Notable Memoirs

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    The Education of Henry Adams
    by Henry Adams

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    Hole in My Life
    by Jack Gantos

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    Paula
    by Isabel Allende

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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    by Maya Angelou

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    I.Asimov: A Memoir
    by Isaac Asimov

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    Growing Up
    by Russell Baker

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    Notes of a Native Son
    by James Baldwin

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    Angela's Ashes
    by Frank McCourt

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    All Over But the Shoutin
    by Rick Bragg

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    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
    by Linda Brent edited by L. Maria Child

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    A Rumor of War
    by Philip Caputo

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    Life and Death in Shanghai
    by Nien Cheng

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    Colors of the Mountain
    by Da Chen

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    Stop-Time: A Memoir
    by Frank Conroy

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    The End of the World as We Know It
    by Robert Goolrick

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    The Water is Wide
    by Pat Conroy

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    An American Story
    by Debra Dickerson

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    An American Childhood
    by Annie Dillard

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    Out of Isak Dinesen in Africa: Karen Blixen's Untold Story
    by Linda Donelson

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    Broken Cord
    by Michael Dorris

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    Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
    by Frederick Douglass

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    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
    by Dave Eggers

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    Running with Scissors: A Memoir
    by Augusten Burroughs

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    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    by Benjamin Franklin

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    Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
    by Alexandra Fuller

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    Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic
    by Paul Fussell

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    Colored People
    by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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    Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir
    by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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    Fever Pitch
    by Nick Hornby

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    Autobiography of a Face
    by Lucy Grealy

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    A Moveable Feast
    by Ernest Hemingway

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    Dispatches
    by Michael Herr

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    Rocket Boys
    by Homer Hickam

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    The Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir
    by Linda Hogan

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    Native Heart
    by Gabriel Horn

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    Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography (P.S.)
    by Zora Neale Hurston

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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    by Malcolm X

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    The Liars' Club: A Memoir
    by Mary Karr

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    Girl, Interrupted
    by Susanna Kaysen

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    Autobiography of My Mother
    by Jamaica Kincaid

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    A Small Place
    by Jamaica Kincaid

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    My Brother
    by Jamaica Kincaid

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    The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
    by Maxine Hong Kingston

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    A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
    by Dave Pelzer

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    A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness
    by Dave Pelzer

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    The Privilege of Youth: A Teenager's Story
    by Dave Pelzer

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another for the list — 1 year ago

Kurt Vonnegut’s Son, Mark Vonnegut, has written an autobiographical book regarding his experience with mental illness while living in the wilderness. I fully recommend it; it’s called The Eden Express.