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Memoir Books

Memoir is the art of turning lived experience into narrative, shaped by memory, reflection, and a willingness to be honest on the page. The best memoirs read like novels but carry the weight of real consequence, covering everything from childhood trauma to extraordinary professional lives.

47 books

A Child Called It by David J. Pelzer book cover

A Child Called It

David J. Pelzer

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers book cover

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout book cover

A House in the Sky

Amanda Lindhout

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt book cover

Angela's Ashes

Becoming by Michelle Obama book cover

Becoming

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates book cover

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah book cover

Born a Crime

Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins book cover

Can't Hurt Me

Confess by Augustine of Hippo book cover

Confess

Augustine of Hippo

Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull book cover

Creativity, Inc.

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner book cover

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert book cover

Eat Pray Love

Elizabeth Gilbert

Educated by Tara Westover book cover

Educated

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe book cover

Empire of Pain

Patrick Radden Keefe

Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink book cover

Extreme Ownership

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry book cover

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey book cover

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald book cover

H is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

Heavy by Kiese Laymon book cover

Heavy

Home Before Morning book cover

Home Before Morning

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings book cover

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy book cover

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

Just Kids by Patti Smith book cover

Just Kids

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-ju book cover

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong book cover

Minor Feelings

Cathy Park Hong

On the Move by Oliver Sacks book cover

On the Move

Option B by Sheryl Sandberg book cover

Option B

Sheryl Sandberg

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight book cover

Shoe Dog

Spare by Prince Harry book cover

Spare

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson book cover

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls book cover

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch book cover

The Last Lecture

The Liars' Club by Mary Karr book cover

The Liars' Club

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore book cover

The Radium Girls

The River of Doubt book cover

The River of Doubt

The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois book cover

The Souls of Black Folk

W. E. B. Du Bois

The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner book cover

The Sound of Gravel

The Undoing Project book cover

The Undoing Project

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion book cover

The Year of Magical Thinking

Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd book cover

Traveling with Pomegranates

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom book cover

Tuesdays with Morrie

Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes book cover

Ultramarathon Man

Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper book cover

Unfollow

Megan Phelps-Roper

Untamed by Glennon Doyle book cover

Untamed

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi book cover

When Breath Becomes Air

Wild by Cheryl Strayed book cover

Wild

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig book cover

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig