Avis Black's votes on the list Best Memoirs Published in the 1970s

Listopia > Avis Black's votes on the list Best Memoirs Published in the 1970s (59 Books)

1	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson 4.06 avg rating — 380,375 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie ten Boom 4.48 avg rating — 358,892 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The First Four Years (Little House, #9) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 3.87 avg rating — 45,022 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson 4.13 avg rating — 24,655 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Fauna and Family (Corfu Trilogy, #3) by Gerald Durrell 4.35 avg rating — 6,976 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do by Studs Terkel 4.24 avg rating — 5,866 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Return from Tomorrow by George G. Ritchie 4.30 avg rating — 4,468 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel 4.19 avg rating — 2,942 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Twopence to Cross the Mersey by Helen Forrester 4.25 avg rating — 2,229 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Boys on the Bus by Timothy Crouse 4.11 avg rating — 1,393 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood by Richard E. Kim 3.91 avg rating — 1,276 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Liverpool Miss by Helen Forrester 4.31 avg rating — 1,240 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons by Gerald Durrell 4.05 avg rating — 1,082 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Shoes were for Sunday by Molly Weir 4.01 avg rating — 1,010 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Letter to My Mother by Georges Simenon 3.74 avg rating — 953 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Scoundrel Time by Lillian Hellman 3.88 avg rating — 701 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Life of Contrasts: An Autobiography by Diana Mitford Mosley 3.54 avg rating — 667 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	A Child in the Forest by Winifred Foley 3.92 avg rating — 365 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Start: 1904-30 (20th Century Journey, #1) by William L. Shirer 4.15 avg rating — 324 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	First Person Rural by Noel Perrin 4.01 avg rating — 269 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	When French Women Cook: A Gastronomic Memoir by Madeleine Kamman 4.32 avg rating — 258 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Waiting for the Morning Train by Bruce Catton 3.88 avg rating — 211 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Paracuellos by Carlos Giménez 4.22 avg rating — 208 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Among Friends by M.F.K. Fisher really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 196 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	A Bevy of Beasts by Gerald Durrell 4.18 avg rating — 174 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	On Growing Up Tough: An Irreverent Memoir by Taylor Caldwell 3.84 avg rating — 170 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	A Boy at the Hogarth Press by Richard Kennedy 3.67 avg rating — 160 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Seven Years in Hanoi by Larry Chesley 4.01 avg rating — 151 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Brass Ring by Bill Mauldin 4.10 avg rating — 123 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Amateur Sugar Maker by Noel Perrin 4.47 avg rating — 111 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	A Nickel's Worth of Skim Milk: A Boy's View of the Great Depression by Robert J. Hastings 4.10 avg rating — 105 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Young Ardizzone by Edward Ardizzone 4.07 avg rating — 67 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Another Part of the Wood: A Self-portrait by Kenneth M. Clark 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Eleven Years In Soviet Prison Camps by Elinor Lipper 4.51 avg rating — 53 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Sandhill Sundays and Other Recollections by Mari Sandoz 4.19 avg rating — 48 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	20,000 alarms : the memoirs of New York's most decorated fireman by Richard R. Hamilton 4.40 avg rating — 43 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Soldiering: Diary Rice C. Bull: The Civil War Diary of Rice C. Bull by Rice C. Bull 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Infants of the Spring: The Memoirs of Anthony Powell by Anthony Powell 3.97 avg rating — 34 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Tales of a Rat-Hunting Man by D. Brian Plummer 4.39 avg rating — 31 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Through Time and the Valley by John R. Erickson (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	No Pipe Dreams for Father by Winifred Foley 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Dorothy's World: Childhood in Sabine Bottom, 1902-1910 by Dorothy Howard 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Sugarbag Years: An Oral History of the 1930s Depression in New Zealand by Tony Simpson 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Early to rise: A Sussex boyhood by Bob Copper 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	One Child's War by Victoria Massey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	My part of the river by Grace Foakes 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Memories of a Former Kid by Bob Artley 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Cowboy Country by John R. Erickson (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Woodsmoke and Pigeon Pie by Joan Kent 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	On Sundays We Wore White by Eileen Elias really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Faraway World: An Orkney Boyhood by William Towrie Cutt 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Frontier Woman: The Story of Mary Ronan by Mary Ronan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Instead of the trees: A final chapter of autobiography by J.B. Priestley liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Great Spirit by Albert Cobe 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Greenhorn: A twentieth-century childhood by Anne (Northgrave) Tibble liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	YESTERDAY'S SUNSHINE (CORONET BOOKS) by Verne Morgan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The days of my freedom by Grace Griffiths liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	A Victorian Boyhood on the Wolds by J.R. Mortimer liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Black Diamonds Yellow Apples: A Working Class Derbyshire Childhood Between The Wars by Elsie Gadsby liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars