biography
3 books in this category
In the Shadow of the Valley
by Bobi Conn
4.0
A memoir of growing up in a remote Kentucky holler in 1980s Appalachia, surviving an alcoholic, drug-dealing father, falling into her own cycles of abuse, and finding a path out through Berea College and graduate school.
non-fictionmemoir
6 hours
The Impossible Climb
by Mark Synnott
5.0
The riveting story of Alex Honnold's historic free solo climb of El Capitan's 3,000-foot Freerider route, and the obsessive pursuit of perfection in one of the most dangerous athletic achievements ever attempted.
non-fictionsports
6 hours
We Die Alone
by David Howarth
5.0
The extraordinary true story of Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian commando who survived alone in the Arctic wilderness for months after a failed sabotage mission during World War II.
non-fictionhistory
5 hours