Memoir
One life, on the page, with nothing held back.
20 essential works
The Liar's Club
Mary Karr
1995 · United States
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Stop-Time
Frank Conroy
1967 · United States
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This Boy's Life: A Memoir
Tobias Wolff
1989 · United States
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Speak, Memory
Vladimir Nabokov
1951 · Russia/USA
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The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
2005 · United States
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Black Boy
Richard Wright
1945 · United States
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X & Alex Haley
1965 · United States
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Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt
1996 · Ireland/United States
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Just Kids
Patti Smith
2010 · United States
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A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
1964 · United States/France
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The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
2005 · United States
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Wild
Cheryl Strayed
2012 · United States
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H is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald
2014 · UK
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Educated
Tara Westover
2018 · United States
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Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
2000 · France
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Night
Elie Wiesel
1960 · Romania/France
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
1969 · United States
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby
1997 · France
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When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
2016 · United States
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The Confessions
Saint Augustine
c. 400 CE · Roman North Africa
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