Books like Why I'm Like This by Cynthia Kaplan

Eckhart Tolle guides readers toward a pain‑free existence by teaching how to recognize and release mental patterns that cause suffering, encouraging living fully in the present moment.

Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half turns her popular blog into a charming collection of witty essays, poignant stories, and hand‑drawn cartoons that explore humor, depression, and everyday life.

Maya Angelou's autobiography, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings', tells the story of her life and the challenges she faced growing up in Arkansas, including racism, abuse, and the loss of her father. The book is a powerful and moving portrayal of the African American experience during the 1930s and 1940s.

Donald Trump shares his secrets for making a fortune and running a successful business in his book 'How to Get Rich'.

A witty, self‑portrait anthology of Issa Rae’s everyday awkwardness, blending humor with sharp observations on Black identity, introversion, relationships, and cultural expectations.

Maya Angelou's heart journey into the heart of New York City, Harlem, and Martin Luther King's movement, filled with unforgettable vignettes and poignant moments of her tumultuous life and relationships.

Scott Stossel chronicles his lifelong struggle with anxiety while exploring the disorder’s many forms and the history of its treatments, offering insight into contemporary mental‑health approaches.

Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities. Charting celebrities from rehab to retox, to jails, cults, institutions, near-death experiences and the Democratic Party, Hollywood, Interrupted takes readers on a surreal field trip into the amoral belly of the entertainment industry. Each chapter -- covering topics including warped Hollywood child-rearing, bad medicine, hypocritical political maneuvering and the complicit media -- delivers a meticulously researched, interview-infused, attitude heavy dispatch which analyzes and deconstructs the myths created by the celebrities themselves. Celebrities somehow believe that it's their god-given right to inflict their pathology on the rest of us. Hollywood, Interrupted illustrates how these dysfunctional dilettantes are mad as hell... And we're not going to take it any more.

A story of cooking, writing, and the power of food to heal and inspire.

Robert Young Pelton's real-world adventure memoir, combining survival stories with cultural insights into the people he encounters on his six-year journey around the world.

Maya Angelou's autobiography follows the author as she transitions from the world of juvenile delinquency to the adult world of show business, travel to Europe and Africa, and become a renowned dancer and singer in New York.

The Lost follows Daniel Mendelsohn as he seeks the truth about six missing family members from the Holocaust, tracing clues across four continents and a small Ukrainian town to confront memory, history, and the enduring impact of loss.

When I finished reading-I felt my soul had been altered' Amy TanFor eight groundbreaking years, Xinran presented a radio programme in China during which she invited women to call in and talk about themselves. Broadcast every evening, Words on the Night Breeze became famous through the country for its unflinching portrayal of what it meant to be a woman in modern China. Centuries of obedience to their fathers, husbands and sons, followed by years of political turmoil had made women terrified of talking openly about their feelings. Xinran won their trust and, through her compassion and ability to listen, became the first woman to hear their true stories. This unforgettable book is the story of how Xinran negotiated the minefield of restrictions imposed on Chinese journalists to reach out to women across the country. Through the vivid intimacy of her writing, the women's voices confide in the reader, sharing their deepest secrets for the first time. Their stories changed Xinran's understanding of China forever. Her book will reveal the lives of Chinese women to the West as never before.

Personal essays share the author's adventures after buying a vacation house on the Carolina coast and his reflections on middle age and mortality.

A bounty hunter's story of redemption and justice, focusing on his past, career, and family.

A powerful call to action from one of our nation's most visionary leaders, Elizabeth Warren, as she recounts her six perspectives on the fight for social justice and change.