🪚 Woodworking Memoir

A life told through sawdust and grain — where the meditative craft of shaping wood becomes a lens for understanding patience, loss, and creation.

Handcrafted

by Clint Harp • 2018

A gas station meeting, a derelict crack house, and a dumpster of wood launched a TV carpenter.

3.98

808

🔨 Artisan Business 🔄 Career Pivots 👢 Bootstrapping 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-Run Business 🇺🇸 American Craftsmanship

Handcrafted 92%

A gas station meeting, a derelict crack house, and a dumpster of wood launched a TV carpenter.

by Clint Harp 2018

3.98

808 ratings

🔨 Artisan Business 🔄 Career Pivots 👢 Bootstrapping 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-Run Business 🇺🇸 American Craftsmanship

Every Tool's a Hammer

by Adam Savage • 2019

A master maker's playbook: prototype in cardboard, plan in lists, and let obsession drive the work.

4.18

11k+

🛠️ Maker Culture 🎨 Creative Process 💡 Design Thinking 🔄 Iterative Design 📋 Project Workflow

Every Tool's a Hammer 90%

A master maker's playbook: prototype in cardboard, plan in lists, and let obsession drive the work.

by Adam Savage 2019

4.18

11k+ ratings

🛠️ Maker Culture 🎨 Creative Process 💡 Design Thinking 🔄 Iterative Design 📋 Project Workflow

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters

by Peter Korn • 2013

A woodworker spent decades making furniture, only to discover he was the real project.

3.73

2k+

🛠️ Craft Philosophy 🎨 Creative Practice 💼 Work And Identity 📦 Material Culture 🌊 Flow Psychology

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters Summary

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters 90%

A woodworker spent decades making furniture, only to discover he was the real project.

by Peter Korn 2013

3.73

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Craft Philosophy 🎨 Creative Practice 💼 Work And Identity 📦 Material Culture 🌊 Flow Psychology

One Man's Wilderness

by Sam Keith • 1973

At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.

4.37

10k+

🏔️ Wilderness Memoir 🔨 Self-Reliance 🐻 Animal Encounters 🏕️ Alaskan Frontier 🪵 Homesteading Memoir

One Man's Wilderness 89%

At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.

by Sam Keith 1973

4.37

10k+ ratings

🏔️ Wilderness Memoir 🔨 Self-Reliance 🐻 Animal Encounters 🏕️ Alaskan Frontier 🪵 Homesteading Memoir

A Year of Living Simply

by Kate Humble • 2024

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

3.71

2k+

🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse 🤝 Community Building 🌱 Home Gardening

A Year of Living Simply 89%

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

by Kate Humble 2024

3.71

2k+ ratings

🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse 🤝 Community Building 🌱 Home Gardening

Q's Legacy

by Helene Hanff • 1985

A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.

4.05

2k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 📚 Book Collecting 🎓 Self-Education ✉️ Literary Correspondence 📖 Books As Companions

Q's Legacy 89%

A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.

by Helene Hanff 1985

4.05

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 📚 Book Collecting 🎓 Self-Education ✉️ Literary Correspondence 📖 Books As Companions

Stone by Design

by Lew French • 2005

Stone walls that feel discovered, not built. A mason's philosophy of leaving the stone alone.

4.38

🏞️ Landscape Architecture 🪨 Stone Masonry 💭 Design Philosophy 🔨 Craftsmanship 🌿 Natural Materials

Stone by Design 89%

Stone walls that feel discovered, not built. A mason's philosophy of leaving the stone alone.

by Lew French 2005

4.38

48 ratings

🏞️ Landscape Architecture 🪨 Stone Masonry 💭 Design Philosophy 🔨 Craftsmanship 🌿 Natural Materials

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+

📖 Literary Memoir 🏺 Material Memory 📚 Reading Life 🕰️ Meditations On Aging 🇬🇧 British Memoirists

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

📖 Literary Memoir 🏺 Material Memory 📚 Reading Life 🕰️ Meditations On Aging 🇬🇧 British Memoirists

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+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Memoir 🌟 Fame And Identity 🎭 Behind The Scenes 📝 Diary Memoir

The Princess Diarist 88%

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

by Carrie Fisher 2016

3.70

92k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Memoir 🌟 Fame And Identity 🎭 Behind The Scenes 📝 Diary Memoir

The Storyteller

by Dave Grohl • 2021

Iggy Pop called. He said yes. From punk basements to stadiums, a life in music.

4.43

170k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🔧 DIY Ethos 💔 Grief And Loss 🎨 Creative Resilience 👨‍👧 Fatherhood

The Storyteller 88%

Iggy Pop called. He said yes. From punk basements to stadiums, a life in music.

by Dave Grohl 2021

4.43

170k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🔧 DIY Ethos 💔 Grief And Loss 🎨 Creative Resilience 👨‍👧 Fatherhood

Greenlights

by Matthew McConaughey • 2020

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

4.2

481k+

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

Greenlights 88%

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

by Matthew McConaughey 2020

4.2

481k+ ratings

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

Love Life

by Rob Lowe • 2014

Fame, addiction, recovery. Rob Lowe learned that a good life is cast, not scripted.

3.68

12k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎭 Acting Craft 🍃 Sobriety Journey 👨‍👦 Fatherhood 🧑‍🏫 Mentorship

Love Life 88%

Fame, addiction, recovery. Rob Lowe learned that a good life is cast, not scripted.

by Rob Lowe 2014

3.68

12k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎭 Acting Craft 🍃 Sobriety Journey 👨‍👦 Fatherhood 🧑‍🏫 Mentorship

The Rural Diaries

by Hilarie Burton Morgan • 2020

She traded Hollywood for a log cabin, a failing candy shop, and a donkey.

4.40

24k+

🏡 Rural Memoirs 🎬 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Grief Processing 🌿 Intentional Living 🤝 Community Building

The Rural Diaries 88%

She traded Hollywood for a log cabin, a failing candy shop, and a donkey.

by Hilarie Burton Morgan 2020

4.40

24k+ ratings

🏡 Rural Memoirs 🎬 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Grief Processing 🌿 Intentional Living 🤝 Community Building

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy

by Mark Hodkinson • 2022

One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.

3.74

688

🏭 Working Class Literature 📚 Bibliophilia 🎓 Autodidact Stories 🎭 Kitchen-Sink Realism 🖨️ Print Culture

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy 88%

One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.

by Mark Hodkinson 2022

3.74

688 ratings

🏭 Working Class Literature 📚 Bibliophilia 🎓 Autodidact Stories 🎭 Kitchen-Sink Realism 🖨️ Print Culture

The Craftsman

by Richard Sennett • 2008

Making things well is a universal human drive. Modern work is designed to suppress it.

3.84

2k+

🔨 Philosophy Of Work 🏺 Material Culture 🔧 Skilled Labor ✋ Craftsmanship 🧠 Tacit Knowledge

The Craftsman 88%

Making things well is a universal human drive. Modern work is designed to suppress it.

by Richard Sennett 2008

3.84

2k+ ratings

🔨 Philosophy Of Work 🏺 Material Culture 🔧 Skilled Labor ✋ Craftsmanship 🧠 Tacit Knowledge

Home Grown

by Ben Hewitt • 2014

Two brothers learn to read by crafting bows and butchering hogs on their family's Vermont farm.

3.95

2k+

🧩 Unschooling 🌿 Nature Connection 🐢 Slow Parenting 🏡 Homesteading 🔨 Meaningful Work

Home Grown 88%

Two brothers learn to read by crafting bows and butchering hogs on their family's Vermont farm.

by Ben Hewitt 2014

3.95

2k+ ratings

🧩 Unschooling 🌿 Nature Connection 🐢 Slow Parenting 🏡 Homesteading 🔨 Meaningful Work

The Road Beneath My Feet

by Frank Turner • 2015

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

4.21

2k+

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

The Road Beneath My Feet 88%

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

by Frank Turner 2015

4.21

2k+ ratings

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

Melissa Explains It All

by Melissa Joan Hart • 2013

A child star's survival manual hidden inside a memoir: treat fame like a paper route.

3.42

5k+

🎬 Child Stardom 🎭 Showbiz Memoir 🌱 Grounded Celebrity 🛠️ Blue Collar Roots 💼 Working Motherhood

Melissa Explains It All 88%

A child star's survival manual hidden inside a memoir: treat fame like a paper route.

by Melissa Joan Hart 2013

3.42

5k+ ratings

🎬 Child Stardom 🎭 Showbiz Memoir 🌱 Grounded Celebrity 🛠️ Blue Collar Roots 💼 Working Motherhood

Highcastle

by Stanisław Lem • 1966

Before the science fiction, Stanisław Lem ran an imaginary bureaucracy that authorized regicide.

3.65

635

🧒 Childhood Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🎭 Imagination And Play 🔗 Creativity And Constraint 🧠 Memory And Identity

Highcastle 88%

Before the science fiction, Stanisław Lem ran an imaginary bureaucracy that authorized regicide.

by Stanisław Lem 1966

3.65

635 ratings

🧒 Childhood Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🎭 Imagination And Play 🔗 Creativity And Constraint 🧠 Memory And Identity

Nonbinary

by Genesis P-Orridge • 2021

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

4.00

577

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

Nonbinary 88%

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

by Genesis P-Orridge 2021

4.00

577 ratings

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

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+

📖 Literary Memoir ✍️ Personal Essays 🕸️ Interconnectedness 🌿 Nature Writing 🧭 Meaning Making

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

📖 Literary Memoir ✍️ Personal Essays 🕸️ Interconnectedness 🌿 Nature Writing 🧭 Meaning Making

Shop Class as Soulcraft

by Matthew B. Crawford • 2009

White-collar work dulls the mind. The intellectual case for picking up a wrench instead.

3.74

11k+

🔨 Craftsmanship 🧑‍💻 Knowledge Work 🧠 Tacit Knowledge 💼 Meaningful Work 🤸 Embodied Cognition

Shop Class as Soulcraft 88%

White-collar work dulls the mind. The intellectual case for picking up a wrench instead.

by Matthew B. Crawford 2009

3.74

11k+ ratings

🔨 Craftsmanship 🧑‍💻 Knowledge Work 🧠 Tacit Knowledge 💼 Meaningful Work 🤸 Embodied Cognition

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+

📺 Television Writing 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎨 Creative Recovery 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

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

📺 Television Writing 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎨 Creative Recovery 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

My Losing Season

by Pat Conroy • 2002

Revisiting his worst college basketball season, a novelist finds the writer forged in every loss.

3.91

11k+

⛹️ Sports Memoirs ✍️ Literary Memoirs 🏀 Basketball Writing 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons 🎖️ Military Education

My Losing Season 88%

Revisiting his worst college basketball season, a novelist finds the writer forged in every loss.

by Pat Conroy 2002

3.91

11k+ ratings

⛹️ Sports Memoirs ✍️ Literary Memoirs 🏀 Basketball Writing 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons 🎖️ Military Education

The Little Locksmith

by Katharine Butler Hathaway • 1943

A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.

3.67

1k+

🩻 Disability Memoir ✍️ Writing Life 🦴 Embodied Difference 🪟 Creative Solitude 🕊️ Self-Acceptance

The Little Locksmith 88%

A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.

by Katharine Butler Hathaway 1943

3.67

1k+ ratings

🩻 Disability Memoir ✍️ Writing Life 🦴 Embodied Difference 🪟 Creative Solitude 🕊️ Self-Acceptance

The Space That Keeps You

by Jeremiah Brent • 2024

A designer discovers why some homes hold you: it's never about the furniture.

3.85

209

🛋️ Interior Design 🫂 Emotional Design 🏡 Creating Sanctuary 🏚️ Memory And Place 🌿 Nature And Home

The Space That Keeps You 88%

A designer discovers why some homes hold you: it's never about the furniture.

by Jeremiah Brent 2024

3.85

209 ratings

🛋️ Interior Design 🫂 Emotional Design 🏡 Creating Sanctuary 🏚️ Memory And Place 🌿 Nature And Home

Growing Up Laughing

by Marlo Thomas • 2010

Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.

3.85

2k+

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Comedy History 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎤 Women In Comedy ✊ Feminist Memoir

Growing Up Laughing 88%

Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.

by Marlo Thomas 2010

3.85

2k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Comedy History 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎤 Women In Comedy ✊ Feminist Memoir

The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

by Amanda Palmer • 2014

Fans gave her couches, food, then $1.2 million. The one rule: treat help as collaboration.

3.92

37k+

🎤 Artist Memoirs ✨ Creativity Guides 💔 Vulnerability In Art 🎁 The Gift Economy 🔧 Diy Ethos

The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Summary

The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help 88%

Fans gave her couches, food, then $1.2 million. The one rule: treat help as collaboration.

by Amanda Palmer 2014

3.92

37k+ ratings

🎤 Artist Memoirs ✨ Creativity Guides 💔 Vulnerability In Art 🎁 The Gift Economy 🔧 Diy Ethos

A Childhood

by Harry Crews • 1978

By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.

4.34

3k+

🏚️ Rural Poverty 🌾 Southern Memoir 🩸 Childhood Trauma 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🦴 Southern Gothic

A Childhood 88%

By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.

by Harry Crews 1978

4.34

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Poverty 🌾 Southern Memoir 🩸 Childhood Trauma 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🦴 Southern Gothic

Silver Screen Fiend

by Patton Oswalt • 2015

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

3.62

8k+

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

Silver Screen Fiend 88%

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

by Patton Oswalt 2015

3.62

8k+ ratings

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

Consider This

by Chuck Palahniuk • 2020

Most writing advice avoids the craft that actually builds authority, tension, and voice.

4.37

6k+

🖋️ Writing Craft 📖 Craft Memoir ✂️ Literary Minimalism 💔 Therapeutic Writing 🎤 Narrative Voice

Consider This 88%

Most writing advice avoids the craft that actually builds authority, tension, and voice.

by Chuck Palahniuk 2020

4.37

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Writing Craft 📖 Craft Memoir ✂️ Literary Minimalism 💔 Therapeutic Writing 🎤 Narrative Voice

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

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place 👁️ Urban Observation ✍️ Lyrical Nonfiction

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

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place 👁️ Urban Observation ✍️ Lyrical Nonfiction

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

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

4.16

2k+

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

The Sunset Route 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

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

If Chins Could Kill

by Bruce Campbell • 2001

Cereal, a freezing cabin, a gore rig from a bike: the unglamorous making of Evil Dead.

3.95

19k+

🎬 Independent Film 💰 Low-Budget Filmmaking 🧟 Cult Films 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎓 Filmmaking Advice

If Chins Could Kill 88%

Cereal, a freezing cabin, a gore rig from a bike: the unglamorous making of Evil Dead.

by Bruce Campbell 2001

3.95

19k+ ratings

🎬 Independent Film 💰 Low-Budget Filmmaking 🧟 Cult Films 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎓 Filmmaking Advice

Seldom Disappointed

by Tony Hillerman • 2001

Wounded infantryman, journalist, 45-year-old professor: the unlikely path to the Navajo mysteries.

4.01

794

✍️ Writer's Memoir 📝 Craft Of Writing 🏹 Native American Culture 🌐 Writing Across Cultures 🪖 Greatest Generation

Seldom Disappointed 88%

Wounded infantryman, journalist, 45-year-old professor: the unlikely path to the Navajo mysteries.

by Tony Hillerman 2001

4.01

794 ratings

✍️ Writer's Memoir 📝 Craft Of Writing 🏹 Native American Culture 🌐 Writing Across Cultures 🪖 Greatest Generation

Say Everything

by Ione Skye • 2025

Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.

3.99

8k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 👤 Absent Fathers 🔗 Codependency 🎭 Actor Memoirs 📼 Gen X Memoirs

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

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 👤 Absent Fathers 🔗 Codependency 🎭 Actor Memoirs 📼 Gen X Memoirs

Wise Guy

by Guy Kawasaki • 2019

He sold the world on the Macintosh. Then he found what's worth selling your life for.

3.94

685

📘 Tech Memoirs 💻 Silicon Valley 🧳 Immigrant Experience ⚖️ Business Ethics 🧠 Mentorship

Wise Guy 88%

He sold the world on the Macintosh. Then he found what's worth selling your life for.

by Guy Kawasaki 2019

3.94

685 ratings

📘 Tech Memoirs 💻 Silicon Valley 🧳 Immigrant Experience ⚖️ Business Ethics 🧠 Mentorship

What's It All About

by Michael Caine • 1992

A charity ward birth, a fish-porter father, and a Cockney accent that Hollywood couldn't erase.

4.07

1k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🎥 Hollywood Memoir 🇬🇧 British Cinema 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🎞️ Behind The Scenes

What's It All About 88%

A charity ward birth, a fish-porter father, and a Cockney accent that Hollywood couldn't erase.

by Michael Caine 1992

4.07

1k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🎥 Hollywood Memoir 🇬🇧 British Cinema 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🎞️ Behind The Scenes

The Earth Is Enough

by Harry Middleton • 1989

A boy broken by war heals in the Ozarks with his fly-fishing grandfather and great-uncle.

4.35

623

🎣 Fly Fishing Memoir 🌿 Nature Memoir 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Healing Through Nature ✍️ Lyrical Prose

The Earth Is Enough 88%

A boy broken by war heals in the Ozarks with his fly-fishing grandfather and great-uncle.

by Harry Middleton 1989

4.35

623 ratings

🎣 Fly Fishing Memoir 🌿 Nature Memoir 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Healing Through Nature ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Writing the Memoir

by Judith Barrington • 1996

The memoirist's craft: picking your thread, finding your voice, and shaping the truth into story.

4.04

715

🖋️ Memoir Writing 📝 Creative Nonfiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💎 Truth In Memoir

Writing the Memoir 88%

The memoirist's craft: picking your thread, finding your voice, and shaping the truth into story.

by Judith Barrington 1996

4.04

715 ratings

🖋️ Memoir Writing 📝 Creative Nonfiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💎 Truth In Memoir

The Magnolia Story

by Chip Gaines • 2016

A shuttered shop, a risky flip, and the partnership that built an HGTV empire from Waco.

4.18

99k+

🏚️ Renovation Memoir 💼 Entrepreneurial Memoir 💒 Christian Marriage 🌸 Embracing Imperfection ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

The Magnolia Story 88%

A shuttered shop, a risky flip, and the partnership that built an HGTV empire from Waco.

by Chip Gaines 2016

4.18

99k+ ratings

🏚️ Renovation Memoir 💼 Entrepreneurial Memoir 💒 Christian Marriage 🌸 Embracing Imperfection ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Everything That Remains

by Joshua Fields Millburn • 2013

He left his corner office, got rid of everything, and discovered what actually makes life rich.

3.81

10k+

🏠 Minimalist Living 📖 Transformation Memoir 🧭 Intentional Living 🗑️ Decluttering 🎯 Redefining Success

Everything That Remains 88%

He left his corner office, got rid of everything, and discovered what actually makes life rich.

by Joshua Fields Millburn 2013

3.81

10k+ ratings

🏠 Minimalist Living 📖 Transformation Memoir 🧭 Intentional Living 🗑️ Decluttering 🎯 Redefining Success

The Facts

by Philip Roth • 1988

A master of fiction tries to write the straight truth about his life, and discovers why he cannot.

3.70

1k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers On Writing ✡️ Jewish Identity 🔄 Metafiction 🗽 Artistic Freedom

The Facts 88%

A master of fiction tries to write the straight truth about his life, and discovers why he cannot.

by Philip Roth 1988

3.70

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers On Writing ✡️ Jewish Identity 🔄 Metafiction 🗽 Artistic Freedom

Windswept & Interesting

by Billy Connolly • 2021

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

4.40

11k+

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

Windswept & Interesting 88%

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

by Billy Connolly 2021

4.40

11k+ ratings

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

Autobiography of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain • 2010

Sealed for a century: Twain's unfiltered life, with the portrait his daughter wrote tucked inside.

3.80

9k+

🖋️ Literary Lives 🇺🇸 American Authors ✍️ Author Memoirs 😂 Humorists 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Memoir

Autobiography of Mark Twain 88%

Sealed for a century: Twain's unfiltered life, with the portrait his daughter wrote tucked inside.

by Mark Twain 2010

3.80

9k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Lives 🇺🇸 American Authors ✍️ Author Memoirs 😂 Humorists 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Memoir

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

108k+

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

Born Standing Up 88%

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

by Steve Martin 2007

3.88

108k+ ratings

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

You're Never Weird on the Internet

by Felicia Day • 2015

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

4.07

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4.07

51k+ ratings

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Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama 88%

From cult sketch comedy to Saul Goodman: a late-blooming actor's unlikely second act.

by Bob Odenkirk 2022

3.60

13k+ ratings

🎭 Sketch Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📝 Tv Writing 😬 Impostor Syndrome 🌱 Late Bloomers

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4.50

171

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4.50

171 ratings

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3.31

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The Year of Reading Dangerously 88%

One secret list, fifty classics, and a year spent reading them between diapers and deadlines.

by Andy Miller 2012

3.31

6k+ ratings

🧾 Reading Memoirs 🕰️ Midlife Reflection 😳 Reading Guilt 🏭 Workplace Disillusionment 🐢 Slow Reading

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