Memoir
Real lives unfold on these pages as writers share their most profound experiences, revelations, and transformative moments through intimate personal storytelling. Whether penned by world leaders or beloved artists, each memoir offers a window into someone's truth - their struggles and triumphs, wisdom and wonder, laughter and loss.
Memoir Book Summaries
Lessons from Madame Chic
20 Stylish Secrets I Learned While Living in Paris
Self Help
Fashion
France
Letters
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Noonday Demon
An Atlas of Depression
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
The Happiest Refugee
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Unstoppable
The Incredible Power of Faith in Action
Christian
Biography
Inspirational
Hard Work
A Life On and Off the Court
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, And Language
China
Language
Travel
Self-Made Man
One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
Memoir
Gender
Feminism
Gardening for a Lifetime
How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older
Gardening
Nature
Self Help
The Secret Race
Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
Sports
Cycling
Biography
The Water Is Wide
Memoir
Biography
Education
Wild
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Memoir
Travel
Biography
Blind Ambition
The White House Years
History
Politics
Biography
Running with the Kenyans
Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
Sports
Travel
Memoir
The Forest for the Trees
Writing
Reference
Crafts
A Freewheelin' Time
A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
Music
Memoir
Biography
Bringing Up Bébé
One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Parenting
Memoir
France
Decision Points
Biography
Politics
History
The Liars' Club
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Pieces of Light
The New Science of Memory
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Little Princes
One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Memoir
Travel
Biography
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Adventure
Memoir
Travel
Man’s Search for Meaning
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Letters to a Young Scientist
Science
Biology
Nature
A Jane Austen Education
How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
The Profiler
My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths
True Crime
Crime
Biography
The Fire Next Time
Classics
Essays
Race
The Reason I Jump
The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Memoir
Psychology
On Writing
A Memoir of the Craft
Writing
Memoir
Biography
The Year Without Pants
WordPress.com and the Future of Work
Business
Management
Technology
Ice
A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood
Biography
Music
Memoir
Most Talkative
Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture
Memoir
Humor
Biography
The Secret Race
Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
Sports
Cycling
Biography
The Glass Castle
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Orange Is the New Black
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
My Year of Magical Reading
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
A Gift of Hope
Helping the Homeless
Romance
Memoir
Biography
The Feast Nearby
How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally
Food
Memoir
Cookbooks
Liar's Poker
Business
Finance
Economics
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Memoir
Humor
Biography
The Psychopath Inside
A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain
Psychology
Science
Memoir
Godless
How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
Religion
Atheism
Philosophy
I Am Malala
The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Biography
Memoir
Feminism
There's More to Life Than This
Spirituality
Memoir
Inspirational
My Story
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Science
Biography
Space
The Rejected Stone
Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
Politics
Memoir
African American
How to Be Black
Humor
Memoir
Race
Eleven Rings
The Soul of Success
Sports
Biography
Leadership
A Street Cat Named Bob
How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets
Animals
Biography
Memoir