Biography & Memoir Book Summaries

The Light We Carry

Michelle Obama

The Light We Carry

Overcoming in Uncertain Times

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Alain de Botton

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Valuable Insights Into Living Your Best Life

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

John Perkins

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

An insider's account of imperialism in the modern age

Hunger

Roxane Gay

Hunger

A Memoir of (My) Body

Inside Out

Demi Moore

Inside Out

A Memoir

Untamed

Glennon Doyle

Untamed

Stop Pleasing, Start Living

Unapologetically Ambitious

Shellye Archambeau

Unapologetically Ambitious

Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms

Alexander the Great

Philip Freeman

Alexander the Great

The Macedonian who conquered the world

Rogues

Patrick Radden Keefe

Rogues

True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Wintering

Katherine May

Wintering

The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Charlie Munger

Tren Griffin

Charlie Munger

The Complete Investor

Napoleon the Great

Andrew Roberts

Napoleon the Great

How Napoleon Conquered Europe and Changed the World

Lawrence in Arabia

Scott Anderson

Lawrence in Arabia

War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Reasons to Stay Alive

Matt Haig

Reasons to Stay Alive

An optimistic memoir about depression and anxiety

Liftoff

Eric Berger

Liftoff

Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX

Furious Hours

Casey Cep

Furious Hours

Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

Life in the Woods

The Unwinding of the Miracle

Julie Yip-Williams

The Unwinding of the Miracle

A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After

Buffett

Roger Lowenstein

Buffett

The Making of an American Capitalist

Minor Feelings

Cathy Park Hong

Minor Feelings

A Reckoning on Race and the Asian Condition

You Never Forget Your First

Alexis Coe

You Never Forget Your First

A Biography of George Washington

Dear Girls

Ali Wong

Dear Girls

Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life

The First Muslim

Lesley Hazleton

The First Muslim

The Story of Muhammad

Good Power

Ginni Rometty

Good Power

Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World

Florence Nightingale

Cecil Woodham-Smith

Florence Nightingale

1820–1910

Educated

Tara Westover

Educated

A Memoir

Good Arguments

Bo Seo

Good Arguments

How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

Cork Dork

Bianca Bosker

Cork Dork

A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste