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Pieces of Light
by Charles Fernyhough • 2012
Your memories aren't recordings; they're stories rebuilt fresh each time, and the edit never ends.
3.53
468
Pieces of Light Summary
Pieces of Light 90%
Your memories aren't recordings; they're stories rebuilt fresh each time, and the edit never ends.
by Charles Fernyhough 2012
3.53
468 ratings
How to Change a Memory
by Steve Ramirez • 2025
Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.
4.17
54
How to Change a Memory Summary
How to Change a Memory 90%
Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.
by Steve Ramirez 2025
4.17
54 ratings
Moonwalking with Einstein
by Joshua Foer • 2011
A journalist with an average memory covers memory champions, then becomes U.S. champion in a year.
3.88
95k+
Moonwalking with Einstein Summary
Moonwalking with Einstein 89%
A journalist with an average memory covers memory champions, then becomes U.S. champion in a year.
by Joshua Foer 2011
3.88
95k+ ratings
Memory Craft
by Lynne Kelly • 2020
Your memory isn't failing. You just stopped using the techniques every ancient culture mastered.
4.22
682
Memory Craft Summary
Memory Craft 89%
Your memory isn't failing. You just stopped using the techniques every ancient culture mastered.
by Lynne Kelly 2020
4.22
682 ratings
Forgetting
by Scott A. Small • 2021
Forgetting is not a glitch: it is biology's tool for intelligence, resilience, and imagination.
3.76
554
Forgetting Summary
Forgetting 89%
Forgetting is not a glitch: it is biology's tool for intelligence, resilience, and imagination.
by Scott A. Small 2021
3.76
554 ratings
Why We Remember
by Charan Ranganath • 2024
Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.
3.91
3k+
Why We Remember Summary
Why We Remember 89%
Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.
by Charan Ranganath 2024
3.91
3k+ ratings
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition
by Daniel L. Schacter • 2001
Memory's worst habits are not bugs but features, and the seven failures that prove it.
3.88
2k+
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition Summary
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition 89%
Memory's worst habits are not bugs but features, and the seven failures that prove it.
by Daniel L. Schacter 2001
3.88
2k+ ratings
In Search of Memory
by Eric R. Kandel • 2006
How a sea slug's simple nervous system taught a Vienna refugee the universal recipe for memory.
4.14
5k+
In Search of Memory Summary
In Search of Memory 89%
How a sea slug's simple nervous system taught a Vienna refugee the universal recipe for memory.
by Eric R. Kandel 2006
4.14
5k+ ratings
The Memory Illusion
by Julia Shaw • 2016
You can be led to remember a crime you never committed; the method is just conversation.
3.94
2k+
The Memory Illusion Summary
The Memory Illusion 88%
You can be led to remember a crime you never committed; the method is just conversation.
by Julia Shaw 2016
3.94
2k+ ratings
Your Memory
by Alan Baddeley • 1982
Memory is several systems, not one. Each forgets differently, and the architecture predicts when.
3.77
271
Your Memory Summary
Your Memory 88%
Memory is several systems, not one. Each forgets differently, and the architecture predicts when.
by Alan Baddeley 1982
3.77
271 ratings
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+
The Sunset Route Summary
The Sunset Route 88%
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
You Can Have an Amazing Memory
by Dominic O'Brien • 2011
Turn numbers into familiar faces and lists into journeys through your own home.
4.06
981
You Can Have an Amazing Memory Summary
You Can Have an Amazing Memory 88%
Turn numbers into familiar faces and lists into journeys through your own home.
by Dominic O'Brien 2011
4.06
981 ratings
The Complete Guide to Memory
by Richard Restak • 2022
Memory isn't fixed. The neuroscience and techniques that can sharpen yours at any age.
3.67
423
The Complete Guide to Memory Summary
The Complete Guide to Memory 88%
Memory isn't fixed. The neuroscience and techniques that can sharpen yours at any age.
by Richard Restak 2022
3.67
423 ratings
How to Develop a Perfect Memory
by Dominic O'Brien • 1993
Turn numbers into faces, lists into walks, and names into images that last a lifetime.
4.16
335
How to Develop a Perfect Memory Summary
How to Develop a Perfect Memory 88%
Turn numbers into faces, lists into walks, and names into images that last a lifetime.
by Dominic O'Brien 1993
4.16
335 ratings
Imagine a City
by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
3.65
422
Imagine a City Summary
Imagine a City 88%
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022
3.65
422 ratings
Memory
by Jonathan K. Foster • 2008
What you remember is never what happened. The science of how memory rebuilds the past.
3.54
823
Memory Summary
Memory 88%
What you remember is never what happened. The science of how memory rebuilds the past.
by Jonathan K. Foster 2008
3.54
823 ratings
Highcastle
by Stanisław Lem • 1966
Before the science fiction, Stanisław Lem ran an imaginary bureaucracy that authorized regicide.
3.65
635
Highcastle Summary
Highcastle 88%
Before the science fiction, Stanisław Lem ran an imaginary bureaucracy that authorized regicide.
by Stanisław Lem 1966
3.65
635 ratings
Remember It!
by Nelson Dellis • 2018
Picture it, place it, and make it weird: the memory athlete's formula for remembering anything.
3.96
833
Remember It! Summary
Remember It! 88%
Picture it, place it, and make it weird: the memory athlete's formula for remembering anything.
by Nelson Dellis 2018
3.96
833 ratings
The Memory Palace
by Mira Bartok • 2011
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
3.55
8k+
The Memory Palace Summary
The Memory Palace 88%
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
by Mira Bartok 2011
3.55
8k+ ratings
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
by Penelope Lively • 2013
A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.
3.65
1k+
Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites 88%
A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.
by Penelope Lively 2013
3.65
1k+ ratings
Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory
by Kevin Trudeau • 1997
Pictures stick. Words slide off. A thirty-minute daily method for remembering anything.
3.64
221
Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory Summary
Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory 88%
Pictures stick. Words slide off. A thirty-minute daily method for remembering anything.
by Kevin Trudeau 1997
3.64
221 ratings
The Tell
by Amy Griffin • 2025
One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.
3.92
56k+
The Tell Summary
The Tell 88%
One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.
by Amy Griffin 2025
3.92
56k+ ratings
Remember
by Lisa Genova • 2021
How memory works, why forgetting is normal, and the habits that cut Alzheimer's risk by 50%.
4.18
16k+
Remember Summary
Remember 88%
How memory works, why forgetting is normal, and the habits that cut Alzheimer's risk by 50%.
by Lisa Genova 2021
4.18
16k+ ratings
My Invented Country
by Isabel Allende • 2003
When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.
3.89
13k+
My Invented Country Summary
My Invented Country 88%
When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.
by Isabel Allende 2003
3.89
13k+ ratings
Me
by Mel R. Thompson • 2009
Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.
3.55
203
Me Summary
Me 88%
Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.
by Mel R. Thompson 2009
3.55
203 ratings
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss
by Dennis McKenna • 2023
A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.
4.52
31
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Summary
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 88%
A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.
by Dennis McKenna 2023
4.52
31 ratings
Istanbul
by Orhan Pamuk • 2003
An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.
3.82
22k+
Istanbul Summary
Istanbul 88%
An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.
by Orhan Pamuk 2003
3.82
22k+ ratings
The Faraway Nearby
by Rebecca Solnit • 2013
The frontier between a life and the story told about it is where everything important happens.
4.20
8k+
The Faraway Nearby Summary
The Faraway Nearby 88%
The frontier between a life and the story told about it is where everything important happens.
by Rebecca Solnit 2013
4.20
8k+ ratings
My Father's Brain
by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023
A cardiologist watches his father forget how to use a fork. His medical training offers nothing.
4.14
2k+
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain 88%
A cardiologist watches his father forget how to use a fork. His medical training offers nothing.
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023
4.14
2k+ ratings
Memory Superpowers!
by Nelson Dellis • 2020
A memory champion's playbook: turn everything into wild mental pictures and never forget a name.
4.30
90
Memory Superpowers! Summary
Memory Superpowers! 88%
A memory champion's playbook: turn everything into wild mental pictures and never forget a name.
by Nelson Dellis 2020
4.30
90 ratings
How to Pass Exams
by Dominic O'Brien • 2007
Your daily route can store a semester of facts. The memory champion's study system.
4.04
367
How to Pass Exams Summary
How to Pass Exams 87%
Your daily route can store a semester of facts. The memory champion's study system.
by Dominic O'Brien 2007
4.04
367 ratings
How to Memorize Anything
by Aditi Singhal • 2015
Names, numbers, facts: turn any of them into vivid mental pictures and recall them on command.
4.04
323
How to Memorize Anything Summary
How to Memorize Anything 87%
Names, numbers, facts: turn any of them into vivid mental pictures and recall them on command.
by Aditi Singhal 2015
4.04
323 ratings
Memory How to Develop, Train, and Use It
by William Walker Atkinson • 1911
Forget the memory tricks. An extraordinary memory is built on three habits you already practice.
3.75
938
Memory How to Develop, Train, and Use It Summary
Memory How to Develop, Train, and Use It 87%
Forget the memory tricks. An extraordinary memory is built on three habits you already practice.
by William Walker Atkinson 1911
3.75
938 ratings
Mobile Home
by Megan Harlan • 2020
Seventeen homes on four continents before age 17: a memoir that excavates the meaning of home.
4.60
184
Mobile Home Summary
Mobile Home 87%
Seventeen homes on four continents before age 17: a memoir that excavates the meaning of home.
by Megan Harlan 2020
4.60
184 ratings
On the Move
by Oliver Sacks • 2015
Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.
4.03
22k+
On the Move Summary
On the Move 87%
Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.
by Oliver Sacks 2015
4.03
22k+ ratings
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
by Barbara K. Lipska • 2018
She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.
3.89
8k+
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Summary
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind 87%
She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.
by Barbara K. Lipska 2018
3.89
8k+ ratings
Time Warped
by Claudia Hammond • 2012
Your brain builds time from emotion and memory. That is why life accelerates and accidents crawl.
3.53
1k+
Time Warped Summary
Time Warped 87%
Your brain builds time from emotion and memory. That is why life accelerates and accidents crawl.
by Claudia Hammond 2012
3.53
1k+ ratings
Walking With Plato
by Gary Hayden • 2016
One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.
3.64
320
Walking With Plato Summary
Walking With Plato 87%
One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.
by Gary Hayden 2016
3.64
320 ratings
Synaptic Self
by Joseph E. LeDoux • 2002
Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.
4.00
5k+
Synaptic Self Summary
Synaptic Self 87%
Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.
by Joseph E. LeDoux 2002
4.00
5k+ ratings
Dreaming in Hindi
by Katherine Russell Rich • 2009
After cancer, she went to India. Learning Hindi broke her brain open and rebuilt it.
3.12
1k+
Dreaming in Hindi Summary
Dreaming in Hindi 87%
After cancer, she went to India. Learning Hindi broke her brain open and rebuilt it.
by Katherine Russell Rich 2009
3.12
1k+ ratings
Mastering Memory
by Brad Zupp • 2019
Stop missing names, keys, and meetings: the techniques that make everyday memory stick.
3.76
33
Mastering Memory Summary
Mastering Memory 87%
Stop missing names, keys, and meetings: the techniques that make everyday memory stick.
by Brad Zupp 2019
3.76
33 ratings
Unlimited Memory
by Kevin Horsley • 2014
Your memory is a tool, not a camera; learn visualization techniques that make anything stick.
4.01
23k+
Unlimited Memory Summary
Unlimited Memory 87%
Your memory is a tool, not a camera; learn visualization techniques that make anything stick.
by Kevin Horsley 2014
4.01
23k+ ratings
How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week
by Dominic O'Brien • 2005
2,808 shuffled cards memorized. The 50-step training system that can make your memory that reliable.
3.95
800
How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week Summary
How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week 87%
2,808 shuffled cards memorized. The 50-step training system that can make your memory that reliable.
by Dominic O'Brien 2005
3.95
800 ratings
The Housekeeper's Secret
by Sandra Schnakenburg • 2024
Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.
4.21
713
The Housekeeper's Secret Summary
The Housekeeper's Secret 87%
Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.
by Sandra Schnakenburg 2024
4.21
713 ratings
True Hallucinations
by Terence McKenna • 1993
In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.
4.09
4k+
True Hallucinations Summary
True Hallucinations 87%
In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.
by Terence McKenna 1993
4.09
4k+ ratings
Identity And Story
by Dan P. McAdams • 2006
The self is not one voice but many, and identity is the story they rewrite together.
4.12
26
Identity And Story Summary
Identity And Story 87%
The self is not one voice but many, and identity is the story they rewrite together.
by Dan P. McAdams 2006
4.12
26 ratings
The Way of the Explorer
by Edgar D. Mitchell • 1996
An astronaut's secret ESP test from the moon launched a quest to prove a conscious universe.
3.84
222
The Way of the Explorer Summary
The Way of the Explorer 87%
An astronaut's secret ESP test from the moon launched a quest to prove a conscious universe.
by Edgar D. Mitchell 1996
3.84
222 ratings
Wild
by Cheryl Strayed • 2012
Grieving and addicted, she stakes her recovery on a solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.
4.07
873k+
Wild Summary
Wild 87%
Grieving and addicted, she stakes her recovery on a solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.
by Cheryl Strayed 2012
4.07
873k+ ratings
A Book of Silence
by Sara Maitland • 2008
A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.
3.76
1k+
A Book of Silence Summary
A Book of Silence 87%
A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.
by Sara Maitland 2008
3.76
1k+ ratings
Remember Everything You Want and Manage the Rest
by Helmut Sachs • 2013
Train your memory like any other skill. Plus, what to offload so your brain stays clear.
3.87
246
Remember Everything You Want and Manage the Rest Summary
Remember Everything You Want and Manage the Rest 87%
Train your memory like any other skill. Plus, what to offload so your brain stays clear.
by Helmut Sachs 2013
3.87
246 ratings
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