Must-Read Personal Accounts

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Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing 3.42 avg rating β€” 10,422 ratings
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Truth & Beauty
Truth & Beauty 3.97 avg rating β€” 46,417 ratings
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day 4.01 avg rating β€” 714,079 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating β€” 850,434 ratings
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Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional 3.59 avg rating β€” 7,416 ratings
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Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating β€” 117,713 ratings
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What If This Were Enough?: Essays
What If This Were Enough?: Essays 3.64 avg rating β€” 3,266 ratings
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I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman 3.74 avg rating β€” 84,663 ratings
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The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating β€” 71,037 ratings
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Play It As It Lays
Play It As It Lays 3.91 avg rating β€” 85,236 ratings
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Lucky
Lucky 3.77 avg rating β€” 101,355 ratings
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Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating β€” 269,383 ratings
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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc.
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc. 3.85 avg rating β€” 149,428 ratings
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We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating β€” 320,714 ratings
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 4.18 avg rating β€” 359,810 ratings
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating β€” 78,729 ratings
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My Life in France
My Life in France 4.16 avg rating β€” 92,229 ratings
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Holidays on Ice
Holidays on Ice 3.89 avg rating β€” 129,589 ratings
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 4.11 avg rating β€” 286,479 ratings
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I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections
I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections 3.80 avg rating β€” 35,587 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,819,754 ratings
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion 4.03 avg rating β€” 76,743 ratings
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So Many Africas: Six Years in a Zambian Village
So Many Africas: Six Years in a Zambian Village really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 445 ratings
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Of Bees & Boys: Lines from a Southern Lawyer
Of Bees & Boys: Lines from a Southern Lawyer 4.60 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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Born on a Blue Day
Born on a Blue Day 3.84 avg rating β€” 23,814 ratings
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We Learn Nothing
We Learn Nothing 4.16 avg rating β€” 5,109 ratings
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness 3.99 avg rating β€” 30,921 ratings
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The Two Week Traveller
The Two Week Traveller 4.03 avg rating β€” 97 ratings
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Animal Quintet: A Southern Memoir
Animal Quintet: A Southern Memoir really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 278 ratings
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Dancing with Death: An Inspiring Real-Life Story of Epic Travel Adventure
Dancing with Death: An Inspiring Real-Life Story of Epic Travel Adventure 4.12 avg rating β€” 219 ratings
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Wind, Sand and Stars
Wind, Sand and Stars 4.12 avg rating β€” 20,390 ratings
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The Best American Essays of the Century
The Best American Essays of the Century 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,048 ratings
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by: Loung Ung
4.35 avg rating β€” 52,421 ratings
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,301 ratings
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 3.94 avg rating β€” 229,604 ratings
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Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating β€” 1,772,713 ratings
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My Life
My Life 3.74 avg rating β€” 49,702 ratings
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The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War 4.22 avg rating β€” 3,299 ratings
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The Night Sky: A Journey from Dachau to Denver and Back
The Night Sky: A Journey from Dachau to Denver and Back 4.30 avg rating β€” 84 ratings
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Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way
Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way 4.21 avg rating β€” 9,572 ratings
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13 Years in America
13 Years in America 4.01 avg rating β€” 166 ratings
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The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia
The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia 3.75 avg rating β€” 190 ratings
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Chance Encounters: Travel Tales from Around the World
Chance Encounters: Travel Tales from Around the World 3.71 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
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Poems from a Runaway
Poems from a Runaway 4.63 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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You Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral
You Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral 4.01 avg rating β€” 327 ratings
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Broken and alone... right?: I think we should talk...
Broken and alone... right?: I think we should talk... 4.70 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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The Color of the Elephant
The Color of the Elephant 4.47 avg rating β€” 73 ratings
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Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present
Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present 4.22 avg rating β€” 7,537 ratings
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Reading Water: Lessons from the River
Reading Water: Lessons from the River 4.16 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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Unhinged: Putting the Pieces Back Together
Unhinged: Putting the Pieces Back Together 4.26 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life 3.97 avg rating β€” 30,189 ratings
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Learning to Dance in the Rain
Learning to Dance in the Rain 4.47 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
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Traveling with Ghosts: A Memoir
Traveling with Ghosts: A Memoir 4.03 avg rating β€” 936 ratings
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Snapshots (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books)
Snapshots (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books) 4.56 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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The Color of Water
The Color of Water 4.15 avg rating β€” 131,549 ratings
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Tell It to the World: International Justice and the Secret Campaign to Hide Mass Murder in Kosovo
Tell It to the World: International Justice and the Secret Campaign to Hide Mass Murder in Kosovo 4.27 avg rating β€” 170 ratings
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Hand to Mouth to India
Hand to Mouth to India
by: Tom Thumb
3.72 avg rating β€” 74 ratings
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Acquainted with the Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children
Acquainted with the Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children 3.61 avg rating β€” 156 ratings
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With Love, The Argentina Family: Memories of Tango and Kugel; Mate with Knishes
With Love, The Argentina Family: Memories of Tango and Kugel; Mate with Knishes 3.93 avg rating β€” 90 ratings
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I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,568 ratings
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Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith 3.88 avg rating β€” 4,943 ratings
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An Age of License: A Travelogue
An Age of License: A Travelogue 3.81 avg rating β€” 6,447 ratings
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Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen 3.95 avg rating β€” 22,339 ratings
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Geisha, a Life
Geisha, a Life 3.93 avg rating β€” 26,802 ratings
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String Too Short to Be Saved: Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm
String Too Short to Be Saved: Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm 4.24 avg rating β€” 414 ratings
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The White Hindu
The White Hindu
by: Ambaa
3.93 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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Planet of the Blind
Planet of the Blind 3.96 avg rating β€” 838 ratings
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Ten Thousand Miles by Freight Train: A Memoir of Beauty and Freedom on the Rails
Ten Thousand Miles by Freight Train: A Memoir of Beauty and Freedom on the Rails 3.48 avg rating β€” 95 ratings
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Pieces of Soap: Essays
Pieces of Soap: Essays 3.62 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
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A Family by Any Other Name: Exploring Queer Relationships
A Family by Any Other Name: Exploring Queer Relationships 3.87 avg rating β€” 53 ratings
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The Many Faces of Religion: From The Journey
The Many Faces of Religion: From The Journey it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life
Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,072 ratings
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Meeting Mogwyn: A Glimpse into the Victorian Past
Meeting Mogwyn: A Glimpse into the Victorian Past 3.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Where Fault Lies: A Survivor's Story of Game, Shame & Blame
Where Fault Lies: A Survivor's Story of Game, Shame & Blame 4.09 avg rating β€” 104 ratings
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θ΅°εΎ—θΆŠθΏœ,离θ‡ͺε·±θΆŠθΏ‘ The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me
θ΅°εΎ—θΆŠθΏœ,离θ‡ͺε·±θΆŠθΏ‘ The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me
by: Hong Mei
3.65 avg rating β€” 1,163 ratings
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Wandering
Wandering 3.81 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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The Jewish Daughter Diaries: True Stories of Being Loved Too Much by Our Moms
The Jewish Daughter Diaries: True Stories of Being Loved Too Much by Our Moms 3.73 avg rating β€” 86 ratings
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Karate Stupid: A True Story of Survival
Karate Stupid: A True Story of Survival really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 185 ratings
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Why Beer Matters
Why Beer Matters
by: Evan Rail
3.47 avg rating β€” 208 ratings
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Hawai'i One Summer
Hawai'i One Summer 3.92 avg rating β€” 198 ratings
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Ghost No More
Ghost No More 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,527 ratings
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Those Whom I Would Like to Meet Again
Those Whom I Would Like to Meet Again 3.49 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
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Bad Dyke: Salacious Stories from a Queer Life
Bad Dyke: Salacious Stories from a Queer Life 3.64 avg rating β€” 319 ratings
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On The Threshold: Home, Hardwood, and Holiness
On The Threshold: Home, Hardwood, and Holiness 3.85 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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I Am Your Doctor: And This Is My Humble Opinion
I Am Your Doctor: And This Is My Humble Opinion really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships & Identity (OpenBook)
Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships & Identity (OpenBook) 4.42 avg rating β€” 86 ratings
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Born in Sarajevo
Born in Sarajevo 4.06 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
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Call It Wonder: an odyssey of love, sex, spirit, and travel
Call It Wonder: an odyssey of love, sex, spirit, and travel 4.43 avg rating β€” 102 ratings
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Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry
Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry 3.79 avg rating β€” 373 ratings
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Invisible 2: Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F
Invisible 2: Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F 4.57 avg rating β€” 83 ratings
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Cuba Open from the Inside: Travels in the Forbidden Land
Cuba Open from the Inside: Travels in the Forbidden Land 3.46 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
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My Wife Wants You to Know I'm Happily Married
My Wife Wants You to Know I'm Happily Married 4.02 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
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Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence 4.13 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
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Strange Borderlands
Strange Borderlands 4.50 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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Stories of Music, Volume 1
Stories of Music, Volume 1 4.72 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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Willkommen im Erdgeschoss: Wie ich mich mit 17 im Rollstuhl wiederfand
Willkommen im Erdgeschoss: Wie ich mich mit 17 im Rollstuhl wiederfand 4.12 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
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#Caste is Not a Rumour: The Online Diary of Rohith Vemula
#Caste is Not a Rumour: The Online Diary of Rohith Vemula 3.90 avg rating β€” 62 ratings
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The Green Reaper: Memoirs of an Eco-Mortician
The Green Reaper: Memoirs of an Eco-Mortician 4.05 avg rating β€” 374 ratings
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Healing My Life from Incest to Joy
Healing My Life from Incest to Joy really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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Walking Over Eggshells
Walking Over Eggshells 4.25 avg rating β€” 342 ratings
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