You Ought to Do a Story About Me: Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption
By: Ted Jackson
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The heartbreaking and redemptive story of a fallen-from-grace NFL player discovered by a Pulitzer P…
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1. Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV
By: Joe Buck
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In his debut memoir, Joe Buck talks about his life, his career, and his memorable relationship with… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
2. A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic’s Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
By: Kevin Hazzard
4.04
Format: 156 pages, Hardcover
A former paramedic's visceral, poignant, and mordantly funny account of a decade spent on Atlanta's… read more
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3. Enrique's Journey
By: Sonia Nazario
3.88
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
A true story from award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario recounting the odyssey of a Honduran boy w… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
"During that time, in between train rides, they sleep in trees or by the tracks, they drink from puddles, they beg for food."-Sonia Nazario, Enrique's Journey
"One Honduran teenager I met in southern Mexico had been deported to Guatemala twenty-seven times. He said he wouldn't give up until he reached his mother in the United States."-Sonia Nazario, Enrique's Journey
"Lourdes has decided. She will leave. She will go to the United States and make money and send it home. She will be gone for one year - less, with luck - or she will bring her children to be with her.…"-Sonia Nazario, Enrique's Journey
4. Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
By: Sheri Fink
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstruc… read more
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5. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
By: Buzz Bissinger
3.81
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the … read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- football
- audiobook
6. Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar
By: Alan Shipnuck
4.06
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “A rollicking good time.” —Golfweek * “Thoroughly engaging.” —The Washi… read more
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- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
7. The Last Stone
By: Mark Bowden
3.71
Format: 352 pages, None
On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, ages ten and twelve, vanished from a shoppin… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. The Sleepwalkers
By: Scarlett Thomas
3.17
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From “one of the UK’s most interesting authors” (Kirkus Reviews), Patricia Highsmith meets White Lo… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
9. Rise: My Story
By: Lindsey Vonn
3.93
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The first ever memoir from the most decorated female skier of all time, revealing never-before-told… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
"Part of what I always loved about being on the mountain was the feeling that anything could happen. I would stand there before every run and think anything is possible. I believe that I could win and…"-Lindsey Vonn, Rise: My Story
10. The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players
By: Ben Lindbergh
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Move over, Moneyball -- a cutting-edge look at major league baseball's next revolution: the high-te… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
- audiobook
11. Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America
By: Harry N. MacLean
3.71
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the m… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
12. Rescue Story: Faith, Freedom, and Finding My Way Home
By: Robert Noland
4.70
Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition
From a hard-rocking life fueled by substance abuse to a hope-filled life of freedom and joy--this i… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
13. Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency
By: Michael Wolff
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
“We won. Won in a landslide. This was a landslide.”―President Donald J. Trump, January 6, 2021We al… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
14. So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin
By: Steve Martin
3.83
Format: 3 pages, Audiobook
Steve Martin is more candid than he’s ever been about his creative life in this engrossing audio-bi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
By: Kenan Thompson
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
16. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)
By: Mai Mochizuki
3.67
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more
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17. There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
By: Anna Akbari
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of th… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
18. Till the End
By: C.C. Sabathia
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most bel… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
19. Sho-Time: The Inside Story of Shohei Ohtani and the Greatest Baseball Season Ever Played
By: Jeff Fletcher
3.77
Format: 256 pages, ebook
The story behind Shohei Ohtani's legendary MVP season as baseball's greatest two-way player--domina… read more
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- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
20. You and Me and Us
By: Alison Hammer
4.12
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
The heartbreaking, yet hopeful, story of a mother and daughter struggling to be a family without th… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
21. Life in the G: Minor League Basketball and the Relentless Pursuit of the NBA
By: Alex Squadron
4.44
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to the G League—the official minor league of the National Basketball Association. Life in t… read more
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- sports
22. One Jump at a Time: My Story
By: Nathan Chen
3.83
Format: 240 pages, ebook
In this exhilarating memoir, three-time World Champion and Olympic gold-medalist Nathan Chen tells … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
23. Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team
By: John U. Bacon
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An uplifting leadership book about a coach who helped transform the nation’s worst high school hock… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
By: Katie Ledecky
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adult
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
25. You Ought to Do a Story About Me: Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption
By: Ted Jackson
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The heartbreaking and redemptive story of a fallen-from-grace NFL player discovered by a Pulitzer P… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adult
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
- audiobook
26. The Night We Lost Him
By: Laura Dave
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years, one that m… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
27. White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland
By: Dick Lehr
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
For fans of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, the thrilling true story of a would-be terrorist attack again… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Acne
By: Laura Chinn
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the creator and star of Florida Girls comes a hilarious and profound memoir about family, happ… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"We were not “ride or die"-Laura Chinn, Acne
"As I took in all the sick and injured babies around me, I could feel empathy being forced upon me and I did not like it."-Laura Chinn, Acne
"One of my friends lost her virginity when she was twelve to her older brother’s nineteen-year-old friend. She said he crept into her bedroom in the middle of the night and took her virginity. At the …"-Laura Chinn, Acne
"Our family was an organic, free-range, humanely sourced kind of family. The kind of family who uses plant-based cleaners that aren’t strong enough to actually degrease anything so every pot and pan h…"-Laura Chinn, Acne
29. The Last One at the Wedding
By: Jason Rekulak
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Hidden Pictures comes a breathtaking work of suspense about a father… read more
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- adult
30. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida
By: Mikita Brottman
3.54
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
31. Tiger Tiger: His Life as It's Never Been Told Before
By: James Patterson
4.02
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The impossible life of Tiger Woods—how did he become the GOAT, and what drove him to fall so specta… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
- audiobook
