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Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner
A Memoir
20 min
The Last Folk Hero
The Last Folk Hero
Jeff Pearlman
The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
18 min
Beyond the Wand
Beyond the Wand
Tom Felton
The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
16 min
Spare
Spare
Prince Harry
A Tell-All Memoir of the British Royal Family and the Institution
19 min
4.2
Autobiography of a Yogi
Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda
The Life and Teachings of One of the Great Spiritual Figures
17 min
3.6
Surrender
Surrender
Bono
40 Songs, One Story
19 min
4.3
The Revolutionary
The Revolutionary
Stacy Schiff
Samuel Adams
16 min
4.4
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Matthew Perry
A Memoir
16 min
4.1
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Cinema Speculation
Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino
Hollywood History Through the Eyes of a Contemporary Filmmaker
18 min
4.3
Empire of Pain
Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe
The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
19 min
4.4
The Mamba Mentality
The Mamba Mentality
Kobe Bryant
How I Play
13 min
4.4
Faith, Hope and Carnage
Faith, Hope and Carnage
Nick Cave
A Meditation on Faith, Art, Music, Freedom, Grief, and Love
17 min
4.2
Endurance
Endurance
Alfred Lansing
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
22 min
4.8
Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues
Billie Holiday with William Dufty
The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography
18 min
4.3
Killing the Legends
Killing the Legends
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The Lethal Danger of Celebrity
16 min
4.3
Confidence Man
Confidence Man
Maggie Haberman
The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
19 min
3.7
The Light We Carry
The Light We Carry
Michelle Obama
Overcoming in Uncertain Times
18 min
4.3
Live Wire
Live Wire
Kelly Ripa
Long-Winded Short Stories
17 min
3.1
Endure
Endure
Cameron Hanes
How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
18 min
3.9
The Light We Give
The Light We Give
Simran Jeet Singh
How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life
19 min
4.3
The Beatles Anthology
The Beatles Anthology
The Beatles
An Unprecedented Look at the Most Influential Band of All Time
21 min
4.5
Good Arguments
Good Arguments
Bo Seo
How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard
25 min
4.6
Things No One Else Can Teach Us
Things No One Else Can Teach Us
Humble the Poet
Turning Losses Into Lessons
14 min
4.6
Burn Rate
Burn Rate
Andy Dunn
Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind
30 min
4.6
Disrupting the Game
Disrupting the Game
Reggie Fils-Aimé
From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo
19 min
4.4
Rogues
Rogues
Patrick Radden Keefe
True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
19 min
3.9
Finding Me
Finding Me
Viola Davis
A Memoir
23 min
4.5
Wired for Love
Wired for Love
Stephanie Cacioppo
A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection
23 min
4.6
How to Live
How to Live
Sarah Bakewell
Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
21 min
4.5
How Proust Can Change Your Life
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Alain de Botton
Valuable Insights Into Living Your Best Life
26 min
4.5
The Rise
The Rise
Mike Sielski
Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
22 min
4.3
Bedtime Biography: Margaret Thatcher
Bedtime Biography: Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
The Autobiography
35 min
4.6

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