Memoir &amp; Biography

Digital Gold

by Nathaniel Popper

Crypto & Blockchain History

Educated

by Tara Westover

Memoir & Biography Self-Help & Personal Growth

Into Thin Air

by Jon Krakauer

Just Mercy

by Bryan Stevenson

Law & Legal Memoir & Biography

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

Psychology & Behavioral Science Memoir & Biography

One L

by Scott Turow

Law & Legal Memoir & Biography

Shoe Dog

by Phil Knight

Business & Leadership Memoir & Biography

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

by Richard Feynman

The Brethren

by Bob Woodward, Scott Armstrong

Law & Legal History

The Infinite Machine

by Camila Russo

Crypto & Blockchain History

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi

1776

by David McCullough

History Memoir & Biography

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

Becoming

by Michelle Obama

Bitcoin Billionaires

by Ben Mezrich

Crypto & Blockchain Memoir & Biography

Going Infinite

by Michael Lewis

Crypto & Blockchain Business & Leadership

Quit Like a Millionaire

by Kristy Shen, Bryce Leung

Personal Finance & Investing Memoir & Biography

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls

Greenlights

by Matthew McConaughey

3/5

Born a Crime

by Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah tells the story of growing up mixed-race in South Africa during and after apartheid, where his very existence was literally a crime. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, it's a coming-of-age story unlike any other.

Digital Gold

by Nathaniel Popper

Crypto & Blockchain History Memoir & Biography

New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper tells the definitive story of the brilliant misfits, surprising successes, and notorious failures who have transformed bitcoin in just a few short years from an idea passed around an obscure internet mailing list into a multibillion-dollar industry that is reshaping the global economy.

Educated

by Tara Westover

Memoir & Biography Self-Help & Personal Growth

Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University — while she tried to reconcile her new world with the one she left behind.

Into Thin Air

by Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer's firsthand account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed during summit attempts. A journalist assigned to report on the commercialization of Everest, Krakauer found himself in the middle of one of the mountain's deadliest seasons.

Just Mercy

by Bryan Stevenson

Law & Legal Memoir & Biography History

Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was Walter McMillian, a young man condemned to die for a notorious murder he didn't commit.

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

Psychology & Behavioral Science Memoir & Biography Self-Help & Personal Growth

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it and find meaning in it.

One L

by Scott Turow

Law & Legal Memoir & Biography

An autobiographical account of Scott Turow's first year at Harvard Law School, where the brilliant and ambitious are systematically broken down and remade into lawyers. One L is the book every law student reads before — or during — their first year, and the one their spouses read to understand what happened to the person they married.

Shoe Dog

by Phil Knight

Business & Leadership Memoir & Biography

Phil Knight shares the inside story of Nike's founding, from selling running shoes out of the trunk of his car to building one of the world's most iconic brands. A candid, riveting memoir about risk, determination, and the power of a crazy idea.

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

by Richard Feynman

The outrageous memoirs of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, recounting his adventures from cracking safes at Los Alamos to playing bongo drums in Brazil, from picking locks to decoding Mayan hieroglyphics. A celebration of curiosity, mischief, and the joy of figuring things out.

The Brethren

by Bob Woodward, Scott Armstrong

Law & Legal History Memoir & Biography

Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong's 1979 inside account of the Burger Court was the first time anyone had successfully reported the Supreme Court from inside, using clerks, justices, and internal memoranda. The book is part of the canon of American legal journalism.

The Infinite Machine

by Camila Russo

Crypto & Blockchain History Memoir & Biography

Russo, a former Bloomberg journalist and founder of The Defiant, charts Ethereum's rocky path from Vitalik Buterin's teenage white paper to a $200B+ network that hosts DeFi, NFTs, and most of crypto's most interesting experiments. The definitive narrative history of Ethereum.

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi

Neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, diagnosed with terminal lung cancer at age 36, reflects on mortality, meaning, and what makes life worth living. Written in the final months of his life, it's a devastating and beautiful meditation on death and purpose.

1776

by David McCullough

History Memoir & Biography

David McCullough tells the gripping story of the year that decided America's fate, focusing on both George Washington and the British forces. Drawing on diaries, letters, and firsthand accounts, McCullough reveals just how close the revolution came to failing before it truly began.

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

The first volume of Barack Obama's presidential memoirs covers his early political life through the first two and a half years of his presidency, including the passage of the Affordable Care Act and the mission to kill Osama bin Laden. An intimate, reflective account of history in the making.

Becoming

by Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama chronicles her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House and beyond. Warm, honest, and deeply personal, she reflects on her roots, her time as First Lady, and her ongoing quest to live an authentic life.

Bitcoin Billionaires

by Ben Mezrich

Crypto & Blockchain Memoir & Biography History

In November of 2008, a mysterious paper appeared online detailing a new form of currency that promised to revolutionize the way we think about money. After their epic legal battle with Facebook, the Winklevoss twins bet on Bitcoin — and won big. Mezrich brings his trademark cinematic storytelling to the rise of bitcoin.

Going Infinite

by Michael Lewis

Crypto & Blockchain Business & Leadership Memoir & Biography

Michael Lewis followed Sam Bankman-Fried for over a year, beginning when he was running FTX, the world's largest crypto exchange, and finishing with him in jail awaiting trial. Lewis is the only journalist who had this level of access to the most famous fraudster of the 2020s.

Quit Like a Millionaire

by Kristy Shen, Bryce Leung

Personal Finance & Investing Memoir & Biography

From two not-quite-yet-retired authors comes a no-gimmicks plan for reaching financial independence by your forties. After becoming the youngest retiree on the cover of MarketWatch, Kristy Shen now teaches millions how to retire early without sacrificing their lives.

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose dysfunction was matched only by their brilliance and charisma. Her memoir recounts a childhood of constant upheaval — from desert towns to Appalachian poverty to the streets of New York City — told with astonishing lack of self-pity.

Greenlights

by Matthew McConaughey

3/5

Matthew McConaughey's unconventional memoir is part poetry, part self-help, part Hollywood tell-all. Drawing from decades of personal journals, he shares the adventures, lessons, and "greenlights" that shaped his life from small-town Texas to Oscar-winning actor.