Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography

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301	Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 55,841 ratings score: 1,299, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
302	Musical Chairs by Jennifer Knox 4.17 avg rating — 414 ratings score: 1,297, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
303	An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 84,611 ratings score: 1,293, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
304	My Story by Elizabeth Smart 3.88 avg rating — 47,041 ratings score: 1,273, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
305	The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda French Gates (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 63,875 ratings score: 1,263, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
306	Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 234,486 ratings score: 1,256, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
307	I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 14,710 ratings score: 1,252, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
308	Stupid Boy by J.D. Stockholm (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 982 ratings score: 1,242, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
309	Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 148,233 ratings score: 1,227, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
310	The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 107,875 ratings score: 1,223, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
311	The Shack by William Paul Young 3.84 avg rating — 685,173 ratings score: 1,199, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
312	Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern 3.98 avg rating — 159,847 ratings score: 1,190, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
312	I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson 3.90 avg rating — 68,823 ratings score: 1,190, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
314	Skinhead... The Life I Chose: Memoirs of a Real Skin by Spike Pitt 3.64 avg rating — 961 ratings score: 1,176, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
315	Life After Darkness: Finding Healing and Happiness After the Cleveland Kidnappings by Michelle Knight 4.02 avg rating — 1,750 ratings score: 1,171, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
316	Chickenhawk by Robert Mason (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 14,884 ratings score: 1,170, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
317	Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow 4.16 avg rating — 80,706 ratings score: 1,168, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
318	American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig Ferguson 3.93 avg rating — 24,897 ratings score: 1,157, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
319	Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 205,188 ratings score: 1,154, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
320	Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson 4.23 avg rating — 63,503 ratings score: 1,145, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
321	Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi 3.83 avg rating — 41,599 ratings score: 1,140, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
322	Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight 4.46 avg rating — 355,516 ratings score: 1,133, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
323	FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History by Steven Lomazow (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 1,083 ratings score: 1,131, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
324	Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah 3.91 avg rating — 28,998 ratings score: 1,127, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
325	Is that Billinge Lump by Tottie Limejuice (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 1,014 ratings score: 1,123, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
326	The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth 4.19 avg rating — 77,853 ratings score: 1,120, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
327	Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found by Jennifer Lauck (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 9,581 ratings score: 1,119, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
328	We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch 4.22 avg rating — 36,183 ratings score: 1,104, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
329	Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham 4.05 avg rating — 42,562 ratings score: 1,102, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
330	HomoAmerican - The Secret Society by Michael K. Dane (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 1,100, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
331	Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America by Nathan McCall 4.16 avg rating — 5,711 ratings score: 1,092, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
332	American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 56,337 ratings score: 1,086, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
333	The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1) by Robert A. Caro 4.42 avg rating — 26,087 ratings score: 1,084, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
334	Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 4.05 avg rating — 112,589 ratings score: 1,082, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
335	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3.84 avg rating — 120,954 ratings score: 1,080, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
336	Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory 3.74 avg rating — 20,123 ratings score: 1,078, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
337	Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by John Heilemann 4.13 avg rating — 22,762 ratings score: 1,076, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
338	2003 - Thanks for the Vodka by Harpie 3.71 avg rating — 1,141 ratings score: 1,075, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
339	Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 4.24 avg rating — 566,656 ratings score: 1,073, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
340	Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough 4.10 avg rating — 34,872 ratings score: 1,068, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
341	Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally 4.34 avg rating — 164,721 ratings score: 1,063, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
342	Pelosi by Molly Ball (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,955 ratings score: 1,060, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
343	Buck: A Memoir by M.K. Asante (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 3,066 ratings score: 1,058, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
344	One Child by Torey L. Hayden 4.27 avg rating — 15,821 ratings score: 1,045, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
345	Lit by Mary Karr 3.94 avg rating — 28,070 ratings score: 1,041, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
346	Joan's Descent Into Alzheimer's by Jill Stoking (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 896 ratings score: 1,034, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
347	From Sequins to Sunshine - Year One (Lorna's Life in Spain Book 1) by Lorna Penfold 3.60 avg rating — 872 ratings score: 1,026, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
348	The stranger in my life by Janet Holt 3.64 avg rating — 947 ratings score: 1,015, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
349	Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher 4.03 avg rating — 14,705 ratings score: 1,006, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
350	Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 25,658 ratings score: 1,005, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
351	Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South by Anne Moody 4.13 avg rating — 11,546 ratings score: 1,003, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
352	Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server by Paul Hartford (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 2,716 ratings score: 999, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
353	Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) by Art Spiegelman 4.43 avg rating — 156,627 ratings score: 993, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
354	The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry 3.85 avg rating — 22,733 ratings score: 992, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
355	Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey 4.18 avg rating — 53,493 ratings score: 990, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
356	Come to the Edge by Christina Haag (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 3,337 ratings score: 988, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
357	Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.44 avg rating — 136,764 ratings score: 985, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
358	Silent Violence by D.M. Samson (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 824 ratings score: 980, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
358	Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell 4.18 avg rating — 2,689 ratings score: 980, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
360	The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway 4.02 avg rating — 13,409 ratings score: 979, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
360	Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward 3.82 avg rating — 9,094 ratings score: 979, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
362	Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife by Irene Spencer 3.85 avg rating — 8,797 ratings score: 978, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
363	Goodbye Teddy by J.D. Stockholm (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 960 ratings score: 969, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
363	Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland by Amanda Berry 4.37 avg rating — 19,019 ratings score: 969, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
365	The Wright Brothers by David McCullough 4.17 avg rating — 97,454 ratings score: 963, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
366	This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life by Gavin MacLeod 3.59 avg rating — 1,396 ratings score: 948, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
367	Elegy for Iris by John Bayley 3.72 avg rating — 3,017 ratings score: 947, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
367	Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? by Marion Meade 3.98 avg rating — 4,179 ratings score: 947, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
369	Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox 3.82 avg rating — 25,084 ratings score: 946, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
370	Breaking Free by Rachel Jeffs 4.11 avg rating — 15,049 ratings score: 942, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
371	Kamikaze Kangaroos!: A trip around Oz in a van called Rusty by Tony James Slater (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 2,107 ratings score: 930, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
372	Know My Name by Chanel Miller 4.69 avg rating — 247,075 ratings score: 929, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
373	Living the Best Day Ever by Hendri Coetzee (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 1,238 ratings score: 927, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
374	The Happy Hooker: My Own Story by Xaviera Hollander 3.38 avg rating — 2,949 ratings score: 925, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
375	A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf 4.17 avg rating — 6,489 ratings score: 922, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
376	The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts 4.14 avg rating — 4,496 ratings score: 918, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
377	Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin 4.05 avg rating — 11,352 ratings score: 911, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
378	Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart 3.93 avg rating — 8,608 ratings score: 907, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
379	Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee 3.91 avg rating — 14,983 ratings score: 900, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
380	Amelia's Destiny (Amelia #2) by D.G. Torrens (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 1,973 ratings score: 898, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
381	A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 49,135 ratings score: 891, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
382	Zeitoun by Dave Eggers 4.05 avg rating — 79,785 ratings score: 890, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
383	Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn 3.99 avg rating — 6,068 ratings score: 889, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
384	In Plain Sight: A True Story of Kidnapping and Rape by Anna D. Stoddard (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 2,446 ratings score: 886, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
385	Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman 3.84 avg rating — 17,676 ratings score: 885, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
386	The Writing Life by Annie Dillard 3.98 avg rating — 18,100 ratings score: 884, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
387	Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 35,178 ratings score: 882, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
388	For One More Day by Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 158,431 ratings score: 877, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
389	Beautiful Affliction by Lene Fogelberg (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 1,943 ratings score: 875, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
390	The King's Speech by Mark Logue 3.71 avg rating — 10,205 ratings score: 872, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
391	Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir 4.12 avg rating — 17,965 ratings score: 871, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
392	Telling Teddy by J.D. Stockholm (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 1,082 ratings score: 863, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
393	Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1) by Spike Milligan 4.04 avg rating — 8,766 ratings score: 862, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
394	Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews Edwards 3.97 avg rating — 21,282 ratings score: 857, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
395	Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson 3.82 avg rating — 48,344 ratings score: 856, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
396	Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin 3.90 avg rating — 11,730 ratings score: 852, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
397	Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 121,997 ratings score: 851, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
398	"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman 4.19 avg rating — 30,391 ratings score: 840, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
399	Pentimento by Lillian Hellman 3.95 avg rating — 2,934 ratings score: 828, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
399	Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.12 avg rating — 20,587 ratings score: 828, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Raelle (new)

Jun 28, 2009 03:56PM

PATRON SAINT OF USED CARS AND SECOND CHANCES
by MARK MILLHONE

Beautiful, honest memoir that appeals to both men and women which is so rare. It is very funny, but have your kleenex near by and the phone numbers of family members handy to tell them you love them and value them

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message 2: by Ryann (last edited Oct 02, 2009 01:06PM) (new)

Oct 02, 2009 01:05PM

FYI: "What is the What" is not a memoir. Nor is "Sarah's Key." Both are great books, but they're fiction.

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message 3: by Julie (new)

Feb 27, 2010 01:18PM

add:Time To Be In Earnest: A Fragment Of Autobiography|3831], P. D. James

This is fabulous. six stars

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message 4: by Pia (new)

Feb 27, 2010 03:15PM

Never forget Anne Frank.

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message 5: by Jaliyah (new)

May 20, 2010 03:09PM

this was a good book..going to read more like this !

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message 6: by Kelsey (new)

Aug 17, 2010 10:09PM

The Lovely Bones isn't a memoir or biography.

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message 7: by Xenophon (new)

Aug 27, 2010 04:02AM

Hannibal by Thomas Harris and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller are both fiction, and I removed them.

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message 8: by Sue (new)

Jan 21, 2011 04:01PM

Wow, I'm seeing a lot of fiction on this list.

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message 9: by Linda (new)

Apr 08, 2011 07:17PM

Sue T wrote: "Wow, I'm seeing a lot of fiction on this list."

Can we get them removed? One of the reasons I came to look at this list was to find good biographies to add to my TBR list, so I want to be sure I'm not reading a book I think is a biography then discover it was fiction.

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message 10: by Sarah (new)

Apr 11, 2011 11:33AM

Linda wrote: "Sue T wrote: "Wow, I'm seeing a lot of fiction on this list."

Can we get them removed? One of the reasons I came to look at this list was to find good biographies to add to my TBR list, so I want ..."

Please don't remove them - even those are fiction-biography books, this list is still gorgeous.

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message 11: by Elle (new)

Apr 12, 2011 07:38AM

Praise God for Tattered Dreams by E.E. Laine

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message 12: by Darbi (new)

May 06, 2011 10:22AM

Thank you so much for creating this list Heather! I have been looking for 'Oh the Glory of it all." for years but I couldn't remember the name, thought I knew I would recognize the cover. I found it on your list and now I can read it again! Your awesome!

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message 13: by Janet (new)

May 15, 2011 05:22PM

"Good Grief" is fiction.

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message 14: by Janet (new)

May 15, 2011 05:27PM

"The Friday Night Knitting Club" is fiction. Why do people put fiction titles on non-fiction lists??

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message 15: by Guy (new)

Nov 23, 2011 05:18PM

Here's a real fun wild and crazy memoir about the movie biz and about finding true love...please vote for this cover - Kiss Me Quick Before I Shoot :)

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message 16: by John (new)

Nov 25, 2011 10:18AM

Khaled Hosseini's Books (Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns) are Fiction.

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message 17: by Sadi (new)

Dec 30, 2011 02:05PM

Without moving from the first page there are at least three fiction novels on this.

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message 18: by Missy J (new)

Apr 03, 2012 06:03AM

"Eat, Pray, Love" ranks higher up than "First they killed my father"?

The world is ending...

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message 19: by Atticus (new)

Jun 28, 2012 04:32PM

No one even mentioned A Playboy Virgin's Manifesto by Atticus Rockefellar. Oh, the humanity!

http://www.amazon.com/Playboy-Virgins...

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message 20: by Ben (last edited Sep 14, 2012 12:25PM) (new)

Sep 14, 2012 12:21PM

The following are fiction:

#113 A Thousand Splendid Suns
#128 Memoirs of a Geisha

Shall I delete? Any others that need to go?

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message 21: by Ben (new)

Sep 14, 2012 12:23PM

I added a list description:

NOTE: This list is for non-fiction only.

Hopefully, this will stop the tide of fiction.

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message 22: by Jean (new)

Nov 10, 2012 11:00AM

The Agony and the Ecstacy is fiction.

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message 23: by Julie (new)

Nov 12, 2012 03:47PM

Too bad one can only have 100 books on a list. I've read so many more great ones than are on my list.

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message 24: by Julie (new)

Nov 12, 2012 03:48PM

Not really sure if I'd classify Torey Hayden's books as memoirs but they all are great.

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message 25: by William (new)

Jan 07, 2013 12:04AM

how can i print out a list of just the title and author

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message 26: by I-love-reading (new)

Feb 16, 2013 03:24AM

A million little pieces was later proved to be fiction

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message 27: by Dorothy (new)

Feb 21, 2013 08:40AM

A number of the books on the list are fiction, for example, Winds of War

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message 28: by Xenophon (new)

Jun 09, 2013 06:51PM

Morgan wrote: "a thousand splendid suns is fiction..." Deleted.

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message 29: by Dorothy (new)

Jun 10, 2013 07:52AM

Memory Keeper's daughter is fiction

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message 30: by Dorothy (new)

Jun 10, 2013 08:01AM

Also Brick Lane and Pope Joan are novels as well. Laura Ingallss Wilder's books are generally classified as fiction

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message 31: by Dorothy (new)

Jun 10, 2013 08:07AM

one more. A tree grows in Brookly is fiction as well.

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message 32: by Cherie (new)

May 21, 2014 08:07AM

How can we search for specific titles on this list?

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message 33: by John (last edited May 21, 2014 11:30AM) (new)

May 21, 2014 08:30AM

I call "stupid" or "a--hole" on every single one of the people putting fiction on this list.

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message 34: by Lesley (new)

May 31, 2014 07:56AM

Three cups of tea is fiction.

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message 35: by Xenophon (new)

May 31, 2014 09:59AM

Lesley wrote: "Three cups of tea is fiction."

It's marketed as a memoir.

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message 36: by Lesley (new)

May 31, 2014 11:41AM

Amazon has added: 'From Viking Press
In regards to the 60 Minutes episode that aired April 17, 2011: "Greg Mortenson’s work as a humanitarian in Afghanistan and Pakistan has provided tens of thousands of children with an education. 60 Minutes is a serious news organization and in the wake of their report, Viking plans to carefully review the materials with the author."'

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message 37: by Xenophon (new)

May 31, 2014 03:04PM

If we start judging memoirs and biographies on their truthfulness, it will open a huge can of worms, and so far as I know, librarians haven't been given any guidance on the issue.

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message 38: by Mitchell (new)

Jul 11, 2014 05:25PM

this list could use a minimum number of ratings - like 1000 - to avoid author spam.

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message 39: by Sue (new)

Dec 19, 2015 06:45AM

"The Shack" is NOT memoir

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message 40: by Devorah (new)

Jan 26, 2016 12:51PM

When G-D Asks Me; When God Asks Me by Devorah Kalani

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message 41: by Dorothy (new)

Jan 26, 2016 01:12PM

Winds of War and the Bell Jar are both fiction

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message 42: by Dorothy (new)

Jan 26, 2016 01:25PM

She's Come Undone, Great Expectations and Uncle Tom's Cabin are all fiction.

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message 43: by Keston (new)

Apr 19, 2016 09:38AM

Saving Delaney

Laugh, Cry and be INSPIRED by this amazing little warrior!

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message 44: by Donna (last edited Jun 13, 2016 11:39AM) (new)

Jun 13, 2016 10:42AM

Removed for being children's fiction: Little House on the Prairie

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

NONE of the "Little House" series is autobiography. When confronted by a journalist about the scene in one of the books in which a family member is chased by ravenous wolves, which of course is not something wolves do to humans, LIW replied with great dignity that she had not intended to write history; she intended to write stories for children.

This author does have an actual memoir, but it doesn't, at least in my opinion, hold the charm and interest level that her children's series commands.

Oh wow...I'm going to find that whole series here, aren't I? Removed from #124, see above, Farmer Boy:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

..and less than 1 minute later, I find the entire series in one boxed set; I wasn't so clairvoyant as to see it coming, but expected to find it one title at a time...and likely I still will. Anyway, gone from #194:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

From #466 On the Banks of Plum Creek:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Also from page 5, The Long Winter:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

P.6 Little Town on the Prairie
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

Also from p6 Those Happy Golden Years

and The First Four Years
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

p. 10, By the Shores of Silver Lake:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

#744, removed for being fictional, Great Expectations:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

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message 45: by Donna (last edited Jul 01, 2016 07:56PM) (new)

Jul 01, 2016 07:24PM

#221, removed for being fictional, Sherman Alexie's Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Travel book removed from #209:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Removed:
The Winds of War, fiction:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

and Good Grief, also fiction:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

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message 46: by Cheryl (new)

Aug 16, 2016 02:41PM

The ones by McCullough on Truman and John Adams are not memoirs. They are extremely well researched biographies. A memoir is a non -fiction book written from personal experience. Or a written account of one's memory of certain events or people. One could write a memoir of a person to whom one is or was very close as a spouse, or child. I agree - a lot of fiction on this list as well!

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message 47: by Donna (last edited Aug 16, 2016 03:46PM) (new)

Aug 16, 2016 03:42PM

Cheryl wrote: "The ones by McCullough on Truman and John Adams are not memoirs. They are extremely well researched biographies. A memoir is a non -fiction book written from personal experience. Or a written accou..."

Take another look at the title of the listopia. Memoir, biography, autobiography. McCullough is dull as dirt, imho, but his books are clearly within the parameters of the listmaker.

If you see fiction and want me to pull it, give me titles and tell me what page each is on, and I'll be happy to do it. I have a little time right now and will check the list to see what jumps out at me.

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message 48: by Donna (new)

Aug 16, 2016 04:38PM

Humorous guinea pig book is not a memoir:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Removed from #319.

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message 49: by C.E. (new)

Aug 21, 2016 03:33PM

Can someone help me find the name of this memoir I read once? (I was expecting to find it on this list)
It was a memoir by an Iranian?-I think- woman who was imprisoned and coerced into marrying her prison guard for a while and now lives in Canada. I wanted to show my mum it, but I can't remember the name of it. I recall it had a picture of a woman looking off a building on the front cover. If anyone can help that'd be awesome. Thanks.

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message 50: by Donna (new)

Sep 14, 2016 10:00AM

Jean wrote: "please add my book. country life. true story in my own words. full of shocks? & surprises! please share it. click here new on kindle--https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_......"

This constitutes spam, and is inappropriate for a Goodreads listopia discussion. I have flagged the comment.

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