52 Book Club 2023: Summer Road Trip Challenge – A Memoir

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Spare
Spare 3.84 avg rating — 415,519 ratings
2.
Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,772,860 ratings
3.
Untamed
Untamed 3.98 avg rating — 498,740 ratings
4.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,553 ratings
5.
Gender Queer: A Memoir
Gender Queer: A Memoir 4.27 avg rating — 74,778 ratings
6.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,468 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,795 ratings
8.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,949 ratings
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,805 ratings
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir 3.90 avg rating — 198,658 ratings
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In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
by: Amy Bloom
4.26 avg rating — 24,067 ratings
12.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,541 ratings
13.
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays 4.13 avg rating — 19,778 ratings
14.
Yes Please
Yes Please 3.85 avg rating — 548,536 ratings
14.
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog 4.14 avg rating — 475,395 ratings
16.
Bossypants
Bossypants
by: Tina Fey
3.96 avg rating — 1,041,948 ratings
17.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,616 ratings
18.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,023 ratings
19.
I'm Glad My Mom Died
I'm Glad My Mom Died 4.44 avg rating — 1,350,283 ratings
20.
Solito
Solito 4.48 avg rating — 65,952 ratings
21.
The Orange Shirt Story
The Orange Shirt Story 4.41 avg rating — 177 ratings
21.
Pageboy
Pageboy 3.73 avg rating — 72,704 ratings
21.
Forever Young
Forever Young 3.85 avg rating — 4,807 ratings
21.
Out of the Corner: A Memoir
Out of the Corner: A Memoir 3.85 avg rating — 532 ratings
21.
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist 4.48 avg rating — 6,431 ratings
21.
Unprotected: A Memoir
Unprotected: A Memoir 4.47 avg rating — 8,854 ratings
27.
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home 3.96 avg rating — 47,965 ratings
27.
Playing the Long Game: A Memoir
Playing the Long Game: A Memoir 3.93 avg rating — 1,811 ratings
27.
Ready For Absolutely Nothing: 'If you like Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner, you'll like this' The Times
Ready For Absolutely Nothing: 'If you like Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner, you'll like this' The Times 3.91 avg rating — 1,383 ratings
27.
Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language
Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language 3.11 avg rating — 1,209 ratings
27.
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel 4.38 avg rating — 12,203 ratings
27.
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond 4.13 avg rating — 25,690 ratings
33.
Anchor and Flares: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hope, and Service
Anchor and Flares: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hope, and Service 3.93 avg rating — 363 ratings
33.
Unbowed: A Memoir
Unbowed: A Memoir 4.07 avg rating — 6,928 ratings
33.
The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle
The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle 4.10 avg rating — 325 ratings
33.
Born Bright: A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America
Born Bright: A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America 4.08 avg rating — 729 ratings
33.
The Talk
The Talk 4.64 avg rating — 3,761 ratings
33.
Tina Turner: My Love Story
Tina Turner: My Love Story 4.17 avg rating — 9,524 ratings
39.
The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 4.32 avg rating — 8,219 ratings
39.
Me
Me 4.32 avg rating — 70,309 ratings
39.
Lit
Lit
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating — 27,991 ratings
39.
Ticket to the World: My 80s Story
Ticket to the World: My 80s Story 3.74 avg rating — 73 ratings
39.
Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir 3.95 avg rating — 3,780 ratings
44.
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir 3.82 avg rating — 31,933 ratings
44.
A Pocketful of Happiness
A Pocketful of Happiness 4.35 avg rating — 4,716 ratings
44.
Sunshine: A Graphic Novel
Sunshine: A Graphic Novel 4.53 avg rating — 3,415 ratings
47.
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up 3.92 avg rating — 22,972 ratings
47.
The Cruel Way: Switzerland to Afghanistan in a Ford, 1939
The Cruel Way: Switzerland to Afghanistan in a Ford, 1939 3.63 avg rating — 295 ratings
47.
Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me
Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me 3.81 avg rating — 1,545 ratings
50.
Lost & Found: A Memoir
Lost & Found: A Memoir 4.10 avg rating — 8,661 ratings
50.
Mennonite Meets Mr. Right: A Memoir of Faith, Hope, and Love
Mennonite Meets Mr. Right: A Memoir of Faith, Hope, and Love 3.37 avg rating — 2,098 ratings
50.
Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru
Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru 3.97 avg rating — 1,511 ratings
53.
Hello, Molly!: A Memoir
Hello, Molly!: A Memoir 4.13 avg rating — 42,887 ratings
53.
Laughing at My Nightmare
Laughing at My Nightmare 4.08 avg rating — 5,050 ratings
53.
A Gull on the Roof: Tales from a Cornish Flower Farm
A Gull on the Roof: Tales from a Cornish Flower Farm 3.93 avg rating — 205 ratings
56.
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma 4.50 avg rating — 67,878 ratings
56.
Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum 3.77 avg rating — 15,249 ratings
56.
Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain
Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain 4.03 avg rating — 6,771 ratings
59.
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir 4.23 avg rating — 3,069 ratings
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Don't Ask the Blind Guy for Directions: A 30,000-Mile Journey for Love, Confidence and a Sense of Belonging
Don't Ask the Blind Guy for Directions: A 30,000-Mile Journey for Love, Confidence and a Sense of Belonging 4.02 avg rating — 83 ratings
61.
The Puma Years: A Memoir
The Puma Years: A Memoir 4.32 avg rating — 14,051 ratings
61.
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama 3.71 avg rating — 35,013 ratings
61.
Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard 4.28 avg rating — 147,626 ratings
64.
Beautiful Things: A Memoir
Beautiful Things: A Memoir 3.87 avg rating — 8,137 ratings
64.
Did I Ever Tell You This?
Did I Ever Tell You This?
by: Sam Neill
4.04 avg rating — 5,649 ratings
66.
Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir
Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir
by: Kat Chow
3.93 avg rating — 3,328 ratings
66.
Hope – How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life: Featuring Rodney, McMuffin and King Whacker
Hope – How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life: Featuring Rodney, McMuffin and King Whacker 4.62 avg rating — 2,345 ratings
68.
Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir
Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir 4.02 avg rating — 3,269 ratings
68.
Rememberings
Rememberings 4.10 avg rating — 13,563 ratings
68.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,767 ratings
71.
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt 4.04 avg rating — 10,162 ratings
71.
Finding Hildasay: How one man walked the UK's coastline and found hope and happiness
Finding Hildasay: How one man walked the UK's coastline and found hope and happiness 4.34 avg rating — 2,652 ratings
73.
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years 3.88 avg rating — 20,232 ratings
73.
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing 3.93 avg rating — 370,095 ratings
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Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations
Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations 4.04 avg rating — 3,543 ratings
76.
In the Dream House
In the Dream House 4.40 avg rating — 153,026 ratings
77.
Initiated: Memoir of a Witch
Initiated: Memoir of a Witch 3.98 avg rating — 2,038 ratings
78.
Godspeed: A Memoir
Godspeed: A Memoir 3.09 avg rating — 373 ratings
79.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,951 ratings
80.
Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality
Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality 3.58 avg rating — 22,947 ratings
81.
Jack Whyte: Forty Years in Canada: A Memoir
Jack Whyte: Forty Years in Canada: A Memoir 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings
82.
A Living Remedy: A Memoir
A Living Remedy: A Memoir 3.99 avg rating — 5,897 ratings
83.
Sink: A Memoir
Sink: A Memoir 3.68 avg rating — 1,845 ratings
84.
Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse
Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse 4.35 avg rating — 419 ratings
85.
Token Black Girl: A Memoir
Token Black Girl: A Memoir 3.91 avg rating — 6,681 ratings
86.
Uncultured: A Memoir
Uncultured: A Memoir 4.14 avg rating — 14,272 ratings
87.
Almost American Girl: A Graphic Memoir
Almost American Girl: A Graphic Memoir
by: Robin Ha
4.22 avg rating — 14,480 ratings
88.
The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 1,439 ratings
89.
Joy Enough: A Memoir
Joy Enough: A Memoir 3.89 avg rating — 822 ratings
90.
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love 3.89 avg rating — 45,334 ratings
91.
A Woman First: First Woman: A Memoir
A Woman First: First Woman: A Memoir 3.75 avg rating — 1,641 ratings
92.
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child 4.24 avg rating — 7,294 ratings
93.
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike 4.46 avg rating — 350,785 ratings
94.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,116 ratings
95.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,465 ratings
96.
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted 4.42 avg rating — 116,221 ratings
97.
The Argonauts
The Argonauts 4.02 avg rating — 54,645 ratings
98.
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir 4.49 avg rating — 25,283 ratings
99.
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations 4.45 avg rating — 26,181 ratings
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Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin 3.79 avg rating — 37,774 ratings
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