Memoir Book Summaries

Blood & Oil Summary
Blood & Oil
A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah
by Manucher Farmanfarmaian 1997 515 pages
3.99
154 ratings
Iran
History
Memoir
Still Surprised Summary
Still Surprised
A Memoir of a Life in Leadership
by Warren Bennis 2010 272 pages
3.75
71 ratings
Leadership
Memoir
Business
Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief Summary
Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
by Bill Mason 2004 384 pages
3.86
1.0K ratings
Biography
True Crime
Crime
All Things Wise and Wonderful Summary
All Things Wise and Wonderful
by James Herriot 1978 448 pages
4.45
36.8K ratings
Animals
Memoir
Biography
Re-Sisters Summary
Re-Sisters
The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti
by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022 372 pages
3.72
110 ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
I Am Jennie Summary
I Am Jennie
by Jennie Ketcham 2012 352 pages
3.82
635 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Sexuality
Some Girls Summary
Some Girls
My Life in a Harem
by Jillian Lauren 2010 336 pages
3.35
8.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Me vs Brain Summary
Me vs Brain
An Overthinker’s Guide to Life
by Hayley Morris 2023 304 pages
3.89
8.8K ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Psychology
The Backyard Parables Summary
The Backyard Parables
Lessons on Gardening, and Life
by Margaret Roach 2013 288 pages
3.65
429 ratings
Gardening
Memoir
Nature
Respect in a World of Inequality Summary
Respect in a World of Inequality
by Richard Sennett 2003 306 pages
3.69
236 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Society
Bad Mormon Summary
Bad Mormon
A Memoir
by Heather Gay 2023 304 pages
3.50
30.6K ratings
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Confessions of a Surgeon Summary
Confessions of a Surgeon
The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated...Life Behind the O.R. Doors
by Paul A. Ruggieri 2012 272 pages
3.75
2.2K ratings
Medical
Medicine
Memoir
Managing Up Summary
Managing Up
How to Forge an Effective Relationship With Those Above You
by Rosanne Badowski 2003 240 pages
3.42
326 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Dinner for Vampires Summary
Dinner for Vampires
Life on a Cult TV Show
by Bethany Joy Lenz 2024 303 pages
4.26
73.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain
Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023 256 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
Memoir
Health
Science
Exposure Summary
Exposure
Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont
by Robert Bilott 2019 400 pages
4.50
2.1K ratings
Science
History
Environment
Foot Soldier of the Constitution Summary
Foot Soldier of the Constitution
A Memoir
by Teesta Setalvad 2017 226 pages
3.98
105 ratings
Memoir
History
India
Teach Us to Sit Still Summary
Teach Us to Sit Still
A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing
by Tim Parks 2010 352 pages
3.66
1.7K ratings
Memoir
Health
Biography
Crash Test Girl Summary
Crash Test Girl
An Unlikely Experiment in Using the Scientific Method to Answer Life’s Toughest Questions
by Kari Byron 2018 254 pages
3.92
1.0K ratings
Biography
Science
Memoir
Becoming Free Indeed Summary
Becoming Free Indeed
My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear
by Jinger Duggar Vuolo 2023 221 pages
3.61
48.4K ratings
Memoir
Christian
Biography
From Miniskirt to Hijab Summary
From Miniskirt to Hijab
A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
by Jacqueline Saper 2019 240 pages
4.15
578 ratings
Iran
Memoir
Biography
Old Rage Summary
Old Rage
by Sheila Hancock 2022 272 pages
4.08
911 ratings
Memoir
Autobiography
Book Club
Broken Open Summary
Broken Open
How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
by Elizabeth Lesser 2004 307 pages
4.03
8.2K ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Psychology
Promise Me, Dad Summary
Promise Me, Dad
A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
by Joe Biden 2017 260 pages
4.14
23.8K ratings
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Up Till Now Summary
Up Till Now
by William Shatner 2008 358 pages
3.84
3.2K ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Star Trek
A Nurse's Story Summary
A Nurse's Story
My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis
by Louise Curtis 2020 286 pages
3.94
1.3K ratings
Medical
Memoir
Medicine
Off the Deep End Summary
Off the Deep End
The Probably Insane Idea That I Could Swim My Way Through a Midlife Crises, And Qualify For the Olympics
by W. Hodding Carter IV 2008 209 pages
3.30
111 ratings
Sports
Biography
Memoir
Ghost Hunting Summary
Ghost Hunting
True Stories of Unexplained Phenomena from The Atlantic Paranormal Society
by Jason Hawes 2007 288 pages
3.86
2.1K ratings
Paranormal
Ghosts
Supernatural
And How Does That Make You Feel? Summary
And How Does That Make You Feel?
Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Therapy
by Joshua Fletcher 2024 320 pages
4.19
2.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love Summary
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love
How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation
by Thomas A. Tarrants 2019 224 pages
4.36
432 ratings
Biography
Christian
Memoir
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Summary
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris 2004 257 pages
4.11
285.3K ratings
Humor
Memoir
Essays
Natural Disaster Summary
Natural Disaster
I Cover Them. I am One.
by Ginger Zee 2017 288 pages
4.02
3.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life Summary
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
Adventures in Anxiety
by Georgia Pritchett 2021 288 pages
3.82
6.0K ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Humor
Boy Erased Summary
Boy Erased
A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
by Garrard Conley 2016 340 pages
3.62
21.2K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
The Rule Summary
The Rule
How I Beat the Odds in the Markets and in Life―and How You Can Too
by Larry Hite 2019 256 pages
3.91
336 ratings
Finance
Biography
Personal Finance
A Life on the Edge Summary
A Life on the Edge
Memoirs of Everest and Beyond
by Jim Whittaker 1999 320 pages
4.04
681 ratings
Mountaineering
Adventure
Memoir
Now I Can Die in Peace Summary
Now I Can Die in Peace
How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004
by Bill Simmons 2005 374 pages
3.92
8.7K ratings
Sports
Baseball
Humor
Get Out of Your Own Way Summary
Get Out of Your Own Way
A Skeptic's Guide to Growth and Fulfillment
by Dave Hollis 2020 240 pages
3.80
6.7K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst
by Daniel Reingold 2006 368 pages
3.87
1.1K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Wake Up With Purpose! Summary
Wake Up With Purpose!
What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years
by Jean Dolores Schmidt 2023 222 pages
4.17
2.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Sports
Girl Code Summary
Girl Code
Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done
by Andrea Gonzales 2017 272 pages
3.99
1.2K ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
The Barefoot Lawyer Summary
The Barefoot Lawyer
A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China
by Chen Guangcheng 2013 352 pages
4.28
436 ratings
China
Memoir
Biography
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Summary
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
by Philip Gourevitch 1998 356 pages
4.22
35.7K ratings
History
War
Politics
A Thousand Naked Strangers Summary
A Thousand Naked Strangers
a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
by Kevin Hazzard 2016 261 pages
3.95
13.5K ratings
Memoir
Medical
Medicine
Write Your Own Fairy Tale Summary
Write Your Own Fairy Tale
The New Rules for Dating, Relationships, and Finding Love On Your Terms
by Siggy Flicker 2015 241 pages
3.69
123 ratings
Memoir
Nala's World Summary
Nala's World
One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe
by Dean Nicholson 2020 261 pages
4.37
7.0K ratings
Travel
Animals
Memoir
Eastward to Tartary Summary
Eastward to Tartary
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by Robert D. Kaplan 2000 384 pages
4.04
1.7K ratings
Travel
History
Politics
The Family Gene Summary
The Family Gene
A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance into a Hopeful Future
by Joselin Linder 2017 272 pages
4.04
1.1K ratings
Memoir
Science
Medical
The Storyteller Summary
The Storyteller
Tales of Life and Music
by Dave Grohl 2021 384 pages
4.45
160.1K ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
The Blink of an Eye Summary
The Blink of an Eye
A Memoir of Dying―and Learning How to Live Again
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018 227 pages
4.11
442 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medical
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