The Best American Memoirs

1.
Dark Skies: Tales of Turbulence in Paradise
Dark Skies: Tales of Turbulence in Paradise 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,247 ratings
3.
Escape
Escape 3.98 avg rating — 45,886 ratings
4.
And a Voice to Sing With
And a Voice to Sing With
by: Joan Baez
3.94 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
5.
Mijn levensgeschiedenis
Mijn levensgeschiedenis 4.08 avg rating — 150,152 ratings
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 4.18 avg rating — 359,909 ratings
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life 3.88 avg rating — 105,652 ratings
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Growing Up
Growing Up 4.10 avg rating — 7,495 ratings
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Composed
Composed 3.81 avg rating — 2,494 ratings
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Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir
Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir 3.70 avg rating — 3,156 ratings
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Faith: A Journey For All
Faith: A Journey For All 3.87 avg rating — 2,058 ratings
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,003 ratings
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What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character 4.19 avg rating — 30,241 ratings
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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
15.
My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie
My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie 4.27 avg rating — 3,405 ratings
16.
Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir
Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir
by: Tom Hart
4.14 avg rating — 3,395 ratings
17.
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio 4.44 avg rating — 8,009 ratings
18.
The Million Dollar Mermaid
The Million Dollar Mermaid 3.87 avg rating — 1,920 ratings
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The Plague and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #2)
The Plague and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 2,362 ratings
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Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases 3.58 avg rating — 6,758 ratings
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Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady: A Memoir
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady: A Memoir 4.02 avg rating — 1,954 ratings
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My Life in Dog Years
My Life in Dog Years 4.16 avg rating — 4,085 ratings
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March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,872 ratings
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Letters from the Pit: Stories of a Physician's Odyssey in Emergency Medicine
Letters from the Pit: Stories of a Physician's Odyssey in Emergency Medicine 4.53 avg rating — 1,013 ratings
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Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times
Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times 4.11 avg rating — 325 ratings
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Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett
Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett 3.78 avg rating — 486 ratings
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Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead
Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead 4.08 avg rating — 736 ratings
28.
My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business
My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business 3.88 avg rating — 14,549 ratings
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Life on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi 3.87 avg rating — 15,346 ratings
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Prepared for a Purpose: The Inspiring True Story of How One Woman Saved an Atlanta School Under Siege
Prepared for a Purpose: The Inspiring True Story of How One Woman Saved an Atlanta School Under Siege 4.19 avg rating — 299 ratings
31.
The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett
The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett 3.72 avg rating — 161 ratings
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Cash
Cash 4.02 avg rating — 24,976 ratings
33.
Chuck Berry : The Autobiography
Chuck Berry : The Autobiography 3.65 avg rating — 390 ratings
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Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B.B. King
Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B.B. King
by: B.B. King
4.12 avg rating — 937 ratings
35.
James Brown: The Godfather Of Soul
James Brown: The Godfather Of Soul 3.87 avg rating — 202 ratings
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Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age
Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age 3.88 avg rating — 251 ratings
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An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood
An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood 4.02 avg rating — 3,712 ratings
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Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story 4.15 avg rating — 1,892 ratings
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Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs
Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs 4.09 avg rating — 66 ratings
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A Bride Goes West
A Bride Goes West 4.01 avg rating — 315 ratings
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression 3.73 avg rating — 6,485 ratings
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I Just Kept Hoping
I Just Kept Hoping 3.62 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Best of American Splendor
Best of American Splendor 4.11 avg rating — 1,106 ratings
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Carrying the Tiger: Living with Cancer, Dying with Grace, Finding Joy While Grieving
Carrying the Tiger: Living with Cancer, Dying with Grace, Finding Joy While Grieving 4.23 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating — 213,226 ratings
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Before I Forget
Before I Forget really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
45.
I Married a Soldier: Or Old Days in the Old Army
I Married a Soldier: Or Old Days in the Old Army 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Men We Became: My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr.
The Men We Became: My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr. 4.13 avg rating — 598 ratings
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The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist 4.02 avg rating — 5,537 ratings
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Cripple Creek Days
Cripple Creek Days 3.88 avg rating — 134 ratings
49.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
by: Rob Lowe
3.87 avg rating — 83,939 ratings
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Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television
Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings
49.
Sh*t My Dad Says
Sh*t My Dad Says 3.98 avg rating — 159,575 ratings
54.
Herblock: A Cartoonist's Life
Herblock: A Cartoonist's Life 4.18 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Come to the Edge
Come to the Edge 3.93 avg rating — 3,319 ratings
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Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi
Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi 3.80 avg rating — 503 ratings
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A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex
A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex 4.37 avg rating — 5,680 ratings
54.
Open An Autobiography
Open An Autobiography 4.32 avg rating — 139,821 ratings
59.
Pages from a Worker's Life
Pages from a Worker's Life 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love 4.20 avg rating — 22,041 ratings
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Summer of Deliverance : A Memoir of Father and Son
Summer of Deliverance : A Memoir of Father and Son 4.03 avg rating — 145 ratings
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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made 4.29 avg rating — 34,390 ratings
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Scar Tissue
Scar Tissue 4.11 avg rating — 99,110 ratings
63.
Adam Copeland on Edge
Adam Copeland on Edge 3.95 avg rating — 1,576 ratings
65.
JFK Jr., George, & Me: A Memoir
JFK Jr., George, & Me: A Memoir 3.87 avg rating — 638 ratings
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It's True! It's True!
It's True! It's True! 3.38 avg rating — 888 ratings
65.
It's in the Action: Memories of a Nonviolent Warrior
It's in the Action: Memories of a Nonviolent Warrior 4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings
68.
Chasing The Light: How I Fought My Way into Hollywood
Chasing The Light: How I Fought My Way into Hollywood 4.10 avg rating — 2,024 ratings
68.
Once Upon A Time in Atlanta - The Chattahoochee Review (Volume XVIII, Number 2)
Once Upon A Time in Atlanta - The Chattahoochee Review (Volume XVIII, Number 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
68.
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders 3.97 avg rating — 12,943 ratings
71.
So That Happened: A Memoir
So That Happened: A Memoir
by: Jon Cryer
3.76 avg rating — 3,387 ratings
71.
The Stone Cold Truth
The Stone Cold Truth 3.72 avg rating — 2,517 ratings
71.
Helmet for My Pillow
Helmet for My Pillow 4.23 avg rating — 24,388 ratings
74.
Drinking: A Love Story
Drinking: A Love Story 4.09 avg rating — 21,114 ratings
74.
Running With Sherman
Running With Sherman 4.24 avg rating — 14,455 ratings
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Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story
Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story 3.89 avg rating — 2,416 ratings
77.
Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight 3.23 avg rating — 18,008 ratings
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The New American Splendor Anthology
The New American Splendor Anthology 4.21 avg rating — 696 ratings
77.
Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks
Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks 4.30 avg rating — 10,460 ratings
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A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back 3.95 avg rating — 13,681 ratings
80.
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar 4.03 avg rating — 6,938 ratings
80.
Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps
Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps 4.16 avg rating — 4,264 ratings
83.
Inside Out: A Memoir
Inside Out: A Memoir 3.94 avg rating — 53,374 ratings
83.
American Splendor: Our Movie Year
American Splendor: Our Movie Year 3.64 avg rating — 513 ratings
83.
Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks
Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks 4.10 avg rating — 368 ratings
86.
With or Without You
With or Without You 3.67 avg rating — 7,652 ratings
86.
Brat: An '80s Story
Brat: An '80s Story 3.61 avg rating — 15,321 ratings
86.
The Quitter
The Quitter 3.61 avg rating — 1,590 ratings
86.
The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire
The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire 3.94 avg rating — 829 ratings
90.
Our Cancer Year
Our Cancer Year 3.91 avg rating — 1,295 ratings
90.
Batista Unleashed
Batista Unleashed 3.55 avg rating — 873 ratings
92.
American Splendor: Another Dollar
American Splendor: Another Dollar 3.81 avg rating — 301 ratings
92.
Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of Amy Dumas
Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of Amy Dumas
by: Amy Dumas
3.85 avg rating — 954 ratings
92.
Out of the Corner: A Memoir
Out of the Corner: A Memoir 3.85 avg rating — 533 ratings
92.
Not Taco Bell Material
Not Taco Bell Material 3.76 avg rating — 5,817 ratings
96.
Learning America: One Woman's Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children
Learning America: One Woman's Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children 4.53 avg rating — 464 ratings
96.
In The Pit With Piper
In The Pit With Piper 3.72 avg rating — 597 ratings
96.
I Will Find You: Solving Killer Cases from My Life Fighting Crime
I Will Find You: Solving Killer Cases from My Life Fighting Crime
by: Joe Kenda
4.43 avg rating — 5,381 ratings
99.
Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story
Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story 4.22 avg rating — 1,492 ratings
99.
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka 4.08 avg rating — 4,994 ratings
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