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The Resilience Project Summary
The Resilience Project
Finding Happiness through Mindfulness, Gratitude and Empathy
by Hugh van Cuylenburg 2019 304 pages
4.31
10k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Reason Summary
The Reason
How I Discovered a Life Worth Living
by Lacey Sturm 2014 210 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Phosphorescence Summary
Phosphorescence
by Julia Baird 2020 320 pages
3.78
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Science
The Fear Bubble Summary
The Fear Bubble
Harness Fear and Live Without Limits
by Ant Middleton 2019 323 pages
4.14
4k+ ratings
Biography
Self Help
Personal Development
All Boys Aren't Blue Summary
All Boys Aren't Blue
A Memoir-Manifesto
by George M. Johnson 2020 304 pages
4.2
39k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
It's About Damn Time Summary
It's About Damn Time
How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage
by Arlan Hamilton 2020 256 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Memoir
Holy Envy Summary
Holy Envy
Finding God in the Faith of Others
by Barbara Brown Taylor 2019 248 pages
4.4
4k+ ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Faith
The Skin We're In Summary
The Skin We're In
A Year of Black Resistance and Power
by Desmond Cole 2020 250 pages
4.45
9k+ ratings
Canada
Race
Politics
Things I Learned From Falling Summary
Things I Learned From Falling
by Claire Nelson 2020 1168 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Untamed Summary
Untamed
by Glennon Doyle 2020 302 pages
3.99
400k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Feminism
How We Fight for Our Lives Summary
How We Fight for Our Lives
A Memoir
by Saeed Jones 2019 204 pages
4.28
22k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder Summary
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder
A Memoir
by Sarah Kurchak 2020 232 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Memoir
Disability
Attention Summary
Attention
A Personal History of Finding Focus (or Trying To)
by Casey Schwartz 2020 257 pages
3.09
100+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Mental Health
Wintering Summary
Wintering
by Katherine May 2020 304 pages
3.86
50k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Mental Health
Happier Than a Billionaire Summary
Happier Than a Billionaire
Quitting My Job, Moving to Costa Rica, and Living the Zero Hour Work Week
by Nadine Pisani
3.87
1k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Humor
Still Surprised Summary
Still Surprised
by Warren Bennis 2010 272 pages
3.76
50+ ratings
Leadership
Memoir
Business
Here All Along Summary
Here All Along
Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life — in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)
by Sarah Hurwitz 2019 320 pages
4.44
2k+ ratings
Judaism
Jewish
Religion
I Used to Be Charming Summary
I Used to Be Charming
The Rest of Eve Babitz (New York Review Books Classics)
by Eve Babitz 2019 424 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
If Women Rose Rooted Summary
If Women Rose Rooted
A Life-Changing Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
by Sharon Blackie 2016 419 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Feminism
Spirituality
Womens
Big Friendship Summary
Big Friendship
How We Keep Each Other Close
by Aminatou Sow 2020 251 pages
3.76
23k+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Feminism
Too Much and Never Enough Summary
Too Much and Never Enough
How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
by Mary L. Trump Ph.D. 2020 240 pages
3.82
89k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Our Time Is Now Summary
Our Time Is Now
Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
by Stacey Abrams 2020 304 pages
4.43
7k+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
Sacred Hoops Summary
Sacred Hoops
by Phil Jackson 2012 632 pages
4.01
5k+ ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
That Will Never Work Summary
That Will Never Work
The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
by Marc Randolph 2019 337 pages
4.22
14k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
Shoe Dog Summary
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
by Phil Knight 2016 400 pages
4.47
300k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou 2009 352 pages
4.23
23k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
iWoz Summary
iWoz
Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
by Steve Wozniak 2006 330 pages
3.84
17k+ ratings
Biography
Technology
Business
Based on a True Story Summary
Based on a True Story
A Memoir
by Norm Macdonald 2016 256 pages
4.01
15k+ ratings
Humor
Comedy
Biography
Dog Medicine Summary
Dog Medicine
How My Dog Saved Me from Myself
by Julie Barton 2016 252 pages
4.24
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Animals
Dogs
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door
The Path to a Better Way of Death
by Katy Butler 2013 322 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Death
Medicine
The Happiest Man on Earth Summary
The Happiest Man on Earth
by Eddie Jaku 2021 200 pages
4.62
86k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
History
Notes on a Nervous Planet Summary
Notes on a Nervous Planet
by Matt Haig 2019 299 pages
3.96
50k+ ratings
Self Help
Mental Health
Psychology
Inferno Summary
Inferno
A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness
by Catherine Cho 2020 245 pages
4.23
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Psychology
A Higher Loyalty Summary
A Higher Loyalty
Truth, Lies, and Leadership
by James Comey 2018 312 pages
4.1
48k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
9 Rules of Engagement Summary
9 Rules of Engagement
A Military Brat's Guide to Life and Success
by Harris Faulkner 2018 251 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Military Fiction
Mother Tongue Summary
Mother Tongue
My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish
by Christine Gilbert 2016 333 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Language
Capital Gaines Summary
Capital Gaines
Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
by Chip Gaines 2017 198 pages
4.00
17k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Business
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost Summary
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost
A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure
by Rachel Friedman 2011 321 pages
3.8
4k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street Summary
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison
by Jordan Belfort 2009 482 pages
3.9
4k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Finance
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 2019 239 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medical
Permission to Screw Up Summary
Permission to Screw Up
How I Learned to Lead by Doing (Almost) Everything Wrong
by Kristen Hadeed 2017 272 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Summary
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
by Lori Gottlieb 2019 433 pages
4.38
300k+ ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Self Help
Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition Summary
Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition
My Life with Autism
by Temple Grandin 2008 306 pages
4.11
16k+ ratings
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Memoir
Psychology
Balancing Heaven and Earth Summary
Balancing Heaven and Earth
A Memoir
by Robert A. Johnson 2009 330 pages
4.38
500+ ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Spirituality
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Summary
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
A Memoir
by Bill Bryson 2006 288 pages
3.93
65k+ ratings
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Revolution from Within Summary
Revolution from Within
by Gloria Steinem 2012 968 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Self Help
Psychology
The End of Your Life Book Club Summary
The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe 2013 352 pages
3.81
54k+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
Eat a Peach Summary
Eat a Peach
A Memoir
by David Chang 2020 294 pages
3.89
26k+ ratings
Memoir
Food
Biography
French Kids Eat Everything ( And Yours Can, Too ) Summary
French Kids Eat Everything ( And Yours Can, Too )
by Karen Le Billon 2012 320 pages
3.93
9k+ ratings
Parenting
Food
Memoir
Working Summary
Working
by Robert A. Caro 2019 240 pages
4.44
6k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Biography
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