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
Travels With Myself and Another
Travel
Memoir
Biography
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
Travel
Humor
Memoir
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Parenting
Memoir
Biography
I Remember Nothing
And Other Reflections
Memoir
Humor
Essays
The Happiness Project
Self Help
Memoir
Psychology
Long Walk to Freedom
The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Biography
History
Africa
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Humor
Memoir
Essays
The Next Big Story
My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities
Biography
Memoir
African American
A Widow's Story
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Committed
A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
Memoir
Biography
Relationships
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
Gray Matter
A Neurosurgeon Discovers the Power of Prayer . . . One Patient at a Time
Christian
Medical
Biography
Life and Death in Shanghai
China
History
Memoir
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
Onward
How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Business
Biography
Leadership
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
Providence
The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest
Philosophy
Biography
Memoir
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 Book of Drugs
A Memoir
Memoir
Music
Biography
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Food
Memoir
Gardening