I’m looking to read some more memoirs/autobiographies. Currently reading Beyond Belief by Miscavige
I’m looking to read some more memoirs/autobiographies in 2018 – any suggestions?
Currently reading Beyond Belief by Jenna Miscavige, recently read Anna Kendrick’s Scrappy Little Nobody and Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis was a favorite.
Happy New Years to my book living pals!?❣️
Lauren Graham’s memoir is great and so is @Chinelo’s. Also wishful drinking by Carrie Fischer
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.
One of the best books I ever read.
Probably everyone else will chime in with the same recommendation – but I’ll put it out there anyway – The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. I read this book years ago, and it was affecting to say the least. They did a good job with the movie too, but as is the case for most of us here – I usually find something “more” when reading the story.
I did buy this and I’ve been meaning to get around to it!
Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run.
Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
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Dharma Punx by Noah Levine
I loved Born a Crime, so good.
I can’t stop suggesting it! My friend bought me tickets to see him march 23! Here’s to hoping I don’t go into labor that day! ?
I also highly recommend anything by Noah Levine
Omg this is my favorite genre ? (I think bc I watch a lot of tv and love American history/pop culture), so here’s a few I’ve enjoyed (in no particular order):
Mindy Kaling’s two books were funny.
Man Up – Ross Mathews was endearing.
Kiss Me Like A Stranger – Gene Wilder
American On Purpose – Craig Ferguson
In Such Good Company – Carol Burnett
Yes Please – Amy Poehler*
Chelsea Handler has a bunch but I think Uganda Be Kidding Me was my favorite.
Wildflower – Drew Barrymore
If You Ask Me – Betty White*
Seriously I’m Kidding – Ellen*
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened – Jenny Lawson*
Born A Crime – Trevor Noah* [This is an absolute must.]
* denotes a good audiobook version too.
Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
Any of Jen Lancaster’s memoirs, especially early works like Bitter is the New Black or Such a Pretty Fat or Bright Lights, Big Ass.
Autobio of Malcolm X
An Autobiography by Agatha Christie is my favourite autobiography, absolutely fascinating. I also like My History by Antonia Fraser. Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King is very funny.
Over A Hot Stove by Flo Wadlow, and Aprons and Silver Spoons by Mollie Moran are fascinating memoirs of life in domestic service in the 1930s. Wait for Me! by Deborah Devonshire is a very interesting memoir by the youngest of the Mitford sisters. The House Is Full of Yogis by Will Hodgkinson is an hilarious book about how his childhood and youth were disrupted by his father becoming a member of a cult.
I’m taking your suggestions so I can read more about non-celebrities. Thanks, Louise!
Crazy Is My Superpower by AJ Mendez Brooks
Here If You Need Me
West With the Night by Beryl Markham is incredible. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1624.West_with_the_Night
A favorite I recently read is Bill Graham Presents; https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/314649.Bill_Graham_Presents
And of course, Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489625-between-the-world-and-me
I read a ton of memoirs! Here’s a few that were very good:
Check out Give Me My Father’s Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1398615https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1398615
Check out Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146064https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146064
Check out A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15171https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15171
I really enjoyed Journey by Robert K Massie, I loved his biography Nicholas and Alexandra and Journey takes you through his struggle with researching hemophilia for his own son out of which came Nicholas and Alexandra
The Glass Castle
Because Sue Grafton just passed, I’ll look for “Kinsey & Me” this coming year.
She Got Up Off the Couch by Haven Kimmell
By Haven Kimmel..I read that one too. I think it was a sequel to the first one she wrote that I pasted above..
Born a Crime-Trevor Noah
Excellent read!
Anthony Kiedis! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I read Head’s (Korn) latest memoir and thought it was one of the worst examples of writing that I’ve read.
Jodi Sweetin (Full House) also had a poorly written memoir IMO.
“A Piece of Cake” by Cupcake Brown and “Running With Scissors” by Augusten Borroughs are two of my favorite memoirs.
I just finished, “Brain on Fire.” It was really good.
Life After Death by Damien Echols.
The glass castle BT Jeanette Walls. A girl named zippy by haven Kimmel.
Is this noise in my head bothering you? Steven Tyler. Radium girls
“Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrandt is great. “A Year By The Sea” by: Joan Anderson and the follow up to it “A Walk On the Beach” If you are in to history, “Undaunted Courage” by Stephen Ambrose is a great biography about the Lewis and Clark expedition, but it reads like an adventure novel. “Into Thin Air” by: Jon Krakauer is an autobiography about the 1996 climbing accident on Mt. Everest, it also reads like an adventure.
Edmund White has written great personal memoirs and biographIes (Proust, Rimbaud, Genet). He’s worth checking out.
Fairy Tale Interrupted is the memoir of JFK Jr’s assistant.
Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius and Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Low.
I liked The Mockingbird Next Door about Harper Lee and her sister Alice. It wasn’t without controversy surrounding its publication, but any insight into Harper Lee is okay with me.