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
Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson
Memoir
Biography
Classics
An Ordinary Man
Africa
Biography
Memoir
A Big Little Life
A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
Animals
Dogs
Memoir
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
Travel
Humor
Memoir
The Happiness Project
Self Help
Memoir
Psychology
Long Walk to Freedom
The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Biography
History
Africa
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Essays and Arguments
Essays
Humor
Short Stories
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
The Complete and Authoritative Edition
Biography
Autobiography
History
A Man Without a Country
Essays
Memoir
Humor
Bossypants
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Zen in the Art of Writing
Essays on Creativity
Writing
Essays
Memoir
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Biography
Medicine
Memoir
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Memoir
Iran
Biography
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
Religion
Memoir
Biography
Bird by Bird
Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Writing
Memoir
Self Help
An Unquiet Mind
Psychology
Memoir
Mental Health
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Memoir
Biography
Japan
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Wisdom of Wilderness
Experiencing the Healing Power of Nature
Spirituality
Nature
Philosophy
The Chronology of Water
Memoir
Feminism
Queer
Open
Biography
Sports
Memoir
Escape
Memoir
Biography
Religion
Escape from Saddam
The Incredible True Story of One Man's Journey to Freedom
History
Memoir
Biography
Start Something That Matters
Business
Entrepreneurship
Biography
The Last Lecture
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Yoga Bitch
One Woman's Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment
Memoir
Travel
Humor
An Autobiography
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
Below Stairs
Memoir
History
Biography
Losing My Virginity
How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Business
Biography
Autobiography
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
My Losing Season
Sports
Memoir
Biography
Let My People Go Surfing
The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Business
Biography
Memoir
Geography of Bliss
Travel
Memoir
Psychology
Choosing to SEE
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Be Different
Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Memoir
Psychology
Not Quite What I Was Planning
Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Food
Memoir
Gardening
Lessons from Madame Chic
20 Stylish Secrets I Learned While Living in Paris
Fashion
Self Help
France
Letters
Biography
Memoir
Essays
The Noonday Demon
An Atlas of Depression
Psychology
Mental Health
Science
The Happiest Refugee
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Hard Work
A Life On and Off the Court
Sports
Basketball
Biography
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 Water Is Wide
Memoir
Biography
Education
Wild
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Memoir
Travel
Biography
Running with the Kenyans
Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
Sports
Travel
Memoir
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