🎙️ Unfiltered Confessions

Raw, uninhibited revelations that hold nothing back, offering readers the uncomfortable thrill of total honesty about desires, failures, and hidden truths.

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 88%

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

Dirty Thirty

by Asa Akira • 2016

A porn star's memoir of addiction, separate bedrooms, and a decade of refusing to apologize.

3.66

688

📼 Sex Work Memoirs ✊ Feminist Memoirs 🗣️ Sexual Agency ⚡ Sex-Positive Feminism 🖤 Dark Humor

Dirty Thirty 87%

A porn star's memoir of addiction, separate bedrooms, and a decade of refusing to apologize.

by Asa Akira 2016

3.66

688 ratings

📼 Sex Work Memoirs ✊ Feminist Memoirs 🗣️ Sexual Agency ⚡ Sex-Positive Feminism 🖤 Dark Humor

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

👄 Adult Film Industry 🧠 Intimacy Disorder 🎭 Dual Identity 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖋️ Confessional Memoir

I Am Jennie 87%

A porn star's alter ego was her armor, until recovery demanded she strip it away.

by Jennie Ketcham 2012

3.82

643 ratings

👄 Adult Film Industry 🧠 Intimacy Disorder 🎭 Dual Identity 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖋️ Confessional Memoir

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

How to Murder Your Life

by Cat Marnell • 2017

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

3.88

21k+

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

How to Murder Your Life 87%

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

by Cat Marnell 2017

3.88

21k+ ratings

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

Sucker Punch

by Scaachi Koul • 2025

She sold the internet a love story and a tidy assault narrative. Both were lies.

3.81

3k+

🖊️ Confessional Essays 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Memoir 🧠 Trauma Memoir 🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating

Sucker Punch 87%

She sold the internet a love story and a tidy assault narrative. Both were lies.

by Scaachi Koul 2025

3.81

3k+ ratings

🖊️ Confessional Essays 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Memoir 🧠 Trauma Memoir 🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating

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 87%

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

Lying

by Sam Harris • 2011

White lies still poison trust. Radical honesty is the only stable foundation for real relationships.

3.88

23k+

🤥 Lying 🗣️ Radical Honesty 🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🤝 Interpersonal Ethics ⚛️ Secular Ethics

Lying 87%

White lies still poison trust. Radical honesty is the only stable foundation for real relationships.

by Sam Harris 2011

3.88

23k+ ratings

🤥 Lying 🗣️ Radical Honesty 🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🤝 Interpersonal Ethics ⚛️ Secular Ethics

Love Is a Dog from Hell

by Charles Bukowski • 1977

What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.

3.95

39k+

🖊️ Confessional Poetry 🏚️ Dirty Realism 🍺 Alcoholism 🌑 Existential Despair 💔 Toxic Relationships

Love Is a Dog from Hell 87%

What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.

by Charles Bukowski 1977

3.95

39k+ ratings

🖊️ Confessional Poetry 🏚️ Dirty Realism 🍺 Alcoholism 🌑 Existential Despair 💔 Toxic Relationships

Want

by Gillian Anderson • 2024

Women's secret sexual fantasies, from their own anonymous letters: a map of hidden desire.

3.37

23k+

🔥 Female Desire 🤫 Sexual Fantasies 🧠 Psychology Of Sexuality 🗣️ Sexual Shame ⛓️ Kink And Fetish

Want 87%

Women's secret sexual fantasies, from their own anonymous letters: a map of hidden desire.

by Gillian Anderson 2024

3.37

23k+ ratings

🔥 Female Desire 🤫 Sexual Fantasies 🧠 Psychology Of Sexuality 🗣️ Sexual Shame ⛓️ Kink And Fetish

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 87%

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

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 86%

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

Insatiable

by Asa Akira • 2014

A porn star's memoir of desire, hustle, and why she never learned to feel ashamed.

3.41

3k+

🎬 Porn Industry ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🔥 Female Desire ⚖️ Sexual Double Standards 💊 Addiction Recovery

Insatiable 86%

A porn star's memoir of desire, hustle, and why she never learned to feel ashamed.

by Asa Akira 2014

3.41

3k+ ratings

🎬 Porn Industry ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🔥 Female Desire ⚖️ Sexual Double Standards 💊 Addiction Recovery

Don't Worry, It Gets Worse

by Alida Nugent • 2013

A degree, a childhood bedroom, a strip poker party: the twenties are mostly improvising.

3.38

4k+

🌀 Quarterlife Crisis 🎓 Post-College Life 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 🪞 Body Image

Don't Worry, It Gets Worse 86%

A degree, a childhood bedroom, a strip poker party: the twenties are mostly improvising.

by Alida Nugent 2013

3.38

4k+ ratings

🌀 Quarterlife Crisis 🎓 Post-College Life 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 🪞 Body Image

Most Talkative

by Andy Cohen • 2012

How a chatterbox from St. Louis became Bravo's ringmaster and the agent of Housewives chaos.

3.81

17k+

🎬 Reality Television 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories ⭐ Celebrity Culture 😄 Self-Deprecating Humor 📺 Pop Culture Obsession

Most Talkative 86%

How a chatterbox from St. Louis became Bravo's ringmaster and the agent of Housewives chaos.

by Andy Cohen 2012

3.81

17k+ ratings

🎬 Reality Television 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories ⭐ Celebrity Culture 😄 Self-Deprecating Humor 📺 Pop Culture Obsession

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

by Anonymous

An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.

2.69

511

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 📓 Confessional Narrative ☣️ Toxic Protagonist 🎭 Emotional Manipulation 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Diary of an Oxygen Thief 86%

An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.

by Anonymous

2.69

511 ratings

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 📓 Confessional Narrative ☣️ Toxic Protagonist 🎭 Emotional Manipulation 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Boyslut

by Zachary Zane • 2023

Bisexual men disappear unless they shout. One manifesto for making your desires undeniable.

3.77

2k+

😶 Sexual Shame 💜 Bisexuality ✨ Sex Positivity 🔄 Ethical Non-Monogamy ⛓️ Kink Exploration

Boyslut 86%

Bisexual men disappear unless they shout. One manifesto for making your desires undeniable.

by Zachary Zane 2023

3.77

2k+ ratings

😶 Sexual Shame 💜 Bisexuality ✨ Sex Positivity 🔄 Ethical Non-Monogamy ⛓️ Kink Exploration

Body Work

by Melissa Febos • 2022

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

4.22

6k+

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

Body Work 86%

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

by Melissa Febos 2022

4.22

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

Down the Drain

by Julia Fox • 2023

An Italian girl follows her erratic father to New York. Survival will mean constant reinvention.

4.36

95k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 💉 Addiction Recovery 🌍 Immigrant Childhood ⛓️ Sex Work 🔥 Raw And Unflinching

Down the Drain 86%

An Italian girl follows her erratic father to New York. Survival will mean constant reinvention.

by Julia Fox 2023

4.36

95k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 💉 Addiction Recovery 🌍 Immigrant Childhood ⛓️ Sex Work 🔥 Raw And Unflinching

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 86%

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

You'll Never Believe Me

by Kari Ferrell • 2025

How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.

3.34

3k+

🧸 Adoption Trauma 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🎭 Deception And Fraud ⛪ Mormon Upbringing 🪞 Body Image And Shame

You'll Never Believe Me 86%

How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.

by Kari Ferrell 2025

3.34

3k+ ratings

🧸 Adoption Trauma 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🎭 Deception And Fraud ⛪ Mormon Upbringing 🪞 Body Image And Shame

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 86%

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

The Cure

by Bill Thrall • 2011

We hide our failures from a disappointed God, but the real one already lives inside us.

4.26

🕊️ Christian Living ✝️ Grace Theology 💔 Vulnerability 🎭 Shame And Guilt 🤝 Authentic Relationships

The Cure 86%

We hide our failures from a disappointed God, but the real one already lives inside us.

by Bill Thrall 2011

4.26

23 ratings

🕊️ Christian Living ✝️ Grace Theology 💔 Vulnerability 🎭 Shame And Guilt 🤝 Authentic Relationships

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

by Maria Bamford • 2023

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

3.71

25k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult 86%

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

by Maria Bamford 2023

3.71

25k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Pimp

by Iceberg Slim • 1967

A Chicago pimp traces his transformation from wounded boy to master manipulator to man undone.

4.00

15k+

🏙️ Street Memoir 🌃 Urban Underworld 📉 Rise And Fall 🔄 Criminal Redemption 💀 Gritty Realism

Pimp 86%

A Chicago pimp traces his transformation from wounded boy to master manipulator to man undone.

by Iceberg Slim 1967

4.00

15k+ ratings

🏙️ Street Memoir 🌃 Urban Underworld 📉 Rise And Fall 🔄 Criminal Redemption 💀 Gritty Realism

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

517k+

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

Everything I Know About Love 86%

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

by Dolly Alderton 2018

3.93

517k+ ratings

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

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

by T Kira Madden • 2019

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

4.25

10k+

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Summary

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls 86%

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

by T Kira Madden 2019

4.25

10k+ ratings

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

De Poupette à Kenza

by Kenza Benchrif • 2025

Snapchat fame made her rich. A single betrayal put her in a prison cell, inmate 88-406.

3.67

105

🎥 Influencer Memoir 🔒 Prison Memoir 📱 Social Media Fame 👨‍👧 Absent Fathers 💻 Online Harassment

De Poupette à Kenza 86%

Snapchat fame made her rich. A single betrayal put her in a prison cell, inmate 88-406.

by Kenza Benchrif 2025

3.67

105 ratings

🎥 Influencer Memoir 🔒 Prison Memoir 📱 Social Media Fame 👨‍👧 Absent Fathers 💻 Online Harassment

How to Be a Person in the World

by Heather Havrilesky • 2016

Your weirdness, intensity, and desire for passionate love aren't problems. They're the point.

3.84

4k+

✉️ Advice Columns 🌀 Quarter-Life Crisis 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🥊 Tough Love Advice 🎭 Perfectionism Recovery

How to Be a Person in the World 86%

Your weirdness, intensity, and desire for passionate love aren't problems. They're the point.

by Heather Havrilesky 2016

3.84

4k+ ratings

✉️ Advice Columns 🌀 Quarter-Life Crisis 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🥊 Tough Love Advice 🎭 Perfectionism Recovery

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story

by George S. Clason • 2002

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

4.19

676

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story Summary

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story 86%

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

by George S. Clason 2002

4.19

676 ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

by Michele Filgate • 2019

Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.

3.74

19k+

📝 Personal Essays 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🗝️ Family Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 📓 Confessional Writing

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About Summary

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About 86%

Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.

by Michele Filgate 2019

3.74

19k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🗝️ Family Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 📓 Confessional Writing

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

by Sylvia Plath • 2000

Her uncensored journals: the ambition, the marriage, the breakdown, and the art she fought to make.

4.28

27k+

🎭 Confessional Poetry 📓 Writer's Journals 🤯 Women And Madness 🏆 Literary Ambition 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Summary

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 86%

Her uncensored journals: the ambition, the marriage, the breakdown, and the art she fought to make.

by Sylvia Plath 2000

4.28

27k+ ratings

🎭 Confessional Poetry 📓 Writer's Journals 🤯 Women And Madness 🏆 Literary Ambition 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict

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 86%

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

Loud

by Drew Afualo • 2024

A blueprint for living loud, reclaiming 'mean,' and making misogyny face consequences.

4.29

26k+

🧠 Internalized Misogyny 💪 Body Neutrality 🎤 Reclaiming Your Voice 🏡 Self-Sufficiency 🚧 Setting Boundaries

Loud 86%

A blueprint for living loud, reclaiming 'mean,' and making misogyny face consequences.

by Drew Afualo 2024

4.29

26k+ ratings

🧠 Internalized Misogyny 💪 Body Neutrality 🎤 Reclaiming Your Voice 🏡 Self-Sufficiency 🚧 Setting Boundaries

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

by Jordan Belfort • 2016

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

4.32

163

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street Summary

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street 86%

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

by Jordan Belfort 2016

4.32

163 ratings

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The Wolf of Wall Street

by Jordan Belfort • 2007

His brokerage was a carnival of drugs, money, and manipulation, and he was its ringmaster.

3.75

39k+

📈 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Financial Crime 💊 Drug-Fueled Excess 💔 Toxic Marriage 😈 Darkly Comic

The Wolf of Wall Street 86%

His brokerage was a carnival of drugs, money, and manipulation, and he was its ringmaster.

by Jordan Belfort 2007

3.75

39k+ ratings

📈 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Financial Crime 💊 Drug-Fueled Excess 💔 Toxic Marriage 😈 Darkly Comic

Getting Real

by Susan M. Campbell • 2001

Ten skills that replace the exhausting work of impression management with the relief of being known.

4.16

405

🗣️ Authentic Communication 🌑 Shadow Work 🪟 Self-Disclosure 🧘 Present Moment Awareness 🎭 Psychological Projection

Getting Real 86%

Ten skills that replace the exhausting work of impression management with the relief of being known.

by Susan M. Campbell 2001

4.16

405 ratings

🗣️ Authentic Communication 🌑 Shadow Work 🪟 Self-Disclosure 🧘 Present Moment Awareness 🎭 Psychological Projection

Let's Pretend This Never Happened

by Jenny Lawson • 2012

Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.

3.90

202k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor Memoir 🌾 Rural Upbringing ✍️ Personal Essays 👯 Female Friendships

Let's Pretend This Never Happened Summary

Let's Pretend This Never Happened 86%

Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.

by Jenny Lawson 2012

3.90

202k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor Memoir 🌾 Rural Upbringing ✍️ Personal Essays 👯 Female Friendships

Education of a Felon

by Edward Bunker • 1999

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

4.14

2k+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

Education of a Felon 86%

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

by Edward Bunker 1999

4.14

2k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

Some Girls

by Jillian Lauren • 2010

At 18, she joined a harem. The pay was lavish; the real cost took years.

3.35

9k+

💋 Sex Work Memoirs 👑 Royal Insider Accounts 🪞 Objectification ✊ Female Agency 🍽️ Body Image

Some Girls 86%

At 18, she joined a harem. The pay was lavish; the real cost took years.

by Jillian Lauren 2010

3.35

9k+ ratings

💋 Sex Work Memoirs 👑 Royal Insider Accounts 🪞 Objectification ✊ Female Agency 🍽️ Body Image

I've Tried Being Nice

by Ann Leary • 2024

A bat on her pajamas, a famous spouse, and the moment she stopped being nice.

3.78

2k+

📝 Personal Essays 🌅 Midlife Reflections 🙇‍♀️ People Pleasing 🔥 Menopause 🛤️ Addiction Recovery

I've Tried Being Nice 86%

A bat on her pajamas, a famous spouse, and the moment she stopped being nice.

by Ann Leary 2024

3.78

2k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 🌅 Midlife Reflections 🙇‍♀️ People Pleasing 🔥 Menopause 🛤️ Addiction Recovery

See A Little Light

by Bob Mould • 2011

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

3.80

2k+

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

See A Little Light 86%

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

by Bob Mould 2011

3.80

2k+ ratings

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

The Princess Diarist

by Carrie Fisher • 2016

She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.

3.70

92k+

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