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The Facts Summary
The Facts
by Philip Roth 1988 210 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The New One Summary
The New One
Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad
by Mike Birbiglia 2020 256 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Parenting
The Smallest Lights in the Universe Summary
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
A Memoir
by Sara Seager 2020 308 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Science
Biography
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters Summary
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters
The Education of a Craftsman
by Peter Korn 2013 176 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
Memoir
Kamala's Way Summary
Kamala's Way
An American Life
by Dan Morain 2021 288 pages
3.32
1k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Womens
In Search of The Color Purple Summary
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
by Salamishah Tillet 2021 224 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
History
Memoir
Biography
How To Catch A Mole Summary
How To Catch A Mole
by Marc Hamer 2019 256 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Animals
Bravey Summary
Bravey
by Alexi Pappas 2021 310 pages
4.20
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Black Magic Summary
Black Magic
What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
by Chad Sanders 2021 287 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Race
Leadership
History
Stephen Hawking Summary
Stephen Hawking
A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
by Leonard Mlodinow 2020 240 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Science
Biography
Memoir
Unfinished Summary
Unfinished
by Priyanka Chopra Jonas 2021 256 pages
3.67
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Long Loneliness Summary
The Long Loneliness
The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
by Dorothy Day 1952 288 pages
4.02
5k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Religion
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi 2016 208 pages
4.41
700k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medicine
Boys in the Trees Summary
Boys in the Trees
by Carly Simon 2015 384 pages
3.66
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Music
Drop the Ball Summary
Drop the Ball
Achieving More by Doing Less
by Tiffany Dufu 2017 304 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Walking with Ghosts Summary
Walking with Ghosts
by Gabriel Byrne 2021 196 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Ireland
Papa Hemingway Summary
Papa Hemingway
by A.E. Hotchner 1955 381 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
Man Enough Summary
Man Enough
Undefining My Masculinity: By the Author, Actor, and Director Justin Baldoni
by Justin Baldoni 2021 364 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Feminism
Mom Genes Summary
Mom Genes
Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct
by Abigail Tucker 2021 315 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Science
Psychology
Born Standing Up Summary
Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
by Steve Martin 2007 207 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Humor
Crying in H Mart Summary
Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner 2021 239 pages
4.25
500k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Food
Let's Talk About Hard Things Summary
Let's Talk About Hard Things
by Anna Sale 2021 304 pages
3.65
3k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
Be Water, My Friend Summary
Be Water, My Friend
The Teachings of Bruce Lee
by Shannon Lee 2020 240 pages
4.18
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Biography
The Comfort Book Summary
The Comfort Book
by Matt Haig 2021 272 pages
4.06
66k+ ratings
Self Help
Mental Health
Psychology
Home in the World Summary
Home in the World
A Memoir
by Amartya Sen 2021 480 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Economics
Doing Justice Summary
Doing Justice
A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
by Preet Bharara 2019 333 pages
4.27
5k+ ratings
Politics
Law
Memoir
Everything in Its Place Summary
Everything in Its Place
First Loves and Last Tales
by Oliver Sacks 2019 288 pages
4.14
3k+ ratings
Science
Essays
Memoir
Love Thy Neighbor Summary
Love Thy Neighbor
A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America
by Ayaz Virji 2019 208 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song
A Farmer’s Journey
by James Rebanks 2020 304 pages
4.42
7k+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Environment
Becoming Trader Joe Summary
Becoming Trader Joe
How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
by Joe Coulombe 2021 288 pages
3.45
3k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts Summary
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts
A Love Letter to Women of Color
by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez 2021 272 pages
4.47
3k+ ratings
Feminism
Memoir
Race
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober Summary
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
by Catherine Gray 2017 274 pages
4.32
14k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Health
I Don't Want to Die Poor Summary
I Don't Want to Die Poor
Essays
by Michael Arceneaux 2020 240 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
LGBT
Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business) Summary
Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business)
Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom
by Tabitha Brown 2021 288 pages
4.44
7k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Before & Laughter Summary
Before & Laughter
A Life Changing Book
by Jimmy Carr 2021 358 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Biography
Comedy
Self Help
Saving Grace Summary
Saving Grace
Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts
by Kirsten Powers 2021 224 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Christian
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges Summary
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges
by Charles B. Handy 2019 208 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
Depression Hates a Moving Target Summary
Depression Hates a Moving Target
How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
by Nita Sweeney 2019 258 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Self Help
I Came Upon a Lighthouse Summary
I Came Upon a Lighthouse
A Short Memoir Of Life With Ratan Tata
by Shantanu Naidu 2021 232 pages
4.46
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
India
Flying on the Inside Summary
Flying on the Inside
A Memoir of Trauma and Recovery
by Rachel Gotto 2021 248 pages
3.89
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Power Play Summary
Power Play
Breaking Through Bias, Barriers & Boys Clubs
by Julia Banks 2021 256 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Australia
SEAL Team Six Summary
SEAL Team Six
Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
by Howard E. Wasdin 2011 331 pages
4.06
17k+ ratings
Military Fiction
Biography
History
The Ballerina Mindset Summary
The Ballerina Mindset
How to Protect Your Mental Health While Striving for Excellence
by Megan Fairchild 2021 176 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Psychology
A Change of Affection Summary
A Change of Affection
A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption
by Becket Cook 2019 224 pages
4.51
1k+ ratings
Christian
Biography
Memoir
The Rumi Prescription Summary
The Rumi Prescription
How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life
by Melody Moezzi 2020 272 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Poetry
Memoir
Mental Health
Bird by Bird Summary
Bird by Bird
by Anne Lamott 1994 238 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Self Help
I May Be Wrong Summary
I May Be Wrong
And Other Wisdoms From Life as a Forest Monk
by Björn Natthiko Lindeblad 2020 257 pages
4.27
10k+ ratings
Biography
Philosophy
Self Help
What My Bones Know Summary
What My Bones Know
A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
by Stephanie Foo 2022 352 pages
4.51
59k+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Mental Health
Black American Refugee Summary
Black American Refugee
Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream
by Tiffanie Drayton 2022 304 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Memoir
Race
Biography Memoir
Read Dangerously Summary
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
by Azar Nafisi 2022 240 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
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