Spare
Prince Harry recalls Diana's death in 1997, two tours in Afghanistan, and stepping back from royal life with Meghan in this frank 2023 memoir of grief, love…
2,586-word summary · 11 min read
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John Adams
McCullough follows Adams from Braintree lawyer to second president.
2,515-word summary · 11 min read
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Pino Lella guides Jews over Alps then drives for Nazis in Milan.
2,271-word summary · 10 min read
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance traces Elon Musk from a rough Pretoria childhood through PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX.
2,286-word summary · 10 min read
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Malala grows up in Swat, blogged for school under ban, and survives a bus shooting.
2,015-word summary · 9 min read
Unbroken
Louis Zamperini survives a Pacific crash, sharks and POW camps after running in the Berlin Olympics.
3,263-word summary · 15 min read
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer traces Chris McCandless from Emory graduation to an abandoned bus on the Stampede Trail in 1992, asking what drove him to seek a spare life in…
2,526-word summary · 11 min read
Becoming
Michelle Obama traces her path from South Side Chicago through Princeton, Harvard law and the White House years in this warm, candid memoir of family, work and…
2,143-word summary · 10 min read
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson's authorized Steve Jobs: forty interviews covering the garage, the 1985 ouster, Pixar, and the return that made the iPhone.
2,415-word summary · 11 min read