A List of My Favorite Memoirs

1.
Grit: The Banter and Brutality of the Late-Night Cab
Grit: The Banter and Brutality of the Late-Night Cab 3.76 avg rating — 1,100 ratings
2.
What has He Done Now?: Tales from A North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s
What has He Done Now?: Tales from A North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s 3.56 avg rating — 889 ratings
3.
Kids We Were
Kids We Were 4.25 avg rating — 67 ratings
4.
Bournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls
Bournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
5.
My Sergei: A Love Story
My Sergei: A Love Story 4.14 avg rating — 5,338 ratings
6.
What Has He Done Now?: Tales from a North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s
What Has He Done Now?: Tales from a North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s 3.56 avg rating — 889 ratings
7.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,755 ratings
8.
Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up
Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up 3.98 avg rating — 8,283 ratings
8.
Busted: A Memoir of Teenage Years
Busted: A Memoir of Teenage Years 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
8.
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink 3.72 avg rating — 1,922 ratings
11.
Choosing Glee: 10 Rules to Finding Inspiration, Happiness, and the Real You
Choosing Glee: 10 Rules to Finding Inspiration, Happiness, and the Real You 4.01 avg rating — 487 ratings
11.
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens 3.86 avg rating — 10,157 ratings
11.
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink 3.72 avg rating — 1,922 ratings
14.
Brunette Ambition
Brunette Ambition 3.50 avg rating — 3,178 ratings
14.
The Happiest Refugee
The Happiest Refugee
by: Anh Do
4.24 avg rating — 17,442 ratings
16.
Happy Accidents: A Memoir
Happy Accidents: A Memoir 3.70 avg rating — 13,154 ratings
16.
Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran
Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran 4.06 avg rating — 551 ratings
18.
Year of Yes
Year of Yes 4.06 avg rating — 97,939 ratings
18.
Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia
Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia 3.57 avg rating — 139 ratings
20.
Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey
Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey 4.21 avg rating — 62 ratings
20.
Stillways: A Memoir
Stillways: A Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 128 ratings
22.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,367 ratings
22.
The Bastard from the Bush
The Bastard from the Bush 3.45 avg rating — 38 ratings
24.
I'll Scream Later
I'll Scream Later 3.61 avg rating — 1,761 ratings
24.
Unpolished Gem
Unpolished Gem 3.61 avg rating — 2,752 ratings
26.
So That Happened: A Memoir
So That Happened: A Memoir
by: Jon Cryer
3.76 avg rating — 3,387 ratings
27.
Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank
Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank 4.32 avg rating — 7,527 ratings
27.
Uggie, the Artist: My Story
Uggie, the Artist: My Story 3.93 avg rating — 186 ratings
29.
Sasha Cohen: Fire on Ice: Autobiography of a Champion Figure Skater
Sasha Cohen: Fire on Ice: Autobiography of a Champion Figure Skater 3.76 avg rating — 182 ratings
29.
The Million Dollar Mermaid
The Million Dollar Mermaid 3.87 avg rating — 1,920 ratings
31.
I Just Kept Hoping
I Just Kept Hoping 3.62 avg rating — 47 ratings
32.
Heart of a Champion: An Autobiography
Heart of a Champion: An Autobiography 4.03 avg rating — 266 ratings
32.
We Are Here
We Are Here 3.93 avg rating — 182 ratings
34.
The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont
The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont 3.91 avg rating — 1,315 ratings
34.
Small Bamboo: Growing Up and Growing Old With My Vietnamese Australian Family
Small Bamboo: Growing Up and Growing Old With My Vietnamese Australian Family
by: Tracy Vo
3.76 avg rating — 112 ratings
36.
Moon Princess, The: Memories of the Shan States
Moon Princess, The: Memories of the Shan States
by: Sao Sanda
3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings
37.
Farangi Girl Growing Up in Iran: A Daughter's Story
Farangi Girl Growing Up in Iran: A Daughter's Story 4.14 avg rating — 192 ratings
38.
Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten
Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten 3.71 avg rating — 2,298 ratings
39.
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge 4.18 avg rating — 4,944 ratings
40.
The Hospital by the River
The Hospital by the River 4.10 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
41.
Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants
Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants 3.78 avg rating — 101 ratings
42.
Stay Alive, My Son
Stay Alive, My Son 4.37 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
43.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
by: Rob Lowe
3.87 avg rating — 83,941 ratings
44.
When I Fell From the Sky
When I Fell From the Sky 3.74 avg rating — 3,664 ratings
45.
From a Clear Blue Sky
From a Clear Blue Sky 4.27 avg rating — 295 ratings
46.
Starting With Max: How a Wise Stray Dog Gave Me Strength and Inspiration
Starting With Max: How a Wise Stray Dog Gave Me Strength and Inspiration
by: Ying Ying
3.76 avg rating — 50 ratings
47.
Todo in Tuscany: The Dog at the Villa
Todo in Tuscany: The Dog at the Villa 4.13 avg rating — 62 ratings
48.
Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion
Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion
by: Jon Katz
4.13 avg rating — 1,897 ratings
49.
Time Without Clocks
Time Without Clocks 3.72 avg rating — 61 ratings
50.
My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie
My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie 4.27 avg rating — 3,406 ratings
51.
Inside Out: A Memoir
Inside Out: A Memoir 3.94 avg rating — 53,379 ratings
52.
Wham! George & Me
Wham! George & Me 4.05 avg rating — 6,649 ratings
53.
A Donkey in the Meadow: Tales from a Cornish Flower Farm
A Donkey in the Meadow: Tales from a Cornish Flower Farm 4.23 avg rating — 114 ratings
54.
Rebel Rising
Rebel Rising 3.90 avg rating — 15,071 ratings