Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
By: Susannah Cahalan
4.09
Format: 300 pages, ebook
An award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting med…
Want to Read $ 12.99"To move foward, you have to leave the past behind"-Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
"there’s nothing worse than seeing pity radiating from the eyes of a former lover."-Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
"Unutmanın varlığı asla kanıtlanmamıştır. Tek bildiğimiz, bazı şeylerin istediğimiz zaman aklımıza gelmemesidir."-Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
"Like daffodils in the early days of spring, my neurons were resprouting receptors as the winter of the illness ebbed."-Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
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1. When Breath Becomes Air
By: Abraham Verghese , Paul Kalanithi
4.40
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely obse… read more
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- science
- biography
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- medical
- medicine
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- nonfiction
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"If the unexamined life was not worth living, was the unlived life worth examining?"-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
"It’s very easy to be number one: find the guy who is number one, and score one point higher than he does."-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
"Everything teeters between pathos and bathos: here you are, violating society's most fundamental taboos and yet formaldehyde is a powerful appetite stimulant, so you also crave a burrito."-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
"Will having a newborn distract from the time we have together?" she asked. "Don't you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?" "Wouldn't it be great if it did?" I said. …"-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
2. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
By: Atul Gawande
4.49
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine … read more
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- science
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- medical
- medicine
- psychology
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- audiobook
"Endings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Death, of course, is not a failure. Death is normal. Death may be the enemy, but it is also the natural order of things."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"He moved his line in the sand. This is what it means to have autonomy -- you may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with …"-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
3. The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
By: Elyn R. Saks
4.31
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Elyn Saks is a success by any measure: she's an endowed professor at the prestigious University of … read more
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- biography
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- medicine
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- mental health
- biography memoir
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"in my experience, the words “now just calm down"-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
"some truths that were too difficult and frightening to know."-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
"The humanity we all share is more important than the mental illnesses we may not"-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
"I needed to put two critical ideas together: that I could both be mentally ill and lead a rich and satisfying life."-Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
4. A Stolen Life
By: Jaycee Dugard
3.44
Format: 198 pages,
On 10 June 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of … read more
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- nonfiction
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5. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
By: Kay Redfield Jamison
4.06
Format: 663 pages,
The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of th… read more
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6. Running With Scissors
By: Augusten Burroughs
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton… read more
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"look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it"-Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors
"Life would be fabric-softener, tuna-salad-on-white, PTA-meeting normal."-Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors
"I like it when she's shiny, like a star, like a guest on the Donnie and Marie Show ."-Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors
"Doctor, if being a bitch is healthy, then I am the healthiest damn woman on the face of the earth"-Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors
7. The Glass Castle
By: Jeannette Walls
3.57
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that, despite its profound flaws, gave the … read more
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8. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Cheryl Strayed
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, h… read more
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9. A House in the Sky
By: Sara Corbett , Amanda Lindhout
4.09
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world's most beautiful… read more
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10. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By: Rebecca Skloot
4.65
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henriet… read more
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11. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
12. Counting the Cost
By: Jill Duggar
4.06
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family… read more
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"He loved spending time with us and told us often that we were his number one hobby."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"Sometimes you have to be okay with other people not being okay with you. And you have to be okay with you not being okay too."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"The dangers were not just out there on the street or in the mall, and they weren't just limited to the summer. They were closer to home as I soon discovered."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"It's like roses and thorns, justice and grace. You can recognize the beauty and happy parts of your story while also recognizing the more difficult parts. The two can coexist. The highs aren't automa…"-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
13. Bright Young Women
By: Jessica Knoll
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary novel inspired by the real-life sorority targeted by America's first celebrity ser… read more
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"The truth is something people will go to great lengths to keep for themselves. It shouldn't feel like a gift when you get it, but it is."-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"Time does not heal all wounds. Grief is just like a sink full of dirty dishes or a pile of soiled laundry. Grief is a chore you have to do, and it's a messy one, at that."-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"There were men who cracked their knuckles while divulging to me what they would do to the defendant if they got the chance, thinking this was somehow reassuring for me to hear. But all it did was mak…"-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"Her lips are moving silently around words I recognize. 'I carry you like my own personal Time Machine, as I put on my lipstick, smile, and head out to the party.' It's a line by one of her favourite …"-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
14. The Woman in Me
By: Britney Spears
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival… read more
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"I realized how powerful it can be when women defy expectations. I can make my own way in life. I can make my dreams come true."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"But then, when it came time to end the conservatorship, I realized one thing: You can’t fuck with a woman who knows how to pray. Really pray. All I did was pray."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Later, I walked all the way home so I could take in the city, breaking one of my heels along the way. When I got to my apartment, I went to my terrace and just looked up at the stars for hours. At th…"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Giving a person no grace in a hard time is just not nice. Especially when you can't take as good as you give. When I started to speak and throw it back at them a little, God knows they were far from …"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
15. Remarkably Bright Creatures
By: Shelby Van Pelt
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more
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"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
16. Sociopath: A Memoir
By: Patric Gagne
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more
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"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
17. Educated
By: Tara Westover
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mounta… read more
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"An education is not so much about making a living as making a person."-Tara Westover, Educated
"I would never again be made a foot soldier in a conflict I did not understand."-Tara Westover, Educated
"I believed then--and part of me will always believe--that my father's words ought to be my own."-Tara Westover, Educated
"I could stay, and search for what had been home, or I could go, now, before the walls shifted and the way out was shut."-Tara Westover, Educated
18. I'm Glad My Mom Died
By: Jennette McCurdy
4.46
Format: 320 pages, ebook
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her strugg… read more
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"I feel like the world is divided into two types of people: people who know loss and people who don't."-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died
"My grandma frequently refers to me as "bitch". She always throws a little extra salt on the word too, for effect."-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died
"Even if that thing makes you very uncomfortable at times. Even if that thing puts a lot of pressure on you. Even if that thing is very stressful. Sometimes it’s just nice to feel good at something."-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died
"She wanted this. And I wanted her to have it. I wanted her to be happy. But now that I have it, I realize that she’s happy and I’m not. Her happiness came at the cost of mine. I feel robbed and explo…"-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died
19. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
By: Susannah Cahalan
4.09
Format: 300 pages, ebook
An award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting med… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- medical
- medicine
- psychology
- mental health
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"To move foward, you have to leave the past behind"-Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
"there’s nothing worse than seeing pity radiating from the eyes of a former lover."-Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
"Unutmanın varlığı asla kanıtlanmamıştır. Tek bildiğimiz, bazı şeylerin istediğimiz zaman aklımıza gelmemesidir."-Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
"Like daffodils in the early days of spring, my neurons were resprouting receptors as the winter of the illness ebbed."-Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
20. Know My Name
By: Chanel Miller
4.70
Format: 384 pages, ebook
She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had b… read more
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"I am a victim, I have no qualms with this word, only with the idea that it is all that I am."-Chanel Miller, Know My Name
"No matter how awful and long your journey, I can promise you the turn. One day it will lift."-Chanel Miller, Know My Name
"This book does not have a happy ending. The happy part is there is no ending, because I’ll always find a way to keep going."-Chanel Miller, Know My Name
"We force her to think hard about what this will mean for his life, even though he never considered what his actions would do to her."-Chanel Miller, Know My Name
21. George Orwell's 1984 (Adaptation)
By: George Orwell
4.27
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, … read more
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