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Love Warrior Summary
Love Warrior
by Glennon Doyle Melton 2016 272 pages
4.07
73.2K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Book Club
The Way of Aikido Summary
The Way of Aikido
Life Lessons from an American Sensei
by George Leonard 1999 224 pages
4.11
323 ratings
Martial Arts
Self Help
Philosophy
The Memory Palace Summary
The Memory Palace
by Mira Bartok 2011 320 pages
3.54
8.1K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Surviving to Drive Summary
Surviving to Drive
by Guenther Steiner 2023 304 pages
4.13
8.7K ratings
Sports
Biography
Memoir
The Body Papers Summary
The Body Papers
by Grace Talusan 2019 272 pages
4.28
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Biography
Loud Summary
Loud
Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve
by Drew Afualo 2024 256 pages
4.33
20.5K ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Self Help
The Good Immigrant Summary
The Good Immigrant
26 Writers Reflect on America
by Nikesh Shukla 2019 336 pages
4.25
2.3K ratings
Essays
Race
Short Stories
On the Brink of Everything Summary
On the Brink of Everything
Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
by Parker J. Palmer 2018 198 pages
4.06
1.9K ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
A Short Guide to a Happy Life Summary
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
by Anna Quindlen 2000 50 pages
3.96
9.9K ratings
Self Help
Essays
Memoir
Doing Justice Summary
Doing Justice
A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
by Preet Bharara 2019 333 pages
4.27
5.8K ratings
Politics
Law
Memoir
Life on Delay Summary
Life on Delay
Making Peace with a Stutter
by John Hendrickson 2023 255 pages
4.47
1.6K ratings
Memoir
Disability
Biography
The Unexpected Spy Summary
The Unexpected Spy
From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists
by Tracy Walder 2020 272 pages
3.84
5.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Politics
Anna Karenina Fix Summary
Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
by Viv Groskop 2019 224 pages
3.96
1.6K ratings
Russia
Books About Books
Memoir
No Hero Summary
No Hero
The Evolution of a Navy SEAL
by Mark Owen 2014 304 pages
4.14
5.1K ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
Matriarch Summary
Matriarch
A Memoir
by Tina Knowles 2025 432 pages
4.49
2.0K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Cringeworthy Summary
Cringeworthy
A Theory of Awkwardness
by Melissa Dahl 2018 300 pages
3.67
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Istanbul Summary
Istanbul
Memories and the City
by Orhan Pamuk 2003 356 pages
3.82
21.4K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Biography
Tremendous Summary
Tremendous
by Joey "Coco" Diaz 2023 280 pages
4.46
3.0K ratings
Biography
Comedy
Memoir
We Have Always Been Here Summary
We Have Always Been Here
A Queer Muslim Memoir
by Samra Habib 2019 220 pages
4.16
18.5K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
It Worked for Me Summary
It Worked for Me
In Life and Leadership
by Colin Powell 2012 304 pages
4.09
6.7K ratings
Leadership
Biography
Memoir
Ten Days in a Mad-House Summary
Ten Days in a Mad-House
by Nellie Bly 1887 92 pages
3.86
22.6K ratings
History
Classics
Psychology
The Housekeeper's Secret Summary
The Housekeeper's Secret
by Sandra Schnakenburg 2024 290 pages
4.25
380 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Mystery
French Kids Eat Everything Summary
French Kids Eat Everything
How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters
by Karen Le Billon 2012 305 pages
3.94
9.7K ratings
Parenting
Food
Memoir
The Secret Life of a Submissive Summary
The Secret Life of a Submissive
A True Story
by Sarah K. 2012 279 pages
3.79
372 ratings
Erotica
BDSM
Book Club
Unmasked Summary
Unmasked
My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
by Paul Holes 2022 288 pages
4.09
28.0K ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
On Writing Summary
On Writing
by Ernest Hemingway 1984 160 pages
4.03
4.6K ratings
Writing
Classics
Literature
Life in Two Worlds Summary
Life in Two Worlds
A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back
by Ted Nolan 2023 332 pages
4.24
422 ratings
Hockey
Sports
Memoir
To Pixar and Beyond Summary
To Pixar and Beyond
My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
by Lawrence Levy 2016 272 pages
4.24
7.6K ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
Working Summary
Working
Researching, Interviewing, Writing
by Robert A. Caro 2019 231 pages
4.44
6.9K ratings
Writing
Memoir
Biography
There Was a Country Summary
There Was a Country
A Personal History of Biafra
by Chinua Achebe 2012 352 pages
4.03
2.7K ratings
History
Africa
Nigeria
There's More to Life Than This Summary
There's More to Life Than This
by Theresa Caputo 2013 240 pages
4.18
5.1K ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Inspirational
The Secret Race Summary
The Secret Race
Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
by Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 pages
4.38
18.7K ratings
Sports
Cycling
Biography
Every Day Gets A Little Closer Summary
Every Day Gets A Little Closer
by Irvin D. Yalom 1974 272 pages
3.76
3.1K ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Philosophy
Escape Summary
Escape
by Carolyn Jessop 2007 413 pages
3.98
45.6K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Religion
Out with It Summary
Out with It
How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice
by Katherine Preston 2013 256 pages
4.01
539 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
A Widow's Story Summary
A Widow's Story
by Joyce Carol Oates 2011 432 pages
3.75
4.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Grief
Untamed Summary
Untamed
by Glennon Doyle 2020 333 pages
3.98
491.4K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Book Club
The Year of Living Biblically Summary
The Year of Living Biblically
One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
by A.J. Jacobs 2007 388 pages
3.76
68.4K ratings
Religion
Humor
Memoir
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic Summary
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic
Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum
by Annie Kotowicz 2022 118 pages
4.38
1.8K ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Memoir
What I Know for Sure Summary
What I Know for Sure
by Oprah Winfrey 2014 228 pages
4.13
46.1K ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Biography
Why Not Me? Summary
Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling 2015 240 pages
3.91
223.0K ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet Summary
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet
Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working
by Shauna Niequist 2022 240 pages
4.00
13.2K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Christian
Left for Dead Summary
Left for Dead
My Journey Home from Everest
by Beck Weathers 2000 352 pages
3.61
7.8K ratings
Adventure
Mountaineering
Memoir
Moonshot Summary
Moonshot
A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible
by Mike Massimino 2023 210 pages
4.29
578 ratings
Biography
Science
Space
The Shift Summary
The Shift
by Tinx 2023 288 pages
3.94
9.5K ratings
Self Help
Relationships
Memoir
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Summary
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
by Maya Angelou 1993 144 pages
4.30
10.7K ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
I Can't Date Jesus Summary
I Can't Date Jesus
Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé
by Michael Arceneaux 2018 258 pages
3.77
4.3K ratings
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Adversity for Sale Summary
Adversity for Sale
Ya Gotta Believe
by Jeezy 2023 272 pages
4.07
1.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Walden on Wheels Summary
Walden on Wheels
On The Open Road from Debt to Freedom
by Ken Ilgunas 2013 297 pages
4.00
8.0K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Biography
The Writing Life Summary
The Writing Life
by Annie Dillard 1989 111 pages
3.98
17.9K ratings
Writing
Memoir
Essays
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