When Breath Becomes Air
A neurosurgeon at 36 faces terminal lung cancer and must confront what makes life worth living. A profound memoir on mortality, meaning, and the doctor who became the patient.
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
A raw, unforgettable story of resilience and redemption. Four siblings raised by brilliant but alcoholic parents learn to survive poverty and neglect, then escape to build new lives.
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
From childhood in rural South Africa to 27 years in prison to the presidency: one man's extraordinary journey from freedom fighter to Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Pulitzer Prize winner chronicles a childhood of crushing poverty, alcoholism, and hunger in 1930s Limerick, Ireland told with stunning humor and heartbreaking honesty.
Into the Wild
A young man abandons everything after college, renames himself Alexander Supertramp, and ventures into Alaska's wilderness where he dies alone in an abandoned bus. What drove him to this fate?
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
A raw, honest memoir of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike through grief, self-destruction, and rebirth on a journey that broke her down and built her back up again.
Cosmos
Carl Sagan's groundbreaking journey through 15 billion years of cosmic evolution reveals how science and civilization grew together, transforming matter into consciousness.
Educated
A young woman raised by survivalists in rural Idaho enters her first classroom at 17 and journeys from isolation to earning a PhD at Cambridge University.
The Selfish Gene
Why are we here? Genes aren't just passengers in evolution, they're the drivers. Learn how organisms are survival machines built by genes, why altruism exists in nature, and what memes reveal about human culture.
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Why do we overpay, procrastinate, and make the same mistakes repeatedly? Behavioral economist Dan Ariely reveals the systematic patterns behind our irrational choices and how to outsmart them.