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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 91%
One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.
by Amy Griffin 2025
3.92
56k+ ratings
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
Sybil
by Flora Rheta Schreiber • 1973
Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.
3.99
91k+
Sybil Summary
Sybil 90%
Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.
by Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973
3.99
91k+ 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 90%
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
by Mira Bartok 2011
3.55
8k+ 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
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
Divided Minds
by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005
One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.
4.00
3k+
Divided Minds Summary
Divided Minds 89%
One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.
by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005
4.00
3k+ ratings
The Minds of Billy Milligan
by Daniel Keyes • 1981
Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.
4.27
36k+
The Minds of Billy Milligan Summary
The Minds of Billy Milligan 89%
Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.
by Daniel Keyes 1981
4.27
36k+ ratings
Walking with Ghosts
by Gabriel Byrne • 2021
He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.
4.10
4k+
Walking with Ghosts Summary
Walking with Ghosts 89%
He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.
by Gabriel Byrne 2021
4.10
4k+ ratings
Dianetics
by L. Ron Hubbard • 2007
Recordings of pain and unconsciousness script every irrational fear and psychosomatic illness.
3.67
309
Dianetics Summary
Dianetics 89%
Recordings of pain and unconsciousness script every irrational fear and psychosomatic illness.
by L. Ron Hubbard 2007
3.67
309 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 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 89%
Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.
by Sandra Schnakenburg 2024
4.21
713 ratings
Not My Father's Son
by Alan Cumming • 2014
A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.
4.06
48k+
Not My Father's Son Summary
Not My Father's Son 89%
A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.
by Alan Cumming 2014
4.06
48k+ ratings
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting
by Evanna Lynch • 2021
Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.
4.52
7k+
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting Summary
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting 89%
Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.
by Evanna Lynch 2021
4.52
7k+ 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
The Girl in the Green Dress
by Jeni Haynes • 2022
Her mind created personalities to survive her father. Every one of them testified against him.
4.57
2k+
The Girl in the Green Dress Summary
The Girl in the Green Dress 88%
Her mind created personalities to survive her father. Every one of them testified against him.
by Jeni Haynes 2022
4.57
2k+ ratings
Say Everything
by Ione Skye • 2025
Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.
3.99
8k+
Say Everything Summary
Say Everything 88%
Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.
by Ione Skye 2025
3.99
8k+ ratings
Communion
by Whitley Strieber • 1987
A horror novelist uncovered his own abduction. Hypnosis revealed a lifetime of encounters.
3.52
8k+
Communion Summary
Communion 88%
A horror novelist uncovered his own abduction. Hypnosis revealed a lifetime of encounters.
by Whitley Strieber 1987
3.52
8k+ 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 88%
She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.
by Barbara K. Lipska 2018
3.89
8k+ ratings
Life's Work
by David Milch • 2022
Deadwood's creator gambled away a fortune, then raced dementia to write his last story.
4.22
1k+
Life's Work Summary
Life's Work 88%
Deadwood's creator gambled away a fortune, then raced dementia to write his last story.
by David Milch 2022
4.22
1k+ ratings
Strangers
by Belle Burden • 2026
A stranger's voicemail ended her marriage. He wanted the houses; she wanted her story back.
4.15
233k+
Strangers Summary
Strangers 88%
A stranger's voicemail ended her marriage. He wanted the houses; she wanted her story back.
by Belle Burden 2026
4.15
233k+ ratings
Struck By Genius
by Jason Padgett • 2014
A brutal mugging at 31 rewired a math-averse dropout's brain and reality dissolved into geometry.
3.48
1k+
Struck By Genius Summary
Struck By Genius 88%
A brutal mugging at 31 rewired a math-averse dropout's brain and reality dissolved into geometry.
by Jason Padgett 2014
3.48
1k+ 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 88%
Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.
by Charan Ranganath 2024
3.91
3k+ ratings
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
by Matthew Perry • 2022
While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.
3.94
408k+
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Summary
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing 88%
While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.
by Matthew Perry 2022
3.94
408k+ ratings
The Assault on Truth
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson • 1984
The case against Freud: he knew child abuse was real and called it fantasy anyway.
3.99
494
The Assault on Truth Summary
The Assault on Truth 88%
The case against Freud: he knew child abuse was real and called it fantasy anyway.
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson 1984
3.99
494 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
Short Stories
by Columbus Short • 2020
A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.
3.94
293
Short Stories Summary
Short Stories 88%
A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.
by Columbus Short 2020
3.94
293 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
Unwasted
by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011
A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.
3.79
2k+
Unwasted Summary
Unwasted 88%
A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.
by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011
3.79
2k+ ratings
Red Paint
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
4.12
3k+
Red Paint Summary
Red Paint 88%
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022
4.12
3k+ ratings
Aftermath
by Susan J. Brison • 2001
The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.
4.35
486
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath 88%
The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.
by Susan J. Brison 2001
4.35
486 ratings
The Parrot's Perch
by Karen Keilt • 2019
Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.
4.23
334
The Parrot's Perch Summary
The Parrot's Perch 88%
Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.
by Karen Keilt 2019
4.23
334 ratings
Flying on the Inside
by Rachel Gotto • 2021
Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.
3.88
3k+
Flying on the Inside Summary
Flying on the Inside 88%
Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.
by Rachel Gotto 2021
3.88
3k+ ratings
Nowhere Girl
by Cheryl Diamond • 2021
Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.
4.04
9k+
Nowhere Girl Summary
Nowhere Girl 88%
Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.
by Cheryl Diamond 2021
4.04
9k+ 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 88%
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
I Forgot to Die
by Khalil Rafati • 2015
How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.
4.34
3k+
I Forgot to Die Summary
I Forgot to Die 88%
How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.
by Khalil Rafati 2015
4.34
3k+ ratings
Darkness Visible
by William Styron • 1990
Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.
3.99
32k+
Darkness Visible Summary
Darkness Visible 88%
Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.
by William Styron 1990
3.99
32k+ ratings
One Hundred Names for Love
by Diane Ackerman • 2011
A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.
3.85
2k+
One Hundred Names for Love Summary
One Hundred Names for Love 88%
A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.
by Diane Ackerman 2011
3.85
2k+ ratings
On Being Human
by Jennifer Pastiloff • 2019
Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.
3.91
4k+
On Being Human Summary
On Being Human 88%
Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.
by Jennifer Pastiloff 2019
3.91
4k+ ratings
Into the Magic Shop
by James R. Doty • 2016
A magic shop gave him everything he wanted; losing it all taught him what he actually needed.
4.23
28k+
Into the Magic Shop Summary
Into the Magic Shop 88%
A magic shop gave him everything he wanted; losing it all taught him what he actually needed.
by James R. Doty 2016
4.23
28k+ ratings
Men Have Called Her Crazy
by Anna Marie Tendler • 2024
Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.
3.43
23k+
Men Have Called Her Crazy Summary
Men Have Called Her Crazy 88%
Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.
by Anna Marie Tendler 2024
3.43
23k+ 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
Run Towards the Danger
by Sarah Polley • 2022
A doctor's rule for healing her concussed brain becomes a filmmaker's key to every buried trauma.
4.30
15k+
Run Towards the Danger Summary
Run Towards the Danger 88%
A doctor's rule for healing her concussed brain becomes a filmmaker's key to every buried trauma.
by Sarah Polley 2022
4.30
15k+ ratings
The Choice
by Edith Eger • 2017
Auschwitz taught her the mind is the only prison we can escape; now she helps others.
4.57
133k+
The Choice Summary
The Choice 88%
Auschwitz taught her the mind is the only prison we can escape; now she helps others.
by Edith Eger 2017
4.57
133k+ ratings
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
by Nick Flynn • 2004
His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.
3.80
12k+
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Summary
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City 88%
His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.
by Nick Flynn 2004
3.80
12k+ ratings
I Am Jennie
by Jennie Ketcham • 2012
A porn star's alter ego was her armor, until recovery demanded she strip it away.
3.82
643
I Am Jennie Summary
I Am Jennie 88%
A porn star's alter ego was her armor, until recovery demanded she strip it away.
by Jennie Ketcham 2012
3.82
643 ratings
Snatched from the flames
by Nathan Reynolds • 2018
Bred into an occult bloodline and trained to kill, he buried his shattered selves for 27 years.
4.43
144
Snatched from the flames Summary
Snatched from the flames 88%
Bred into an occult bloodline and trained to kill, he buried his shattered selves for 27 years.
by Nathan Reynolds 2018
4.43
144 ratings
Soulbriety
by Elisa Hallerman • 2022
Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.
4.01
242
Soulbriety Summary
Soulbriety 88%
Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.
by Elisa Hallerman 2022
4.01
242 ratings
Cántame al dormir
by Gilraen Eärfalas • 2023
She dreamed of escape through sleep, fairy tales, and a flying boy who never came.
4.21
387
Cántame al dormir Summary
Cántame al dormir 88%
She dreamed of escape through sleep, fairy tales, and a flying boy who never came.
by Gilraen Eärfalas 2023
4.21
387 ratings
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