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Listopia > Best Memoirs Published in the 1940s
This is a list of the best memoirs published during the decade of the 1940s. Add books that you enjoyed and though highly of, but don't add books to this list that you haven't personally read.
See also: 1830s to 1850s , 1860s to 1870s , 1880s , 1890s , 1900 to 1909 , 1910s , 1920s , 1930s , 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000 to 2009 , 2010s
See also: 1830s to 1850s , 1860s to 1870s , 1880s , 1890s , 1900 to 1909 , 1910s , 1920s , 1930s , 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000 to 2009 , 2010s
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list created September 25th, 2021
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F.Y.I. "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" is not a memoir. It is a work of fiction. Memoirs are non-fiction. An additional distinction can be made between memoirs and autobiographies. Technically they are not the same. How concise would you like to be with your list of memoirs?
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Lynn wrote: "F.Y.I. "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" is not a memoir. It is a work of fiction. Memoirs are non-fiction. An additional distinction can be made between memoirs and autobiographies. Technically they are ..."A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is considered to be semi-autobiographical. Because it has some basis in the author's real life, I've allowed it on this list. Any book that is based on the author's own life is okay to put on here.
There are plenty of authors who have written about their own lives, but felt they had to fictionalize things a little bit to keep from offending people, and I would not want to keep off a good work that is actually autobiographical in nature if it has a light layer of fiction on top.
As for the distinction between autobiography and memoirs, I don't worry about it in particular. They're both okay to put on this list.
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