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Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13239 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,928,283 ratings — published 2018
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10673 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,567,145 ratings — published 2022
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8852 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,391,379 ratings — published 2005
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8100 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.23 — 629,640 ratings — published 2021
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7384 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.49 — 830,463 ratings — published 2016
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7370 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,225,492 ratings — published 2018
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6214 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 880,226 ratings — published 2012
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6176 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.41 — 835,171 ratings — published 2016
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 5767 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,066,631 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5599 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,275,338 ratings — published 1947
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 5260 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,389,356 ratings — published 1956
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4720 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.83 — 511,022 ratings — published 2016
The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 4583 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.93 — 313,917 ratings — published 2005
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 4529 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,860,223 ratings — published 2006
Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 4484 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.68 — 268,342 ratings — published 2019
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4351 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.85 — 561,753 ratings — published 2014
In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4210 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.38 — 167,410 ratings — published 2019
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3973 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.83 — 589,753 ratings — published 2023
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 3962 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.30 — 592,063 ratings — published 1969
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 3734 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.86 — 516,453 ratings — published 2011
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3560 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.40 — 373,011 ratings — published 2015
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 3544 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.16 — 664,223 ratings — published 1996
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by (shelved 3510 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.17 — 122,791 ratings — published 2017
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3396 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.21 — 370,286 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 3290 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.16 — 633,252 ratings — published 2012
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 3263 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 206,429 ratings — published 2006
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 3131 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.01 — 726,295 ratings — published 2000
Running with Scissors (Paperback)
by (shelved 3010 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.77 — 406,620 ratings — published 2002
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2940 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.83 — 439,227 ratings — published 2023
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 2912 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.19 — 392,230 ratings — published 2000
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 2762 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.09 — 241,172 ratings — published 2012
Untamed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2759 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.97 — 523,247 ratings — published 2020
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 2758 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,241,855 ratings — published 1997
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2721 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.90 — 203,019 ratings — published 2012
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2699 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.37 — 914,921 ratings — published 1946
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2692 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.34 — 324,115 ratings — published 2000
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2577 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.37 — 417,337 ratings — published 2019
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2480 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.31 — 282,967 ratings — published 2020
Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 2388 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.95 — 287,588 ratings — published 1993
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2340 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.20 — 479,873 ratings — published 2020
Everything I Know About Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2314 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.93 — 530,556 ratings — published 2018
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 2288 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.27 — 236,652 ratings — published 2003
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2281 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.94 — 415,418 ratings — published 2022
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2221 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.89 — 177,829 ratings — published 2015
Orange Is the New Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2218 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.72 — 207,247 ratings — published 2010
What My Bones Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2110 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.49 — 82,036 ratings — published 2022
Why Not Me? (Paperback)
by (shelved 2070 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.90 — 227,848 ratings — published 2015
Finding Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2062 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.53 — 191,337 ratings — published 2022
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2026 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 452,870 ratings — published 1998
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 1998 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.26 — 581,752 ratings — published 1997
“You are putting yourself in serious danger...'
I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having made my parents proud after all the sacrifices they had made for me. The shame of having become a mediocre nihilist.”
― Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having made my parents proud after all the sacrifices they had made for me. The shame of having become a mediocre nihilist.”
― Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
“In the English language, it all comes down to this: Twenty-six letters, when combined correctly, can create magic. Twenty -six letters form the foundation of a free, informed society.”
― Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from The Philadelphia Inquirer
― Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from The Philadelphia Inquirer
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