Memoir Book Summaries

Good Morning, Mr. Mandela Summary
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela
by Zelda la Grange 2014 384 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Biography
Africa
Memoir
A Life in Light Summary
A Life in Light
Meditations on Impermanence
by Mary Pipher 2022 302 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
Spirituality
One in a Millennial Summary
One in a Millennial
On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
by Kate Kennedy 2024 328 pages
3.72
19k+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
Book Club
The Book of (More) Delights Summary
The Book of (More) Delights
Essays
by Ross Gay 2023 304 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
The End of Your Life Book Club Summary
The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe 2012 336 pages
3.81
55k+ ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Books About Books
The Success Myth Summary
The Success Myth
Our obsession with achievement is a trap. This is how to break free
by Emma Gannon 2023 336 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Memoir
Autobiography of Mark Twain Summary
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
by Mark Twain 2010 414 pages
3.80
8k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
History
All The Young Men Summary
All The Young Men
by Ruth Coker Burks 2020 304 pages
4.49
8k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
History
Castaway Summary
Castaway
by Lucy Irvine 1983 288 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
Travel
Biography
Memoir
Life Beyond Measure Summary
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
by Sidney Poitier 2008 285 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Electric Woman Summary
The Electric Woman
A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts
by Tessa Fontaine 2018 384 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Wild Comfort Summary
Wild Comfort
The Solace of Nature
by Kathleen Dean Moore 2010 256 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Essays
Prisoners of Hope Summary
Prisoners of Hope
The Story of Our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan
by Dayna Curry 2002 320 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Memoir
What's It All About Summary
What's It All About
by Michael Caine 1992 466 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
Living with the Monks Summary
Living with the Monks
What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus
by Jesse Itzler 2018 304 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Personal Development
Make Something Wonderful Summary
Make Something Wonderful
by Steve Jobs 2023 194 pages
4.49
1k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Design
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2003 333 pages
4.20
86k+ ratings
Biography
Medicine
Book Club
Travels with Epicurus Summary
Travels with Epicurus
A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
by Daniel Klein 2012 176 pages
3.81
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Travel
Greece
The Ghost in My Brain Summary
The Ghost in My Brain
How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back
by Clark Elliott 2015 336 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Science
Memoir
Neuroscience
Seven Letters from Paris Summary
Seven Letters from Paris
by Samantha Verant 2014 272 pages
3.55
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Romance
France
On Pluto Summary
On Pluto
Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's
by Greg O'Brien 2014 240 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Health
That Sounds Fun Summary
That Sounds Fun
The Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why You Need a Hobby
by Annie F. Downs 2021 240 pages
3.90
8k+ ratings
Christian
Self Help
Memoir
Unbearable Lightness Summary
Unbearable Lightness
A Story of Loss and Gain
by Portia de Rossi 2010 320 pages
3.83
41k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Boldly Go Summary
Boldly Go
Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
by William Shatner 2022 256 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
An Everlasting Meal Summary
An Everlasting Meal
Cooking with Economy and Grace
by Tamar Adler 2011 272 pages
4.19
7k+ ratings
Food
Cookbooks
Cooking
If You Find This Letter Summary
If You Find This Letter
My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers
by Hannah Brencher 2015 272 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Writing
26 Marathons Summary
26 Marathons
What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career
by Meb Keflezighi 2019 256 pages
4.19
4k+ ratings
Sports
Memoir
Biography
Somewhere Towards the End Summary
Somewhere Towards the End
by Diana Athill 2008 182 pages
3.72
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
41-Love Summary
41-Love
by Scarlett Thomas 2022 384 pages
3.31
100+ ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Girl Walks into a Bar . . . Summary
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
by Rachel Dratch 2012 248 pages
3.62
26k+ ratings
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
Rowing the Atlantic Summary
Rowing the Atlantic
Lessons Learned on the Open Ocean
by Roz Savage 2009 256 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Sports
Adventure Capitalist Summary
Adventure Capitalist
The Ultimate Road Trip
by Jim Rogers 2003 392 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Travel
Business
Finance
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me Summary
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me
Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor
by Rain Pryor 2006 224 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Comedy
7 Lessons from Heaven Summary
7 Lessons from Heaven
How Dying Taught Me to Live a Joy-Filled Life
by Mary C. Neal 2017 276 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Christian
Spirituality
Religion
The Emergency Summary
The Emergency
A Personal History
by Coomi Kapoor 2015 400 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
India
History
Politics
The Audacity to Win Summary
The Audacity to Win
The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
by David Plouffe 2009 400 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
The Feast Nearby Summary
The Feast Nearby
How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally
by Robin Mather 2011 272 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
Food
Memoir
Cookbooks
What I Wish People Knew About Dementia Summary
What I Wish People Knew About Dementia
by Wendy Mitchell 2022 240 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Health
Let Your Mind Run Summary
Let Your Mind Run
A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
by Deena Kastor 2018 286 pages
4.36
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Sports
Health
My Journey Summary
My Journey
Transforming Dreams into Actions
by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2013 147 pages
4.43
6k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
India
Mover Of Men and Mountains Summary
Mover Of Men and Mountains
by R.G. LeTourneau 1967 320 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Business
Liar's Poker Summary
Liar's Poker
by Michael Lewis 1989 310 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self Summary
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
by Stephen Cope 1999 358 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Health
Never Give an Inch Summary
Never Give an Inch
Fighting for the America I Love
by Mike Pompeo 2022 455 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
History
From Fear to Freedom Summary
From Fear to Freedom
Living as Sons and Daughters of God
by Rose Marie Miller 2000 176 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Christian
Memoir
Theology
Laundry Love Summary
Laundry Love
Finding Joy in a Common Chore
by Patric Richardson 2021 208 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Reference
How To
How to Write One Song Summary
How to Write One Song
Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
by Jeff Tweedy 2020 176 pages
4.22
6k+ ratings
Music
Writing
Art
Enchantment Summary
Enchantment
Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
by Katherine May 2023 212 pages
3.61
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Nature
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything Summary
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything
by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022 280 pages
4.61
500+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
The PDA Paradox Summary
The PDA Paradox
by Harry Thompson 2019 184 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Memoir
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