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Popular and Well-Known Memoirs & Autobiographies
AUTHOR TITLE
Abagnale, Frank W. Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Bauby, Jean-Dominique The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Beah, Ishmael A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Belfort, Jordan The Wolf of Wall Street
Bourdain, Anthony Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Burroughs, Augusten Running with Scissors
Buzzell, Colby My War: Killing Time in Iraq
Dalh, Roald Boy: Tales of Childhood
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Dillard, Annie An American Childhood
Douglass, Frederick Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Ehrenreich, Barbara Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Fey, Tina Bossypants
Foer, Jonathan Safran Eating Animals
Frank, Anne Diary of a Young Girl
Fuller, Alexandra Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Gantos, Jack Hole in My Life
Gilbert, Elizabeth Eat, Pray, Love
Grandin, Temple Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
Griffin, John Howard Black Like Me
Grogan, John Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Halpern, Justin Sh*t My Dad Says
Hornbacher, Marya Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Kaysen, Susanna Girl, Interrupted
Keller, Helen The Story of My Life
King, Stephen On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Lawson, Jenny Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Lorde, Audre Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Luttrell, Marcus Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of
SEAL Team 10
Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Mandela, Nelson Long Walk to Freedom
Martin, Steve Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life
McBride, James The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother
McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes
Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran
Northrup, Solomon Twelve Years a Slave
Obama, Barack Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Pelzer, Dave A Child Called “It”
Poehler, Amy Yes Please
Powell, Julie Julie and Julia: 365 Day, 524 Recipes, One Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Santiago, Esmeralda When I was Puerto Rican: A Memoir
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis I & II
Sebold, Alice Lucky
Sedaris, David Me Talk Pretty One Day
Strayed, Cheryl Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Walls, Jeanette The Glass Castle
Yasso, Bart My Life On the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
Yousafzai, Malala I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Zailckas, Koren Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood
Abagnale, Frank W. Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Bauby, Jean-Dominique The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Beah, Ishmael A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Belfort, Jordan The Wolf of Wall Street
Bourdain, Anthony Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Burroughs, Augusten Running with Scissors
Buzzell, Colby My War: Killing Time in Iraq
Dalh, Roald Boy: Tales of Childhood
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Dillard, Annie An American Childhood
Douglass, Frederick Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Ehrenreich, Barbara Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Fey, Tina Bossypants
Foer, Jonathan Safran Eating Animals
Frank, Anne Diary of a Young Girl
Fuller, Alexandra Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Gantos, Jack Hole in My Life
Gilbert, Elizabeth Eat, Pray, Love
Grandin, Temple Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
Griffin, John Howard Black Like Me
Grogan, John Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Halpern, Justin Sh*t My Dad Says
Hornbacher, Marya Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Kaysen, Susanna Girl, Interrupted
Keller, Helen The Story of My Life
King, Stephen On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Lawson, Jenny Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Lorde, Audre Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Luttrell, Marcus Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of
SEAL Team 10
Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Mandela, Nelson Long Walk to Freedom
Martin, Steve Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life
McBride, James The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother
McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes
Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran
Northrup, Solomon Twelve Years a Slave
Obama, Barack Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Pelzer, Dave A Child Called “It”
Poehler, Amy Yes Please
Powell, Julie Julie and Julia: 365 Day, 524 Recipes, One Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Santiago, Esmeralda When I was Puerto Rican: A Memoir
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis I & II
Sebold, Alice Lucky
Sedaris, David Me Talk Pretty One Day
Strayed, Cheryl Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Walls, Jeanette The Glass Castle
Yasso, Bart My Life On the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
Yousafzai, Malala I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Zailckas, Koren Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood