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My Favorite Memoirs / Biographies
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Memoirs are one of my favorite genres - I have read dozens but these are the ones I enjoyed most!
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One of the most devastatingly sad and beautiful books I've ever read
Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
Part memoir, part meditation on flat pieces of land. Beautiful prose, so underrated.
A Flat Place - Noreen Masud
Would especially recommend for people who moved around a lot growing up
Aftershocks: A Memoir - Nadia Owusu
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Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
A moving story covering grief after Zauner's mother's death, food, music and finding your own path.
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Love a memoir that explores a mother-child relationship! But it does so much more - deeply moving.
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Beautifully written memoir that explores Roy's tumultuous relationship with her mother, but also her life beyond that. If you're a fan of either of her novels this adds great context.
Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
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Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
We follow the life and death of Garza's sister in an intimate and journalistic way. Loved it.
Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
Poetic, meditative and slightly stream-of-consciousness style memoir
Unearthing by Kyo Maclear
Wildly heartbreaking memoir recounting growing up during the Rwandan genocide
Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga
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Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer by Dan Charnas
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Down the Drain by Julia Fox
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Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba
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Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake by Komail Aijazuddin
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Bone Black by bell hooks
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Know My Name by Chanel Miller
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Lost Cat by Mary Gaitskill
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Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
