Best Memoir Books | Summaries & Audio

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Eat, Pray, Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2006

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

3.65

1.8M+

✈️ 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.

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 458 pages

3.65

1.8M+ ratings

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

Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson • 2011

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

4.16

1.3M+

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

Immersive

Steve Jobs

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

by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages

4.16

1.3M+ ratings

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

Becoming

by Michelle Obama • 2018

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

4.43

1.2M+

🏛️ 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.

by Michelle Obama 2018 426 pages

4.43

1.2M+ ratings

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

Into the Wild

by Jon Krakauer • 1996

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

4.02

1.2M+

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

Into the Wild

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

by Jon Krakauer 1996 240 pages

4.02

1.2M+ ratings

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

Bossypants

by Tina Fey • 2011

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

3.96

1M+

🎤 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.

by Tina Fey 2011 290 pages

3.96

1M+ ratings

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

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl • 1946

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

4.37

800k+

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

Immersive

Man's Search for Meaning

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

by Viktor E. Frankl 1946 148 pages

4.37

800k+ ratings

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

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi • 2016

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

4.41

800k+

🩻 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.

by Paul Kalanithi 2016 208 pages

4.41

800k+ ratings

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

I Am Malala

by Malala Yousafzai • 2012

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

4.16

600k+

🏫 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.

by Malala Yousafzai 2012 328 pages

4.16

600k+ ratings

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

Everything I Know About Love

by Dolly Alderton • 2018

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

3.93

500k+

👯‍♀️ 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.

by Dolly Alderton 2018 329 pages

3.93

500k+ ratings

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

Hillbilly Elegy

by J.D. Vance • 2016

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

3.83

500k+

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

Immersive

Hillbilly Elegy

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

by J.D. Vance 2016 274 pages

3.83

500k+ ratings

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

Elon Musk

by Ashlee Vance • 2015

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

4.12

400k+

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

Immersive

Elon Musk

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

by Ashlee Vance 2015 392 pages

4.12

400k+ ratings

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

Spare

by Prince Harry • 2023

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

3.83

400k+

🏰 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.

by Prince Harry 2023 557 pages

3.83

400k+ ratings

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

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

by Lori Gottlieb • 2019

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

4.37

400k+

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

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Summary

Immersive

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

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

by Lori Gottlieb 2019 464 pages

4.37

400k+ ratings

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

Kitchen Confidential

by Anthony Bourdain • 2000

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

4.19

300k+

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

Immersive

Kitchen Confidential

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

by Anthony Bourdain 2000 321 pages

4.19

300k+ ratings

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

Shoe Dog

by Phil Knight • 2016

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

4.46

300k+

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

Immersive

Shoe Dog

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

by Phil Knight 2016 400 pages

4.46

300k+ ratings

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

Just Kids

by Patti Smith • 2010

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

4.21

300k+

🏙️ 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.

by Patti Smith 2010 220 pages

4.21

300k+ ratings

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

On Writing

by Stephen King • 2000

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

4.34

300k+

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

Immersive

On Writing

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

by Stephen King 2000 288 pages

4.34

300k+ ratings

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

Can't Hurt Me

by David Goggins • 2018

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

4.30

300k+

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

Immersive

Can't Hurt Me

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

by David Goggins 2018 326 pages

4.30

300k+ ratings

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

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X • 1965

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

4.37

200k+

🏛️ 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.

by Malcolm X 1965 460 pages

4.37

200k+ ratings

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

Just Mercy

by Bryan Stevenson • 2014

Alabama framed a black man for murder: one Harvard lawyer came south to fight it.

4.62

200k+

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⚰️ Death Penalty 📖 Legal Memoir ✊🏿 Racial Injustice 👦 Juvenile Justice

Just Mercy

Alabama framed a black man for murder: one Harvard lawyer came south to fight it.

by Bryan Stevenson 2014 336 pages

4.62

200k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⚰️ Death Penalty 📖 Legal Memoir ✊🏿 Racial Injustice 👦 Juvenile Justice

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

by Richard P. Feynman • 1985

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

4.26

200k+

🧮 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.

by Richard P. Feynman 1985 352 pages

4.26

200k+ ratings

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

Benjamin Franklin

by Walter Isaacson • 2003

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

4.05

100k+

🏛️ 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.

by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages

4.05

100k+ ratings

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

Tiny Beautiful Things

by Cheryl Strayed • 2012

Online, an advice columnist bared her own wounds to answer strangers' letters about love and loss.

4.15

100k+

✉️ Advice Columns 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🌑 Grief And Loss 🚧 Boundaries 🕊️ Forgiveness

Tiny Beautiful Things

Online, an advice columnist bared her own wounds to answer strangers' letters about love and loss.

by Cheryl Strayed 2012 353 pages

4.15

100k+ ratings

✉️ Advice Columns 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🌑 Grief And Loss 🚧 Boundaries 🕊️ Forgiveness

Born Standing Up

by Steve Martin • 2007

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

3.88

100k+

🎤 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.

by Steve Martin 2007 271 pages

3.88

100k+ ratings

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

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

by Baek Se-hee • 2018

She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.

3.21

100k+

🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🌧️ Depression Recovery 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 🤲 Self Acceptance 🪞 Body Image

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.

by Baek Se-hee 2018 208 pages

3.21

100k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🌧️ Depression Recovery 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 🤲 Self Acceptance 🪞 Body Image

Too Much and Never Enough

by Mary L. Trump • 2020

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

3.82

98k+

🧠 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.

by Mary L. Trump 2020 225 pages

3.82

98k+ ratings

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

An Unquiet Mind

by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1995

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

4.06

86k+

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

An Unquiet Mind

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

by Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 219 pages

4.06

86k+ ratings

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

An Autobiography

by Mahatma Gandhi • 1927

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

4.10

75k+

🕊️ 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.

by Mahatma Gandhi 1927 454 pages

4.10

75k+ ratings

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

A House in the Sky

by Amanda Lindhout • 2013

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

4.28

73k+

🏚️ 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.

by Amanda Lindhout 2013 384 pages

4.28

73k+ ratings

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

Lab Girl

by Hope Jahren • 2016

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

3.98

72k+

👩‍🔬 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.

by Hope Jahren 2016 290 pages

3.98

72k+ ratings

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

The Reason I Jump

by Naoki Higashida • 2005

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

3.88

62k+

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

The Reason I Jump

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

by Naoki Higashida 2005 135 pages

3.88

62k+ ratings

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

The Snowball

by Alice Schroeder • 2008

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

4.16

54k+

🧮 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.

by Alice Schroeder 2008 832 pages

4.16

54k+ ratings

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

My Story

by Elizabeth Smart • 2013

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

3.89

48k+

🏠 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.

by Elizabeth Smart 2013 308 pages

3.89

48k+ ratings

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

Finding Ultra

by Rich Roll • 2012

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

4.02

27k+

🏃 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.

by Rich Roll 2012 288 pages

4.02

27k+ ratings

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

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Martin Luther King Jr. • 1986

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

4.34

24k+

🏛️ 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.

by Martin Luther King Jr. 1986

4.34

24k+ ratings

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

Gifted Hands

by Ben Carson • 1992

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

4.18

22k+

🏥 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.

by Ben Carson 1992

4.18

22k+ ratings

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

Beyond Band of Brothers

by Dick Winters • 2006

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

4.33

20k+

🫡 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.

by Dick Winters 2006 320 pages

4.33

20k+ ratings

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

Alex Ferguson

by Alex Ferguson • 2013

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

3.94

18k+

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

Alex Ferguson

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

by Alex Ferguson 2013 416 pages

3.94

18k+ ratings

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

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

by Steve Wozniak • 2006

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

3.85

17k+

🖥️ 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.

by Steve Wozniak 2006 330 pages

3.85

17k+ ratings

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

That Will Never Work

by Marc Randolph • 2019

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

4.22

17k+

📖 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.

by Marc Randolph 2019 337 pages

4.22

17k+ ratings

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

Disrupted

by Dan Lyons • 2016

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

3.91

17k+

💻 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.

by Dan Lyons 2016 272 pages

3.91

17k+ ratings

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

Becoming Steve Jobs

by Brent Schlender • 2015

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

4.15

17k+

📚 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.

by Brent Schlender 2015 482 pages

4.15

17k+ ratings

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

Thinking in Pictures

by Temple Grandin • 1995

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

4.10

17k+

👁️ 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.

by Temple Grandin 1995 308 pages

4.10

17k+ ratings

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

Modern Love

by Daniel Jones • 2007

Endless choice was supposed to make love easier. These true stories reveal the catch.

4.19

14k+

🧑‍💻 Modern Dating 📱 Digital Intimacy 💍 Modern Commitment ⚧️ Gender Roles In Love 🪞 Self-Discovery In Love

Modern Love

Endless choice was supposed to make love easier. These true stories reveal the catch.

by Daniel Jones 2007 304 pages

4.19

14k+ ratings

🧑‍💻 Modern Dating 📱 Digital Intimacy 💍 Modern Commitment ⚧️ Gender Roles In Love 🪞 Self-Discovery In Love

The World As It Is

by Ben Rhodes • 2018

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

4.30

12k+

🏛️ 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.

by Ben Rhodes 2018 433 pages

4.30

12k+ ratings

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

Boys in the Trees

by Carly Simon • 2015

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

3.67

12k+

🎤 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.

by Carly Simon 2015 384 pages

3.67

12k+ ratings

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

Start Something That Matters

by Blake Mycoskie • 2011

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

4.02

11k+

🌍 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.

by Blake Mycoskie 2011 208 pages

4.02

11k+ ratings

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

Making Movies

by Sidney Lumet • 1995

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

4.29

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🎬 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.

by Sidney Lumet 1995 240 pages

4.29

10k+ ratings

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

Michael Jordan

by Roland Lazenby • 2014

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

4.31

8k+

📖 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.

by Roland Lazenby 2014 678 pages

4.31

8k+ ratings

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

A Man for All Markets

by Edward O. Thorp • 2016

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

4.24

8k+

🧮 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.

by Edward O. Thorp 2016 416 pages

4.24

8k+ ratings

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

Meet the Frugalwoods

by Elizabeth Willard Thames • 2018

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

3.74

7k+

🏦 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.

by Elizabeth Willard Thames 2018 256 pages

3.74

7k+ ratings

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

Wizard

by Marc J. Seifer • 1996

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

3.73

6k+

📝 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.

by Marc J. Seifer 1996 678 pages

3.73

6k+ ratings

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

The Long Loneliness

by Dorothy Day • 1952

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

4.02

5k+

✝️ 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.

by Dorothy Day 1952 288 pages

4.02

5k+ ratings

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

Stalling for Time

by Gary Noesner • 2010

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

3.93

5k+

🔍 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.

by Gary Noesner 2010 226 pages

3.93

5k+ ratings

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

The Cancer Journals

by Audre Lorde • 1980

A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.

4.43

5k+

🩺 Cancer Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 💪 Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Feminist Health

The Cancer Journals

A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.

by Audre Lorde 1980 104 pages

4.43

5k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 💪 Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Feminist Health

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree

by Laura Hillman • 2003

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

4.16

5k+

🕯️ 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.

by Laura Hillman 2003 288 pages

4.16

5k+ ratings

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

J.K. Rowling

by Marc Shapiro • 2000

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

3.90

4k+

🖋️ 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.

by Marc Shapiro 2000 287 pages

3.90

4k+ ratings

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

Inferno

by Catherine Cho • 2020

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

4.24

4k+

🕵️ 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.

by Catherine Cho 2020 240 pages

4.24

4k+ ratings

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

The Bridge

by David Remnick • 2010

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

4.10

4k+

📖 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.

by David Remnick 2010 672 pages

4.10

4k+ ratings

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

Aftermath

by Rachel Cusk • 2012

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

3.67

4k+

💔 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.

by Rachel Cusk 2012 160 pages

3.67

4k+ ratings

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

A Freewheelin' Time

by Suze Rotolo • 2008

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

3.85

4k+

🎵 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.

by Suze Rotolo 2008 369 pages

3.85

4k+ ratings

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

50/50

by Dean Karnazes • 2008

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

3.78

4k+

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

50/50

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

by Dean Karnazes 2008 333 pages

3.78

4k+ ratings

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

What If This Were Enough?

by Heather Havrilesky • 2018

Enforced cheer imprisons you. The bars are Instagram and Whole Foods; the key is giving up.

3.64

3k+

🎭 Cultural Criticism ✍️ Essay Collections 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 😊 Toxic Positivity 📱 Social Media Critique

What If This Were Enough?

Enforced cheer imprisons you. The bars are Instagram and Whole Foods; the key is giving up.

by Heather Havrilesky 2018 240 pages

3.64

3k+ ratings

🎭 Cultural Criticism ✍️ Essay Collections 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 😊 Toxic Positivity 📱 Social Media Critique

Timothy Keller

by Collin Hansen • 2023

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

4.53

3k+

🏙️ 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.

by Collin Hansen 2023 309 pages

4.53

3k+ ratings

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

A Gift of Hope

by Danielle Steel • 2012

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

3.98

2k+

🏠 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.

by Danielle Steel 2012 144 pages

3.98

2k+ ratings

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

The Obamas

by Jodi Kantor • 2011

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

3.69

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🖋️ 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.

by Jodi Kantor 2011

3.69

2k+ ratings

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

Guitar Zero

by Gary F. Marcus • 2012

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

3.64

2k+

🧠 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.

by Gary F. Marcus 2012 286 pages

3.64

2k+ ratings

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

Only in Naples

by Katherine Wilson • 2015

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

3.74

2k+

🧳 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.

by Katherine Wilson 2015 287 pages

3.74

2k+ ratings

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

Read Dangerously

by Azar Nafisi • 2022

Why reading a novel can be more dangerous to a regime than marching in the street.

4.04

2k+

📝 Literary Criticism 🗳️ Political Essays 📚 Book Censorship 📖 Reading And Resistance ⚠️ Authoritarian Critique

Read Dangerously

Why reading a novel can be more dangerous to a regime than marching in the street.

by Azar Nafisi 2022 225 pages

4.04

2k+ ratings

📝 Literary Criticism 🗳️ Political Essays 📚 Book Censorship 📖 Reading And Resistance ⚠️ Authoritarian Critique

Bad Habits

by Jenny McCarthy • 2012

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

3.61

1k+

⛪ 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.

by Jenny McCarthy 2012 222 pages

3.61

1k+ ratings

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

Letters

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 2012

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

4.09

1k+

📜 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.

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 pages

4.09

1k+ ratings

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

England's Mistress

by Kate Williams • 2006

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

3.91

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 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.

by Kate Williams 2006 415 pages

3.91

1k+ ratings

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

Black Magic

by Chad Sanders • 2021

Racism taught these Black leaders skills no business school could, and they're sharing the playbook.

4.34

491

👤 Black Leadership 🏢 Corporate Diversity 🔄 Code-Switching 🩹 Racial Trauma 💪 Adversity Advantage

Black Magic

Racism taught these Black leaders skills no business school could, and they're sharing the playbook.

by Chad Sanders 2021 287 pages

4.34

491 ratings

👤 Black Leadership 🏢 Corporate Diversity 🔄 Code-Switching 🩹 Racial Trauma 💪 Adversity Advantage

Mother Tongue

by 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.

by Christine Gilbert 2016 333 pages

3.72

449 ratings

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

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

by 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.

by Vic Armstrong 2011

3.67

403 ratings

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

In Search of The Color Purple

by Salamishah Tillet • 2021

A forgotten grave, a banned novel, and the Black women's voices America tried to erase.

4.21

220

📚 Author Studies 🖋️ Black Women Writers 🌱 Womanist Thought ✊🏿 Black Feminism 🎨 Colorism

In Search of The Color Purple

A forgotten grave, a banned novel, and the Black women's voices America tried to erase.

by Salamishah Tillet 2021 223 pages

4.21

220 ratings

📚 Author Studies 🖋️ Black Women Writers 🌱 Womanist Thought ✊🏿 Black Feminism 🎨 Colorism

Finding My Balance

by Mariel Hemingway • 2003

Her family's legacy was suicide and addiction. She found her way out on a yoga mat.

3.50

204

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🧘 Yoga And Meditation 💔 Family Trauma 🥗 Mindful Nutrition 🧬 Generational Healing

Finding My Balance

Her family's legacy was suicide and addiction. She found her way out on a yoga mat.

by Mariel Hemingway 2003 240 pages

3.50

204 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🧘 Yoga And Meditation 💔 Family Trauma 🥗 Mindful Nutrition 🧬 Generational Healing

What the Animals Taught Me

by Stephanie Marohn • 2012

She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.

3.75

155

🐾 Animal Sanctuaries 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🙏 Animal Therapy 🌿 Spiritual Ecology

What the Animals Taught Me

She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.

by Stephanie Marohn 2012 192 pages

3.75

155 ratings

🐾 Animal Sanctuaries 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🙏 Animal Therapy 🌿 Spiritual Ecology

This Is Woman's Work

by Dominique Christina • 2015

A poet's map of seven inner selves, and the one you've been most afraid to meet.

4.34

142

🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🏛️ Women's Archetypes 🌑 Shadow Work 💔 Trauma Healing ✍️ Expressive Writing

This Is Woman's Work

A poet's map of seven inner selves, and the one you've been most afraid to meet.

by Dominique Christina 2015 208 pages

4.34

142 ratings

🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🏛️ Women's Archetypes 🌑 Shadow Work 💔 Trauma Healing ✍️ Expressive Writing

Decolonial Daughter

by Lesley-Ann Brown • 2018

Letters from a Black mother to her European son about the colonial past they carry together.

4.13

📚 Postcolonial Theory 📜 Colonial Legacy 🩹 Generational Trauma 🌗 Cultural Hybridity 🪞 Internalized Racism

Decolonial Daughter

Letters from a Black mother to her European son about the colonial past they carry together.

by Lesley-Ann Brown 2018 231 pages

4.13

86 ratings

📚 Postcolonial Theory 📜 Colonial Legacy 🩹 Generational Trauma 🌗 Cultural Hybridity 🪞 Internalized Racism

Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince

by Pierre Lassus • 2014

Beneath the fable, a secret self-portrait: his wife in the rose, his despair in the desert.

3.31

📖 Literary Analysis 🌌 Spiritual Allegory 🧒 Inner Child 🇫🇷 French Literature 📝 Literary Biography

Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince

Beneath the fable, a secret self-portrait: his wife in the rose, his despair in the desert.

by Pierre Lassus 2014 227 pages

3.31

51 ratings

📖 Literary Analysis 🌌 Spiritual Allegory 🧒 Inner Child 🇫🇷 French Literature 📝 Literary Biography

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