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Speak Summary
Speak
Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
by Tunde Oyeneyin 2022 240 pages
4.30
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition Summary
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition
Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code
by Walter Isaacson 2022 336 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Science
Biography
Caged Lion Summary
Caged Lion
Joseph Pilates and His Legacy
by John Howard Steel 2020 215 pages
4.37
500+ ratings
Biography
Fitness
The Winning Formula Summary
The Winning Formula
Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way
by David Coulthard 2018 304 pages
3.52
100+ ratings
Biography
Business
Sports
The Body Papers Summary
The Body Papers
by Grace Talusan 2019 272 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Biography
Let Your Mind Run Summary
Let Your Mind Run
A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
by Deena Kastor 2018 286 pages
4.36
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Sports
Health
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan Summary
The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan
by Helen Keller 1902 388 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
If You Find This Letter Summary
If You Find This Letter
My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers
by Hannah Brencher 2015 272 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Writing
Edmund Burke Summary
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
by Russell Kirk 1997 285 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal Summary
Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal
Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad
by Scott Benner 2013 230 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Parenting
Memoir
Humor
Please Stop Laughing at Us... One Woman's Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying Summary
Please Stop Laughing at Us... One Woman's Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying
by Jodee Blanco 2008
3.88
100+ ratings
Education
Autobiography
Biography
Shattered Summary
Shattered
Struck Down, but not Destroyed
by Frank Pastore 2010 254 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Baseball
Biography
Christian
Friendship for Grownups Summary
Friendship for Grownups
by Lisa Whelchel 2010 221 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Christian
Relationships
Self Help
American Sketches Summary
American Sketches
Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
by Walter Isaacson 2009 304 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
First Comes Love Summary
First Comes Love
A Memoir
by Marion Winik 1996 272 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Essays
Zig Summary
Zig
The Autiobiography of Zig Ziglar
by Zig Ziglar 2002 256 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Biography
Business
Autobiography
Journey of a Thousand Miles Summary
Journey of a Thousand Miles
My Story
by Lang Lang 2008 239 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Music
Biography
Autobiography
These Precious Days Summary
These Precious Days
Essays
by Ann Patchett 2021 320 pages
4.43
42k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting Summary
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting
The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up
by Evanna Lynch 2021 463 pages
4.54
6k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Biography
If We Break Summary
If We Break
A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing
by Kathleen Buhle 2022 320 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Novelist as a Vocation Summary
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami 2015 224 pages
3.89
16k+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Japan
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
A Life From Beginning to End
by Hourly History 2016 39 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Biography
History
Historical
Power Failure Summary
Power Failure
The Rise and Fall of an American Icon
by William D. Cohan 2022 816 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Business
History
Economics
The Light We Carry Summary
The Light We Carry
Overcoming in Uncertain Times
by Michelle Obama 2022 319 pages
4.27
90k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Messi vs. Ronaldo Summary
Messi vs. Ronaldo
One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game
by Joshua Robinson 2022 320 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Sports
Football
Soccer
A Chance to Die Summary
A Chance to Die
The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
by Elisabeth Elliot 1987 384 pages
4.08
9k+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Christianity
Endure Summary
Endure
How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
by Cameron R. Hanes 2022 336 pages
4.03
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything Summary
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything
by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022 280 pages
4.61
500+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney 2022 196 pages
4.62
30k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow Summary
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow
A True Story
by Action Bronson 2021 184 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
The Girl With a Mind for Math Summary
The Girl With a Mind for Math
The Story of Raye Montague
by Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 pages
4.40
500+ ratings
Picture Books
Biography
Mathematics
A Love Letter Life Summary
A Love Letter Life
Pursue Creatively. Date Intentionally. Love Faithfully.
by Jeremy Roloff 2019 240 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
Christian
Marriage
Relationships
Never Finished Summary
Never Finished
by David Goggins 2022 312 pages
4.42
38k+ ratings
Self Help
Biography
Personal Development
Mark of a Giant Summary
Mark of a Giant
Seven People Who Changed the World
by Ted Stewart 2013 320 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Made in China Summary
Made in China
A Memoir of Love and Labor
by Anna Qu 2021 224 pages
3.85
2k+ ratings
Memoir
China
Biography
A Quantum Life Summary
A Quantum Life
My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
by Hakeem Oluseyi 2021 342 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
Memoir
Science
Biography
How Stella Learned to Talk Summary
How Stella Learned to Talk
The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog
by Christina Hunger 2021 272 pages
4.42
4k+ ratings
Animals
Dogs
Science
Shut Up and Listen! Summary
Shut Up and Listen!
Hard Business Truths that Will Help You Succeed
by Tilman Fertitta 2019 192 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince Summary
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince
In Search of Saint-Exupéry's Lost Child
by Pierre Lassus 2014 240 pages
3.34
10+ ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
History
Crash Test Girl Summary
Crash Test Girl
An Unlikely Experiment in Using the Scientific Method to Answer Life’s Toughest Questions
by Kari Byron 2018 254 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Biography
Science
Memoir
Vintage Saints and Sinners Summary
Vintage Saints and Sinners
25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith
by Karen Wright Marsh 2017 224 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Christian
Biography
Religion
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno Summary
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno
Quindici gioie che il tè mi ha insegnato
by Noriko Morishita 2002 248 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Japan
Tea
Japanese Literature
Callings Summary
Callings
The Purpose and Passion of Work
by Dave Isay 2016 266 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
Memoir
Essays
One Dress. One Year. Summary
One Dress. One Year.
by Bethany Winz 2016 160 pages
3.30
100+ ratings
Biography Memoir
Christian Non Fiction
Novella
Memoirs Summary
Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda 1974 378 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
Elle & Coach Summary
Elle & Coach
Diabetes, the Fight for My Daughter's Life, and the Dog Who Changed Everything
by Stefany Shaheen 2015 240 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Animals
Biography
Memoir
Strong Inside Summary
Strong Inside
Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
by Andrew Maraniss 2014 480 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Sports
Biography
History
You Learn by Living Summary
You Learn by Living
Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
by Eleanor Roosevelt 1960 224 pages
3.98
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Biography
Life in the City of Dirty Water Summary
Life in the City of Dirty Water
A Memoir of Healing
by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021 200 pages
3.64
3k+ ratings
Indigenous
Memoir
Canada
Guitar Lessons Summary
Guitar Lessons
A Life's Journey Turning Passion into Business
by Bob Taylor 2011 272 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Music
Business
Biography
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