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Favorite memoirs/autobiographies
True life stories that kept you riveted.
Tags: autobiography, memoir, memoirs, and non-fiction

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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls 36 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
2
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt 30 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
3
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
by Jean-Dominique Bauby 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
6
Dry: A Memoir
Dry: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
7
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
9
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
10
Into the Wild
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
11
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Crit...
by Ruth Reichl 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
13
My Life in France
My Life in France
by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
14
Night
Night
by Elie Wiesel 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
15
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
by Ruth Reichl 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
16
Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation
by Elizabeth Wurtzel 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
18
The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Goodreads author) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
19
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
by Steve Martin 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
Lucky
Lucky
by Alice Sebold 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
21
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny ...
by Julie Powell 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
23
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the ...
by Ruth Reichl 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
24
Autobiography of a Face
Autobiography of a Face
by Lucy Grealy 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
25
Chronicles: Volume One
Chronicles: Volume One
by Bob Dylan 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
26
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Me...
by Bill Bryson 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
27
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
28
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Boy: Tales of Childhood
by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
29
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father
by Barack Obama 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
30
This Boy's Life: A Memoir
This Boy's Life: A Memoir
by Tobias Wolff 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
31
An American Childhood
An American Childhood
by Annie Dillard 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
32
A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle
A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle
by Liza Campbell 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
Name All the Animals: A Memoir
Name All the Animals: A Memoir
by Alison Smith 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
34
My Life
My Life
by Bill Clinton 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
35
Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog
Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's...
by John Grogan 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
36
A Piece of Cake: A Memoir
A Piece of Cake: A Memoir
by Cupcake Brown 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
37
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Beco...
by A.J. Jacobs 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
38
Three Weeks with My Brother
Three Weeks with My Brother
by Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
Letting Go: An Ordinary Woman's Extraordinary Journey of Healing & Transformation
Letting Go: An Ordinary Woman's Extraordinary J...
by Nancy A. Kaiser (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
40
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
by Daniel Mendelsohn 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
41
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Mu...
by Anthony Rapp 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
43
Infidel
Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
44
Thoughts from Walden Pond
Thoughts from Walden Pond
by Henry David Thoreau 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
45
Little Women
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
46
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
48
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
by Michael Patrick MacDonald (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
49
Naked
Naked
by David Sedaris 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
51
Sweet Charlotte's Seventh Mistake
Sweet Charlotte's Seventh Mistake
by Cori Crooks (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
52
Moab Is My Washpot
Moab Is My Washpot
by Stephen Fry 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
53
Big Russ and Me: Father and Son--Lessons of Life
Big Russ and Me: Father and Son--Lessons of Life
by Tim Russert 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
55
A Three Dog Life
A Three Dog Life
by Abigail Thomas 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
57
The Price of Freedom: Political philosophy from Thoreau's journals
The Price of Freedom: Political philosophy from...
by Henry David Thoreau, David M. Gross (Goodreads author) (editor) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
58
Wait Till Next Year
Wait Till Next Year
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
Let Me Go: My Mother and the SS
Let Me Go: My Mother and the SS
by Helga Schneider 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
61
My Life and Hard Times
My Life and Hard Times
by James Thurber 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
62
The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers
The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Bar...
by Harry Bernstein 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
63
Bat Boy: Coming of Age with the New York Yankees
Bat Boy: Coming of Age with the New York Yankees
by Matthew Mcgough (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
64
Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive ...
by Jennifer Traig 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
65
A Writer's Diary
A Writer's Diary
by Virginia Woolf 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
66
Poison: A History and a Family Memoir
Poison: A History and a Family Memoir
by Gail Bell 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
66
Paris to the Moon
Paris to the Moon
by Adam Gopnik 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
68
The Chelsea Whistle
The Chelsea Whistle
by Michelle Tea 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
68
What Falls Away: A Memoir
What Falls Away: A Memoir
by Mia Farrow 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
71
Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir
Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir
by Edwin John Wintle 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
71
Cider with Rosie
Cider with Rosie
by Laurie Lee 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
73
String Too Short to Be Saved
String Too Short to Be Saved
by Donald Hall 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
75
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
by Julie Andrews Edwards 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
76
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble...
by A.J. Jacobs 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
76
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War
by Tobias Wolff 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
79
Coming of Age in Mississippi
Coming of Age in Mississippi
by Anne Moody 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
80
Summer at Tiffany
Summer at Tiffany
by Marjorie Hart 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity--and My Journey to Freedom in America
Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Y...
by Francis Bok 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
No Child Left Behind? The True Story of a Teacher's Quest
No Child Left Behind? The True Story of a Teach...
by Elizabeth Blake (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Manic: A Memoir
Manic: A Memoir
by Terri Cheney 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir
Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir
by Terry Galloway 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
by Ann Patchett 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Paradise, Piece by Piece
Paradise, Piece by Piece
by Molly Peacock 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, ...
by Mitch Albom 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dala...
by Dalai Lama XIV 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
By Myself and Then Some
By Myself and Then Some
by Lauren Bacall 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from a Life
The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from...
by Robert Goolrick 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
92
Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory
by Vladimir Nabokov 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
92
Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
by Paul Monette 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
92
The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer
The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer
by Renee Fleming 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
92
Going Solo
Going Solo
by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
92
Me : Stories of My Life
Me : Stories of My Life
by Katharine Hepburn 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
99
Enemies of Promise
Enemies of Promise
by Cyril Connolly 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
99
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz
by Primo Levi 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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message 1: by Lobstergirl (new)

1910836 Um, "1984" is not a memoir.


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message 3: by Jessie (new)

881413 Lobstergirl wrote: "Um, "1984" is not a memoir."

Really? But it's so realistic! :)

I just removed it.


message 4: by Jana (new)

Nophoto-u-25x33 Jessie wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "Um, "1984" is not a memoir."

Really? But it's so realistic! :)

I just removed it."





message 5: by Jana (new)

Nophoto-u-25x33 Jana wrote: but it is proof that time machines existed)"Jessie wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "Um, "1984" is not a memoir."

Really? But it's so realistic! :)

I just removed it."






message 6: by Janna (new)

1232584 Little Women is not a memoir.


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