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memoir

28 reviews

Books

  6. A Primate's Memoir

    Robert M. Sapolsky

    Part African travelogue, part baboon behavioral study. The travelogue parts are interesting since traveling in Africa, especially in the 1980s, is always an adventure. But the stories of the baboons, and how similar they are to humans, are the highlight for me.

  8. The Racket

    Conor Niland

    I know basically nothing about tennis, but this was a great read. Goes into the details of what it takes to succeed at the top level, and how unglamorous it is unless you’re at the very top. You can read a pretty representative excerpt first to decide if it’s your type of thing.

  20. Careless People

    Sarah Wynn-Williams

    Damning first-person account of working at Facebook during the 2010s. In particular, Joel Kaplan and Sheryl Sandberg come off especially poorly. A style nit: I know it’s technically a memoir, but veers a bit too much into the personal at times instead of focusing on Facebook.