Between the World and Me
Coates writes to his son about the Black body in America, from Howard to the loss of Prince Jones.
2,234-word summary · 10 min read
memoir + nonfiction
19 books tagged both “memoir” and “nonfiction”.
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Everything I Know About Love
Dolly Alderton recalls bad dates flatshares and female friendship in her twenties memoir.
2,194-word summary · 10 min read
Greenlights
McConaughey shares outlaw stories and greenlight catching from Texas to Hollywood.
2,577-word summary · 11 min read
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Bourdain on rough kitchens, past drug use, Les Halles years, and why you should never order fish on Monday.
2,562-word summary · 11 min read
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Therapist Lori Gottlieb counsels John, Julie and Rita while seeing her own therapist Wendell after a breakup.
2,234-word summary · 10 min read
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
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Ten Booms hide Jews in Haarlem, suffer Ravensbruck, lose Betsie, and learn forgiveness.
2,593-word summary · 12 min read
The Last Lecture
Dying professor Pausch lectures really achieving childhood dreams.
2,579-word summary · 11 min read
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Mortenson fails K2 builds schools in Pakistan after Korphe kindness.
2,554-word summary · 11 min read
A Child Called It
Dave survives his mother games of hunger and cold in Daly City until teachers and foster care step in.
2,326-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
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
At 26 Cheryl Strayed hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone to grieve and reset.
2,075-word summary · 9 min read