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The Rejected Stone Summary
The Rejected Stone
Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
by Al Sharpton 2013 272 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
African American
How to Be Black Summary
How to Be Black
by Baratunde Thurston 2012 254 pages
3.9
8k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Race
Eleven Rings Summary
Eleven Rings
The Soul of Success
by Phil Jackson 2013 368 pages
4.18
15k+ ratings
Sports
Biography
Leadership
Finding Ultra Summary
Finding Ultra
Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
by Rich Roll 2012 288 pages
4.02
24k+ ratings
Health
Sports
Biography
It's Been a Good Life Summary
It's Been a Good Life
by Isaac Asimov 2002 310 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
There Was a Country Summary
There Was a Country
A Personal History of Biafra
by Chinua Achebe 2012 352 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
History
Africa
Nigeria
50/50 Summary
50/50
by Dean Karnazes 2009 333 pages
3.77
4k+ ratings
Sports
Memoir
Fitness
Modern Classics Autobiography Summary
Modern Classics Autobiography
by M K Gandhi 2001 480 pages
4.1
71k+ ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
Beautiful Boy Summary
Beautiful Boy
A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
by David Sheff 2008 326 pages
4.15
91k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Mental Health
Dying To Be Me Summary
Dying To Be Me
My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing
by Anita Moorjani 2012 191 pages
4.16
15k+ ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Biography
The Memory Palace Summary
The Memory Palace
by Mira Bartok 2011 320 pages
3.53
7k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Mental Illness
Autobiography of Mark Twain Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader’s Edition (Mark Twain Papers)
by Mark Twain 2012 414 pages
3.80
8k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
Bad Habits Summary
Bad Habits
Confessions of a Recovering Catholic
by Jenny McCarthy 2012 240 pages
3.6
1k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Biography
My Spiritual Journey Summary
My Spiritual Journey
Personal Reflections, Teachings, and Talks
by Dalai Lama 2010 387 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Buddhism
Biography
Spirituality
Migrations to Solitude Summary
Migrations to Solitude
by Sue Halpern 2011 225 pages
3.37
100+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Sociology
What the Animals Taught Me Summary
What the Animals Taught Me
Stories of Love and Healing from a Farm Animal Sanctuary
by Stephanie Marohn 2012 192 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Animals
Memoir
Nature
Guts Summary
Guts
The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster
by Kristen Johnston 2012 288 pages
3.88
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
A Memoir
by Penelope Lively 2014 240 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
British Literature
Every Second Counts Summary
Every Second Counts
by Lance Armstrong 2004 256 pages
3.53
4k+ ratings
Biography
Sports
Cycling
Life Without Limits Summary
Life Without Limits
Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life
by Nick Vujicic 2010 238 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Self Help
10% Happier Summary
10% Happier
How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works — A True Story
by Dan Harris 2014 256 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
Brain on Fire Summary
Brain on Fire
My Month of Madness
by Susannah Cahalan 2013 272 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Biography
The Promise of a Pencil Summary
The Promise of a Pencil
How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
by Adam Braun 2014 272 pages
4.13
7k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking Summary
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
A Memoir of Food and Longing
by Anya Von Bremzen 2013 352 pages
4.03
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Food
Russia
Not My Father's Son Summary
Not My Father's Son
A Memoir
by Alan Cumming 2014 304 pages
4.05
44k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
The Happiness of Pursuit Summary
The Happiness of Pursuit
Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
by Chris Guillebeau 2014 304 pages
3.70
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Travel
Personal Development
Complications Summary
Complications
A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by Atul Gawande 2003 269 pages
4.27
49k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying Summary
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing
by Bronnie Ware 2012 256 pages
3.79
9k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
The Singapore Story Summary
The Singapore Story
Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew, Vol. 1
by Kuan Yew Lee 1998 680 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Creatures of a Day Summary
Creatures of a Day
And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 2015 224 pages
4.22
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Short Stories
On the Move Summary
On the Move
A Life
by Oliver Sacks 2015 416 pages
4.02
20k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Science
The Accidental President of Brazil Summary
The Accidental President of Brazil
by Fernando Henrique Cardoso 2007 496 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
History
Brazil
Biography
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree Summary
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor
by Laura Hillman 2010 262 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Holocaust
History
Memoir
Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective
How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases
by Robert Mann 2007 272 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
True Crime
Science
Crime
Rejection Proof Summary
Rejection Proof
How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection
by Jia Jiang 2015 240 pages
4.03
6k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Just Mercy Summary
Just Mercy
A Story of Justice and Redemption
by Bryan Stevenson 2014 352 pages
4.63
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Social Justice
Race
YR RDG DANGEROUSLY Summary
YR RDG DANGEROUSLY
by Andy Miller 2014 352 pages
3.32
5k+ ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
The Surrender Experiment Summary
The Surrender Experiment
My Journey into Life's Perfection
by Michael A. Singer 2015 272 pages
4.08
17k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
The Backyard Parables Summary
The Backyard Parables
Lessons on Gardening, and Life
by Margaret Roach 2013 288 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Gardening
Memoir
Nature
Madness Summary
Madness
A Bipolar Life
by Marya Hornbacher 2008 299 pages
4.03
14k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Psychology
The Truth Summary
The Truth
An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships
by Neil Strauss 2015 448 pages
4.12
7k+ ratings
Relationships
Psychology
Self Help
Leap Summary
Leap
Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want
by Tess Vigeland 2015 256 pages
3.49
500+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Memoir
A Primate's Memoir Summary
A Primate's Memoir
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001 304 pages
4.38
8k+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Animals
Bitita's Diary Summary
Bitita's Diary
The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus (Latin American Realities (Hardcover))
by Carolina Maria De Jesus 1997 180 pages
4.46
7k+ ratings
Memoir
Brazil
Classics
The Writing Life Summary
The Writing Life
by Annie Dillard 1989 111 pages
3.98
17k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Essays
Writing Down the Bones Summary
Writing Down the Bones
Freeing the Writer Within
by Natalie Goldberg 2016 260 pages
4.21
30k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Self Help
Happier at Home Summary
Happier at Home
Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life
by Gretchen Rubin 2012 288 pages
3.54
19k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Personal Development
You Must Set Forth at Dawn Summary
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
A Memoir
by Wole Soyinka 2007 528 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Africa
Nigeria
Memoir
Tiny Beautiful Things Summary
Tiny Beautiful Things
Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
by Cheryl Strayed 2012 368 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Essays
The Autistic Brain Summary
The Autistic Brain
Thinking Across the Spectrum
by Temple Grandin 2013 256 pages
4.11
9k+ ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Science
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