Best Memoirs

1.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,073,818 ratings
2.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating β€” 1,325,846 ratings
3.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 651,004 ratings
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Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz
Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz 4.36 avg rating β€” 9,890 ratings
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Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating β€” 1,773,429 ratings
6.
Open
Open 4.32 avg rating β€” 139,843 ratings
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Bossypants
Bossypants
by: Tina Fey
3.96 avg rating β€” 1,042,043 ratings
8.
Spare
Spare 3.84 avg rating β€” 415,606 ratings
9.
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account 4.32 avg rating β€” 23,989 ratings
10.
Born on a Blue Day
Born on a Blue Day 3.84 avg rating β€” 23,817 ratings
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Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities 3.99 avg rating β€” 90,425 ratings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 569,021 ratings
13.
Eleni
Eleni 4.42 avg rating β€” 2,724 ratings
14.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 224,955 ratings
15.
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating β€” 200,864 ratings
16.
Lucky Man
Lucky Man 4.07 avg rating β€” 28,636 ratings
17.
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter 3.99 avg rating β€” 6,039 ratings
18.
Escape
Escape 3.98 avg rating β€” 45,891 ratings
19.
Papillon
Papillon 4.23 avg rating β€” 74,117 ratings
20.
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond 4.13 avg rating β€” 25,705 ratings
21.
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers 3.92 avg rating β€” 16,916 ratings
22.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 3.90 avg rating β€” 34,830 ratings
23.
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life 4.06 avg rating β€” 67,542 ratings
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Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases 4.09 avg rating β€” 28,570 ratings
25.
Me
Me 4.32 avg rating β€” 70,322 ratings
26.
Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century
Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century 4.12 avg rating β€” 129 ratings
27.
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness 4.32 avg rating β€” 22,260 ratings
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Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection 3.75 avg rating β€” 14,917 ratings
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The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes
The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes 4.02 avg rating β€” 2,001 ratings
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No One Here Gets Out Alive
No One Here Gets Out Alive 3.94 avg rating β€” 45,765 ratings
31.
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife 4.36 avg rating β€” 6,843 ratings
31.
Olivia Newton-John. Don't Stop Believin
Olivia Newton-John. Don't Stop Believin 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,763 ratings
33.
Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir
Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir 4.25 avg rating β€” 18,489 ratings
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? 3.86 avg rating β€” 509,720 ratings
34.
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 61,503 ratings
36.
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors 3.77 avg rating β€” 400,448 ratings
37.
Come to the Edge
Come to the Edge 3.93 avg rating β€” 3,319 ratings
38.
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie 3.48 avg rating β€” 8,007 ratings
39.
Maybe You Will Survive: A Holocaust Memoir
Maybe You Will Survive: A Holocaust Memoir 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,550 ratings
40.
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese 4.28 avg rating β€” 4,732 ratings
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Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood 3.74 avg rating β€” 20,074 ratings
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Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
by: Rob Lowe
3.87 avg rating β€” 83,943 ratings
43.
Uggie, the Artist: My Story
Uggie, the Artist: My Story 3.93 avg rating β€” 186 ratings
44.
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection 4.07 avg rating β€” 20,825 ratings
45.
Life Itself
Life Itself 3.92 avg rating β€” 6,631 ratings
46.
Homer's Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey 4.20 avg rating β€” 15,861 ratings
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The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared
The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared 3.67 avg rating β€” 6,777 ratings
48.
Desert Flower
Desert Flower 4.24 avg rating β€” 39,506 ratings
48.
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 β€” 488,905 ratings
50.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death 3.98 avg rating β€” 76,140 ratings
51.
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake 4.04 avg rating β€” 61,420 ratings
52.
Days of Grace: A Memoir
Days of Grace: A Memoir 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,248 ratings
53.
Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House
Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House 4.41 avg rating β€” 3,236 ratings
54.
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
by: Zoya Phan
4.03 avg rating β€” 662 ratings
55.
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 β€” 101 ratings
56.
One More Time
One More Time 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,503 ratings
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Lucky For Me
Lucky For Me 3.74 avg rating β€” 121 ratings
58.
After All
After All 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,130 ratings
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Up Till Now
Up Till Now 3.84 avg rating β€” 3,214 ratings
60.
My Sergei: A Love Story
My Sergei: A Love Story 4.14 avg rating β€” 5,338 ratings
61.
Life With Rose Kennedy
Life With Rose Kennedy 3.71 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
62.
The Million Dollar Mermaid
The Million Dollar Mermaid 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,920 ratings
62.
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
by: J.B. West
4.14 avg rating β€” 34,952 ratings
64.
Did I Ever Tell You This?
Did I Ever Tell You This?
by: Sam Neill
4.04 avg rating β€” 5,651 ratings
65.
Lucky Goes to Sea
Lucky Goes to Sea 3.94 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
66.
The Ragman's Son
The Ragman's Son 3.94 avg rating β€” 811 ratings
66.
Forever Young
Forever Young 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,807 ratings
68.
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€” 52,433 ratings
69.
Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter 4.18 avg rating β€” 37,751 ratings
70.
In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography, 1954-1978
In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography, 1954-1978 4.23 avg rating β€” 341 ratings
71.
From Here to the Great Unknown
From Here to the Great Unknown 4.27 avg rating β€” 85,451 ratings
72.
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South 4.13 avg rating β€” 11,516 ratings
73.
While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence 4.27 avg rating β€” 15,953 ratings
74.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating β€” 285,210 ratings
75.
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy 4.14 avg rating β€” 44,133 ratings
76.
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness 4.19 avg rating β€” 24,465 ratings
77.
Finding Gobi: The True Story Of A Little Dog And An Incredible Journey
Finding Gobi: The True Story Of A Little Dog And An Incredible Journey 4.15 avg rating β€” 13,577 ratings
78.
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 β€” 1,897 ratings
79.
Why I Wore Lipstick: To My Mastectomy
Why I Wore Lipstick: To My Mastectomy 3.76 avg rating β€” 708 ratings
79.
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams 3.63 avg rating β€” 4,868 ratings
79.
My Lives
My Lives 3.78 avg rating β€” 515 ratings
79.
My Heart Stopped Beating
My Heart Stopped Beating
by: Chamed
3.42 avg rating β€” 153 ratings
79.
Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works
Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works 4.15 avg rating β€” 463 ratings
79.
Take What You Got And Fly With It
Take What You Got And Fly With It 3.94 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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REQUIEM A Memoir of Sex, Madness, and Self-Destruction
REQUIEM A Memoir of Sex, Madness, and Self-Destruction 3.51 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
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Shark-Infested Waters
Shark-Infested Waters 3.72 avg rating β€” 128 ratings
79.
L'Americain: A Photojournalist's Life
L'Americain: A Photojournalist's Life 4.50 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
79.
Todo in Tuscany: The Dog at the Villa
Todo in Tuscany: The Dog at the Villa 4.13 avg rating β€” 62 ratings
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Motherhood: Lost and Found
Motherhood: Lost and Found 4.14 avg rating β€” 354 ratings
79.
Boy in the Ivy: The Inner Child of a Buried Man
Boy in the Ivy: The Inner Child of a Buried Man 4.62 avg rating β€” 16 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
79.
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating β€” 71,047 ratings
79.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating β€” 333,785 ratings
79.
Past Imperfect: An Autobiography
Past Imperfect: An Autobiography 3.79 avg rating β€” 435 ratings
79.
Through Innocent Eyes: The Chosen Girls of the Hitler Youth
Through Innocent Eyes: The Chosen Girls of the Hitler Youth 4.38 avg rating β€” 45 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
79.
Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady
Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady 3.48 avg rating β€” 414 ratings
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Growing Up Greenpoint: A Kid's Life in 1970s Brooklyn
Growing Up Greenpoint: A Kid's Life in 1970s Brooklyn 4.27 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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Herinneringen aan Montparnasse
Herinneringen aan Montparnasse 3.87 avg rating β€” 559 ratings
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Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
by: Phuc Tran
4.29 avg rating β€” 9,606 ratings
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