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Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
A Memoir
by Penelope Lively 2013 240 pages
3.64
1.3K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Sound Summary
Sound
A Story of Hearing Lost and Found
by Bella Bathurst 2017 223 pages
3.91
276 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Disability
Boy Meets Depression Summary
Boy Meets Depression
Or Life Sucks and Then You Live
by Kevin Breel 2015 224 pages
3.81
853 ratings
Mental Health
Memoir
Psychology
Friendship for Grownups Summary
Friendship for Grownups
by Lisa Whelchel 2010 221 pages
3.68
351 ratings
Christian
Friendship
Relationships
Glock Summary
Glock
The Rise of America's Gun
by Paul M. Barrett 2012 291 pages
3.87
2.5K ratings
History
Business
Military Fiction
All Things Aside Summary
All Things Aside
Absolutely Correct Opinions
by Iliza Shlesinger 2022 256 pages
3.91
4.9K ratings
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
The Year of Living like Jesus Summary
The Year of Living like Jesus
My Journey of Discovering What Jesus Would Really Do
by Edward G. Dobson 2009 304 pages
3.47
540 ratings
Religion
Memoir
Christian
Get Out of Your Own Way Summary
Get Out of Your Own Way
A Skeptic's Guide to Growth and Fulfillment
by Dave Hollis 2020 240 pages
3.80
6.7K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Long Alliance Summary
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
by Gabriel Debenedetti 2022 432 pages
4.02
251 ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Renegade Summary
Renegade
The Making of a President
by Richard Wolffe 2009 356 pages
3.94
2.0K ratings
Politics
Biography
History
The Invisible Woman Summary
The Invisible Woman
by Claire Tomalin 1990 384 pages
3.74
1.8K ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Josephine Baker Summary
Josephine Baker
The Hungry Heart
by Jean-Claude Baker 1993 592 pages
3.77
346 ratings
Biography
History
Music
This Will Only Hurt a Little Summary
This Will Only Hurt a Little
by Busy Philipps 2018 288 pages
3.91
33.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Morning Sunshine! Summary
Morning Sunshine!
How to Radiate Confidence and Feel It Too
by Robin Meade 2009 256 pages
3.70
291 ratings
Self Help
Autobiography
Biography
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog Summary
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog
by Emily Dean 2019 257 pages
4.23
2.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Grief
A Piece of Cake Summary
A Piece of Cake
by Cupcake Brown 2007 472 pages
4.25
38.2K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
One Bird's Choice Summary
One Bird's Choice
A Year in the Life of an Overeducated, Underemployed Twenty-Something Who Moves Back Home
by Iain Reid 2010 264 pages
3.74
445 ratings
Memoir
Canada
Biography
It's All About Muhammad Summary
It's All About Muhammad
A Biography of the World's Most Notorious Prophet
by F.W. Burleigh 2014 556 pages
3.90
152 ratings
Biography
Religion
History
Flying on the Inside Summary
Flying on the Inside
A Memoir of Trauma and Recovery
by Rachel Gotto 2021 248 pages
3.89
3.3K ratings
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
The Education of an Accidental CEO Summary
The Education of an Accidental CEO
Lessons Learned from the Trailer Park to the Corner Office
by David C. Novak 2007 320 pages
3.88
148 ratings
Business
Leadership
Biography
The Lost Men Summary
The Lost Men
The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
by Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006 366 pages
4.15
1.9K ratings
History
Adventure
Survival
You'll Never Believe Me Summary
You'll Never Believe Me
A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist
by Kari Ferrell 2025 288 pages
3.35
1.8K ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
Beyond the Robot Summary
Beyond the Robot
The Life and Work of Colin Wilson
by Gary Lachman 2016 416 pages
4.40
105 ratings
Biography
Philosophy
Psychology
Sucker Punch Summary
Sucker Punch
Essays
by Scaachi Koul 2025 272 pages
3.88
1.8K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Canada
The Alchemists Summary
The Alchemists
The INEOS Story – An Industrial Giant Comes of Age
by Jim Ratcliffe 2018 344 pages
3.72
106 ratings
Biography
Business
Old Age Summary
Old Age
A Beginner's Guide
by Michael Kinsley 2016 160 pages
3.20
1.5K ratings
Memoir
Essays
Humor
LET IT GO Summary
LET IT GO
The Entrepreneur Turned Ardent Philanthropist
by Stephanie Shirley 2012 308 pages
4.25
770 ratings
Biography
Business
Memoir
Renegade Summary
Renegade
Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
by Adam Kinzinger 2023 316 pages
4.15
2.2K ratings
Politics
Memoir
History
OPEN Summary
OPEN
Why asking for help can save your life
by Frankie Bridge 2020 258 pages
4.30
1.2K ratings
Mental Health
Self Help
Biography
Doctored Summary
Doctored
The Disillusionment of an American Physician
by Sandeep Jauhar 2014 288 pages
3.60
1.5K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
Sober Mercies Summary
Sober Mercies
How Love Caught Up with a Christian Drunk
by Heather Harpham Kopp 2013 224 pages
4.31
626 ratings
Memoir
Christian
Biography
A Beautiful Work In Progress Summary
A Beautiful Work In Progress
by Mirna Valerio 2017 336 pages
3.76
4.1K ratings
Memoir
Sports
Biography
I'd Rather We Got Casinos Summary
I'd Rather We Got Casinos
And Other Black Thoughts
by Larry Wilmore 2009 224 pages
3.32
1.5K ratings
Humor
Comedy
Race
Imagine a City Summary
Imagine a City
A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World
by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022 416 pages
3.65
395 ratings
Travel
Memoir
Aviation
In the Land of Invisible Women Summary
In the Land of Invisible Women
A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
by Qanta A. Ahmed 2008 454 pages
3.74
7.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Religion
Attention Summary
Attention
A Love Story
by Casey Schwartz 2020 240 pages
3.10
380 ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Mental Health
The Driver Summary
The Driver
My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
by Alexander Roy 2007 336 pages
4.08
653 ratings
Biography
Cars
Racing
Einstein & The Art of Mindful Cycling Summary
Einstein & The Art of Mindful Cycling
Achieving Balance in the Modern World
by Ben Irvine 2012 144 pages
3.53
272 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Science
The Desert and the Sea Summary
The Desert and the Sea
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
by Michael Scott Moore 2018 480 pages
3.97
2.4K ratings
Memoir
Africa
Biography
Crossroads Summary
Crossroads
The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
by Tom Graves 2008 133 pages
3.84
194 ratings
Music
Biography
History
See A Little Light Summary
See A Little Light
The Trail of Rage and Melody
by Bob Mould 2011 403 pages
3.80
2.0K ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
Our Noise Summary
Our Noise
The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small
by Laura Ballance 2009 289 pages
4.05
1.4K ratings
Music
Biography
History
Red Roulette Summary
Red Roulette
An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
by Desmond Shum 2021
3.91
6.3K ratings
China
Politics
Business
My Men Are My Heroes Summary
My Men Are My Heroes
The Brad Kasal Story
by Brad Kasal 2007 287 pages
4.18
609 ratings
Military Fiction
History
War
Called Out Summary
Called Out
Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling
by Paula Faris 2020 192 pages
4.12
743 ratings
Biography
Memoir
Leadership
Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys Summary
Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys
The Songs that Tell Their Story
by Mark Dillon 2012 336 pages
3.95
123 ratings
Music
Biography
Edmund Burke Summary
Edmund Burke
A Genius Reconsidered
by Russell Kirk 1997 285 pages
4.02
300 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Missing Cryptoqueen Summary
The Missing Cryptoqueen
The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away with It
by Jamie Bartlett 2022 320 pages
4.21
1.6K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Business
Intellectuals Summary
Intellectuals
From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
by Paul Johnson 2007 416 pages
3.87
2.5K ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
One Direction Summary
One Direction
Who We Are: Our Official Autobiography
by One Direction 2014 352 pages
4.44
3.6K ratings
Biography
Music
Autobiography
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