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Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13353 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,951,091 ratings — published 2018
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10773 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,595,368 ratings — published 2022
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8914 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,401,352 ratings — published 2006
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8168 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.22 — 638,850 ratings — published 2021
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7429 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.49 — 838,935 ratings — published 2016
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7421 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,234,191 ratings — published 2018
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6246 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 884,512 ratings — published 2012
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6231 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.41 — 844,291 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 5781 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,069,998 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5631 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,303,379 ratings — published 1947
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 5283 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,396,338 ratings — published 1956
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4719 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.83 — 513,103 ratings — published 2016
The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 4623 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.93 — 317,970 ratings — published 2005
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 4549 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,865,206 ratings — published 2006
Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 4524 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.67 — 271,616 ratings — published 2019
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4365 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.85 — 563,375 ratings — published 2014
In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4248 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.37 — 169,103 ratings — published 2019
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4001 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.83 — 593,402 ratings — published 2023
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 3993 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.30 — 595,118 ratings — published 1969
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 3744 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.86 — 517,321 ratings — published 2011
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3574 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.40 — 374,654 ratings — published 2015
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 3563 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.16 — 666,722 ratings — published 1996
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by (shelved 3513 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.17 — 123,273 ratings — published 2017
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3431 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.21 — 375,758 ratings — published 2010
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3295 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.16 — 636,287 ratings — published 2012
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 3280 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 207,621 ratings — published 2006
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 3147 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.01 — 728,301 ratings — published 2000
Running with Scissors (Paperback)
by (shelved 3018 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.77 — 407,451 ratings — published 2002
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 2959 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.19 — 398,150 ratings — published 2000
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2956 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.83 — 441,984 ratings — published 2023
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 2805 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,257,326 ratings — published 1997
Untamed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2777 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.97 — 525,833 ratings — published 2020
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 2773 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.09 — 242,233 ratings — published 2012
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2733 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.37 — 926,331 ratings — published 1946
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2728 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.90 — 203,642 ratings — published 2012
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2707 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.34 — 325,924 ratings — published 2002
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2600 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.36 — 421,388 ratings — published 2019
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2497 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.31 — 285,113 ratings — published 2020
Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 2404 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.95 — 290,206 ratings — published 1993
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2374 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.20 — 485,687 ratings — published 2020
Everything I Know About Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2344 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.92 — 539,737 ratings — published 2018
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 2311 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.27 — 239,069 ratings — published 2003
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2304 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.94 — 419,890 ratings — published 2022
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2227 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.89 — 178,591 ratings — published 2015
Orange Is the New Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2221 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.72 — 207,563 ratings — published 2010
What My Bones Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2129 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.49 — 83,869 ratings — published 2022
Finding Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2090 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.53 — 194,764 ratings — published 2022
Why Not Me? (Paperback)
by (shelved 2072 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.90 — 228,225 ratings — published 2015
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2040 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 455,757 ratings — published 1998
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 2015 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.26 — 586,025 ratings — published 1997
“Everyone knows that Africa is not reasonable place but if we can get
across that neither are we, we strengthen the bond with the continent.
People are not conscious beings, just ask any marketer. Irrationality
of the early explorers, irrationality of the new ones, irrationality
of the place we go into. What a great canvas we have to paint on...”
― Living the Best Day Ever
― Living the Best Day Ever
“It is time to tell your story without feeling ashamed. This is how you heal.”
― Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child
― Rising Above Adversity: Healing and Nurturing your Inner Child
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