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Lessons from Madame Chic Summary
Lessons from Madame Chic
20 Stylish Secrets I Learned While Living in Paris
by Jennifer L. Scott 2011 283 pages
3.72
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Fashion
France
Letters Summary
Letters
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Noonday Demon Summary
The Noonday Demon
An Atlas of Depression
by Andrew Solomon 2000 576 pages
4.19
15k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
The Happiest Refugee Summary
The Happiest Refugee
by Anh Do 2010 232 pages
4.24
17k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Unstoppable Summary
Unstoppable
The Incredible Power of Faith in Action
by Nick Vujicic 2012 256 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Christian
Biography
Inspirational
Hard Work Summary
Hard Work
A Life On and Off the Court
by Roy Williams 2009 288 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Dreaming in Chinese Summary
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, And Language
by Deborah Fallows 2010 208 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
China
Language
Travel
Self-Made Man Summary
Self-Made Man
One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
by Norah Vincent 2006 290 pages
3.41
6k+ ratings
Memoir
Gender
Feminism
Gardening for a Lifetime Summary
Gardening for a Lifetime
How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older
by Sydney Eddison 2010 208 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Gardening
Nature
Self Help
The Secret Race Summary
The Secret Race
Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
by Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 pages
4.38
18k+ ratings
Sports
Cycling
Biography
The Water Is Wide Summary
The Water Is Wide
by Pat Conroy 1972 310 pages
4.17
25k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Education
Wild Summary
Wild
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed 2012 336 pages
4.06
800k+ ratings
Memoir
Travel
Biography
Blind Ambition Summary
Blind Ambition
The White House Years
by John W. Dean 1976 416 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Running with the Kenyans Summary
Running with the Kenyans
Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
by Adharanand Finn 2010 288 pages
3.94
9k+ ratings
Sports
Travel
Memoir
The Forest for the Trees Summary
The Forest for the Trees
by Betsy Lerner 2000 304 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
A Freewheelin' Time Summary
A Freewheelin' Time
A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
by Suze Rotolo 2008 369 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
Bringing Up Bébé Summary
Bringing Up Bébé
One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
by Pamela Druckerman 2012 10 pages
4.02
73k+ ratings
Parenting
Memoir
France
Decision Points Summary
Decision Points
by George W. Bush 2010 497 pages
3.81
41k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Liars' Club Summary
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr 1995 320 pages
3.94
70k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Pieces of Light Summary
Pieces of Light
The New Science of Memory
by Charles Fernyhough 2012 344 pages
3.53
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Little Princes Summary
Little Princes
One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
by Conor Grennan 2011 294 pages
4.26
23k+ ratings
Memoir
Travel
Biography
Into Thin Air Summary
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer 1997 368 pages
4.25
500k+ ratings
Adventure
Memoir
Travel
Man’s Search for Meaning Summary
Man’s Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl 1946 165 pages
4.38
700k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Letters to a Young Scientist Summary
Letters to a Young Scientist
by Edward O. Wilson 2013 256 pages
3.90
4k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
A Jane Austen Education Summary
A Jane Austen Education
How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
by William Deresiewicz 2011 255 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
The Profiler Summary
The Profiler
My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths
by Pat Brown 2010 285 pages
3.08
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
The Fire Next Time Summary
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin 1963 106 pages
4.55
100k+ ratings
Classics
Essays
Race
The Reason I Jump Summary
The Reason I Jump
The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
by Naoki Higashida 2005 135 pages
3.87
59k+ ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Memoir
Psychology
On Writing Summary
On Writing
A Memoir of the Craft
by Stephen King 2000 320 pages
4.34
300k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Biography
The Year Without Pants Summary
The Year Without Pants
WordPress.com and the Future of Work
by Scott Berkun 2013 258 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
Business
Management
Technology
Ice Summary
Ice
A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood
by Ice-T 2011 251 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Biography
Music
Memoir
Most Talkative Summary
Most Talkative
Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture
by Andy Cohen 2012 288 pages
3.81
16k+ ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
The Secret Race Summary
The Secret Race
Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
by Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 pages
4.38
18k+ ratings
Sports
Cycling
Biography
The Glass Castle Summary
The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls 2006 288 pages
4.32
1.2M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Orange Is the New Black Summary
Orange Is the New Black
by Piper Kerman 2010 322 pages
3.72
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair Summary
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
My Year of Magical Reading
by Nina Sankovitch 2011 241 pages
3.49
7k+ ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
A Gift of Hope Summary
A Gift of Hope
Helping the Homeless
by Danielle Steel 2012 146 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Romance
Memoir
Biography
The Feast Nearby Summary
The Feast Nearby
How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally
by Robin Mather 2011 272 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
Food
Memoir
Cookbooks
Liar's Poker Summary
Liar's Poker
by Michael Lewis 1989 310 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Summary
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
by Mindy Kaling 2011 222 pages
3.86
500k+ ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
The Psychopath Inside Summary
The Psychopath Inside
A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain
by James Fallon 2013 246 pages
3.50
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Memoir
Godless Summary
Godless
How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
by Dan Barker 2008 392 pages
3.97
7k+ ratings
Religion
Atheism
Philosophy
I Am Malala Summary
I Am Malala
The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai 2012 327 pages
4.16
600k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Feminism
There's More to Life Than This Summary
There's More to Life Than This
by Theresa Caputo 2013 240 pages
4.18
5k+ ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Inspirational
My Story Summary
My Story
by Elizabeth Smart 2013 308 pages
3.88
45k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth Summary
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
by Chris Hadfield 2013 295 pages
4.17
60k+ ratings
Science
Biography
Space
The Rejected Stone Summary
The Rejected Stone
Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
by Al Sharpton 2013 272 pages
4.17
100+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
African American
How to Be Black Summary
How to Be Black
by Baratunde R. Thurston 2012 254 pages
3.90
8k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Race
Eleven Rings Summary
Eleven Rings
The Soul of Success
by Phil Jackson 2013
4.19
16k+ ratings
Sports
Biography
Leadership
A Street Cat Named Bob Summary
A Street Cat Named Bob
How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets
by James Bowen 2012 279 pages
3.99
57k+ ratings
Animals
Biography
Memoir
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