A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: How I Learned to Live a Better Story Author: Donald Miller

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller is a reflective and inspiring memoir that invites readers to examine their life as a story worth telling. After being asked to adapt his best-selling book Blue Like Jazz into a screenplay, Miller realizes that the life he’s been living needs more depth, courage, and intentionality—and that realization sparks a journey of transformation.

Blending humor, vulnerability, and spiritual insight, Miller takes readers through his personal experience of editing his life into something more purposeful and captivating. Along the way, he wrestles with themes of fear, comfort, love, and adventure, challenging us to live with direction and passion.

Key themes include:

How storytelling reveals the truths we often avoid

Why stepping outside our comfort zone leads to real growth

The importance of living a life with plot, conflict, and resolution

How pain and purpose shape meaningful change

Ideal for:

Readers seeking deeper personal fulfillment

Those navigating transition or creative reinvention

Faith-based audiences interested in narrative theology

Fans of memoirs that blend self-help with honest introspection

Endorsed by Anne Lamott and beloved by readers across generations, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years reminds us that we are not passive passengers—but authors of our own adventure.