely Architect of the Greatest College Sports Dynasty Ever
by Tim Crothers 2006 376 pages
4.38
100+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Soccer
Patriot Reign Summary
Patriot Reign
Bill Belichick, the Coaches, and the Players Who Built a Champion
by Michael Holley 2004 272 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Sports
Football
Biography
War Room Summary
War Room
by Michael Holley 352 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Sports
Football
Biography
Last Man Standing Summary
Last Man Standing
The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase
by Duff McDonald 2009 352 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Finance
American Sniper Summary
American Sniper
The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by Chris Kyle 2012 502 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
History
The Art of Power Summary
The Art of Power
My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
by Nancy Pelosi 2024 352 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Winning! Summary
Winning!
by Clive Woodward 2004
4.14
100+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Leadership
Furiously Happy Summary
Furiously Happy
A Funny Book About Horrible Things
by Jenny Lawson 2015 329 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Biography
Girl Walks into a Bar . . . Summary
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
by Rachel Dratch 2012 248 pages
3.62
26k+ ratings
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
Birth of the Chaordic Age Summary
Birth of the Chaordic Age
VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
by Dee Hock 2000 360 pages
4.25
100+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
One from Many Summary
One from Many
VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
by Dee Hock 2000 336 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Finance
American Shaolin Summary
American Shaolin
Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
by Matthew Polly 2007 384 pages
4.02
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Martial Arts
China
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy Summary
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy
And Other Rules to Live By
by David Mitchell 2019 264 pages
3.67
4k+ ratings
Comedy
Humor
Politics
Scar Tissue Summary
Scar Tissue
by Anthony Kiedis 2004 465 pages
4.11
96k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
Quantum Summary
Quantum
Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality
by Manjit Kumar 2007 448 pages
4.26
10k+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
A Life on the Edge Summary
A Life on the Edge
Memoirs of Everest and Beyond
by Jim Whittaker 1999 320 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Mountaineering
Adventure
Memoir
Am I Being Too Subtle? Summary
Am I Being Too Subtle?
Straight Talk From a Business Rebel
by Sam Zell 2017 235 pages
4.24
3k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
American Kingpin Summary
American Kingpin
The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
by Nick Bilton 2017 328 pages
4.41
48k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
The Code Breaker Summary
The Code Breaker
Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
by Walter Isaacson 2021 536 pages
4.28
38k+ ratings
Science
Biography
History
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time Summary
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
by Will Durant 2002 127 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
Personal History Summary
Personal History
A Memoir
by Katharine Graham 1997 642 pages
4.08
24k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
History
Between Two Kingdoms Summary
Between Two Kingdoms
A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
by Suleika Jaouad 2021 352 pages
4.43
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Ghost in the Wires Summary
Ghost in the Wires
My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2011 413 pages
3.96
26k+ ratings
Biography
Technology
Memoir
The Mamba Mentality Summary
The Mamba Mentality
How I Play
by Kobe Bryant 2018 208 pages
4.26
16k+ ratings
Sports
Biography
Basketball
The Education of a Coach Summary
The Education of a Coach
by David Halberstam 2005 288 pages
3.96
5k+ ratings
Sports
Biography
Football
How to Be Rich Summary
How to Be Rich
by J. Paul Getty 1965 224 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Business
Finance
Money
How to Win at the Sport of Business Summary
How to Win at the Sport of Business
If I Can Do It, You Can Do It
by Mark Cuban 2011 67 pages
4.05
7k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
Before My Heart Stops Summary
Before My Heart Stops
A Memoir
by Paul Cardall 2010 290 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Lds
Memoir
Religion
Happiness Is a Choice You Make Summary
Happiness Is a Choice You Make
Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
by John Leland 2018 256 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
One Hundred Names for Love Summary
One Hundred Names for Love
A Memoir
by Diane Ackerman 2011 336 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Herbie Hancock Summary
Herbie Hancock
Possibilities
by Herbie Hancock 2014 352 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Jazz
What's It All About Summary
What's It All About
by Michael Caine 1992 466 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Summary
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou 1969 289 pages
4.30
500k+ ratings
Classics
Memoir
Biography
Boldly Go Summary
Boldly Go
Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
by William Shatner 2022 256 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Born to Run Summary
Born to Run
by Bruce Springsteen 2016 528 pages
4.19
51k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The Burger King Summary
The Burger King
Jim McLamore and the Building of an Empire
by Jim McLamore 1997 286 pages
3.82
100+ ratings
Business
Biography
Food
Docile Summary
Docile
Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl
by Hyeseung Song 2024 304 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Memoir
Asian Literature
Race
Sickened Summary
Sickened
The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
by Julie Gregory 2003 244 pages
3.74
19k+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Biography
The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato 58 pages
4.12
43k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Exit Interview Summary
Exit Interview
The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career
by Kristi Coulter 2023 384 pages
4.17
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Business
Biography
Lone Survivor Summary
Lone Survivor
The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
by Marcus Luttrell 2006 390 pages
4.34
97k+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
War
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