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Eat, Pray, Love

โดย Elizabeth Gilbert • 2006

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

3.65

1,000,000+

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

Eat, Pray, Love

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

โดย Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 458 หน้า

3.65

1,000,000+ คะแนน

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

สตีฟ จอบส์

โดย วอลเตอร์ ไอแซกสัน • 2011

Jobs handpicked his biographer while dying. The result won't separate the genius from the cruelty.

4.16

1,000,000+

🖥️ Tech Industry History 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🔨 Obsessive Craftsmanship 🏗️ Organizational Design 📜 Authorized Biography

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

สตีฟ จอบส์

Jobs handpicked his biographer while dying. The result won't separate the genius from the cruelty.

โดย วอลเตอร์ ไอแซกสัน 2011 630 หน้า

4.16

1,000,000+ คะแนน

🖥️ Tech Industry History 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🔨 Obsessive Craftsmanship 🏗️ Organizational Design 📜 Authorized Biography

Becoming

โดย Michelle Obama • 2018

How a Black girl from Chicago's South Side became First Lady: the story the headlines missed.

4.43

1,000,000+

🏛️ Political Memoirs 👑 First Lady Memoirs 🪜 Upward Mobility ⚖️ Work Life Balance ✊ Black Women's Voices

Becoming

How a Black girl from Chicago's South Side became First Lady: the story the headlines missed.

โดย Michelle Obama 2018 426 หน้า

4.43

1,000,000+ คะแนน

🏛️ Political Memoirs 👑 First Lady Memoirs 🪜 Upward Mobility ⚖️ Work Life Balance ✊ Black Women's Voices

เข้าสู่ป่า

โดย จอน คราเคาเออร์ • 1996

A young man sheds his name and cash, walks into the Alaskan wild, and never returns.

4.02

1,000,000+

📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🏃 Runaway Idealist 💔 Estranged Family ⛰️ Man Vs Nature

เข้าสู่ป่า

A young man sheds his name and cash, walks into the Alaskan wild, and never returns.

โดย จอน คราเคาเออร์ 1996 240 หน้า

4.02

1,000,000+ คะแนน

📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🏃 Runaway Idealist 💔 Estranged Family ⛰️ Man Vs Nature

Bossypants

โดย Tina Fey • 2011

How a scarred, self-doubting improv nerd became SNL's head writer and the force behind 30 Rock.

3.96

1,000,000+

🎤 Comedy Memoir 👩‍🎤 Women In Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Imposter Syndrome

Bossypants

How a scarred, self-doubting improv nerd became SNL's head writer and the force behind 30 Rock.

โดย Tina Fey 2011 290 หน้า

3.96

1,000,000+ คะแนน

🎤 Comedy Memoir 👩‍🎤 Women In Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Imposter Syndrome

Man's Search for Meaning

โดย Viktor E. Frankl • 1946

Auschwitz revealed that meaning, not pleasure or power, is what keeps human beings alive.

4.37

800,000+

📖 Holocaust Testimony 🧠 Existential Psychology 💪 Resilience 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

Man's Search for Meaning

Auschwitz revealed that meaning, not pleasure or power, is what keeps human beings alive.

โดย Viktor E. Frankl 1946 148 หน้า

4.37

800,000+ คะแนน

📖 Holocaust Testimony 🧠 Existential Psychology 💪 Resilience 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

When Breath Becomes Air

โดย Paul Kalanithi • 2016

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

4.41

800,000+

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

When Breath Becomes Air

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

โดย Paul Kalanithi 2016 208 หน้า

4.41

800,000+ คะแนน

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

โดย Rebecca Skloot • 2010

Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.

4.13

800,000+

🏥 Medical Ethics 🩺 Medical Racism 🔬 Cellular Biology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🌍 Science And Society

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.

โดย Rebecca Skloot 2010 362 หน้า

4.13

800,000+ คะแนน

🏥 Medical Ethics 🩺 Medical Racism 🔬 Cellular Biology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🌍 Science And Society

I Am Malala

โดย Malala Yousafzai • 2012

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

4.16

600,000+

🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

I Am Malala

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

โดย Malala Yousafzai 2012 328 หน้า

4.16

600,000+ คะแนน

🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Everything I Know About Love

โดย Dolly Alderton • 2018

MSN Messenger, Camden parties, and a friendship that survived every man who didn't.

3.93

500,000+

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 📖 Coming Of Age Memoir 📱 Millennial Experience 🍸 Drinking Culture 🎭 People Pleasing

Everything I Know About Love

MSN Messenger, Camden parties, and a friendship that survived every man who didn't.

โดย Dolly Alderton 2018 329 หน้า

3.93

500,000+ คะแนน

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 📖 Coming Of Age Memoir 📱 Millennial Experience 🍸 Drinking Culture 🎭 People Pleasing

ฮิลบิลลี เอเลจี

โดย เจ.ดี. แวนซ์ • 2016

Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.

3.83

500,000+

⛰️ Appalachian Memoir 🏭 White Working Class 🧸 Childhood Adversity 📈 Upward Mobility 🔁 Generational Cycles

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

ฮิลบิลลี เอเลจี

Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.

โดย เจ.ดี. แวนซ์ 2016 274 หน้า

3.83

500,000+ คะแนน

⛰️ Appalachian Memoir 🏭 White Working Class 🧸 Childhood Adversity 📈 Upward Mobility 🔁 Generational Cycles

อีลอน มัสก์

โดย แอชลี แวนซ์ • 2015

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

4.12

400,000+

🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

อีลอน มัสก์

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

โดย แอชลี แวนซ์ 2015 392 หน้า

4.12

400,000+ คะแนน

🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

Spare

โดย Prince Harry • 2023

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

3.83

400,000+

🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery 📰 Tabloid Culture 🩹 Mental Health Stigma

Spare

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

โดย Prince Harry 2023 557 หน้า

3.83

400,000+ คะแนน

🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery 📰 Tabloid Culture 🩹 Mental Health Stigma

บางทีคุณควรจะคุยกับใครสักคน

โดย ลอรี กอตต์ลีบ • 2019

The gap between therapist and patient is a lie. A therapist's own breakdown proves it.

4.37

400,000+

🛋️ Psychotherapy 📖 Therapist Memoir 🫥 Emotional Avoidance 🩹 Wounded Healers 🔁 Relationship Patterns

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

บางทีคุณควรจะคุยกับใครสักคน

The gap between therapist and patient is a lie. A therapist's own breakdown proves it.

โดย ลอรี กอตต์ลีบ 2019 464 หน้า

4.37

400,000+ คะแนน

🛋️ Psychotherapy 📖 Therapist Memoir 🫥 Emotional Avoidance 🩹 Wounded Healers 🔁 Relationship Patterns

คิทเช่น คอนฟิเดนเชียล

โดย แอนโทนี บอร์เดน • 2000

Drugs, knives, and butter: a chef's 25-year journey through the hidden world that feeds you.

4.19

300,000+

🍽️ Restaurant Industry 👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs 🔪 Kitchen Secrets 💉 Addiction Memoir 🌎 Immigrant Labor

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

คิทเช่น คอนฟิเดนเชียล

Drugs, knives, and butter: a chef's 25-year journey through the hidden world that feeds you.

โดย แอนโทนี บอร์เดน 2000 321 หน้า

4.19

300,000+ คะแนน

🍽️ Restaurant Industry 👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs 🔪 Kitchen Secrets 💉 Addiction Memoir 🌎 Immigrant Labor

Shoe Dog

โดย Phil Knight • 2016

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

4.46

300,000+

🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business 💡 Innovation Culture 🤝 Radical Honesty

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

Shoe Dog

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

โดย Phil Knight 2016 400 หน้า

4.46

300,000+ คะแนน

🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business 💡 Innovation Culture 🤝 Radical Honesty

The Boys in the Boat

โดย Daniel James Brown • 2013

Left for dead by his family, Joe Rantz climbed into a boat bound for Hitler's Berlin.

4.39

300,000+

🏅 Olympic History 📉 Depression-Era America 🚣 Crew Racing 🎭 Olympic Propaganda 🐶 Underdog Stories

The Boys in the Boat

Left for dead by his family, Joe Rantz climbed into a boat bound for Hitler's Berlin.

โดย Daniel James Brown 2013 416 หน้า

4.39

300,000+ คะแนน

🏅 Olympic History 📉 Depression-Era America 🚣 Crew Racing 🎭 Olympic Propaganda 🐶 Underdog Stories

Just Kids

โดย Patti Smith • 2010

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.

4.21

300,000+

🏙️ 1970s New York 🎨 Artistic Soulmates 🥖 Starving Artists 🎸 Punk Rock Origins 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age

Just Kids

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.

โดย Patti Smith 2010 220 หน้า

4.21

300,000+ คะแนน

🏙️ 1970s New York 🎨 Artistic Soulmates 🥖 Starving Artists 🎸 Punk Rock Origins 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age

เรื่องเล่าของนักเขียน

โดย สตีเฟน คิง • 2000

Stories get found, not built. Read voraciously, write privately, cut ten percent.

4.34

300,000+

🛠️ Writing Craft 📖 Craft Memoirs ⛏️ Discovery Writing ✂️ Revision Strategies ⏰ Daily Writing Practice

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

เรื่องเล่าของนักเขียน

Stories get found, not built. Read voraciously, write privately, cut ten percent.

โดย สตีเฟน คิง 2000 288 หน้า

4.34

300,000+ คะแนน

🛠️ Writing Craft 📖 Craft Memoirs ⛏️ Discovery Writing ✂️ Revision Strategies ⏰ Daily Writing Practice

Can't Hurt Me

โดย David Goggins • 2018

You're only at 40 percent when you think you're done. A Navy SEAL's proof and method.

4.30

300,000+

🧠 Mental Toughness 🏃 Extreme Endurance 🪖 Military Discipline 🎯 Self-Accountability ⚡ Self-Discipline

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

Can't Hurt Me

You're only at 40 percent when you think you're done. A Navy SEAL's proof and method.

โดย David Goggins 2018 326 หน้า

4.30

300,000+ คะแนน

🧠 Mental Toughness 🏃 Extreme Endurance 🪖 Military Discipline 🎯 Self-Accountability ⚡ Self-Discipline

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

โดย Malcolm X • 1965

He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.

4.37

200,000+

🏛️ Political Autobiography ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🇺🇸 Black American History 📖 Prison Education 🔄 Conversion Narrative

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.

โดย Malcolm X 1965 460 หน้า

4.37

200,000+ คะแนน

🏛️ Political Autobiography ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🇺🇸 Black American History 📖 Prison Education 🔄 Conversion Narrative

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

โดย Richard P. Feynman • 1985

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

4.26

200,000+

🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

โดย Richard P. Feynman 1985 352 หน้า

4.26

200,000+ คะแนน

🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

Team of Rivals

โดย Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2005

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

4.29

200,000+

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Team of Rivals

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

โดย Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 หน้า

4.29

200,000+ คะแนน

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Benjamin Franklin

โดย Walter Isaacson • 2003

A runaway apprentice who tamed lightning, charmed Paris, and lost a son to the crown.

4.05

100,000+

🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚔️ American Revolution 🧠 Polymath Biography 💡 Enlightenment Era 🔨 Self-Made Lives

Benjamin Franklin

A runaway apprentice who tamed lightning, charmed Paris, and lost a son to the crown.

โดย Walter Isaacson 2003 586 หน้า

4.05

100,000+ คะแนน

🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚔️ American Revolution 🧠 Polymath Biography 💡 Enlightenment Era 🔨 Self-Made Lives

Born Standing Up

โดย Steve Martin • 2007

Arrow through the head, 20,000-seat arenas, and a deliberate exit from stand-up at his peak.

3.88

100,000+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🏋️ Creative Discipline 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🎬 Hollywood Memoir

Born Standing Up

Arrow through the head, 20,000-seat arenas, and a deliberate exit from stand-up at his peak.

โดย Steve Martin 2007 271 หน้า

3.88

100,000+ คะแนน

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🏋️ Creative Discipline 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🎬 Hollywood Memoir

Creativity, Inc.

โดย Ed Catmull • 2014

Success makes you blind to what kills creativity. A Pixar co-founder explains how to see it clearly.

4.2

100,000+

🎨 Creative Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Team Dynamics 💬 Candor And Feedback 🔄 Embracing Failure

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

Creativity, Inc.

Success makes you blind to what kills creativity. A Pixar co-founder explains how to see it clearly.

โดย Ed Catmull 2014 368 หน้า

4.2

100,000+ คะแนน

🎨 Creative Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Team Dynamics 💬 Candor And Feedback 🔄 Embracing Failure

Too Much and Never Enough

โดย Mary L. Trump • 2020

The family blueprint: a psychologist explains how cruelty, money, and neglect made a president.

3.82

98,000+

🧠 Political Psychology 🔬 Family Systems Psychology 🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics 👤 Emotional Neglect 🧬 Generational Trauma

Too Much and Never Enough

The family blueprint: a psychologist explains how cruelty, money, and neglect made a president.

โดย Mary L. Trump 2020 225 หน้า

3.82

98,000+ คะแนน

🧠 Political Psychology 🔬 Family Systems Psychology 🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics 👤 Emotional Neglect 🧬 Generational Trauma

จิตใจที่ไม่สงบ

โดย เคย์ เรดฟิลด์ เจมิสัน • 1995

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

4.06

86,000+

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert 🎨 Creativity And Madness 💊 Medication Ambivalence

จิตใจที่ไม่สงบ

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

โดย เคย์ เรดฟิลด์ เจมิสัน 1995 219 หน้า

4.06

86,000+ คะแนน

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert 🎨 Creativity And Madness 💊 Medication Ambivalence

The River of Doubt

โดย Candice Millard • 2005

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

4.21

79,000+

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives 🏛️ Presidential Biographies ✊ Indigenous Rights

The River of Doubt

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

โดย Candice Millard 2005 416 หน้า

4.21

79,000+ คะแนน

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives 🏛️ Presidential Biographies ✊ Indigenous Rights

เดอะ เอ็ฟวรีธิง สโตร์

โดย แบรด สโตน • 2013

How one man's ferocious drive turned an online bookstore into the world's most feared company.

4.14

77,000+

👤 Founder Biographies 🏢 Corporate History 🚀 Tech Startups 🛒 E-Commerce 🧭 Corporate Culture

เดอะ เอ็ฟวรีธิง สโตร์

How one man's ferocious drive turned an online bookstore into the world's most feared company.

โดย แบรด สโตน 2013 384 หน้า

4.14

77,000+ คะแนน

👤 Founder Biographies 🏢 Corporate History 🚀 Tech Startups 🛒 E-Commerce 🧭 Corporate Culture

An Autobiography

โดย Mahatma Gandhi • 1927

A shy lawyer ejected from a South African train begins a revolution without raising a fist.

4.10

75,000+

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊🏾 Colonial Resistance 🇮🇳 Indian Independence ⚖️ Social Justice 🏡 Simple Living

An Autobiography

A shy lawyer ejected from a South African train begins a revolution without raising a fist.

โดย Mahatma Gandhi 1927 454 หน้า

4.10

75,000+ คะแนน

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊🏾 Colonial Resistance 🇮🇳 Indian Independence ⚖️ Social Justice 🏡 Simple Living

A House in the Sky

โดย Amanda Lindhout • 2013

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

4.28

73,000+

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

A House in the Sky

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

โดย Amanda Lindhout 2013 384 หน้า

4.28

73,000+ คะแนน

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

Lab Girl

โดย Hope Jahren • 2016

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

3.98

72,000+

👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

Lab Girl

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

โดย Hope Jahren 2016 290 หน้า

3.98

72,000+ คะแนน

👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

เหตุผลที่ผมกระโดด

โดย นาโอกิ ฮิงาชิดะ • 2005

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

3.88

62,000+

🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Living With Autism ⌨️ Alternative Communication

เหตุผลที่ผมกระโดด

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

โดย นาโอกิ ฮิงาชิดะ 2005 135 หน้า

3.88

62,000+ คะแนน

🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Living With Autism ⌨️ Alternative Communication

The Snowball

โดย Alice Schroeder • 2008

Buffett mastered compound interest at age ten. People took him a lifetime.

4.16

54,000+

🧮 Value Investing 📋 Business Biography 📈 Compound Growth ⏳ Long-Term Investing 💰 Wealth Accumulation

The Snowball

Buffett mastered compound interest at age ten. People took him a lifetime.

โดย Alice Schroeder 2008 832 หน้า

4.16

54,000+ คะแนน

🧮 Value Investing 📋 Business Biography 📈 Compound Growth ⏳ Long-Term Investing 💰 Wealth Accumulation

My Story

โดย Elizabeth Smart • 2013

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

3.89

48,000+

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🧠 Predator Psychology 📢 Victim Advocacy

My Story

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

โดย Elizabeth Smart 2013 308 หน้า

3.89

48,000+ คะแนน

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🧠 Predator Psychology 📢 Victim Advocacy

The Girls of Atomic City

โดย Denise Kiernan • 2013

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

3.73

32,000+

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age 🎙️ Oral History 🏅 Unsung Heroes

The Girls of Atomic City

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

โดย Denise Kiernan 2013 373 หน้า

3.73

32,000+ คะแนน

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age 🎙️ Oral History 🏅 Unsung Heroes

Finding Ultra

โดย Rich Roll • 2012

At 39, he couldn't climb stairs; at 41 he finished a 320-mile triathlon on plants.

4.02

27,000+

🏃 Ultra-Endurance 🌱 Plant-Based Athletes 🧠 Mental Toughness 🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition 🔄 Midlife Transformation

Finding Ultra

At 39, he couldn't climb stairs; at 41 he finished a 320-mile triathlon on plants.

โดย Rich Roll 2012 288 หน้า

4.02

27,000+ คะแนน

🏃 Ultra-Endurance 🌱 Plant-Based Athletes 🧠 Mental Toughness 🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition 🔄 Midlife Transformation

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

โดย Martin Luther King Jr. • 1986

Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.

4.34

24,000+

🏛️ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Racial Justice 💰 Economic Justice 🕉️ Gandhian Philosophy

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.

โดย Martin Luther King Jr. 1986

4.34

24,000+ คะแนน

🏛️ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Racial Justice 💰 Economic Justice 🕉️ Gandhian Philosophy

Gifted Hands

โดย Ben Carson • 1992

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

4.18

22,000+

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty 📚 Self-Education ✝️ Christian Testimony

Gifted Hands

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

โดย Ben Carson 1992

4.18

22,000+ คะแนน

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty 📚 Self-Education ✝️ Christian Testimony

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

โดย Scott Adams • 2013

The Dilbert cartoonist failed at nearly everything. Then he quit goals and built systems instead.

4.06

20,000+

🔄 Systems Thinking 🧱 Habit Design ⚡ Energy Management 🧗 Embracing Failure 🗣️ Persuasion Techniques

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

The Dilbert cartoonist failed at nearly everything. Then he quit goals and built systems instead.

โดย Scott Adams 2013 248 หน้า

4.06

20,000+ คะแนน

🔄 Systems Thinking 🧱 Habit Design ⚡ Energy Management 🧗 Embracing Failure 🗣️ Persuasion Techniques

Beyond Band of Brothers

โดย Dick Winters • 2006

The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.

4.33

20,000+

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 World War Ii Memoir 🤝 Brotherhood In War 👐 Servant Leadership 🪂 D-Day

Beyond Band of Brothers

The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.

โดย Dick Winters 2006 320 หน้า

4.33

20,000+ คะแนน

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 World War Ii Memoir 🤝 Brotherhood In War 👐 Servant Leadership 🪂 D-Day

Masters of Doom

โดย เดวิด คุชเนอร์ • 2003

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

4.30

20,000+

🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups 🤝 Creative Partnerships 💻 Hacker Ethos

Masters of Doom

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

โดย เดวิด คุชเนอร์ 2003 368 หน้า

4.30

20,000+ คะแนน

🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups 🤝 Creative Partnerships 💻 Hacker Ethos

Hatching Twitter

โดย Nick Bilton • 2013

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

4.04

19,000+

🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media ⚔️ Founder Feuds 🕵️ Corporate Intrigue

Hatching Twitter

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

โดย Nick Bilton 2013 321 หน้า

4.04

19,000+ คะแนน

🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media ⚔️ Founder Feuds 🕵️ Corporate Intrigue

อเล็กซ์ เฟอร์กูสัน

โดย อเล็กซ์ เฟอร์กูสัน • 2013

26 years, 38 trophies: the standards, youth pipeline, and brutal honesty that built a dynasty.

3.94

18,000+

🏟️ Football Management 🏆 Sports Leadership 🧱 Team Building 🌱 Talent Development 💪 Mental Toughness

อเล็กซ์ เฟอร์กูสัน

26 years, 38 trophies: the standards, youth pipeline, and brutal honesty that built a dynasty.

โดย อเล็กซ์ เฟอร์กูสัน 2013 416 หน้า

3.94

18,000+ คะแนน

🏟️ Football Management 🏆 Sports Leadership 🧱 Team Building 🌱 Talent Development 💪 Mental Toughness

Poor Charlie's Almanack

โดย Charles T. Munger • 2005

Outsmarting your own irrationality is the only lasting edge. Charlie Munger's manual.

4.40

18,000+

💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models 🌐 Multidisciplinary

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Outsmarting your own irrationality is the only lasting edge. Charlie Munger's manual.

โดย Charles T. Munger 2005 548 หน้า

4.40

18,000+ คะแนน

💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models 🌐 Multidisciplinary

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

โดย Steve Wozniak • 2006

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

3.85

17,000+

🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

โดย Steve Wozniak 2006 330 หน้า

3.85

17,000+ คะแนน

🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

That Will Never Work

โดย Marc Randolph • 2019

A single mailed CD, and the decade of near-failure it took to build Netflix.

4.22

17,000+

📖 Startup Memoirs 💻 Tech Startups 📦 Subscription Models 🗣️ Feedback Culture 🔍 Customer Discovery

That Will Never Work

A single mailed CD, and the decade of near-failure it took to build Netflix.

โดย Marc Randolph 2019 337 หน้า

4.22

17,000+ คะแนน

📖 Startup Memoirs 💻 Tech Startups 📦 Subscription Models 🗣️ Feedback Culture 🔍 Customer Discovery

Disrupted

โดย Dan Lyons • 2016

Hired as the token elder, a journalist records the absurdities of a startup cult losing millions.

3.91

17,000+

💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 👴 Workplace Ageism 🌀 Corporate Cults 📣 Marketing Hype

Disrupted

Hired as the token elder, a journalist records the absurdities of a startup cult losing millions.

โดย Dan Lyons 2016 272 หน้า

3.91

17,000+ คะแนน

💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 👴 Workplace Ageism 🌀 Corporate Cults 📣 Marketing Hype

Becoming Steve Jobs

โดย Brent Schlender • 2015

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

4.15

17,000+

📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History 🌱 Leadership Evolution ✨ Product Design Philosophy

Becoming Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

โดย Brent Schlender 2015 482 หน้า

4.15

17,000+ คะแนน

📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History 🌱 Leadership Evolution ✨ Product Design Philosophy

Thinking in Pictures

โดย Temple Grandin • 1995

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

4.10

17,000+

👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

Thinking in Pictures

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

โดย Temple Grandin 1995 308 หน้า

4.10

17,000+ คะแนน

👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

The World As It Is

โดย Ben Rhodes • 2018

The speechwriter who crafted Obama's story now reveals the parts they had to leave out.

4.30

12,000+

🏛️ Obama Administration 🌐 Foreign Policy 📖 Political Narrative 💻 Information Warfare ☢️ Nuclear Diplomacy

The World As It Is

The speechwriter who crafted Obama's story now reveals the parts they had to leave out.

โดย Ben Rhodes 2018 433 หน้า

4.30

12,000+ คะแนน

🏛️ Obama Administration 🌐 Foreign Policy 📖 Political Narrative 💻 Information Warfare ☢️ Nuclear Diplomacy

Boys in the Trees

โดย Carly Simon • 2015

The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.

3.67

12,000+

🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir 🎸 Women In Rock 🧠 Mental Health And Creativity 💔 Complicated Marriages 👩‍👧 Art And Motherhood

Boys in the Trees

The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.

โดย Carly Simon 2015 384 หน้า

3.67

12,000+ คะแนน

🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir 🎸 Women In Rock 🧠 Mental Health And Creativity 💔 Complicated Marriages 👩‍👧 Art And Motherhood

Start Something That Matters

โดย Blake Mycoskie • 2011

The TOMS playbook for starting a business people join: begin with a story, not a spreadsheet.

4.02

11,000+

🌍 Social Entrepreneurship 📘 Startup Memoirs 🎤 Storytelling For Business 🦁 Fear Conquering 🛠️ Resourcefulness

Start Something That Matters

The TOMS playbook for starting a business people join: begin with a story, not a spreadsheet.

โดย Blake Mycoskie 2011 208 หน้า

4.02

11,000+ คะแนน

🌍 Social Entrepreneurship 📘 Startup Memoirs 🎤 Storytelling For Business 🦁 Fear Conquering 🛠️ Resourcefulness

Market Wizards

โดย Jack D. Schwager • 1989

Different strategies, identical rules: why some traders survive and compound while most blow up.

4.28

10,000+

🧠 Trading Psychology 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Behavioral Finance 🎯 Trader Discipline 📚 Trading Wisdom

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

Market Wizards

Different strategies, identical rules: why some traders survive and compound while most blow up.

โดย Jack D. Schwager 1989 480 หน้า

4.28

10,000+ คะแนน

🧠 Trading Psychology 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Behavioral Finance 🎯 Trader Discipline 📚 Trading Wisdom

The New New Thing

โดย Michael Lewis • 1999

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

3.76

10,000+

💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital 🌐 Internet History ⚡ Disruption

The New New Thing

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

โดย Michael Lewis 1999 349 หน้า

3.76

10,000+ คะแนน

💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital 🌐 Internet History ⚡ Disruption

Making Movies

โดย Sidney Lumet • 1995

How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.

4.29

10,000+

🎬 Filmmaking Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🎭 Actor Direction ✂️ Editing Room 🔊 Sound Design

Making Movies

How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.

โดย Sidney Lumet 1995 240 หน้า

4.29

10,000+ คะแนน

🎬 Filmmaking Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🎭 Actor Direction ✂️ Editing Room 🔊 Sound Design

Michael Jordan

โดย Roland Lazenby • 2014

Before the global brand and the six rings: one locked door and a sophomore's broken pride.

4.31

8,000+

📖 NBA History 🏀 Basketball Greats 🗽 American Icons 🔥 Competitive Drive 💪 Overcoming Adversity

Michael Jordan

Before the global brand and the six rings: one locked door and a sophomore's broken pride.

โดย Roland Lazenby 2014 678 หน้า

4.31

8,000+ คะแนน

📖 NBA History 🏀 Basketball Greats 🗽 American Icons 🔥 Competitive Drive 💪 Overcoming Adversity

Cicero

โดย Anthony Everitt • 2001

A provincial outsider became Rome's most powerful voice. He still could not save the Republic.

3.90

8,000+

🏛️ Late Roman Republic 📜 Political Biography 🗣️ Oratory And Rhetoric 🏚️ Fall Of The Republic ⚖️ Classical Republicanism

Cicero

A provincial outsider became Rome's most powerful voice. He still could not save the Republic.

โดย Anthony Everitt 2001 400 หน้า

3.90

8,000+ คะแนน

🏛️ Late Roman Republic 📜 Political Biography 🗣️ Oratory And Rhetoric 🏚️ Fall Of The Republic ⚖️ Classical Republicanism

A Man for All Markets

โดย Edward O. Thorp • 2016

From Vegas card counting to quant hedge funds: one mathematician's edge over every system he faced.

4.24

8,000+

🧮 Quantitative Investing 📖 Financial Memoirs 🎲 Gambling Mathematics ⚖️ Risk Management 🔍 Market Inefficiencies

A Man for All Markets

From Vegas card counting to quant hedge funds: one mathematician's edge over every system he faced.

โดย Edward O. Thorp 2016 416 หน้า

4.24

8,000+ คะแนน

🧮 Quantitative Investing 📖 Financial Memoirs 🎲 Gambling Mathematics ⚖️ Risk Management 🔍 Market Inefficiencies

The Cult of We

โดย Eliot Brown • 2021

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

4.26

7,000+

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

The Cult of We

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

โดย Eliot Brown 2021 430 หน้า

4.26

7,000+ คะแนน

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

Meet the Frugalwoods

โดย Elizabeth Willard Thames • 2018

An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.

3.74

7,000+

🏦 Financial Independence 💰 Frugal Living 🔥 Fire Movement 🌱 Homesteading 🔨 Diy Lifestyle

Meet the Frugalwoods

An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.

โดย Elizabeth Willard Thames 2018 256 หน้า

3.74

7,000+ คะแนน

🏦 Financial Independence 💰 Frugal Living 🔥 Fire Movement 🌱 Homesteading 🔨 Diy Lifestyle

Invent and Wander

โดย Jeff Bezos • 2020

Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.

3.85

6,000+

🤖 Tech Entrepreneurship ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture 🎯 Customer-Centric Business 🏗️ Founder Philosophy

Invent and Wander

Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.

โดย Jeff Bezos 2020 288 หน้า

3.85

6,000+ คะแนน

🤖 Tech Entrepreneurship ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture 🎯 Customer-Centric Business 🏗️ Founder Philosophy

Wizard

โดย Marc J. Seifer • 1996

Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.

3.73

6,000+

📝 Inventor Biography ⚡ History Of Electricity ⚔️ War Of Currents 💰 Gilded Age 🎩 Eccentric Inventor

Wizard

Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.

โดย Marc J. Seifer 1996 678 หน้า

3.73

6,000+ คะแนน

📝 Inventor Biography ⚡ History Of Electricity ⚔️ War Of Currents 💰 Gilded Age 🎩 Eccentric Inventor

Confessions of an Advertising Man

โดย David Ogilvy • 2004

Entertaining ads rarely sell. Great ones make a concrete promise, then repeat it for decades.

6,000+

🎨 Advertising Craft ✍️ Copywriting 🏗️ Brand Building 🧠 Sales Psychology 🥃 Madison Avenue

Confessions of an Advertising Man

Entertaining ads rarely sell. Great ones make a concrete promise, then repeat it for decades.

โดย David Ogilvy 2004 208 หน้า

6,000+ คะแนน

🎨 Advertising Craft ✍️ Copywriting 🏗️ Brand Building 🧠 Sales Psychology 🥃 Madison Avenue

Tried by War

โดย James M. McPherson • 2008

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

4.09

5,000+

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

Tried by War

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

โดย James M. McPherson 2008 329 หน้า

4.09

5,000+ คะแนน

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

The Long Loneliness

โดย Dorothy Day • 1952

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

4.02

5,000+

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

The Long Loneliness

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

โดย Dorothy Day 1952 288 หน้า

4.02

5,000+ คะแนน

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

Stalling for Time

โดย Gary Noesner • 2010

The FBI's lead negotiator reveals why listening beats raiding, and how Waco became the proof.

3.93

5,000+

🔍 True Crime Memoirs 🕵️ Fbi Memoirs 🤝 Hostage Negotiation 🧠 Negotiation Psychology 🚨 Crisis Management

Stalling for Time

The FBI's lead negotiator reveals why listening beats raiding, and how Waco became the proof.

โดย Gary Noesner 2010 226 หน้า

3.93

5,000+ คะแนน

🔍 True Crime Memoirs 🕵️ Fbi Memoirs 🤝 Hostage Negotiation 🧠 Negotiation Psychology 🚨 Crisis Management

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree

โดย Laura Hillman • 2003

Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.

4.16

5,000+

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🌿 Survivor Memoirs 📋 Schindler Survivors 💪 Wartime Resilience 📜 German Jewish History

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree

Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.

โดย Laura Hillman 2003 288 หน้า

4.16

5,000+ คะแนน

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🌿 Survivor Memoirs 📋 Schindler Survivors 💪 Wartime Resilience 📜 German Jewish History

American Icon

โดย Bryce G. Hoffman • 2012

GM and Chrysler took government bailouts; Ford bet $23.6 billion on a Boeing executive instead.

4.42

5,000+

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Auto Industry 🚨 Crisis Leadership 📊 Data-Driven Management 🔄 Culture Change

American Icon

GM and Chrysler took government bailouts; Ford bet $23.6 billion on a Boeing executive instead.

โดย Bryce G. Hoffman 2012 432 หน้า

4.42

5,000+ คะแนน

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Auto Industry 🚨 Crisis Leadership 📊 Data-Driven Management 🔄 Culture Change

J.K. Rowling

โดย Marc Shapiro • 2000

A single mother, a café table, a sleeping baby: where the world's biggest book series began.

3.90

4,000+

🖋️ Author Biographies 👧 Young Reader Biographies 💰 Rags To Riches ✍️ Writer's Journey 🏔️ Creative Perseverance

J.K. Rowling

A single mother, a café table, a sleeping baby: where the world's biggest book series began.

โดย Marc Shapiro 2000 287 หน้า

3.90

4,000+ คะแนน

🖋️ Author Biographies 👧 Young Reader Biographies 💰 Rags To Riches ✍️ Writer's Journey 🏔️ Creative Perseverance

Inferno

โดย Catherine Cho • 2020

A bioweapon is encoded in Dante's Inferno, and the symbologist decoding it just lost his memory.

4.24

4,000+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎨 Art History Thriller 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🧬 Bioengineered Threats 🖼️ Renaissance Art

Inferno

A bioweapon is encoded in Dante's Inferno, and the symbologist decoding it just lost his memory.

โดย Catherine Cho 2020 240 หน้า

4.24

4,000+ คะแนน

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎨 Art History Thriller 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🧬 Bioengineered Threats 🖼️ Renaissance Art

The Bridge

โดย David Remnick • 2010

Community organizer. Harvard Law. A blowout loss. The political apprenticeship of Barack Obama.

4.10

4,000+

📖 Political Biographies 🗳️ Race And Politics 🏙️ Chicago Politics 🧬 Biracial Experience 🤝 Political Pragmatism

The Bridge

Community organizer. Harvard Law. A blowout loss. The political apprenticeship of Barack Obama.

โดย David Remnick 2010 672 หน้า

4.10

4,000+ คะแนน

📖 Political Biographies 🗳️ Race And Politics 🏙️ Chicago Politics 🧬 Biracial Experience 🤝 Political Pragmatism

Think Big

โดย Ben Carson • 1992

From bottom of the class to top of pediatric neurosurgery: the habits his mother taught first.

4.20

4,000+

✝️ Christian Self-Help 🏥 Medical Memoir 📚 Self-Education 🤝 Mentorship 🎯 Personal Responsibility

อิมเมอร์ซีฟ

Think Big

From bottom of the class to top of pediatric neurosurgery: the habits his mother taught first.

โดย Ben Carson 1992 291 หน้า

4.20

4,000+ คะแนน

✝️ Christian Self-Help 🏥 Medical Memoir 📚 Self-Education 🤝 Mentorship 🎯 Personal Responsibility

Aftermath

โดย Rachel Cusk • 2012

A friend answers a late-night call, refuses to let her cry alone. A divorce memoir begins.

3.67

4,000+

💔 Divorce Memoirs 👩‍👧 Motherhood Memoirs 📝 Personal Essays ✊ Feminist Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

Aftermath

A friend answers a late-night call, refuses to let her cry alone. A divorce memoir begins.

โดย Rachel Cusk 2012 160 หน้า

3.67

4,000+ คะแนน

💔 Divorce Memoirs 👩‍👧 Motherhood Memoirs 📝 Personal Essays ✊ Feminist Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

A Freewheelin' Time

โดย Suze Rotolo • 2008

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

3.85

4,000+

🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

A Freewheelin' Time

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

โดย Suze Rotolo 2008 369 หน้า

3.85

4,000+ คะแนน

🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

50/50

โดย Dean Karnazes • 2008

Fifty marathons, fifty states, fifty days. The miles were not the hardest thing.

3.78

4,000+

👟 Ultrarunning 📖 Running Memoirs 🏃 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness ✈️ Adventure Travel

50/50

Fifty marathons, fifty states, fifty days. The miles were not the hardest thing.

โดย Dean Karnazes 2008 333 หน้า

3.78

4,000+ คะแนน

👟 Ultrarunning 📖 Running Memoirs 🏃 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness ✈️ Adventure Travel

Timothy Keller

โดย Collin Hansen • 2023

The mentors, authors, and skeptics that shaped the pastor who brought the Bible back to Manhattan.

4.53

3,000+

🏙️ Urban Ministry 📜 Reformed Theology 🧠 Intellectual Biography 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🎭 Cultural Engagement

Timothy Keller

The mentors, authors, and skeptics that shaped the pastor who brought the Bible back to Manhattan.

โดย Collin Hansen 2023 309 หน้า

4.53

3,000+ คะแนน

🏙️ Urban Ministry 📜 Reformed Theology 🧠 Intellectual Biography 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🎭 Cultural Engagement

Keynes Hayek

โดย Nicholas Wapshott • 2011

Keynes said spend during crashes. Hayek said get out of the way. That fight never ended.

3.92

2,000+

🧠 History Of Economic Thought ⚔️ Intellectual Rivalry 🏛️ Austrian Economics 💰 Fiscal Policy 📊 Macroeconomics

Keynes Hayek

Keynes said spend during crashes. Hayek said get out of the way. That fight never ended.

โดย Nicholas Wapshott 2011 300 หน้า

3.92

2,000+ คะแนน

🧠 History Of Economic Thought ⚔️ Intellectual Rivalry 🏛️ Austrian Economics 💰 Fiscal Policy 📊 Macroeconomics

A Gift of Hope

โดย Danielle Steel • 2012

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

3.98

2,000+

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

A Gift of Hope

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

โดย Danielle Steel 2012 144 หน้า

3.98

2,000+ คะแนน

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

Tao of Charlie Munger

โดย David Clark • 2017

Why Charlie Munger says no to almost everything, and how a very few yeses built Berkshire.

4.11

2,000+

💰 Value Investing 🧠 Mental Models 📊 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🔄 Contrarian Thinking

Tao of Charlie Munger

Why Charlie Munger says no to almost everything, and how a very few yeses built Berkshire.

โดย David Clark 2017 256 หน้า

4.11

2,000+ คะแนน

💰 Value Investing 🧠 Mental Models 📊 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🔄 Contrarian Thinking

The Obamas

โดย Jodi Kantor • 2011

Round one went to Washington: how the Obamas' marriage survived the presidency's first two years.

3.69

2,000+

🖋️ Political Biography 💍 Presidential Marriage 🏛️ First Families 🏠 White House Life 🌍 Racial Dynamics

The Obamas

Round one went to Washington: how the Obamas' marriage survived the presidency's first two years.

โดย Jodi Kantor 2011

3.69

2,000+ คะแนน

🖋️ Political Biography 💍 Presidential Marriage 🏛️ First Families 🏠 White House Life 🌍 Racial Dynamics

Guitar Zero

โดย Gary F. Marcus • 2012

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

3.64

2,000+

🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Guitar Zero

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

โดย Gary F. Marcus 2012 286 หน้า

3.64

2,000+ คะแนน

🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Only in Naples

โดย Katherine Wilson • 2015

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

3.74

2,000+

🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life ☀️ Southern Italy ✈️ Armchair Travel

Only in Naples

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

โดย Katherine Wilson 2015 287 หน้า

3.74

2,000+ คะแนน

🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life ☀️ Southern Italy ✈️ Armchair Travel

Kushner, Inc.

โดย Vicky Ward • 2019

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

3.53

2,000+

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

Kushner, Inc.

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

โดย Vicky Ward 2019 304 หน้า

3.53

2,000+ คะแนน

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

I, Steve

โดย George Beahm • 2011

The drive, the team, and the taste: Jobs' own rules for building things that matter.

3.45

2,000+

🎨 Design Thinking 🚀 Innovation Management 📱 Product Design 🎬 Creative Leadership 🏔️ Entrepreneurial Grit

I, Steve

The drive, the team, and the taste: Jobs' own rules for building things that matter.

โดย George Beahm 2011 160 หน้า

3.45

2,000+ คะแนน

🎨 Design Thinking 🚀 Innovation Management 📱 Product Design 🎬 Creative Leadership 🏔️ Entrepreneurial Grit

Great Thinkers

โดย The School of Life • 2016

From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.

4.35

1,000+

🏛️ Western Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🛠️ Practical Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Political Theory

Great Thinkers

From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.

โดย The School of Life 2016 480 หน้า

4.35

1,000+ คะแนน

🏛️ Western Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🛠️ Practical Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Political Theory

Bad Habits

โดย Jenny McCarthy • 2012

Catholic schoolgirl. Playboy model. Mom. One woman's escape from the faith that raised her.

3.61

1,000+

⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🔨 Religious Deconstruction 😰 Catholic Guilt 🌌 Spiritual Seeking 🎬 Hollywood Tell-All

Bad Habits

Catholic schoolgirl. Playboy model. Mom. One woman's escape from the faith that raised her.

โดย Jenny McCarthy 2012 222 หน้า

3.61

1,000+ คะแนน

⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🔨 Religious Deconstruction 😰 Catholic Guilt 🌌 Spiritual Seeking 🎬 Hollywood Tell-All

Letters

โดย Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 2012

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

4.09

1,000+

📜 Literary Correspondence 🇺🇸 Postwar American Writers 🪖 World War Ii Memoir ☮️ Antiwar Literature ✍️ The Writing Craft

Letters

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

โดย Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 หน้า

4.09

1,000+ คะแนน

📜 Literary Correspondence 🇺🇸 Postwar American Writers 🪖 World War Ii Memoir ☮️ Antiwar Literature ✍️ The Writing Craft

The Visionaries

โดย Wolfram Eilenberger • 2020

Four women, one war, and the year their philosophies of freedom were forged in darkness.

3.91

1,000+

👥 Group Biography 📖 Intellectual History 🖤 Existentialism ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🗽 Radical Individualism

The Visionaries

Four women, one war, and the year their philosophies of freedom were forged in darkness.

โดย Wolfram Eilenberger 2020 400 หน้า

3.91

1,000+ คะแนน

👥 Group Biography 📖 Intellectual History 🖤 Existentialism ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🗽 Radical Individualism

Appetite for America

โดย Stephen Fried • 2010

A railroad restaurant empire that civilized the West and launched America's first female workforce.

4.21

1,000+

🚂 Railroad History 🏨 Hospitality Industry 💼 Gilded Age Business 🏜️ Frontier Settlement 👩‍💼 Women's Labor History

Appetite for America

A railroad restaurant empire that civilized the West and launched America's first female workforce.

โดย Stephen Fried 2010 751 หน้า

4.21

1,000+ คะแนน

🚂 Railroad History 🏨 Hospitality Industry 💼 Gilded Age Business 🏜️ Frontier Settlement 👩‍💼 Women's Labor History

England's Mistress

โดย Kate Williams • 2006

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

3.91

1,000+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

England's Mistress

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

โดย Kate Williams 2006 415 หน้า

3.91

1,000+ คะแนน

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

Keynes

โดย Robert Skidelsky • 2009

The 2008 crash was an indictment of an economics that abandoned Keynes. Markets don't self-correct.

3.78

1,000+

💰 Keynesian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 📋 Financial Regulation 📊 Macroeconomic Policy 🏛️ Political Economy

Keynes

The 2008 crash was an indictment of an economics that abandoned Keynes. Markets don't self-correct.

โดย Robert Skidelsky 2009 256 หน้า

3.78

1,000+ คะแนน

💰 Keynesian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 📋 Financial Regulation 📊 Macroeconomic Policy 🏛️ Political Economy

Troublemakers

โดย Leslie Berlin • 2017

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

4.09

500+

🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

Troublemakers

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

โดย Leslie Berlin 2017 512 หน้า

4.09

500+ คะแนน

🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

Brave Genius

โดย Sean B. Carroll • 2013

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

4.28

500+

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology 🎭 Existentialism ✍️ Dissident Intellectuals

Brave Genius

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

โดย Sean B. Carroll 2013 594 หน้า

4.28

500+ คะแนน

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology 🎭 Existentialism ✍️ Dissident Intellectuals

Richard Dawkins

โดย Mark Ridley • 2006

Evolution from the gene up: two dozen intellectuals on the revolution Dawkins began.

3.77

485

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐾 Natural Selection 🤝 Altruism 🌐 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Science Advocacy

Richard Dawkins

Evolution from the gene up: two dozen intellectuals on the revolution Dawkins began.

โดย Mark Ridley 2006 304 หน้า

3.77

485 คะแนน

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐾 Natural Selection 🤝 Altruism 🌐 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Science Advocacy

Mother Tongue

โดย Christine Gilbert • 2016

A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.

3.72

449

🌊 Language Immersion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multilingual Parenting ✈️ Family Travel 📖 Language Learning Memoir ❤️ Cultural Empathy

Mother Tongue

A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.

โดย Christine Gilbert 2016 333 หน้า

3.72

449 คะแนน

🌊 Language Immersion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multilingual Parenting ✈️ Family Travel 📖 Language Learning Memoir ❤️ Cultural Empathy

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

โดย Vic Armstrong • 2011

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

3.67

403

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

โดย Vic Armstrong 2011

3.67

403 คะแนน

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs

โดย Alan Ken Thomas • 2011

Products over profits, simplicity as strategy, staying curious: 250 quotes from Steve Jobs.

3.28

360

🗣️ Quote Collections 🎨 Design Thinking 💡 Corporate Innovation ✨ Simplicity In Design 🖥️ Tech Leadership

The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs

Products over profits, simplicity as strategy, staying curious: 250 quotes from Steve Jobs.

โดย Alan Ken Thomas 2011 176 หน้า

3.28

360 คะแนน

🗣️ Quote Collections 🎨 Design Thinking 💡 Corporate Innovation ✨ Simplicity In Design 🖥️ Tech Leadership

Rudolf Steiner

โดย Gary Lachman • 2007

He saw spirits as a child. As an adult, he built a thousand schools.

3.97

299

🔮 Esoteric Biography 🕊️ Spiritual Movements 🔬 Science And Spirit 🌿 Holistic Farming 🏫 Alternative Education

Rudolf Steiner

He saw spirits as a child. As an adult, he built a thousand schools.

โดย Gary Lachman 2007 311 หน้า

3.97

299 คะแนน

🔮 Esoteric Biography 🕊️ Spiritual Movements 🔬 Science And Spirit 🌿 Holistic Farming 🏫 Alternative Education

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