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Tuesdays with Morrie Summary
Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson
by Mitch Albom 1997 224 pages
4.18
1M+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Classics
An Ordinary Man Summary
An Ordinary Man
by Paul Rusesabagina 2007 272 pages
4.19
6k+ ratings
Africa
Biography
Memoir
A Big Little Life Summary
A Big Little Life
A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
by Dean Koontz 2009 288 pages
4.25
11k+ ratings
Animals
Dogs
Memoir
I'm a Stranger Here Myself Summary
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
by Bill Bryson 1999 304 pages
3.9
67k+ ratings
Travel
Humor
Memoir
Long Walk to Freedom Summary
Long Walk to Freedom
The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela 1994 558 pages
4.35
87k+ ratings
Biography
History
Africa
Team of Rivals Summary
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 pages
4.28
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Keynes Summary
Keynes
The Return of the Master
by Robert Skidelsky 2010 256 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Biography
Only the Paranoid Survive Summary
Only the Paranoid Survive
How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
by Andrew S. Grove 1999 240 pages
3.97
9k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
The Greatest Trade Ever Summary
The Greatest Trade Ever
The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
by Gregory Zuckerman 2010 320 pages
4.07
7k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Bonhoeffer Summary
Bonhoeffer
Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
by Eric Metaxas 2010 608 pages
4.22
75k+ ratings
Biography
History
Christian
Heroes of the Environment Summary
Heroes of the Environment
True Stories of People Who Are Helping to Protect Our Planet
by Harriet Rohmer 2010 113 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Science
Biography
Environment
Delivering Happiness Summary
Delivering Happiness
A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
by Tony Hsieh 2010 253 pages
4.03
75k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Biography
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
The Complete and Authoritative Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 736 pages
3.8
8k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
The Lombardi Rules Summary
The Lombardi Rules
26 Lessons from Vince Lombardi — The World's Greatest Coach
by Vince Lombardi 2002 64 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Leadership
Sports
Business
A Man Without a Country Summary
A Man Without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2007 160 pages
4.09
46k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Humor
How to Live Summary
How to Live
Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by Sarah Bakewell 2010 400 pages
4.02
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
Bossypants Summary
Bossypants
by Tina Fey 2011 283 pages
3.96
1M+ ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2009 332 pages
4.19
85k+ ratings
Biography
Medicine
Memoir
Reading Lolita in Tehran Summary
Reading Lolita in Tehran
by Azar Nafisi 2003 384 pages
3.65
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Iran
Biography
Crazy for God Summary
Crazy for God
How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back
by Frank Schaeffer 2008 449 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Religion
Memoir
Biography
Bird by Bird Summary
Bird by Bird
Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott 1994 256 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Self Help
An Unquiet Mind Summary
An Unquiet Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison 2009 240 pages
4.06
79k+ ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Mental Health
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Summary
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami 2008 194 pages
3.87
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Japan
Anything You Want Summary
Anything You Want
by Derek Sivers 2011 88 pages
4.11
23k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
The Lost City of Z Summary
The Lost City of Z
by David Grann 2009 385 pages
3.89
97k+ ratings
History
Adventure
Travel
Life Beyond Measure Summary
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
by Sidney Poitier 2009 308 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
It's Your Ship Summary
It's Your Ship
Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
by D. Michael Abrashoff 2002 212 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
Winning Summary
Winning
The Ultimate Business How-To Book
by Jack Welch 2005 384 pages
3.85
42k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Chronology of Water Summary
The Chronology of Water
by Lidia Yuknavitch 2011 289 pages
4.21
14k+ ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Queer
Open Summary
Open
by Andre Agassi 2009 547 pages
4.31
100k+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Memoir
Escape Summary
Escape
by Carolyn Jessop 2007 458 pages
3.98
44k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Religion
The Billionaire Who Wasn't Summary
The Billionaire Who Wasn't
by Conor O'Clery 2007
4.1
1k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Finance
Tried by War Summary
Tried by War
Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
by James M. McPherson 2008 384 pages
4.09
5k+ ratings
History
Civil War
Biography
Escape from Saddam Summary
Escape from Saddam
The Incredible True Story of One Man's Journey to Freedom
by Lewis Alsamari 2009 320 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
History
Memoir
Biography
Start Something That Matters Summary
Start Something That Matters
by Blake Mycoskie 2011 208 pages
4.02
11k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Biography
The Last Lecture Summary
The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch
4.26
300k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Yoga Bitch Summary
Yoga Bitch
One Woman's Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment
by Suzanne Morrison 2011 354 pages
3.67
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Travel
Humor
An Autobiography Summary
An Autobiography
by Agatha Christie 2010 587 pages
4.11
11k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
I, Steve Summary
I, Steve
Steve Jobs In His Own Words
by George Beahm 2011 160 pages
3.44
2k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Leadership
Below Stairs Summary
Below Stairs
by Margaret Powell 2011 288 pages
3.58
13k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
Losing My Virginity Summary
Losing My Virginity
How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
by Richard Branson 2011 624 pages
3.99
56k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Autobiography
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Summary
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou 2011 162 pages
4.29
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
My Losing Season Summary
My Losing Season
by Pat Conroy 2003 416 pages
3.90
10k+ ratings
Sports
Memoir
Biography
Let My People Go Surfing Summary
Let My People Go Surfing
The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
by Yvon Chouinard 2006 272 pages
4.19
24k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
Obama Summary
Obama
From Promise to Power
by David Mendell 2007 448 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Choosing to SEE Summary
Choosing to SEE
by Mary Beth Chapman 2010 289 pages
4.29
15k+ ratings
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Be Different Summary
Be Different
Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers
by John Elder Robison 2011 306 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Memoir
Psychology
Not Quite What I Was Planning Summary
Not Quite What I Was Planning
Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
by Larry Smith 2009 242 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
The Audacity of Hope Summary
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama 2006 384 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Letters Summary
Letters
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Essays
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