August is memoir month! Ever wonder about your favorite celebrity’s personal life story? Here are some suggestions for funny, inspirational, interesting, and dramatic stories from some famous and not-so-famous people.

Failing memory provides infinite stories, both fictional and factual, classic, and new. These are a collection of fiction, memoirs, and films with characters living with memory loss, working to reconcile the discovery with their ideas of their relationships, their lives, their identities, and the effects on family and friends.

There’s something uniquely disturbing about people vanishing into thin air…. March marks the anniversary of the disappearance and murder of Charles Lindberg’s infant son. The kidnapping caused a national sensation. But, it wasn’t the first, nor the last to capture our minds and make us wonder what really happened. This month, read about a mysterious disappearance, real or fictional.

Ever feel like something is sitting over your shoulder or you catch something out of the corner of your eye? Or a weird feeling of Deja-vu that you just can’t shake? These titles will make you wish it was that simple and keep you questioning the little things right until the end. The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring School is back in session but not for long as strange things begin happening at the remote boarding school, where Mavi, the new teacher, begins teaching. The strangeness takes a malevolent turn when Mavi is roped into a cosmic mystery that will

Now that summer is here, many of us are excitedly heading out into the backcountry to engage in that favorite American pastime: fishing! Never mind the vampiric mosquitoes and questing ticks that diligently patrol our state’s beautiful alpine lakes and rushing rivers—if you’re dripping in insect repellant, you’re good to go. The secret al(lure) of fishing sometimes lies less in catching that “big one” than in spending quiet time in nature while contemplating life’s big questions. So, dust off your fishing pole or fly rod and do just that after checking out some of these titles for inspiration.