Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

By
Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah
2016 • 288 pages

Ratings615

Average rating4.6

15

List

42 books

Read 2021

matijao
Matija
Meditations
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
East of Eden
Ego Is the Enemy
Love Is Not Enough
Love Is a Dog from Hell
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

List

50 books

Audibooks

matijao
Matija
How to Be a 3% Man, Winning the Heart of the Woman of Your Dreams
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
The Power of Now
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos / Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
Shoe Dog

List

32 books

Favorites

matijao
Matija
Animal Farm
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Convenience Store Woman
Of Mice and Men
The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant

List

28 books

Biography

matijao
Matija
Educated: A Memoir
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
The Glass Castle
A Stolen Life
Elon Musk
The Bogle Effect
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

List

106 books

Non Fiction

cofetty
Anna
Understanding exposure
Writing Tools
Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
Blink
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
The Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building Your Dream Wardrobe
Strong: A Runner's Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You

List

3,772 books

Owned

Hub_jo
Jo
In the Blink of An Eye
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
The Horse Dancer
One Plus One
The Last Letter from Your Lover
Still Me
The Girl You Left Behind

List

0 books

Owned

bribri
Bribri
This Is How You Lose the Time War
In Deeper Waters
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Maurice
The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess

List

24 books

Audiobook memoirs I either vaguely or vividly remember enjoying

bribri
Bribri
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures
The Last Black Unicorn
How to Lose a Marathon
Ex Libris
Start Without Me
Feminasty
A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir

List

12 books

Autobiography Biography

theplainspokenpen
Lisa Henson
The Polygamist's Daughter: A Memoir
What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography
Mustaine
Live Long and...What I Learned Along the Way
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Eugene Bullard: World's First Black Fighter Pilot

List

150 books

Non Fiction

blackberrypie
Heron
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Against Empathy
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Year of the Monkey
Travels in Hyperreality
Oscar Wilde. Essays
What Are People For?: Essays

List

181 books

Acquired

VegasVed
Ved Uttamchandani
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Black Like Me: The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition
The Most Wonderful Tales of the Year: Holiday Memories Written and Performed by Our Favorite Narrators
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
The Entrepreneur's Blueprint to Massive Success: Create An Exceptional Lifestyle While Doing Business On Your Terms
Street Smarts: An All-Purpose Tool Kit for Entrepreneurs

List

427 books

Not For Me

carla
Carla
Invisible Boy

List

51 books

Nonfiction

Noitsbecky
Mahala
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Into the Wild
Julie & Julia
Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
The Diary of a Young Girl
A Stolen Life

List

18 books

Diversity

Noitsbecky
Mahala
The Kite Runner
Memoirs of a Geisha
A Thousand Splendid Suns
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
The Book of Unknown Americans
And the Mountains Echoed
The Help

List

0 books

Owned

ReadbyKyle
Kyle Erickson
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Misery
A Dance with Dragons
It's So Easy: And Other Lies
The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel

List

240 books

5 Star

sahibooknerd
Sahi
The Palace of Illusions
The Lincoln Myth
The Book of Life
Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana
City of Stairs
The Wrath and the Dawn
A Court of Mist and Fury

List

121 books

Favorites

sahibooknerd
Sahi
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Ruin and Rising
The Palace of Illusions
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
A Court of Mist and Fury
Queen of Shadows
The Beauty of Darkness

List

189 books

Non Fiction

sahibooknerd
Sahi
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
The World Is Flat
ICon Steve Jobs
Autobiography
Steve Jobs
Why We Buy
The witness wore red

List

35 books

Memoirs Bios

vivian
Vivian
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
The Ride of a Lifetime
Sigh, Gone

List

64 books

Bios And Memoirs

Dutch253
Dutch
The Right Kind of Crazy: Navy SEAL, Covert Operative, and Boy Scout from Hell
American Kingpin
Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt
Open
No Pain, No Gaines
Spearhead

List

97 books

Audible

Lisa
Lisa
Persuasion
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The Worst Hard Time
Heft
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Martian Chronicles
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

List

67 books

2017

Lisa
Lisa
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
White Rage
The Girl with All the Gifts
We Should All Be Feminists
A Clockwork Orange
The Underground Railroad

List

13 books

Favorites

aamna
Aamna
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Dune Messiah
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World
The Martian
Americanah

List

78 books

Audiobooks

aamna
Aamna
Project Hail Mary
Earthlings
All Systems Red
Born with Teeth
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction
Lock In

List

35 books

2022 Reading Challenge

lwillard
Lyn
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Coraline
Small Things Like These
A Widow for One Year
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
The Night Circus
The Girl Before
PreviousNext