Putting a list together of memoirs I’d like to read, any favorites?
Putting a list together of memoirs I’d like to read, any favorites?
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Putting a list together of memoirs I’d like to read, any favorites?
Not My Father’s Son, by Alan Cummings.
I just finished Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. Definitely worth reading.
On my tbr list
Born a Crime, Trevor Noah
Yes! This one!
Just came here to post this book!
Life After Death, Damien Echols.
I agree!
Thirteen Days by Robert F. Kennedy
Educated by Tara Westover
If you have any experience in the food service industry, Waiter Rant is a must read.
Angela’s Ashes. 5 star book.
Glass Castle!
I second that!
Yes!
Let’s Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Furiously Happy is great too!
Isaac Asimov’s autobiography.
Educated-Tara Westover; The Chronology of Water-Lidia Yuknavitch; The Sun Does Shine-Anthony Ray Hinton
What Happened
A Higher Loyalty
Any David Sedaris
All Maya Angelou
Rosemary by Kate Clifford Larson; Forty Autumns by Nina Willner
I’m remarkably fond of reading multiple books covering the same time/people – the example that immediately comes to mind is _It’s Always Something_ by Gilda Radner and _Kiss Me Like A Stranger_ by Gene Wilder. Seeing the two of them recounting their courtship and marriage, followed by her illness, gave me a much more complete picture.
I didn’t know they wrote memoirs. I will have to read them now.
Hers was published shortly before she died; his came about ten years later.
The Endless Steppe was a childhood favorite about life in Siberia after ww2. While a middle grade memoir book, the adults in our mother daughter book club loved it perhaps more than the girls!
I would say JK Rowling’s Biography is so amazing.
Diana her true story in her own words was so good. Walt Disney the triumph of the American dream was good but long.
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
She’s my favourite Justice, partly because of that book.
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman” by Richard Feynman. He was brilliant and absolutely hilarious.
The Liars Club – Mary Karr and Born a Crime – Trevor Noah.
You Are Not Alone Michael Through A Brother’s Eyes by Jermaine Jackson.
Safekeeping by Abigail Thomas.
Her Three Dog Life is also great!
Jeanette Walls- all 3 of them!
Things that matter by Dr. Charles Krauthammer. Especially timely with his reoccurring cancer diagnosis.
Furiously @Happy
‘A Life in Parts’ by Bryan Cranston and ‘Well That Happened’ by Jon Cryer were both wonderful.
Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
The quiet Room by Lori Schiller
A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold – Columbine shooter’s mom. So good.
A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountain, by Isabella Bird.
Cowboy and Wills. A Friend Like Henry. Both are memoirs written by mothers who have children with autism and the families get dogs who end up being therapy service dogs for their sons.
Christopher Hitchens – Hitch 22
Lying – Lauren Slater
Open – Andre Agassi
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
One of my all-time favorites. If you only read one memoir this should be it.
I haven’t read it yet but my mom LOVED Tom Petty’s memoir. He over came so many hardships!
Any of Jen Lancaster’s memoirs- especially her early ones. I laughed so hard that I cried!
Personal History by Katharine Graham of Washington Post. Fascinating & very well written. ❤️?
Thank you everyone!!!
Believe it or not, both of Rob Lowe’s books, Stories I Only Tell My Friends and Love Life are awesome!
In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White
Isaac Asimov has 3- In Memory Yet Green, In Joy Still Felt, & I, Asimov.
The Liars Club by Mary Karr.
I just started this one based on recommendations on this page…very interesting and entertaining!!! Kind of like the Glass Castle, but not nearly as shocking….
@NancyCocks, let me know what you think of it when you’re done.
By Tank Into Normandy, by Stuart Hills
Just Kids, by Patti Smith
Wesley, the Owl, by Stacy O’Brien
The Water Is Wide, by Pat Conroy
West with the Night, by Beryl Markham
Composed: A Memoir, by Roseanne Cash
700 Sundays, by Billy Crystal
Fascism A Warning by Madeline Albright
The Road From Coorain.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25901570-boys-in-the-trees
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2847470-audition
Audition by Barbara Walters
The Glass castle. Jeannette walls
Love Is a Mixtape by Rob Sheffield
Richard Blade’s ‘World in my Eyes’ is an excellent musical memoir; based on Mr. Blade’s experience in the music world of the US and London in the 70s-90s.
My husband wants me to grab this audiobook for him, glad to know it’s good!
Life Itself by Roger Ebert
The Florist’s Daughter by Patricia Hampl
Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir by Christopher Buckley
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
Paris To The Moon by Adam Gopnik
The Elephant to Hollywood by Michael Caine
The Moon’s a Balloon by David Niven
Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte
But Enough About Me by Jancee Dunn
If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name by Heather Lende
Tough As Nails: One Woman’s Journey Through West Point by Gail O’Sullivan Dwyer
Too Soon to Say Goodbye by Art Buchwald
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
AWhole New Life by Reynolds Price
M Train by Patti
Smith
Furiously Happy – Jenny Lawson
The Boys in the Trees. Carly Simmon
Ooooh this looks interesting! Back story?
Lauren Ross Penny Marshall is a fascinating woman. Wildly successful, hilarious and first female director….her life is not dull..and….her mother really was nuts.
A Piece of Cake: A Memoir
by Cupcake Brown
LOVED this one
Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business by Dolly Parton. One of my favorites ?