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Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13542 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,983,795 ratings — published 2018
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10928 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,633,656 ratings — published 2022
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9005 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,414,698 ratings — published 2005
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8286 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.22 — 650,795 ratings — published 2021
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7517 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.48 — 851,826 ratings — published 2016
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7502 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,248,685 ratings — published 2018
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6320 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.41 — 856,964 ratings — published 2016
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6281 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 891,079 ratings — published 2012
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 5817 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,075,367 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5702 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,341,639 ratings — published 1947
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 5334 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,406,686 ratings — published 1956
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4735 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.83 — 516,052 ratings — published 2016
The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 4692 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.93 — 324,335 ratings — published 2005
Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 4593 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.67 — 276,493 ratings — published 2019
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 4560 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,872,439 ratings — published 2006
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4376 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.85 — 565,908 ratings — published 2014
In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4302 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.37 — 171,471 ratings — published 2019
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 4045 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.30 — 599,743 ratings — published 1969
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4030 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.83 — 598,537 ratings — published 2023
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 3757 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.86 — 518,668 ratings — published 2011
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 3599 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.16 — 670,467 ratings — published 1996
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3596 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.40 — 377,075 ratings — published 2015
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by (shelved 3527 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.17 — 124,035 ratings — published 2017
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3484 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.21 — 384,916 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 3309 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.16 — 640,893 ratings — published 2012
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 3293 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 209,450 ratings — published 2006
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 3167 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.01 — 731,350 ratings — published 2000
Running with Scissors (Paperback)
by (shelved 3035 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.77 — 408,693 ratings — published 2002
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 3032 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.20 — 410,662 ratings — published 2000
Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2977 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.83 — 446,042 ratings — published 2023
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 2878 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,281,419 ratings — published 1997
Untamed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2797 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.97 — 529,053 ratings — published 2020
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 2781 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.09 — 243,805 ratings — published 2012
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 2773 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.37 — 943,621 ratings — published 1946
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2745 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.34 — 328,787 ratings — published 2000
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2732 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.90 — 204,545 ratings — published 2012
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2627 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.36 — 427,055 ratings — published 2019
A Promised Land (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2509 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.31 — 288,495 ratings — published 2020
Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 2425 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.95 — 293,576 ratings — published 1993
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2407 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.19 — 493,948 ratings — published 2020
Everything I Know About Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2386 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.92 — 553,020 ratings — published 2018
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 2346 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.28 — 242,270 ratings — published 2003
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2340 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.95 — 426,292 ratings — published 2022
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2233 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.89 — 179,606 ratings — published 2015
Orange Is the New Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2225 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.72 — 208,058 ratings — published 2010
What My Bones Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2175 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.48 — 86,615 ratings — published 2022
Finding Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2143 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.52 — 201,313 ratings — published 2022
Why Not Me? (Paperback)
by (shelved 2077 times as memoir)
avg rating 3.90 — 228,715 ratings — published 2015
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 2059 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.27 — 592,683 ratings — published 1997
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2052 times as memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 459,774 ratings — published 1998
“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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