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Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
wicked families, strange illnesses and other assorted interesting, odd and compelling issues
Tags: autobiography, memoir, and memoirs

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Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs 35 people voted »
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris 22 people voted »
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls 20 people voted »
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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
by John Elder Robison (Goodreads author) 14 people voted »
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris 14 people voted »
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Dry: A Memoir
Dry: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs 9 people voted »
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Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited
Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separate...
by Elyse Schein (Goodreads author), Paula Bernstein (Goodreads author) 7 people voted »
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I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir
I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir
by Josh Kilmer-Purcell 5 people voted »
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The Liars' Club: A Memoir
The Liars' Club: A Memoir
by Mary Karr 5 people voted »
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Jesus Land: A Memoir
Jesus Land: A Memoir
by Julia Scheeres 4 people voted »
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Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy C...
by Julie Gregory 4 people voted »
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Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods---My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine
Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods---My Mother's, ...
by Noelle Howey 3 people voted »
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Drinking: A Love Story
Drinking: A Love Story
by Caroline Knapp 3 people voted »
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The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant
The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I...
by Dan Savage 3 people voted »
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Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation
by Elizabeth Wurtzel 3 people voted »
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Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir
Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir
by Shalom Auslander 3 people voted »
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Manic: A Memoir
Manic: A Memoir
by Terri Cheney 3 people voted »
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The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family
The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family
by Dan Savage 2 people voted »
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Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria
Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hyp...
by Jennifer Traig 2 people voted »
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Making It Big: Sex Stars, Porn Films and Me
Making It Big: Sex Stars, Porn Films and Me
by Chi Chi Larue 1 person voted »
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Drugs Are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir
Drugs Are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir
by Lisa Crystal Carver 1 person voted »
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Oh the Glory of It All
Oh the Glory of It All
by Sean Wilsey 1 person voted »
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Sweet Charlotte's Seventh Mistake
Sweet Charlotte's Seventh Mistake
by Cori Crooks (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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Tales from the Teachers' Lounge: An Irreverent View of What It Really Means To Be a Teacher Today
Tales from the Teachers' Lounge: An Irreverent ...
by Robert Wilder 1 person voted »
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Before Night Falls: A Memoir
Before Night Falls: A Memoir
by Reinaldo Arenas 1 person voted »
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A Drink with Shane MacGowan
A Drink with Shane MacGowan
by Shane MacGowan 1 person voted »
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Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress
by Susan Jane Gilman 1 person voted »
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The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures
The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Word...
by Phoebe Gloeckner 1 person voted »
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A Child's Life and Other Stories
A Child's Life and Other Stories
by Phoebe Gloeckner 1 person voted »
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Suffer the Child
Suffer the Child
by Judith Spencer 1 person voted »
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Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression
Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression
by Sally Brampton 1 person voted »
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They Cage the Animals at Night
They Cage the Animals at Night
by Jennings Michael Burch 1 person voted »
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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
by Elyn R. Saks 1 person voted »
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My Friend Leonard
My Friend Leonard
by James Frey 1 person voted »
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Sick Girl
Sick Girl
by Amy Silverstein 1 person voted »
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Wishful Drinking
Wishful Drinking
by Carrie Fisher 1 person voted »
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Holidays on Ice
Holidays on Ice
by David Sedaris 1 person voted »
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The Hypocrisy of Disco: A Memoir
The Hypocrisy of Disco: A Memoir
by Clane Hayward (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp
Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp
by Stephanie Klein (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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