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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Memoirs

"Although the memoir can trace history back as far as St. Augustine and his Confessions, I decided to focus this list around contemporary memoirs – those written within the last 100 years, with a pretty heavy skew towards those from the last 20 years." - Kim Ukura
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Out of Africa
Out of Africa
2
West With the Night
West With the Night
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Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
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Night
Night
5
Paper Lion (GEORGE PLIMPTON)
Paper Lion (GEORGE PLIMPTON)
6
Coming of Age in Mississippi (Anne Moody)
Coming of Age in Mississippi (Anne Moody)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
8
Conundrum (Jan Morris)
Conundrum (Jan Morris)
9
The Woman Warrior
The Woman Warrior
10
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
11
Girl Interupted
Girl Interupted
12
Autobiography of a Face
Autobiography of a Face
13
Dreaming (Carolyn See)
Dreaming (Carolyn See)
14
The Liar's Club
The Liar's Club
15
The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water (James McBride)
16
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
17
Lucky
Lucky
18
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
19
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
20
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
21
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
22
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom
23
First They Killed My Father (Loung Ung)
First They Killed My Father (Loung Ung)
24
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Alexandra Fuller)
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Alexandra Fuller)
25
She's Not There (Jennifer Finney Boylan)
She's Not There (Jennifer Finney Boylan)
26
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Reading Lolita in Tehran
27
Dry (Augusten Burroughs)
Dry (Augusten Burroughs)
28
Lipstick Jihad (Moaveni)
Lipstick Jihad (Moaveni)
29
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle
30
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
31
Garlic and Sapphires (Ruth Reichl)
Garlic and Sapphires (Ruth Reichl)
32
Jesus Land (Scheeres)
Jesus Land (Scheeres)
33
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
34
I Feel Bad About My Neck (Ephron)
I Feel Bad About My Neck (Ephron)
35
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
36
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
37
Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter (Adeline Yen Mah)
Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter (Adeline Yen Mah)
38
The Center Cannot Hold (Elyn Saks)
The Center Cannot Hold (Elyn Saks)
39
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
40
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry (Kathleen Finn)
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry (Kathleen Finn)
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