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May 18, 2026

LIFE WITH ABBEY

By Jarrett Humphreys
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

In LIFE WITH ABBEY: Our Adventures Across the Wilderness of Alaska and Beyond, Jarrett Humphreys succeeds at compellingly recounting his conquest of off-grid living and...

May 7, 2026

ANONYMOUS

By Brandon Lee Proctor
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

While shaky and uncertain at times, ANONYMOUS by Brandon Lee Proctor is more than just another memoir. It’s a powerful read that seeks to offer...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.4 / 5.0

Michael Schwartz's I'M ONLY A GOOD DADDY BECAUSE YOUR MOMMY DIED offers trauma survivors a light to shine through the darkness. It movingly demonstrates that,...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Bill Berry’s OFF COURSE ON PURPOSE: A Story About Chasing the Impossible delivers a thoughtful, well-crafted meditation on reinvention—ultimately rewarding readers who value intention and...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

Benefiting from lucid prose and thoughtful, experience-driven analysis, Mylinh Brewster Shattan's RAISING ATHENA: A Mother and Daughter Attend West Point Thirty Years Apart is an...

IR Approved
March 14, 2026

LIVING MEMORIES: A Memoir

By Nellie Gail Moulton, Scott T. Barnes (editor)
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Many family memoirs hold little to engage a more general readership, but LIVING MEMORIES: A Memoir stands apart. Nellie Gail Moulton proves to be an...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Jane Gallagher’s REFLECTIONS ON LIFE’S ILLUSIONS: A Memoir of Culture and Consciousness is a thoughtful and wide‑ranging memoir‑as‑cultural‑map, offering rich observation and a deeply reflective...

IR Approved
March 5, 2026

GOOD GIRL: A Memoir

By Anna Storm
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Tracing the author's evolution from being a “good girl” who wasn't prepared for certain traps to transforming into her most genuine self, Anna Storm’s memoir...

Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Full of fun facts, dry wit, and a search for belonging that readers are sure to find alluring, C.S. Beaty's LOSER*: A Survival Guide to...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Helen Lapada’s FIGHT LIKE HEL: Fourteen Battle-Tested Principles for Resilience is a witty, engaging, and warm-hearted take on the ins and outs of cancer diagnosis...

IR Approved
February 6, 2026

The Book of Jack: An Asylum Tap Dance

By F. Scott Service
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

In THE BOOK OF JACK: An Asylum Tap Dance, F. Scott Service delivers a poignant, finely crafted work of creative nonfiction whose reflective prose and...

IR Approved
February 5, 2026

A DIFFERENT JOURNEY: Vietnam 1965-1973

By Richaard A. Berliner
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Nuanced in its thinking and rich with detail, Richard A. Berliner's A DIFFERENT JOURNEY: Vietnam 1965-1973 is a moving account of life in Vietnam during...

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