Memoir Book Summaries

Between Two Kingdoms Summary
Between Two Kingdoms
A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
by Suleika Jaouad 2021 352 pages
4.42
112.4K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1986 400 pages
4.34
23.6K ratings
Biography
History
Autobiography
Meet the Frugalwoods Summary
Meet the Frugalwoods
Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living
by Elizabeth Willard Thames 2018 256 pages
3.74
6.9K ratings
Finance
Memoir
Personal Finance
Recovery Summary
Recovery
Freedom from Our Addictions
by Russell Brand 2017 288 pages
3.94
12.4K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
What Happened Summary
What Happened
by Hillary Rodham Clinton 2017 512 pages
3.92
60.5K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
A Well-Trained Wife Summary
A Well-Trained Wife
My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
by Tia Levings 2024 304 pages
4.32
19.9K ratings
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Until We Are Free Summary
Until We Are Free
My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
by Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 pages
4.27
1.9K ratings
Iran
Memoir
Politics
The Journal of Best Practices Summary
The Journal of Best Practices
A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband
by David Finch 2012 225 pages
3.88
7.5K ratings
Memoir
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Bibi Summary
Bibi
My Story
by Benjamin Netanyahu 2022 733 pages
4.46
2.0K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
Freeing Jesus Summary
Freeing Jesus
Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence
by Diana Butler Bass 2021 285 pages
4.26
1.3K ratings
Religion
Christian
Spirituality
Yes, Chef Summary
Yes, Chef
by Marcus Samuelsson 2012 319 pages
3.86
18.5K ratings
Memoir
Food
Biography
The Half of It Summary
The Half of It
A Memoir
by Madison Beer 2023 176 pages
4.12
7.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Mental Health
The Gratitude Diaries Summary
The Gratitude Diaries
How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life
by Janice Kaplan 2015 305 pages
3.94
5.9K ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Psychology
Creatures of a Day Summary
Creatures of a Day
And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 2015 215 pages
4.22
12.9K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Short Stories
The Wind in My Hair Summary
The Wind in My Hair
My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
by Masih Alinejad 2018 400 pages
4.24
1.4K ratings
Memoir
Iran
Feminism
Eloquent Rage Summary
Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
by Brittney Cooper 2018 288 pages
4.38
13.7K ratings
Feminism
Race
Essays
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come Summary
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously
by Jessica Pan 2019 368 pages
3.88
25.7K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Humor
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player Summary
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
by Robert RodrΓ­guez 1995 285 pages
4.17
5.2K ratings
Film
Biography
Media Tie In
No Shortcuts to the Top Summary
No Shortcuts to the Top
Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
by Ed Viesturs 2006 368 pages
4.14
11.1K ratings
Mountaineering
Adventure
Biography
A Year of Living Simply Summary
A Year of Living Simply
The joys of a life less complicated
by Kate Humble 2020 304 pages
3.76
2.0K ratings
Self Help
Nature
Biography
True Crime Addict Summary
True Crime Addict
How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
by James Renner 2016 300 pages
3.66
8.3K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
Shoe Dog Summary
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
by Phil Knight 2016 400 pages
4.47
343.3K ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
Born Standing Up Summary
Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
by Steve Martin 2007 207 pages
3.88
104.9K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Humor
Godless Summary
Godless
How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
by Dan Barker 2008 392 pages
3.97
7.2K ratings
Religion
Atheism
Philosophy
How to Be Alone Summary
How to Be Alone
If You Want To, and Even If You Don't
by Lane Moore 2018 224 pages
3.69
6.5K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Essays
Sacred Hoops Summary
Sacred Hoops
SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR
by Phil Jackson 1995 240 pages
4.02
5.3K ratings
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Basketball Junkie Summary
Basketball Junkie
by Chris Herren 2011 288 pages
4.11
1.6K ratings
Memoir
Sports
Basketball
Life and Death in Shanghai Summary
Life and Death in Shanghai
by Nien Cheng 1986 547 pages
4.33
13.8K ratings
China
History
Memoir
The Art of Power Summary
The Art of Power
My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
by Nancy Pelosi 2024 352 pages
3.98
5.1K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Consider This Summary
Consider This
Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different
by Chuck Palahniuk 2020 256 pages
4.38
5.5K ratings
Writing
Memoir
Biography
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince Summary
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince
In Search of Saint-ExupΓ©ry's Lost Child
by Pierre Lassus 2014 240 pages
3.31
49 ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
History
Zen in the Art of Writing Summary
Zen in the Art of Writing
Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
by Ray Bradbury 1973 158 pages
4.08
20.8K ratings
Writing
Essays
Memoir
Phosphorescence Summary
Phosphorescence
On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
by Julia Baird 2020 320 pages
3.77
11.6K ratings
Self Help
Memoir
Science
Believe Bigger Summary
Believe Bigger
Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose
by Marshawn Evans Daniels 2018 352 pages
4.43
849 ratings
Self Help
Christian
Business
Five Lives Remembered Summary
Five Lives Remembered
by Dolores Cannon 2009 256 pages
4.57
1.2K ratings
Spirituality
Paranormal
Metaphysics
Every Patient Tells a Story Summary
Every Patient Tells a Story
Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
by Lisa Sanders 2009 304 pages
3.96
8.6K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
A Smile as Big as the Moon Summary
A Smile as Big as the Moon
A Special Education Teacher, His Class, and Their Inspiring Journey Through U.S. Space Camp
by Mike Kersjes 2002 288 pages
4.31
513 ratings
Education
Disability
Memoir
The Buddha and the Borderline Summary
The Buddha and the Borderline
My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating
by Kiera Van Gelder 2010 248 pages
4.12
4.7K ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Memoir
Gang Leader for a Day Summary
Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008 302 pages
4.07
25.0K ratings
Sociology
Memoir
Economics
Committed Summary
Committed
A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
by Elizabeth Gilbert 2009 285 pages
3.45
55.6K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Relationships
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant Summary
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
by Curtis Chin 2023 291 pages
3.82
3.8K ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
Forgiveness Summary
Forgiveness
by Mark Sakamoto 2014 272 pages
4.00
4.4K ratings
Memoir
Canada
Book Club
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground Summary
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
by Alicia Elliott 2019 240 pages
4.41
10.1K ratings
Memoir
Indigenous
Essays
If Truth Be Told Summary
If Truth Be Told
A Monk's Memoir
by Om Swami 2014 266 pages
4.45
2.7K ratings
Spirituality
Biography
Self Help
10% Happier Summary
10% Happier
by Dan Harris 2014 256 pages
3.91
112.7K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
My Stroke of Insight Summary
My Stroke of Insight
A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
by Jill Bolte Taylor 2006 181 pages
3.91
31.5K ratings
Science
Memoir
Psychology
The Sun Does Shine Summary
The Sun Does Shine
How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
by Anthony Ray Hinton 2018 272 pages
4.65
73.2K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Warriors Don't Cry Summary
Warriors Don't Cry
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
by Melba Pattillo Beals 1994 312 pages
4.18
16.1K ratings
History
Memoir
School
The Skin We're In Summary
The Skin We're In
A Year of Black Resistance and Power
by Desmond Cole 2020 248 pages
4.45
10.1K ratings
Canada
Race
Politics
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
7.8K ratings
Business
Biography
Memoir
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