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Finding Ultra Summary
Finding Ultra
Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
by Rich Roll 2012 400 pages
4.02
25k+ ratings
Health
Sports
Biography
It's Been a Good Life Summary
It's Been a Good Life
by Isaac Asimov 2002 310 pages
4.17
100+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Alex Ferguson Summary
Alex Ferguson
My Autobiography
by Alex Ferguson 2013 416 pages
3.94
17k+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Football
Unbreakable Summary
Unbreakable
My Story, My Way
by Jenni Rivera 2013 240 pages
4.46
2k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
There Was a Country Summary
There Was a Country
A Personal History of Biafra
by Chinua Achebe 2012 352 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
History
Africa
Nigeria
Help Thanks Wow Summary
Help Thanks Wow
The Three Essential Prayers
by Anne Lamott 2012 102 pages
4.00
21k+ ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Faith
Stones Into Schools Summary
Stones Into Schools
Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by Greg Mortenson 2009 420 pages
3.85
17k+ ratings
Education
Memoir
Biography
Pour Your Heart Into It Summary
Pour Your Heart Into It
How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
by Howard Schultz 1997 351 pages
4.02
12k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Leadership
50/50 Summary
50/50
Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days — and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!
by Dean Karnazes 2008 304 pages
3.77
4k+ ratings
Sports
Fitness
Memoir
Gandhi Summary
Gandhi
An Autobiography
by Mahatma Gandhi 1927 528 pages
4.11
72k+ ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
Lucky Man Summary
Lucky Man
by Michael J. Fox 2002 260 pages
4.07
28k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Beautiful Boy Summary
Beautiful Boy
A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
by David Sheff 2007 352 pages
4.16
97k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Mental Health
One Bullet Away Summary
One Bullet Away
The Making of a Marine Officer
by Nathaniel Fick 2005 372 pages
4.20
11k+ ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
Dying to Be Me Summary
Dying to Be Me
My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing
by Anita Moorjani 2012 191 pages
4.16
16k+ ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Biography
The Memory Palace Summary
The Memory Palace
by Mira Bartok 2011 320 pages
3.54
8k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Mental Illness
The Heart and the Fist Summary
The Heart and the Fist
The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
by Eric Greitens 2011 320 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Military Fiction
Biography
Memoir
Growing Up Laughing Summary
Growing Up Laughing
My Story and the Story of Funny
by Marlo Thomas 2010 382 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Biography
Humor
Memoir
Autobiography of Mark Twain Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 414 pages
3.80
8k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
Bad Habits Summary
Bad Habits
Confessions of a Recovering Catholic
by Jenny McCarthy 2012 222 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Biography
My Spiritual Journey Summary
My Spiritual Journey
Personal Reflections, Teachings, and Talks
by Dalai Lama XIV 2009 307 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Biography
Migrations to Solitude Summary
Migrations to Solitude
The Quest for Privacy in a Crowded World
by Sue Halpern 1992 212 pages
3.35
100+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Sociology
What the Animals Taught Me Summary
What the Animals Taught Me
Stories of Love and Healing from a Farm Animal Sanctuary
by Stephanie Marohn 2012 192 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Animals
Memoir
Biography
Guts Summary
Guts
The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster
by Kristen Johnston 2012 288 pages
3.89
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Face the Music Summary
Face the Music
A Life Exposed
by Paul Stanley 2014 480 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
A Memoir
by Penelope Lively 2013 240 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
British Literature
Every Second Counts Summary
Every Second Counts
by Lance Armstrong 2003
3.53
4k+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Cycling
Life Without Limits Summary
Life Without Limits
by Nick Vujicic 2007 272 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Self Help
10% Happier Summary
10% Happier
by Dan Harris 2014 256 pages
3.91
100k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
Brain on Fire Summary
Brain on Fire
My Month of Madness
by Susannah Cahalan 2012 250 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Biography
The Promise of a Pencil Summary
The Promise of a Pencil
How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
by Adam Braun 2014 272 pages
4.13
7k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
COUNSELOR Summary
COUNSELOR
A Life at the Edge of History
by Theodore C. Sorensen 2008 556 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking Summary
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
A Memoir of Food and Longing
by Anya von Bremzen 2013 339 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Food
Russia
Hard Choices Summary
Hard Choices
by Hillary Rodham Clinton 2013 788 pages
3.61
14k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Not My Father's Son Summary
Not My Father's Son
by Alan Cumming 2014 292 pages
4.05
45k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
I Stand Corrected Summary
I Stand Corrected
How Teaching Western Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson
by Eden Collinsworth 2014 272 pages
3.20
100+ ratings
Memoir
China
Biography
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey
The Education of an Unlikely Activist
by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Environment
Memoir
Politics
Playing It My Way Summary
Playing It My Way
My Autobiography
by Sachin Tendulkar 2014 486 pages
3.94
10k+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
The Happiness of Pursuit Summary
The Happiness of Pursuit
Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
by Chris Guillebeau 2014 304 pages
3.71
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Travel
Personal Development
And Then One Day Summary
And Then One Day
A Memoir
by Naseeruddin Shah 2014 328 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
India
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys Summary
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
by Viv Albertine 2014 421 pages
4.30
12k+ ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
A Short Guide to a Happy Life Summary
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
by Anna Quindlen 2000 50 pages
3.96
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Essays
Memoir
The Man Who Couldn't Stop Summary
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
by David Adam 2014 304 pages
3.89
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
Complications Summary
Complications
A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by Atul Gawande 2002 270 pages
4.28
50k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying Summary
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing
by Bronnie Ware 2011 247 pages
3.78
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
The Big Truck that Went By Summary
The Big Truck that Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
by Jonathan M. Katz 2013 320 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
International Development
The Singapore Story Summary
The Singapore Story
Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
by Lee Kuan Yew 1998 680 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Creatures of a Day Summary
Creatures of a Day
And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 2015 215 pages
4.22
12k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Short Stories
Reasons to Stay Alive Summary
Reasons to Stay Alive
by Matt Haig 2015 256 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Mental Health
Self Help
Memoir
Yes, Chef Summary
Yes, Chef
by Marcus Samuelsson 2012 319 pages
3.86
18k+ ratings
Memoir
Food
Biography
On the Move Summary
On the Move
A Life
by Oliver Sacks 2015 397 pages
4.02
21k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Science
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