Memoir Book Summaries

Revolution from Within Summary
Revolution from Within
A Book of Self-Esteem
by Gloria Steinem 1991 431 pages
4.13
3.0K ratings
Feminism
Self Help
Psychology
If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair Summary
If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair
A Manual for Life
by Anya Hindmarch 2021 257 pages
3.65
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Memoir
Hard Work Summary
Hard Work
A Life On and Off the Court
by Roy Williams 2009 288 pages
4.17
879 ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Chasing Chaos Summary
Chasing Chaos
My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
by Jessica Alexander 2013 400 pages
4.09
3.0K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Africa
Over the Top Summary
Over the Top
A Raw Journey to Self-Love
by Jonathan Van Ness 2019 6 pages
4.19
67.4K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Biography
Fitness Confidential Summary
Fitness Confidential
by Vinnie Tortorich 2013 250 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
Fitness
Health
Memoir
Novelist as a Vocation Summary
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami 2015 224 pages
3.89
16.7K ratings
Writing
Japan
Memoir
My Invented Country Summary
My Invented Country
A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
by Isabel Allende 2003 199 pages
3.89
11.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Travel
What This Comedian Said Will Shock You Summary
What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
by Bill Maher 2024 400 pages
4.21
4.3K ratings
Humor
Politics
Comedy
Lucky Man Summary
Lucky Man
by Michael J. Fox 2002 260 pages
4.07
28.5K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Bringing Up Bébé Summary
Bringing Up Bébé
One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
by Pamela Druckerman 2012 10 pages
4.02
74.6K ratings
Parenting
Memoir
France
Elderhood Summary
Elderhood
Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
by Louise Aronson 2019 464 pages
3.97
1.9K ratings
Health
Science
Medical
Word Painting Summary
Word Painting
A Guide to Writing More Descriptively
by Rebecca McClanahan 2014 256 pages
4.14
807 ratings
Writing
Reference
Poetry
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead Summary
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead
Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
by Jerry Weintraub 2010 304 pages
4.13
4.3K ratings
Biography
Business
Memoir
Zero Regrets Summary
Zero Regrets
Be Greater Than Yesterday
by Apolo Anton Ohno 2010 292 pages
4.22
612 ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Under the Black Hat Summary
Under the Black Hat
My Life in the WWE and Beyond
by Jim Ross 2020 295 pages
4.30
2.2K ratings
Biography
Sports
Memoir
Chris Beat Cancer Summary
Chris Beat Cancer
A Comprehensive Plan for Healing Naturally
by Chris Wark 2018 296 pages
4.47
1.4K ratings
Health
Food
Medical
The Philosopher and the Wolf Summary
The Philosopher and the Wolf
by Mark Rowlands 2008 256 pages
4.14
3.2K ratings
Philosophy
Animals
Memoir
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song
A Farmer’s Journey
by James Rebanks 2020 304 pages
4.42
7.3K ratings
Nature
Memoir
Environment
Twelve Years a Slave Summary
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup 1853 363 pages
4.22
122.3K ratings
History
Classics
Biography
My Life in Full Summary
My Life in Full
Work, Family, and Our Future
by Indra Nooyi 2021 320 pages
4.24
9.3K ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
The Climb Summary
The Climb
Tragic Ambitions on Everest
by Anatoli Boukreev 1997 297 pages
3.99
17.7K ratings
Mountaineering
Adventure
Memoir
The Room Where It Happened Summary
The Room Where It Happened
A White House Memoir
by John Bolton 2020 588 pages
3.16
14.5K ratings
Politics
History
Memoir
A Doctor in the House Summary
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
by Mahathir Mohamad 2011 843 pages
4.26
1.1K ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Smart on Crime Summary
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
by Kamala Harris 2009 205 pages
3.74
320 ratings
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Silence Summary
Silence
In the Age of Noise
by Erling Kagge 2016 131 pages
3.77
12.8K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
Grace (Eventually) Summary
Grace (Eventually)
Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott 2007 255 pages
3.96
16.8K ratings
Memoir
Spirituality
Religion
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges Summary
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges
by Charles B. Handy 2019 208 pages
4.34
399 ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
If You Want to Write Summary
If You Want to Write
A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
by Brenda Ueland 2012 179 pages
4.12
8.6K ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Lessons from Madame Chic Summary
Lessons from Madame Chic
20 Stylish Secrets I Learned While Living in Paris
by Jennifer L. Scott 2011 283 pages
3.72
8.4K ratings
Self Help
Fashion
France
Health and Safety Summary
Health and Safety
A Breakdown
by Emily Witt 2024 264 pages
3.52
1.6K ratings
Memoir
Music
Biography Memoir
Sick in the Head Summary
Sick in the Head
Conversations About Life and Comedy
by Judd Apatow 2015 489 pages
3.66
13.0K ratings
Humor
Comedy
Memoir
Let's Pretend This Never Happened Summary
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
A Mostly True Memoir
by Jenny Lawson 2012 318 pages
3.90
197.8K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
So Sad Today Summary
So Sad Today
Personal Essays
by Melissa Broder 2016 206 pages
3.80
17.0K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Mental Health
Marching Powder Summary
Marching Powder
by Rusty Young 2003 398 pages
4.31
28.8K ratings
Travel
Biography
Crime
Walking to Listen Summary
Walking to Listen
4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time
by Andrew Forsthoefel 2017 373 pages
3.89
2.6K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Biography
The Orbital Perspective Summary
The Orbital Perspective
Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles
by Ron Garan 2015 208 pages
3.81
191 ratings
Space
Science
Astronomy
No Dream Is Too High Summary
No Dream Is Too High
Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
by Buzz Aldrin 2016 224 pages
3.75
1.5K ratings
Biography
Space
Science
No Impact Man Summary
No Impact Man
by Colin Beavan 2009 288 pages
3.78
5.2K ratings
Environment
Memoir
Sustainability
The Liars' Club Summary
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr 1995 352 pages
3.94
70.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Make Your Own Rules Summary
Make Your Own Rules
Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age
by Andrew Huang 2024 320 pages
4.27
245 ratings
Music
Memoir
Self Help
My Sisters the Saints Summary
My Sisters the Saints
A Spiritual Memoir
by Colleen Carroll Campbell 2012 224 pages
4.35
3.8K ratings
Catholic
Memoir
Religion
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal Summary
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
by Mikhail Tal 1978 496 pages
4.50
742 ratings
Chess
Biography
Games
The Faraway Nearby Summary
The Faraway Nearby
by Rebecca Solnit 2013 259 pages
4.21
7.5K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Biography
Long Walk to Freedom Summary
Long Walk to Freedom
by Nelson Mandela 1994 656 pages
4.36
91.5K ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
There Is No Ethan Summary
There Is No Ethan
How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
by Anna Akbari 2024 304 pages
3.58
7.1K ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Summary
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
by John Wood 2006 272 pages
4.10
4.6K ratings
Memoir
Education
Business
I'm Sorry for My Loss Summary
I'm Sorry for My Loss
An Urgent Examination of Reproductive Care in America
by Rebecca Little and Colleen Long 2024 496 pages
4.39
1.7K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Health
American Wife Summary
American Wife
Love, War, Faith, and Renewal
by Taya Kyle 2015 329 pages
4.27
4.9K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Military Fiction
Every Tool's a Hammer Summary
Every Tool's a Hammer
Life Is What You Make It
by Adam Savage 2019 320 pages
4.18
10.2K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Science
Home
Swipe
Library
Get App
Create a free account to unlock:
Recommendations: Personalized for you
Requests: Request new book summaries
Bookmarks: Save your favorite books
History: Revisit books later
Ratings: Rate books & see your ratings
200,000+ readers
Try Full Access for 7 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
📖 Read Summaries
Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 4
📜 Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
📥 Unlimited Downloads
Free users are limited to 1
Risk-Free Timeline
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 73,530 books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 4: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 7: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on Aug 5,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8x More Books
2.8x more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
200,000+ readers
"...I can 10x the number of books I can read..."
"...exceptionally accurate, engaging, and beautifully presented..."
"...better than any amazon review when I'm making a book-buying decision..."
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Start a 7-Day Free Trial
7 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

Settings
General
Widget
Loading...