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101	A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf 4.17 avg rating — 6,489 ratings score: 1,600, and 18 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
102	Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl 4.08 avg rating — 38,967 ratings score: 1,576, and 17 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
103	Broken by Shy Keenan 4.27 avg rating — 4,181 ratings score: 1,570, and 16 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
104	West with the Night by Beryl Markham 4.15 avg rating — 40,464 ratings score: 1,522, and 17 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
105	American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig Ferguson 3.93 avg rating — 24,897 ratings score: 1,515, and 16 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
106	Chronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan 3.98 avg rating — 60,796 ratings score: 1,510, and 16 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
107	Going Solo (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #2) by Roald Dahl 4.06 avg rating — 32,882 ratings score: 1,508, and 16 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
108	Educated by Tara Westover (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 1,794,998 ratings score: 1,507, and 16 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
109	A Year in Provence (Provence, #1) by Peter Mayle really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 82,018 ratings score: 1,499, and 17 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
110	The Color of Water by James McBride (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 132,217 ratings score: 1,486, and 17 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
110	Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 855,055 ratings score: 1,486, and 17 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
112	In Plain Sight: A True Story of Kidnapping and Rape by Anna D. Stoddard (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 2,446 ratings score: 1,476, 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
113	Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris 4.11 avg rating — 287,229 ratings score: 1,472, and 17 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
114	Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy 3.97 avg rating — 29,724 ratings score: 1,460, and 16 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
115	Breaking Free by Rachel Jeffs 4.11 avg rating — 15,049 ratings score: 1,458, 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
116	I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson 3.90 avg rating — 68,824 ratings score: 1,426, and 16 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
117	This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff 3.97 avg rating — 30,303 ratings score: 1,405, 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
118	All Things Wise and Wonderful (All Creatures Great and Small, #5-6) by James Herriot 4.45 avg rating — 37,267 ratings score: 1,404, and 16 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
119	Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland by Amanda Berry 4.37 avg rating — 19,019 ratings score: 1,373, 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
120	Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn 3.81 avg rating — 16,057 ratings score: 1,306, 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
121	The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 168,853 ratings score: 1,303, 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
122	Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances Mayes (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 329,514 ratings score: 1,295, 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
123	Melania and Me by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff 3.23 avg rating — 8,048 ratings score: 1,256, 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
124	The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara 3.80 avg rating — 44,551 ratings score: 1,251, 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
125	Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox 4.07 avg rating — 28,873 ratings score: 1,248, 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
126	Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett 3.97 avg rating — 46,694 ratings score: 1,219, 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
126	Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 18,298 ratings score: 1,219, 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
128	Paula by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 55,113 ratings score: 1,216, 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
129	Adventures in Emotional Alchemy: You Can't Even Make This $#!T Up (The Alchemy Series) by Moxie D'Vine (Goodreads Author) 4.85 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 1,200, 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
130	HomoAmerican - The Secret Society by Michael K. Dane (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 1,195, 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
131	Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 3.59 avg rating — 9,227 ratings score: 1,166, 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
132	Freedom: My Book of Firsts by Jaycee Dugard 3.54 avg rating — 5,600 ratings score: 1,164, 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
133	The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston 3.73 avg rating — 33,430 ratings score: 1,162, 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
134	Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1) by Joy Adamson 4.16 avg rating — 33,694 ratings score: 1,160, 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
135	A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel 3.80 avg rating — 37,444 ratings score: 1,156, 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
136	Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward 3.82 avg rating — 9,094 ratings score: 1,153, 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
137	My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler 3.79 avg rating — 111,473 ratings score: 1,149, 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
138	Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 4.37 avg rating — 843,298 ratings score: 1,113, 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
139	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: 1,099, 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
140	Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 205,188 ratings score: 1,082, 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
141	A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 71,155 ratings score: 1,080, 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
142	Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey 4.15 avg rating — 21,096 ratings score: 1,070, 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
143	By Myself and Then Some by Lauren Bacall 3.98 avg rating — 4,443 ratings score: 1,058, 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
144	Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 4.14 avg rating — 55,096 ratings score: 1,052, 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
145	Living the Best Day Ever by Hendri Coetzee (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 1,238 ratings score: 1,033, 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
146	The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 29,551 ratings score: 1,019, 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
147	Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 4.49 avg rating — 785,435 ratings score: 1,017, 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
148	Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin 4.05 avg rating — 11,352 ratings score: 1,016, 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
149	Personal History: A Memoir by Katharine Graham 4.09 avg rating — 24,569 ratings score: 1,008, 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
150	Under Water: A Natural Disaster Memoir by Owen Grimenstein (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 792 ratings score: 1,000, 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
150	This Childhood of Mine: A Memoir of My Last Summer with My Mentally Ill Mother and Alcoholic Father by Laura Meer Barkley (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 1,000, 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
152	Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews Edwards 3.97 avg rating — 21,282 ratings score: 997, 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
153	Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee 3.91 avg rating — 14,983 ratings score: 996, 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
154	Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp 4.09 avg rating — 21,212 ratings score: 995, 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
155	Come to the Edge by Christina Haag (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 3,337 ratings score: 991, 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
156	Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov 4.08 avg rating — 17,504 ratings score: 984, 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
157	An American Childhood by Annie Dillard 3.91 avg rating — 10,463 ratings score: 969, 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
158	Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) by Art Spiegelman 4.43 avg rating — 156,628 ratings score: 964, 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
159	Confessions by Augustine of Hippo 3.99 avg rating — 72,077 ratings score: 963, 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
160	A Writer's Diary 1873-1881 by Fyodor Dostoevsky 3.72 avg rating — 1,481 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
161	Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell 4.09 avg rating — 69,161 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
162	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang 4.30 avg rating — 121,177 ratings score: 926, 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
163	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: 899, 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
164	Beautiful Affliction by Lene Fogelberg (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 1,943 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
164	Positive Vision: Enjoying the Adventures and Advantages of Poor Eyesight by Ken Brandt (Goodreads Author) 4.74 avg rating — 35 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
166	Black Boy by Richard Wright 4.09 avg rating — 55,515 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
167	In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 4.08 avg rating — 119,871 ratings score: 890, 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
168	Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard 4.08 avg rating — 29,248 ratings score: 877, 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
169	Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 4.10 avg rating — 26,166 ratings score: 875, 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
170	Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl 4.05 avg rating — 22,217 ratings score: 870, 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
170	Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 69,276 ratings score: 870, 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
172	Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir 4.12 avg rating — 17,965 ratings score: 853, 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
173	The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony 4.50 avg rating — 31,916 ratings score: 850, 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
174	Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher 3.82 avg rating — 91,839 ratings score: 815, 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
175	A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen 3.99 avg rating — 59,554 ratings score: 804, 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
176	Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks (as "Anonymous") 3.74 avg rating — 289,659 ratings score: 802, 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
177	Summer at Tiffany: A Glimpse into 1940s New York City Jewelry Through the Eyes of Trailblazing Women by Marjorie Hart 3.72 avg rating — 10,055 ratings score: 801, 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
178	Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey 4.18 avg rating — 53,493 ratings score: 798, 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
179	The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 68,796 ratings score: 797, 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
180	My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) by Gerald Durrell 4.17 avg rating — 62,268 ratings score: 796, 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
181	Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir by Kambri Crews (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 2,061 ratings score: 793, and 8 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
182	Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters by Ulysses S. Grant 4.09 avg rating — 3,266 ratings score: 784, 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
183	Diary of a Freedom Writer: The Experience by Darrius Garrett (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 173 ratings score: 775, and 8 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
184	Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson 3.92 avg rating — 118,362 ratings score: 770, 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
185	When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris 4.08 avg rating — 216,095 ratings score: 767, 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
186	Buck: A Memoir by M.K. Asante (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 3,066 ratings score: 759, and 8 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
187	My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber 4.09 avg rating — 3,589 ratings score: 751, 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
187	Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain 3.87 avg rating — 15,411 ratings score: 751, 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
189	All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg 4.13 avg rating — 29,282 ratings score: 750, 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
190	The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot 4.44 avg rating — 29,580 ratings score: 748, 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
191	Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda 4.25 avg rating — 71,889 ratings score: 747, 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
192	Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik 3.75 avg rating — 15,368 ratings score: 735, 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
193	Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson 3.85 avg rating — 78,361 ratings score: 727, and 8 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
194	Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup 4.23 avg rating — 123,662 ratings score: 712, 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
195	The Story of My Life by Helen Keller 4.08 avg rating — 150,410 ratings score: 711, 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
196	The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind by Widad Akreyi (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings score: 699, and 7 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
197	With Love, The Argentina Family: Memories of Tango and Kugel; Mate with Knishes by Mirta Ines Trupp (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 90 ratings score: 696, and 7 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
198	God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew 4.38 avg rating — 46,172 ratings score: 693, 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
199	Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog 3.97 avg rating — 8,755 ratings score: 684, and 8 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
200	A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle by Liza Campbell 3.32 avg rating — 1,123 ratings score: 683, and 8 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 Lobstergirl (new)

Jun 10, 2009 08:46PM

Um, "1984" is not a memoir.

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message 2: by Courtney (new)

Jun 25, 2009 09:27AM

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message 3: by Jessie (new)

Jul 02, 2009 06:48AM

Lobstergirl wrote: "Um, "1984" is not a memoir."

Really? But it's so realistic! :)

I just removed it.

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message 4: by Jana (new)

Aug 08, 2009 05:05PM

Jessie wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "Um, "1984" is not a memoir."

Really? But it's so realistic! :)

I just removed it."

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message 5: by Jana (new)

Aug 08, 2009 05:07PM

Jana wrote: but it is proof that time machines existed)"Jessie wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "Um, "1984" is not a memoir."

Really? But it's so realistic! :)

I just removed it."

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message 6: by Janna (new)

Aug 17, 2009 09:23AM

Little Women is not a memoir.

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message 7: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Mar 18, 2010 04:10PM

Yes, Little Women is fiction, so I'm removing it.

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message 8: by Christina (new)

Mar 25, 2010 05:57AM

Am I reading this correctly that people actually posted Twilight, Eragorn, and Harry Potter, among others? So frustrating.

Also a shame that The Liar's Club isn't higher on the list, it was one of the memoirs that brought the genre to mainstream. It gets my vote!

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message 9: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Mar 25, 2010 12:58PM

Removed for being fiction:

New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling
Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
Stuck Rubber Baby, by Howard Cruse
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks
The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling
The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling
The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling
Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer
Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson
Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardiner

I am also under the impression that "Shiloh" is a novel. Is this correct?

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message 10: by Christina (new)

Mar 26, 2010 05:20AM

Yes, I believe it is. Thanks for cleaning up the list, Susanna!

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message 11: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Mar 26, 2010 01:01PM

And removed Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, also for being fiction.

No problem.

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message 12: by Elaine (new)

Apr 09, 2012 11:06AM

I just joined Goodreads. I love memoir, and thus, this list! Thanks to Susanna for keeping it updated.

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message 13: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 09, 2012 01:53PM

What's the general opinion about the "Little House" books being on here?

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message 14: by Elaine (new)

Apr 09, 2012 03:38PM

My two cents:

I've always considered them fiction, based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's life, but made "nice" by her writer daughter, Rose, for a depression-era audience ready for something uplifting. Kind of a reversal of James Frey's A Million Little Pieces.

And also, aren't' they children's books? I read them when I was around nine years old. Or does that matter?

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message 15: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 09, 2012 03:55PM

Yeah, I've always considered them very much fictionalized memoir. Little House on the Prairie in particular.

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message 16: by Brianna (new)

Apr 10, 2012 02:30PM

"Into the Wild" isn't an autobiography or memoir. It's a biography.

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message 17: by MAP (new)

Dec 22, 2012 06:09PM

Memoirs of a Geisha is fiction, despite the title. Additionally, I would consider "The King's Speech" more of a biography than autobiography/memoir, since it's written by Lionel Logue's grandson.

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message 18: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Dec 22, 2012 09:17PM

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks isn't a memoir or autobiography, as well.

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message 19: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Dec 25, 2012 11:39AM

You add books to the list at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."

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message 20: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Dec 25, 2012 04:33PM

You go to the tab next to "all votes"; it's called "add books to this list." You'll find options to search your own bookshelves, or to do a more general search.

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message 21: by Annie (new)

Jan 21, 2013 12:35AM

A tree grows in brooklyn, isn't that fiction?

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message 22: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 21, 2013 10:24AM

Indeed it is.

Removed.

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message 23: by Donna (new)

Jan 21, 2013 01:28PM

The Little House series is fictional. The ISBN of each volume of the series will confirm this. When confronted about the impossible nature of the supposed chase of Pa by wolves, Ingalls sniffed,"I wasn't aware I was writing history. I thought I was writing stories for children". The series, wonderful though it is, should be stricken from the list.

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message 24: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 21, 2013 03:10PM

If they're on your personal shelves, they should be available at the tab next to "all votes."

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message 25: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 21, 2013 03:11PM

And those are both biographies, not memoirs or autobiographies, from the look of them.

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message 26: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 21, 2013 09:34PM

To remove a vote from your list: either click the "x" next to the name of the book on the list on the right hand side (your own personal list), or click "remove" where "vote for this book" was on the book description, before you voted for it.

To remove a book from your bookshelves: go to "my books" link at the top bar of GoodReads, type the name into the search form, and you can click an 'x' to remove it.

If the books you want to add to a Listopia are not on an existing list already, go to the tab next to "all votes," and you'll find an option to either vote for books from your shelves, or to do a general site search. (Caveat: the book must already be in the database.)

There's a "help" link if you click the arrow next to your portrait/screen ID at the top right of GR pages. If that's not helpful enough, or you have bugs, try the group "GR Feedback." It's prominently listed if you click "groups" at the top bar on any GR page.

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message 27: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 21, 2013 09:36PM

Was the list you tried to create "Collected Speeches by One Individual"? Because I see such a list, with 11 works on it.

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message 28: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 22, 2013 09:36PM

Don't know if you can, if you're not a GR librarian. (I know list creators can do some things on the edit page, but I don't know if they can remove books. If you see an "edit" link at the end of the list description, "remove books" should be the last option at the bottom of that page - if you can do it.)

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message 29: by Jessica (new)

Apr 10, 2013 09:42PM

"Suite Française" is a wonderful book, but it's a work of fiction and should probably not be on this list. (Everyone should read it though and I love this list overall- so many good choices.)

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message 30: by Donna (new)

Apr 10, 2013 10:09PM

Removed for being fiction: Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This is historical fiction, though it is based on some of Ingalls Wilder's experiences as a child. Yep, I double-checked it.

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message 31: by Donna (last edited Apr 10, 2013 10:46PM) (new)

Apr 10, 2013 10:27PM

Ditto the rest of the "Little House" series by Ingalls Wilder. These include: By the Shores of Silver Lake; On the Banks of Plum Creek; Little House on the Prairie; The Long Winter; Farmer Boy; These Happy Golden Years; and The First Four Years, all by that author, all fiction. I left Laura Ingalls Wilder's farm journalism title alone because I suspect it is fine but did not confirm; the others were confirmed as fiction, so I zapped them. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch is for real, and it stands.

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message 32: by Donna (new)

Apr 10, 2013 10:42PM

On a more positive note: thank you to the many people who recommended The Glass Castle. I saw the overwhelming number of people that liked it, went and read it, agreed, and came back to vote for it. Very satisfying, and I can honestly say I wouldn't have looked at it twice if it hadn't come up on a listopia.

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message 33: by Jack (new)

Jun 04, 2013 02:08PM

While the Bounty trilogy is not an autobiography, it is non-fiction and all 3 books Mutiny On the Bounty, Men Against the Sea, and Pitcairn Island by Nordoff and Hall, should be included.

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message 34: by Donna (new)

Jun 04, 2013 02:16PM

Then add them. Use the tab at the top of the page. I can't add them, because to do so I have to vote for them, and I haven't read them. But every Goodreads member can add books to the list. Go for it!

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message 35: by Jack (new)

Jun 04, 2013 03:27PM

Finders Losers

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message 36: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jun 04, 2013 03:53PM) (new)

Jun 04, 2013 03:52PM

Mr. Slack, you don't vote for books down here in the comments section; you vote at the top of the page, at the tab next to "all votes."

Also, you can claim your GR author's page at the bottom of this page, at "Is this you?": http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... .

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message 37: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jun 29, 2013 07:17PM

Removed:
Into the Wild
Immortal Life, Skloot
Fast Food Nation
Roots
Maus
She Said Yes
All the President's Men
He's Just Not That Into You

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message 38: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jun 29, 2013 07:18PM

Removed The Bell Jar (a novel).

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message 39: by Donna (last edited Jun 29, 2013 08:16PM) (new)

Jun 29, 2013 08:06PM

Mopped up my own mess: how embarrassing. Tempting to stay quiet, but I think we are supposed to note anything we removed. Abraham Lincoln: Commander in Chief is (obviously, what was I thinking?) not a memoir or autobiography, but a biography. Also, though Du Bois's John Brown was a brilliant biography, John Brown ALSO did not live to write his own story.

In both cases, only I had been dumb enough to vote for these, so the harm was minimal. I vow not to visit this site once I have taken my sleeping pills!

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message 40: by Donna (last edited Sep 07, 2013 04:52PM) (new)

Sep 07, 2013 04:51PM

I think that A Street Cat Named Bob and How He Saved My Life is the same book as its earlier release, A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets. is there a way to combine the two votes for each under one title?

I think this is a call for (trumpet sounds):

a SUPER-LIBRARIAN!!!

If it were just my vote, I'd be happy to go in and zap "my" title (I added the former w/o seeing the latter) and my vote and then vote for the other incarnation, but I can't kill mine without taking another person's vote with me.

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message 41: by Chris (new)

Dec 16, 2013 03:01PM

What a great list! I did notice one book that is a biography and not a memoir - I believe Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand shouldn't be on the list.

Thanks!

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message 42: by Donna (new)

Jan 18, 2014 03:46PM

Question for the supers: what do we do with something that calls itself a memoir, but is written by someone other than the subject? In other words, "...a Memoir of My..." (mother, sister, father, country, gerbil, whatever). I would think it would become a biography, but this is tricky territory, and I don't want to touch anything if it may prove to be a mistake.

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message 43: by Mirta (last edited Jan 19, 2014 03:14PM) (new)

Jan 19, 2014 03:12PM

Please follow the link to read an author's interview:
http://www.widowsphere.blogspot.com/2...

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message 44: by Janet (new)

Feb 01, 2015 06:58PM

Why is "A Million Little Pieces" on this list?

The discredited author admitted in 2006 that much of the book was fiction

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message 45: by Donna (new)

Feb 01, 2015 09:22PM

Janet wrote: "Why is "A Million Little Pieces" on this list?

The discredited author admitted in 2006 that much of the book was fiction"
I go by the Goodreads catalog, and there, it is still listed as memoir. If one of the employees feels bold enough to step in and axe it, that's fine with me, but I would not hazard to do so as a volunteer...

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message 46: by Donna (new)

Feb 01, 2015 09:30PM

Found and removed 1 duplicate.

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message 47: by Janet (new)

Feb 02, 2015 02:01AM

Donna wrote: "Janet wrote: "Why is "A Million Little Pieces" on this list?

The discredited author admitted in 2006 that much of the book was fiction"
I go by the Goodreads catalog, and there, it is still list..."

Donna, please pass along this link to the employees; it's a compelling reason to remove the book from this list (and to change the info in the catalog):
Author Is Kicked Out of Oprah Winfrey's Book Club http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/boo...

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message 48: by Janet (new)

Feb 02, 2015 02:15AM

#60, Unbroken, isn't a memoir
#95 and #126 - 84, Charing Cross Rd - are duplicates

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message 49: by Donna (new)

Feb 16, 2017 07:16PM

Judith wrote: "Blue Poppies: A Spiritual Travelogue from the Himalaya"
If you want to add a memoir, use the tabs above the list to do so. This comment section is provided for technical issues like the ones mentioned by Janet.

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message 50: by Donna (new)

Feb 16, 2017 07:17PM

Janet wrote: "Donna wrote: "Janet wrote: "Why is "A Million Little Pieces" on this list?

The discredited author admitted in 2006 that much of the book was fiction"
I go by the Goodreads catalog, and there, it ..."
If you know who the Goodreads employees are, you can do that yourself. I am a volunteer, and my contributions are my reviews and assisting with lists such as this one.

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