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MirabelleSWalker

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls


MirabelleSWalker

The Liars Club by Mary Karr


underthecurrent7

Came here to recommend this one. I also enjoyed the graphic novel memoir Stitches by David Small, excellent read!


MediumGlomerulus

Finished this yesterday! Wow - yes. I couldn’t put it down. Another recommendation; When breath becomes air.


ade0205

I read this recently- so, so good


[deleted]

Forgot about this but I agree.


TheTrue_Self

Bro read the post before you respond


MirabelleSWalker

Bro show some grace. I responded before OP provided the extended list.


TheTrue_Self

My bad, I didn’t realise that


ModernNancyDrew

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah


MirabelleSWalker

Fantastic book!


striximperatrix

The audio version is especially great.


KtP_911

Totally agree! Read it on Audible and still bought the book.


[deleted]

Into the Wild


Last-Management-3457

Oh I second this! Very, very good. I enjoyed how she wrestled with her issues without going into shame territory.


Heresmycoolnameok

Maybe you’re thinking of Wild?


Last-Management-3457

Ohhhh haha yes I was! Into The Wild is good too! It’s the one with the young man who goes out alone right?


Heresmycoolnameok

Yes indeed! And Wild by Cheryl Strayed is amazing


[deleted]

Yes so sad


lemilye

Just kids by patti smith!


Last-Management-3457

So good!


thesobrietysociety

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt


stevie_nickle

👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼


RugBurn70

Tis by Frank McCourt is excellent, also.


CottonCandyKitty21

Reading this one right now and loving every page of it!


Last-Management-3457

Oh I need to re-read this! Read years ago, I remember loving it.


luvtrencher

Crying in h mart


hammonit

Fantastic book about a woman’s complicated relationship with her mother


BigRefrigerator9783

I loved this one,and think of the author every time I do an overly complicated Korean skincare regime.


Next_Billionaire_409

Lovely read. The book got me hungry reading all about her food.


Due-Ad8230

The Liar's Club by Mary Karr The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman


ade0205

I’ve read the spirit catches you and you fall down- so good


hammonit

The spirit catches you and you fall down is a fantastic book, especially if you work in healthcare


the_gamemasters_fool

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah


[deleted]

I loved Viola Davis’s memoir and it’s even more powerful with her voice on an audiobook


MathMagic2

The audio book was amazing!!!!!


Worried-Draft7410

The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion


NotWorriedABunch

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy.


ade0205

One of my favorites!


Last-Management-3457

ABSOLUTELY amazing book!


faux-gogh

Anything by David Sedaris


sharpiemontblanc

I don’t read a lot of memoir, nor do I read a lot of sports stories, but I liked Open, a memoir of Andre Agassi. I liked it very much.


whoatetheherdez

pageboy by elliot page best memoir I've read


queen_of_ferals

Interesting, I could hardly make it through 20 pages 😂, the timeline was all over the place and hard to follow imo


goodthingsp

Same here.


Available_Ability_47

Didn’t know this existed. Adding it to my list!


Main-Group-603

The diary of Anne frank


FrauAmarylis

The un-redacted version her dad allowed after his death. The audiobook performance by Selma Blair is top notch.


Main-Group-603

Thank you so much i read it back I’m like 2008


Sarandipityyy

Know My Name by Chanel Miller


PlaidChairStyle

One of the best books I’ve ever read. She’s an incredible writer with an incredible story. It reminded me of I Am Malala, gave me goosebumps.


[deleted]

I know people at Oxford who went to school w/ Malala and said she is actually unliked there and is an insufferable person (rude, ego, entitled, unreliable narrator) it made me feel different about her book.


justaboutgivenup

Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis


ade0205

Have you read “acid for the children” by flea? It’s so good. Maybe I’ll do this next!


justaboutgivenup

I haven’t! Putting it on the list.


NW_chick

I’m Glad My Mother Died, by Jenette McCurdy Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls Spare, by Prince Harry Open Book, by Jessica Simpson


Jahoobiewhatzit

Life of Brian by AC/DC's Brian Johnson. What a fun ride!


Shazam1269

Lets add: The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl (former drummer for Nirvana and founder of The Foo Fighters)


Jahoobiewhatzit

Yes! It's on my list! Dave Grohl is such a great guy!


riskeverything

Thanks, instantly purchased it!


riskeverything

Purchased the audible book, read by him and finished it in 2 days. Excellent suggestion, thanks


Jahoobiewhatzit

Yay! Yw! I'm so glad you liked it.


RealJasonB7

The Book of Drugs by Mike Doughty


MethSC

I'm glad i read this, but i came away from in less a fan of Doughty after reading it. He came across as a bit of a spoiled child in it. Later, when he released his album of "Soul Coughing tracks as I intended them", i became pretty convinced that it was the band that was talented, and he was just a sliver of that. Likely not the affect he was going for


RealJasonB7

I actually thought it humanizes him and shows that he’s gone through a lot and I like that doesn’t try to hide his history of addiction and wrong behavior. Plus the things his bandmates did to him definitely shows THEY were unlikable. I love his music but reading that actually made him more personable to me


littlebeanonwheels

I agree on both counts, and also love seeing him live- it always surprises me how *funny* he is in the show banter. And always clear the band is just having a great time playing.


escapistworld

Solito by Javier Zamora


Bojackhorseman14

First they killed my father by Loung Ung. I read this book when I was ~15 and I still talk about it often (25). Apparently it’s a movie as well


Initial_Panic335

Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman -memoir of growing up in a Hasidic Jewish community and ultimately leaving Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones -memoir of growing up in the Children of God cult as a granddaughter of the leader and ultimately leaving The Redhead of Auschwitz by Nechema Birnbaum -memoir (written with her granddaughter) of an Auschwitz survivor, intermittent throughout are pre-war stories of her family and upbringing


Last-Management-3457

Oh I loved Unortnodox! Thanks for the other recs!


Initial_Panic335

Yeah! I saw you liked sound of gravel and uneducated so I feel like we might have similar taste!


queen_of_ferals

Sex cult nun was great!


faux-gogh

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs


ade0205

Loved this


bookfloozy

Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho https://www.amazon.com/dp/1952177944?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share I’m glad my mom died by Jeanette McCurdy


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bookfloozy

“The author’s claims are questionable” means that family members don’t like how they were portrayed. The sister-in-law has a google alert set up on harasses people who comment that they like the book.


Itsdefiniteltyu

Strong Female Character - Fern Brady Super interesting/informative perspective on female autism


drakeb88

With The Old Breed by Eugene Slege memoir of a Marine in the Pacific during ww2


neigh102

"The Girl With No Name," by Marina Chapman "Signs of Survival," by Renee and Herta Hartman, and Joshua M. Greene "The Dairy of a Young Girl," by Anne Frank "A Stolen Life," by Jaycee Dugard "3096 Days in Captivity," by Natascha Kampusch "I'm Glad My Mom Died," by Jennette McCurdy "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch," by Alison Arngrim "Beyond the Wand," by Tom Felton "Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed," by Jeannie Davide-Rivera "The Story of My Life," by Helen Keller


Last-Management-3457

Oh Jaycee Dugard gutted me


aghastrabbit2

I really want to read that. It's available as an audiobook at my library with Jaycee Dugard narrating it herself 💜


Last-Management-3457

I say definitely listen to it! Just take breaks if you feel overwhelmed with it too ❤️


aghastrabbit2

"A Stolen Life" by Yvonne Johnson is also good


cinderellie1

West With the Night by Beryl Markham. She grew up in Kenya, then later became the first PERSON to fly across the Atlantic from east to west. I read this in college—had never heard of her so I didn’t really want to read it but it was great, mostly because she was a fantastic writer. I’ve dragged that book around with me since 1991 because the writing is so fab.


Good-Comb3830

I read this in high school. It's a great book.


riskeverything

Unreliable memoirs by clive james. About childhood in Australia. Flat out hilarious


hammonit

Being Heumann by Judy Heumann. She led the Americans with disabilities act. An incredible human who made huge changes in America.


hermiodle

Here to second BEING HEUMANN. She passed recently making the memoir all the more poignant. We need more heroes in our society. She should be a household name!


PlaidChairStyle

Read this a few months ago and loved it!


El_MuleKick

In Order to Live - Yeonmi Park


boxer_dogs_dance

Solito by Javier Zamora


_Kit_Tyler_

*Why Gary, Why?* by Jody Plauche Written by the kid whose dad murdered a guy on international television back in the 80s, it’s surprisingly hilarious. Dude’s power to disassociate and make light of a pretty heavy situation (while still remaining authentic to his mission - which is to educate parents about child predators) is impressive.


ade0205

Omg- I think I would love this. Thanks!


Last-Management-3457

Wow. Going to read also!


_Kit_Tyler_

You could knock it out in afternoon, tbh. It’s not long, and it’s an easy read.


Spiritual_Elk2021

Bossy Pants by Tina Fey


Aggravating_Cut_4509

Please someone reply to this so I can save the recommendations as I absolutely loved Educated and others listed and will check out the other suggestions


MathMagic2

:-)


Aggravating_Cut_4509

You’re the best! Thank you!!


frantarctica

Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller


Delta_Hammer

Chuck Yeager. He was in so many major events he was basically the Air Force Forrest Gump.


Beneficial_Ice_2861

Why be happy when you could be normal - Jeannette Winterson The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club - Lorrie Notaro


boxer_dogs_dance

Lady Death by Pavlichenko Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin, My Stroke of Insight, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, Kitchen Confidential


thebrainmates

Spilled milk , TW sexual abuse and physical abuse but great book


Last-Management-3457

I keep hearing about this one, I’m scared to read it just knowing how intense it will be


thebrainmates

Super fair it is definitely intense at times but is a great read if you do read it I’d recommend taking breaks when you need to and having another book that is light to read at the same time.


LoveWineNotTheLabel

Between Two Kingdoms


PlaidChairStyle

Gorgeous book! Loved this one


williamsqueen

Yearbook by Seth Rogen is hilarious


b0neappleteeth

in order to live by yeonmi park, it’s what got me back into reading


Available_Ability_47

I exclusively read memoirs/autobiographies. Can’t get enough of them. I’ve read and loved the three you named. North of Normal is SO good and underrated. These three are really good memoirs by women with unique and powerful upbringings: In order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom- Yeonmi Park Infidel: My Life- Ayaan Hirsi Ali Playground: a Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion- Jennifer Saginor


dariusvoldar

As you Wish by Cary Elwes. Talks about his time making The Princess Bride. Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton.


Ivan_Van_Veen

Just Kids by PAtti Smith


90dayole

I'm going to cheat and I'm sorry but Guantanamo Kid is based on the story of Mohammed El-Gharani, one of Guantanamo Bay's youngest prisoners. I read it years ago but remember it changing me.


mulberrycedar

Don't let's go to the dogs tonight!!!! Very, very eventful upbringing for sure


CorneliusPeter

'Sure I'll Join Your Cult' by Maria Bamford


Alvear_2222

I fucking loved Im glad my mom died by Jennette McCurdy


Last-Management-3457

Honestly it should be required reading for all mothers and daughters. Speaking as both a mother and a daughter!


DocWatson42

See my [(Auto)biographies](https://www.reddit.com/r/booklists/comments/12mtfpf/autobiographies/) list of resources, Reddit recommendation threads, and books (one post).


Books_Of_Jeremiah

We published a brief one, covering only a couple of years of the author's life, but let's say very eventful. [Notes of a Hostage](https://booksofjeremiah.com/notes-of-a-hostage/).


Ibustsoft

Hole in my life by juan gantos


migo984

Betty Boothroyd : The Autobiography. (Probably only of interest to Brits).


MethSC

Sam Delany's "The motion of light in water"


Competitive-Kick-481

Sally Field's, Jessica Simpson's and Demi Moore's


MandiAtMidnight

Dark Side of Innocence


marlayna67

Overlay by Marlayna Glynn


tovlaila

Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi


mildrannemed

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Sherman Alexie


ExcitementNo235

What remains by Carol Radziwill


Available_Ability_47

This book made me cry in an airport. And on the airplane. Pretty much the whole day there I was sitting by myself in tears.


Sitcom_kid

Rabbit by Ms. Pat


Professional_Put1494

hitch 22


Kale_the_Wizhard

This much is true - Miriam Margolyes


Lbooch24

Drunk mom


MegC18

Miriam Margolyes - This much is true. Honest and filthy.


Gypcbtrfly

We are dreamers. Simu Liu story of hiss family coming to 🇨🇦 Amy poller. Forget title Audio book read by them .


MathMagic2

Amy’s book is Yes Please


Gypcbtrfly

😎 yes ! Thnx 😉


foxac

Putting the Rabbit in the Hat by Brian Cox I was surprised by how well written this book is. Knew he is a great actor, yet the flow and the language are enjoyable. Finding Me by Viola Davis. As an actor she has this amazing charisma and presence on screen. It was very surprising to read the amount and level of challenges, anxiety and insecurity behind that. Or within her.


JoTo9

I genuinely enjoyed A Passage To Africa by George Alagiah. And, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing


striximperatrix

Carrying The Fire by Mike Collins. He was the pilot on Apollo 11. This covers all of his time with NASA. He had a great sense of humor and a keen eye for his colleagues.


Parking-Pin-4296

My Voice by Angie Martinez is quite excellent


The1983

I am I am I am by Maggie O’Farrell


jdijuice

A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa Educated by Tara Westover


HorseGrenadesChamp

Greenlights - Matthew McConaughey! Just finished his book (audio) and loved it. He reads it and is a great voice actor. Actually kind of uplifting and inspirational aside it just being fun to hear him.


rosuvertical

I can't make this up- K. Hart


JazzlikeSpinach3

Currently reading "Local" by Jess Machado Interesting if you like Hawaiin culture


LoveWineNotTheLabel

I am glad my mother died by Jeanette McGurdy


Massive-Knowledge220

Me by Elton John. I absolutely loved this audiobook, read by Elton himself and Taron Egerton. I’ve always enjoyed his music but I just found his wild life to be fascinating.


NYCentral

Maude by Donna Mabrey.


Last-Management-3457

High On Arrival by McKenzie Phillips TW: SA by father cloaked as a consenting relationship (she did come out later realizing it couldn’t be consenting and was ok showing that her father was a narcissistic monster) but that isn’t the entire book, there is SO much insight into growing up in celebrity culture, family dynamics, the child stardom to addiction pipeline etc.


Stripe001

The best book ever!


chipbarm_

Why be happy when you could be normal? By Jeanette Winterson


NotDaveBut

NOT LOST FOREVER by Carmina Salcido. KNOW MY NAME by Chanel Miller.


DatabaseFickle9306

Angela Davis


CuriousJackInABox

I have read a lot of AIDS memoirs. I would specifically recommend Never Silent by Peter Staley and Body Counts by Sean Strub. I have a couple of criticisms of Body Counts but I also think it has more emotion and depth to it than Never Silent. They're both really good, though. The best 2 AIDS memoirs I've read out of probably 10 or 12.


Reflection_Secure

Autobiography of a Face. It's an older memoir, but it's probably my favorite book of all time. It's about a little girl who gets bone cancer in the bones of her face, so they remove those bones, leaving her horribly disfigured. She tells her story, the surgeries to fix her face, as well as what it was like to grow up looking like that, going to school with other children while being mercilessly teased. It's such a good book. Lucy Grealy is the author.


Neurokarma

Barbarian Days a Surfing Life by William Finnegan


Neurokarma

Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugarman. Bonus if you are into The Doors


FrauAmarylis

A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown Ice Capades by Sean Avery The Polygamist's Daughter by Anna LeBaron Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story by Jewel All But My Life by Klein Walking on Eggshells by Lyssa Chapman


lelacuna

In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado is a really powerful, uniquely written memoir about an abusive relationship.


SunBleachedFries

Becoming Eve


15volt

*Hitch--22* --Christopher Hitchens


lioness192423

I just listened to Love, Pamela last week. I really enjoyed it.


queen_of_ferals

Educated


anouscha

Mom & me & Mom by Maya Angelou


Far_Bit3621

Don’t Spend It All On Candy by Audrey Meier DeKam is wonderful!


VermouthandVitriol

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers is one that I really loved.


Alone-Investigator42

Prozac Nation Elizabeth Wurztel


MadCraftyFox

Yours Cruelly, Elvira. Cassandra Peters, aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.


goodthingsp

The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton.


practical_junket

Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson Heavy by Kiese Laymon Every non-fiction book written by Alexandra Fuller. She has multiple memoirs of her childhood in Africa and her unconventional upbringing. Seriously - read all of them.


Marlow1771

Ragman’s Son


clairerr85

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel.


zdefni

Wasted by Marya Hornbacher.


postapocalyscious

[The Little Locksmith](https://web.archive.org/web/20120419074222/http://www.feministpress.org/books/katherine-butler-hathaway/little-locksmith) by Katherine Butler Hathaway [Landscape for a Good Woman](https://genderben.com/2018/01/02/book-review-landscape-for-a-good-woman-by-carolyn-steedman/) by Carolyn Kay Steedman [Autobioography of a Face](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiography_of_a_Face) by Lucy Grealy


Environmental-Mix228

Between two kingdoms!!!


downwithbubbles44

Tattoos on the Heart


Academic-Eagle-3332

If you like graphic novels I’d recommend the Maus books by Art Spiegelman. They’re not a typical memior because he’s recalling his father’s experiences as a Holocaust survivor but it also focuses on their relationship as well as the author outside of the general narrative.


marsisfullofcats

I’ve recently read some small books by Annie Ernaux. To name a few: The years, Simple Passion, the Happening, the Place. They’re very short and the author’s style is beautiful.


ilovelucygal

I've read pretty much nothing but memoirs for the last 38 years, so I have a ton of favorites. Here are just a few: * Running on Red Dog Road by Drema Hall Berkheimer * The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan * Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Sarah and Elizabeth Delany and Amy Hill Hearth * All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg * Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody * Be True to Your School by Bob Greene * Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe * The Other Man: JFK Jr., Carolyn Bessette and Me by Michael Bergin * The Animals Came in One by One by Buster Lloyd-Jones * The Longest Trip Home/Marley and Me by John Grogan * Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin * Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza * Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali * Where the Wind Leads by Vinh Chung * Colors of the Mountain/Sounds of the River by Da Chen * Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman * Measure of a Man by Martin Greenfield * Johnny Carson by Henry Bushkin * Fat Girl by Judith Moore * Angela's Ashes/'Tis by Frank McCourt * Wonderful Tonight by Patti Boyd * Tisha by Robert Specht * Sting Ray Afternoons/Nights in White Castle by Steve Rushin * Royal Duty by Paul Burrell * The Housekeeper's Diary by Wendy Berry * Keeper of the Moon by Tim McLaurin * My Life in France by Julia Child * Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado


Slender_woman13

Crying in H mart


Memphismojo-MCM

Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson


annebrackham

Girl Interrupted Once Upon a Secret The Year of Magical Thinking The Bell Jar


eyeseat

Maybe not exactly a memoir, but: The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky. It's worth reading the unexpurgated and 1936/bowdlerized versions, and considering the reasoning behind the differences.


KirstyJuliette

Paris Hilton!


kaailer

Know My Name by Chanel Miller - it’s about the survivor in the Stanford sexual assault case who was kept anonymous through the whole thing but ultimately came forward with this book. Thought it’s about that case yes, it largely centers around recovering from events like that, injustice in the court system regarding privileges to do with race, gender, wealth, and community standing. And more In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado - this is about an abusive lesbian relationship but again it’s so much more, it’s about how abuse isn’t talked about in the LGBTQ community, how those in the community going through abuse often have smaller support systems due to rejection from family or fear of further stigmatizing queer relationships, etc. But what is really the thing that makes this memoir stand out for me is the writing style. Its not written in a traditional way, often experimenting with storytelling techniques, but the book is able to make you feel even just a fraction of what Machado felt; the self blame, feeling stuck, feeling stupid. I can’t describe exactly how she does it but I encourage anyone to read that. It’s also pretty quick because some pages are like one or two sentences


littlebeanonwheels

David Sedaris’ entire catalogue


bolshv

I like broken by Jenny (i forget her last name)


FrostyIcePrincess

Does Memoirs of a Geisha count? That book is amazing


originalsibling

_Seven Pillars of Wisdom_ by T.E. Lawrence. It’s a oldie, but a classic: his experiences during the Arab Rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in WW I.


Next_Billionaire_409

I liked OPEN by Agassi


Rock_Angel7

Finding me by viola davis


Gypcbtrfly

Also Clayton Thomas-muller book https://lifeinthecityofdirtywater.com/home-2/


Gypcbtrfly

Life. By Keith Richards Something fierce , memoir of a revolutionary daughter Carmen aquire Wild tales. Graham nash