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The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years - The New York Times

Fierce Attachments. Vivian Gornick. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987 ; The Woman Warrior. Maxine Hong Kingston. Alfred A. Knopf, 1976 ; Fun Home.

The best memoirs of all time, as chosen by our readers

The best memoirs of all time, as chosen by our readers. These true-life tales are irresistible and eye-opening reads. ... The best memoirs of all ...

The Best Memoirs I've Read, and Why - Alison Wearing

THE BEST MEMOIRS I'VE READ – AND WHY. First of all, I want to qualify the title of this post. · 1. Educated by Tara Westover · 3. Light of the ...

What is the best memoir you have ever read? - Reddit

It is so tragic what she had to go through to be able to write this masterpiece of a book. It's one of my all time favorites and believe it ...

Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography (5621 books) - Goodreads

Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography · 1. The Diary of a Young Girl · 2. The Glass Castle · 3.

27 Best Memoirs: Unforgettable Stories That Inspire - Biography (Bio.)

27 Best Memoirs: Unforgettable Stories That Inspire · Patric Gagne "Sociopath: A Memoir" (2024) · Sandra Tsing Loh "The Madwoman and the Roomba: ...

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All God's Dangers. the Life of Nate Shaw · Angela's Ashes. a Memoir · Autobiography of a Face · Grealy, Lucy · Barbarian Days. a Surfing Life.

My Favorite Memoirs - Everyday Reading

My Favorite Memoir Books ; The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

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The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi. · The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin. · Long Walk to Freedom by ...

The 20 Most Influential Memoirs of All Time | Book Riot

The Most Influential Memoirs · Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt · Becoming by Michelle Obama · Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell.

45 Memoirs Everyone Should Read - Reader's Digest

The best memoirs of all time ; Inheritance by Dani Shapiro · Thicker Than Water by Kerry Washington and The Stranger in My Genes by Bill Griffeth.

The top 100 memoir books of all time on Audible

From raucously funny to downright heartbreaking, these outstanding memoirs pack a serious punch. The Audible Editors

25 Best Memoirs of All-Time - College Transitions

First published in 1947, Anne Frank's diary details her family's attempts to hide from the Nazis during WWII. Though they manage to stay hidden ...

Best Memoirs of All Time - Bookshop.org

Best Memoirs of All Time: How to Build a Goddamn Empire: Advice on Creating Your Brand with High-Tech Smarts, Elbow Grease, Infinite Hustle, and a Whole Lotta ...

20 Great Autobiographies And Memoirs - Forbes

Three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali's The Soul of a Butterfly is unlike any other sports autobiography that hones in on ...

The Best Memoirs of 2024 (So Far) - Esquire

We Loved It All, by Lydia Millet ... In her first book of nonfiction, Lydia Millet, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her story collection Love in ...

41 Celebrity Memoirs That Are Actually Worth Reading | Vogue

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears · Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex · Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton · One Life by Megan Rapinoe · Becoming ...

The 10 Best Autobiographies and Memoirs of All Time

“The Woman Warrior” by Maxine Hong Kingston is a groundbreaking memoir that intertwines Chinese folklore, family history, and the author's coming-of-age ...

The 36 Best Celebrity Memoirs | TIME

Open, Andre Agassi (2009) · By Myself and Then Some, Lauren Bacall (2005) · All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business, Mel Brooks (2021).

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Candide

Novel by Voltaire https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQE-rmmcD1mVwccM4fURfXZxWeM4wKv4lA3u-CGMJG9MI5EhPD

Candide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759.

Sellevision

Book by Augusten Burroughs

Sellevision, a novel, is the first published work by Augusten Burroughs, author of the best-selling books Running with Scissors, Dry, and Magical Thinking. Unlike Burroughs’ subsequent memoirs, Sellevision is a work of fiction. Sellevision is a comedy that contains themes of greed and obsession.

Josephine Mutzenbacher

Novel by Felix Salten https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxOrCqL9sjtgkT2TAdjbOd1MAhRaJ52w0Wn_mIFEI905gFeDpY

Josephine Mutzenbacher or The Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself is an erotic novel first published anonymously in Vienna, Austria, in 1906.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Book by Arthur Conan Doyle https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQsz4AqaBHSmpssKgrEyCdL_qbYiWfDv86l6ymidIl42JwYN9kO

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published late in 1893 with 1894 date. It was first published in the UK by G. Newnes Ltd., and was published in the US by Harper & Brothers in February 1894.

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

Book by Ulysses S. Grant https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1YconhoGVw5P82ZXNnQd6IlrLuNsAlP2-Q8wUKxNwP_c381WS

The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant are an autobiography, in two volumes, of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. The work focuses on his military career during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.

The Diary of a Young Girl

Book by Anne Frank https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR_u4jeDkIy_W55I-naGJtrJd8XpRgP0Ro6pY1FnVdFKF0zQVbi

The Diary of a Young Girl, commonly referred to as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings from the Dutch-language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.