🤘 Contrarian Memoir

Personal narratives from those who lived against the grain, whose refusal to conform shaped both their struggles and their most meaningful achievements.

The Plus

by Greg Gutfeld • 2020

Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.

3.98

1k+

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Cancel Culture 🧠 Intellectual Humility 🧍 Individualism 😏 Irreverent Self-Help

The Plus 91%

Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.

by Greg Gutfeld 2020

3.98

1k+ ratings

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Cancel Culture 🧠 Intellectual Humility 🧍 Individualism 😏 Irreverent Self-Help

The Setup

by Dan Bilzerian • 2021

Unlimited women, jets, millions: the system delivered it all. The confession? It feels like nothing.

4.13

1k+

😈 Contrarian Self-Help 🤝 Social Dynamics 👑 Status And Attraction 🏗️ Environment Design 🎢 Hedonic Adaptation

The Setup 90%

Unlimited women, jets, millions: the system delivered it all. The confession? It feels like nothing.

by Dan Bilzerian 2021

4.13

1k+ ratings

😈 Contrarian Self-Help 🤝 Social Dynamics 👑 Status And Attraction 🏗️ Environment Design 🎢 Hedonic Adaptation

Tough Titties

by Laura Belgray • 2023

Failed at careers, therapy, and love. Still ended up happy. The case against self-improvement.

3.50

2k+

😂 Anti-Self-Help ✍️ Humorous Memoir 👙 Body Image 🌟 External Validation 🐢 Late Blooming

Tough Titties 90%

Failed at careers, therapy, and love. Still ended up happy. The case against self-improvement.

by Laura Belgray 2023

3.50

2k+ ratings

😂 Anti-Self-Help ✍️ Humorous Memoir 👙 Body Image 🌟 External Validation 🐢 Late Blooming

Godless

by Dan Barker • 2008

No first-century writer outside the Bible mentioned Jesus. That silence cost a preacher his faith.

3.97

7k+

📜 Biblical Criticism 💬 Atheist Apologetics 🚪 Deconversion Stories 🧠 Psychology Of Religion ⚖️ Secular Morality

Godless 90%

No first-century writer outside the Bible mentioned Jesus. That silence cost a preacher his faith.

by Dan Barker 2008

3.97

7k+ ratings

📜 Biblical Criticism 💬 Atheist Apologetics 🚪 Deconversion Stories 🧠 Psychology Of Religion ⚖️ Secular Morality

Pour Me, A Life

by A.A. Gill • 2014

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

4.08

3k+

🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Pour Me, A Life 90%

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

by A.A. Gill 2014

4.08

3k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Doppelganger

by Naomi Klein • 2023

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

4.19

37k+

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Doppelganger 90%

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

by Naomi Klein 2023

4.19

37k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Palm Sunday

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1981

Dresden, a mother's suicide, a son's madness: the pieces Vonnegut assembled into a self-portrait.

3.78

7k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 📚 Essay Collections ✍️ Writers On Writing 🎭 Dark Humor Memoirs ☮️ Anti War Perspectives

Palm Sunday 90%

Dresden, a mother's suicide, a son's madness: the pieces Vonnegut assembled into a self-portrait.

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1981

3.78

7k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 📚 Essay Collections ✍️ Writers On Writing 🎭 Dark Humor Memoirs ☮️ Anti War Perspectives

Nonbinary

by Genesis P-Orridge • 2021

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

4.00

577

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity 🕯️ Occult Philosophy ✂️ Avant-Garde Techniques

Nonbinary 90%

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

by Genesis P-Orridge 2021

4.00

577 ratings

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity 🕯️ Occult Philosophy ✂️ Avant-Garde Techniques

So Sad Today

by Melissa Broder • 2016

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

3.80

18k+

📖 Confessional Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💻 Internet Addiction 🖤 Dark Humor 🔥 Sexual Candor

So Sad Today 89%

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

by Melissa Broder 2016

3.80

18k+ ratings

📖 Confessional Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💻 Internet Addiction 🖤 Dark Humor 🔥 Sexual Candor

Bad Mormon

by Heather Gay • 2023

A devout Mormon wife discovers that perfect obedience cannot save her marriage or her soul.

3.51

35k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir ⛪ Religious Deconstruction 🏔️ Mormon Culture 💪 Good Girl Rebellion 😂 Irreverent Humor

Bad Mormon 89%

A devout Mormon wife discovers that perfect obedience cannot save her marriage or her soul.

by Heather Gay 2023

3.51

35k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir ⛪ Religious Deconstruction 🏔️ Mormon Culture 💪 Good Girl Rebellion 😂 Irreverent Humor

You're Never Weird on the Internet

by Felicia Day • 2015

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

4.07

51k+

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

You're Never Weird on the Internet Summary

You're Never Weird on the Internet 89%

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

by Felicia Day 2015

4.07

51k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

Role Models

by John Waters • 2010

Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.

4.07

8k+

🧑‍🎨 Outsider Art 💅 Camp Sensibility ✊ Counterculture 🕯️ Cult Figures 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Aesthetics

Role Models 89%

Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.

by John Waters 2010

4.07

8k+ ratings

🧑‍🎨 Outsider Art 💅 Camp Sensibility ✊ Counterculture 🕯️ Cult Figures 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Aesthetics

Good Time Girl

by Heather Gay • 2024

Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.

3.57

4k+

⛪ Mormon Memoir 💔 Religious Deconstruction 📺 Reality Tv Memoir ✊ Good Girl Rebellion 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Good Time Girl 89%

Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.

by Heather Gay 2024

3.57

4k+ ratings

⛪ Mormon Memoir 💔 Religious Deconstruction 📺 Reality Tv Memoir ✊ Good Girl Rebellion 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

One in a Millennial

by Kate Kennedy • 2024

The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.

3.70

21k+

💿 Millennial Memoir 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 🧠 Mental Health Memoir ⛪ Purity Culture 🕯️ Fertility And Loss

One in a Millennial 89%

The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.

by Kate Kennedy 2024

3.70

21k+ ratings

💿 Millennial Memoir 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 🧠 Mental Health Memoir ⛪ Purity Culture 🕯️ Fertility And Loss

The Long Slide

by Tucker Carlson • 2021

A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.

4.13

2k+

📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Criticism 🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🎖️ War Correspondence

The Long Slide 89%

A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.

by Tucker Carlson 2021

4.13

2k+ ratings

📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Criticism 🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🎖️ War Correspondence

A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity

by Bill O'Reilly • 2008

A nun taught him to spot evil. He found it in war zones, newsrooms, and rap lyrics.

3.92

5k+

🎙️ Political Memoir 📺 Broadcast Journalism 🇺🇸 Blue Collar Conservatism ⚔️ Culture Wars ✝️ Catholic Upbringing

A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity 89%

A nun taught him to spot evil. He found it in war zones, newsrooms, and rap lyrics.

by Bill O'Reilly 2008

3.92

5k+ ratings

🎙️ Political Memoir 📺 Broadcast Journalism 🇺🇸 Blue Collar Conservatism ⚔️ Culture Wars ✝️ Catholic Upbringing

Girl With No Job

by Claudia Oshry • 2021

From Instagram thirst trap to cancelled to stand-up: a disgraced influencer's comic survival story.

3.81

22k+

📱 Celebrity Memoir 🌐 Internet Culture 🚫 Cancel Culture 💪 Body Image 🤣 Self-Deprecating Humor

Girl With No Job 89%

From Instagram thirst trap to cancelled to stand-up: a disgraced influencer's comic survival story.

by Claudia Oshry 2021

3.81

22k+ ratings

📱 Celebrity Memoir 🌐 Internet Culture 🚫 Cancel Culture 💪 Body Image 🤣 Self-Deprecating Humor

This Is How

by Augusten Burroughs • 2012

Positive thinking is a lie. The way through is honesty about what will never get better.

3.68

13k+

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Radical Honesty 🌊 Emotional Acceptance 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🔍 Dealing With Shame

This Is How 89%

Positive thinking is a lie. The way through is honesty about what will never get better.

by Augusten Burroughs 2012

3.68

13k+ ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Radical Honesty 🌊 Emotional Acceptance 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🔍 Dealing With Shame

Embracing Your Limitations

by Lawrence Mooney • 2022

Self-help feeds on your dissatisfaction. The exit: stop chasing dreams and accept your limits.

3.29

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🤗 Self-Acceptance 📉 Lowered Expectations 🛑 Anti-Ambition 🏡 Simple Living

Embracing Your Limitations 89%

Self-help feeds on your dissatisfaction. The exit: stop chasing dreams and accept your limits.

by Lawrence Mooney 2022

3.29

82 ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🤗 Self-Acceptance 📉 Lowered Expectations 🛑 Anti-Ambition 🏡 Simple Living

For Love of Country

by Tulsi Gabbard • 2024

A Democratic congresswoman walks away from her party. What she saw inside explains why.

4.34

3k+

🇺🇸 American Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🕊️ Anti-Interventionism 🎤 Cancel Culture

For Love of Country 89%

A Democratic congresswoman walks away from her party. What she saw inside explains why.

by Tulsi Gabbard 2024

4.34

3k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🕊️ Anti-Interventionism 🎤 Cancel Culture

Bad Habits

by Jenny McCarthy • 2012

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

3.61

2k+

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

Bad Habits 89%

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

by Jenny McCarthy 2012

3.61

2k+ ratings

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

Scam Goddess

by Laci Mosley • 2024

A comedian's education in self-protection, from the scams hiding in church, work, beauty, and love.

3.99

1k+

🎭 Con Artist Stories 🔍 Scam Awareness 🫀 Trusting Your Gut 🚧 Personal Boundaries 💄 Beauty Industry Critique

Scam Goddess 89%

A comedian's education in self-protection, from the scams hiding in church, work, beauty, and love.

by Laci Mosley 2024

3.99

1k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artist Stories 🔍 Scam Awareness 🫀 Trusting Your Gut 🚧 Personal Boundaries 💄 Beauty Industry Critique

Paris

by Paris Hilton • 2023

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

4.21

91k+

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodiversity

Paris 89%

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

by Paris Hilton 2023

4.21

91k+ ratings

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodiversity

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

by David Foster Wallace • 1997

Why TV breeds irony, cruises feel empty, and what writers can do about it.

4.13

55k+

📺 Television Criticism 🌐 Postmodern Culture 💰 American Consumerism 😊 Manufactured Happiness 😏 Irony And Cynicism

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Summary

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again 89%

Why TV breeds irony, cruises feel empty, and what writers can do about it.

by David Foster Wallace 1997

4.13

55k+ ratings

📺 Television Criticism 🌐 Postmodern Culture 💰 American Consumerism 😊 Manufactured Happiness 😏 Irony And Cynicism

Your Mom's Gonna Love Me

by Matt Rife • 2024

Bad teeth, small town, zero connections: the raw rules for outworking your flaws to sell out arenas.

3.83

10k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📚 Comedy Memoirs 🥊 Underdog Mentality 💪 Hustle Culture 😅 Self-Deprecation

Your Mom's Gonna Love Me 89%

Bad teeth, small town, zero connections: the raw rules for outworking your flaws to sell out arenas.

by Matt Rife 2024

3.83

10k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📚 Comedy Memoirs 🥊 Underdog Mentality 💪 Hustle Culture 😅 Self-Deprecation

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

3.69

265k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Million Little Pieces 89%

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

by James Frey 2003

3.69

265k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

Health and Safety

by Emily Witt • 2024

She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.

3.49

2k+

🧪 Drug Experimentation 🎶 Rave Culture 🏙️ Urban Gentrification 🗳️ Trump-Era Politics 💔 Abusive Relationships

Health and Safety 89%

She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.

by Emily Witt 2024

3.49

2k+ ratings

🧪 Drug Experimentation 🎶 Rave Culture 🏙️ Urban Gentrification 🗳️ Trump-Era Politics 💔 Abusive Relationships

Notes to Self

by Emilie Pine • 2018

She was good at going hungry. It was the one thing she could control.

4.10

21k+

📖 Confessional Memoir ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🫥 Body Shame

Notes to Self 89%

She was good at going hungry. It was the one thing she could control.

by Emilie Pine 2018

4.10

21k+ ratings

📖 Confessional Memoir ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🫥 Body Shame

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

by Grace Jones • 2015

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

3.76

2k+

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

I'll Never Write My Memoirs 89%

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

by Grace Jones 2015

3.76

2k+ ratings

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

The Bed of Procrustes

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2010

Real knowledge shrinks, not grows. A contrarian's concentrated case for learning what to ignore.

3.78

11k+

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 💬 Aphoristic Wisdom 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 🤔 Intellectual Humility ⚔️ Modern Stoicism

The Bed of Procrustes 89%

Real knowledge shrinks, not grows. A contrarian's concentrated case for learning what to ignore.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2010

3.78

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 💬 Aphoristic Wisdom 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 🤔 Intellectual Humility ⚔️ Modern Stoicism

Earth to Moon

by Moon Unit Zappa • 2024

She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.

4.20

3k+

🎬 Celebrity Childhood 🎨 Bohemian Childhood 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 💔 Family Dysfunction ✍️ Narrative Reclamation

Earth to Moon 89%

She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.

by Moon Unit Zappa 2024

4.20

3k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Childhood 🎨 Bohemian Childhood 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 💔 Family Dysfunction ✍️ Narrative Reclamation

A Class of Their Own

by Matthew Hammett Knott • 2022

The children had private jets. They needed a Cambridge graduate to do their homework.

3.61

376

🎓 Elite Education 💰 Wealth Inequality 👔 Class Memoir 🤡 Absurdist Memoir 🎭 Imposter Syndrome

A Class of Their Own 89%

The children had private jets. They needed a Cambridge graduate to do their homework.

by Matthew Hammett Knott 2022

3.61

376 ratings

🎓 Elite Education 💰 Wealth Inequality 👔 Class Memoir 🤡 Absurdist Memoir 🎭 Imposter Syndrome

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

4.16

2k+

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness

The Sunset Route 89%

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

by Carrot Quinn 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness

Old Rage

by Sheila Hancock • 2022

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

4.06

984

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary 🕯️ Quaker Spirituality ⚒️ Class Consciousness

Old Rage 89%

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

by Sheila Hancock 2022

4.06

984 ratings

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary 🕯️ Quaker Spirituality ⚒️ Class Consciousness

Magical Thinking

by Augusten Burroughs • 2004

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

3.96

57k+

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

Magical Thinking 89%

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

by Augusten Burroughs 2004

3.96

57k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

Yoga Bitch

by Suzanne Morrison • 2011

Two months in Bali to become enlightened. She mostly just learned to hate her nickname.

3.67

4k+

🧘 Spiritual Memoir 🕉️ Yoga Culture 🔍 Spiritual Skepticism 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 😔 Guru Disillusionment

Yoga Bitch 89%

Two months in Bali to become enlightened. She mostly just learned to hate her nickname.

by Suzanne Morrison 2011

3.67

4k+ ratings

🧘 Spiritual Memoir 🕉️ Yoga Culture 🔍 Spiritual Skepticism 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 😔 Guru Disillusionment

Greenlights

by Matthew McConaughey • 2020

He turned down $14.5 million and wrestled in Mali to prove worst breaks are delayed breakthroughs.

4.2

481k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🧠 Personal Philosophy ➖ Subtractive Living 🎨 Creative Discipline

Greenlights 89%

He turned down $14.5 million and wrestled in Mali to prove worst breaks are delayed breakthroughs.

by Matthew McConaughey 2020

4.2

481k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🧠 Personal Philosophy ➖ Subtractive Living 🎨 Creative Discipline

Reconnaissance Man

by Aaron Clarey • 2016

Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.

4.18

143

🗺️ Life Design 🎓🚫 Anti-College 🧭 Geographic Exploration 💰 Financial Independence 🚗 Road Trips

Reconnaissance Man 89%

Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.

by Aaron Clarey 2016

4.18

143 ratings

🗺️ Life Design 🎓🚫 Anti-College 🧭 Geographic Exploration 💰 Financial Independence 🚗 Road Trips

The Road Beneath My Feet

by Frank Turner • 2015

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

4.21

2k+

🎸 Music Memoir 🚐 Diy Touring 🎤 Touring Life 🤘 Punk Rock 🎨 Artistic Integrity

The Road Beneath My Feet 89%

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

by Frank Turner 2015

4.21

2k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoir 🚐 Diy Touring 🎤 Touring Life 🤘 Punk Rock 🎨 Artistic Integrity

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die

by Daniel Sloss • 2021

A comedian's case for why being alone, heartbroken, and uncomfortable is the real goal.

3.92

8k+

🤬 Anti-Self-Help 🎤 Comedic Memoir 💔 Modern Dating ☣️ Toxic Relationships 🩹 Breakup Recovery

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die Summary

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die 89%

A comedian's case for why being alone, heartbroken, and uncomfortable is the real goal.

by Daniel Sloss 2021

3.92

8k+ ratings

🤬 Anti-Self-Help 🎤 Comedic Memoir 💔 Modern Dating ☣️ Toxic Relationships 🩹 Breakup Recovery

Windswept & Interesting

by Billy Connolly • 2021

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

4.40

11k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Windswept & Interesting 89%

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

by Billy Connolly 2021

4.40

11k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Guns & Thighs

by Ram Gopal Varma • 2015

His hits were accidental. His flops were deliberate. A Bollywood director's argument for failure.

3.68

871

🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎬 Filmmaking Memoir 💥 Artistic Failure 💡 Creative Process 🎞️ Film Philosophy

Guns & Thighs 89%

His hits were accidental. His flops were deliberate. A Bollywood director's argument for failure.

by Ram Gopal Varma 2015

3.68

871 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎬 Filmmaking Memoir 💥 Artistic Failure 💡 Creative Process 🎞️ Film Philosophy

Mother American Night

by John Perry Barlow • 2018

Before the Internet had a constitution, a Grateful Dead lyricist from Wyoming wrote one.

4.18

760

🌵 Countercultural Memoir 🎸 Grateful Dead 🔐 Digital Rights 🍄 Psychedelic Movement 💔 Grief And Loss

Mother American Night 89%

Before the Internet had a constitution, a Grateful Dead lyricist from Wyoming wrote one.

by John Perry Barlow 2018

4.18

760 ratings

🌵 Countercultural Memoir 🎸 Grateful Dead 🔐 Digital Rights 🍄 Psychedelic Movement 💔 Grief And Loss

Don’t Burn This Book

by Dave Rubin • 2020

A former progressive's playbook for when the mob calls you a Nazi and demands an apology.

3.76

4k+

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🌐 Intellectual Dark Web ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 📰 Media Bias

Don’t Burn This Book 89%

A former progressive's playbook for when the mob calls you a Nazi and demands an apology.

by Dave Rubin 2020

3.76

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🌐 Intellectual Dark Web ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 📰 Media Bias

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set

by Tara Westover • 2023

A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.

4.34

360

⛪ Religious Extremism 📚 Self-Education 💔 Family Estrangement 😣 Religious Trauma 📈 Class Transition

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set Summary

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set 89%

A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.

by Tara Westover 2023

4.34

360 ratings

⛪ Religious Extremism 📚 Self-Education 💔 Family Estrangement 😣 Religious Trauma 📈 Class Transition

Unfollow

by Megan Phelps-Roper • 2019

Westboro Baptist's third-generation poster girl logs onto Twitter and discovers the enemy is human.

4.15

19k+

🔥 Religious Extremism 🔓 Cult Survivor Stories 🌱 Deradicalization 🤔 Questioning Faith 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Estrangement

Unfollow 88%

Westboro Baptist's third-generation poster girl logs onto Twitter and discovers the enemy is human.

by Megan Phelps-Roper 2019

4.15

19k+ ratings

🔥 Religious Extremism 🔓 Cult Survivor Stories 🌱 Deradicalization 🤔 Questioning Faith 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Estrangement

Eminent Hipsters

by Donald Fagen • 2013

Jazz clubs, sci-fi, late-night radio: a suburban misfit hunting his sound in the 60s margins.

3.58

2k+

🎷 Jazz Memoirs 🚐 Touring Diaries 🏡 Suburban Alienation ☮️ 1960s Counterculture 🎭 Artistic Outsiders

Eminent Hipsters 88%

Jazz clubs, sci-fi, late-night radio: a suburban misfit hunting his sound in the 60s margins.

by Donald Fagen 2013

3.58

2k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Memoirs 🚐 Touring Diaries 🏡 Suburban Alienation ☮️ 1960s Counterculture 🎭 Artistic Outsiders

Silver Screen Fiend

by Patton Oswalt • 2015

A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.

3.62

8k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🎭 Comedian Memoirs ⚠️ Addiction Memoirs 💡 Creative Ambition 🎪 Alternative Comedy

Silver Screen Fiend 88%

A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.

by Patton Oswalt 2015

3.62

8k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🎭 Comedian Memoirs ⚠️ Addiction Memoirs 💡 Creative Ambition 🎪 Alternative Comedy

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA • 2016

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

3.55

144

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🔍 Investigative Memoir

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants Summary

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants 88%

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA 2016

3.55

144 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🔍 Investigative Memoir

Knife

by Salman Rushdie • 2024

A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.

3.98

29k+

🩹 Trauma Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🗽 Free Speech 🎯 Writers Under Threat ⚔️ Religious Violence

Knife 88%

A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.

by Salman Rushdie 2024

3.98

29k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🗽 Free Speech 🎯 Writers Under Threat ⚔️ Religious Violence

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