Grand: A Memoir
By: Sara Schaefer
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, comedian and E…
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1. The Mistress's Daughter
By: A.M. Homes
3.31
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed writer A. M. Homes was given up for adoption before she was born. Her biological moth… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- family
- adult
- audiobook
"I am an amalgam. I will always be something glued together, something slightly broken. It is not something I might recover from but something I must accept, to live with- with compassion."-A.M. Homes, The Mistress's Daughter
2. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
By: Jeff Hobbs
4.39
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
What does the untimely death of one man mean? Robert Peace was born outside Newark in a ghetto know… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
By: Meg Kissinger
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illnes… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- family
- audiobook
4. Grief Is for People
By: Sloane Crosley
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Grief is for people, not things."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
5. Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks
By: Emily Pennington
3.18
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
A bracing memoir about self-discovery, liberating escape, and moving forward across an adventurous … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- travel
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s
By: Gary Gulman
4.14
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
A tour de force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth gr… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
By: Maria Bamford
3.77
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. The Local
By: Joey Hartstone
4.12
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
The Lincoln Lawyer in the land of Friday Night Lights, where a freewheeling patent attorney must ta… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
9. Everything Is Fine
By: Vince Granata
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Grief, mental illness, and the bonds of family are movingly explored in this extraordinary memoir “… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Eventually, I had no choice but to look at loss and pain, at all the pieces of my family's story that I didn't think I could ever understand. It was this process, recognizing the pieces, struggling t…"-Vince Granata, Everything Is Fine
"In reality, memories are more feeling than fact. Though we want to think of our memories as one long record, the reel of our greatest hits, a memory is a constellation of infinitesimal changes, elect…"-Vince Granata, Everything Is Fine
10. Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch
By: Erin French
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From Erin French, owner and chef of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a TIME world dining … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"I always knew food held this kind of power, this something so simple as a piece of flaky halibut served with a silky puree of parsnips, lightly dressed leaves of arugula, a squeeze of lemon and a spi…"-Erin French, Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch
"For me, food wasn't a competition about who could make the best dish. It's greatest power was to make taste and turn it into a long lasting memory. As a girl, I had learned from my father that good f…"-Erin French, Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch
11. In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
By: Amy Schneider
3.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! —and a… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"I deprived myself of a joy in my life, because it was a joy only girls were allowed to feel. Life already seemed to be full of joys that one wasn't allowed to feel, so adding one more to the pile cam…"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
12. Empty
By: Susan Burton
3.78
Format: 283 pages, Hardcover
An editor at This American Life reveals the searing story of the secret binge-eating that dominated… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Most people had a history in this region, but not my parents, and my early, defining relationship to my environment was a feeling of being not from here, even though I had never lived in any other pl…"-Susan Burton, Empty
"...it allowed me to engage with my experience intellectually instead of practically, to analyze it instead of trying to fix it. And it demonstrated how another woman, in another time, had struggled w…"-Susan Burton, Empty
"It showed me one thing that being an adult meant. You were no longer limited to observing the world: Now you can join in. Instead of just being a fan of things you loved, you could get inside them. Y…"-Susan Burton, Empty
"I was struck, though, that even as the women share their experiences, they seem to remain essentially alone in them. They tell their stories, but they do not seem to connect with the others in doing …"-Susan Burton, Empty
13. Swift River
By: Essie J. Chambers
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more
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- adult
- family
- audiobook
"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River
14. Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds
By: Michelle Horton
4.52
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
15. God Spare the Girls
By: Kelsey McKinney
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing debut novel set in northern Texas about two sisters who discover a dark secret about … read more
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- adult
- family
- audiobook
16. Did I Ever Tell You?
By: Genevieve Kingston
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Based on her "Modern Love" piece ("She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box"), this extraordinar… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- family
- adult
- audiobook
17. West Heart Kill
By: Dann McDorman
3.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to the West Heart country club. Where the drinks are neat but behind closed doors . . . thi… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"You're a private detective."-Dann McDorman, West Heart Kill
"The writer of murder, like all writers, must be a miser, conceding revelations bit by bit; for every novel is a puzzle, and every reader a sleuth."-Dann McDorman, West Heart Kill
"People hunger for epiphany, you think, they clamor for it, but given a chance, who among us would actually recognize it? Or, having seen it, would choose to act?"-Dann McDorman, West Heart Kill
"This is, you reflect, one of the consolations of the genre: any respectable practitioner must follow the rules in making the truth–however skillfully camouflaged by lies–accessible to all."-Dann McDorman, West Heart Kill
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18. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway]
By: Chelsea Devantez
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A dynamic memoir-in-essays by comedian, screenwriter, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, detailing her… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
By: Hannah Pick-Goslar
4.66
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Both heartbreaking and life-affirming" (Edith Eger, auth… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. The Fortunate Ones
By: Catherine Hokin
4.17
Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition
Every day he stood exactly where he was directed. He listened for his number, shouted his answer in… read more
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21. Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career
By: Kristi Coulter
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, and a grueling decade inside Amazon, from the… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture
By: Virginia Sole-Smith
4.31
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that “fat” is b… read more
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- nonfiction
- family
- audiobook
23. My Squirrel Days
By: Ellie Kemper
3.37
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious, re… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"... Being a Mom is hard, but trying to remain rational while hungry is even harder."-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
"Some people think they can barge in and give you their opinion even though you didn't ask for it."-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
"I knew that I needed to quiet my mind; lucky for me, there is no place to quiet your mind like the northernmost edge of Manhattan's Times Square."-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
"One of my great hobbies in life is feeling sorry for myself. Nothing makes me feel more alive than when I suspect I have been wronged. Oh, the energy!"-Ellie Kemper, My Squirrel Days
24. Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs
By: Keena Roberts
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight meets Mean Girls in this funny, insightful fish-out-of-water mem… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- travel
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- adult
25. Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)
By: Katie Cotugno
3.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A fresh new take on Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles , with… read more
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- audiobook
"There were a lot of different versions of the truth."-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)
"Every day I think about committing a murder just to spice things up."-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)
26. The Burning Girl
By: Claire Messud
3.25
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including the… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"It's a different story depending on where you start: who's good, who's bad, what it all means. Each of us shapes our stories so they make sense of who we think we are. I can begin when Cassie and I w…"-Claire Messud, The Burning Girl
"You get to middle school, and you think about these things. The world opens up; history stretches behind you, and the future stretches before you, and you're suddenly aware of the wild, unknowable in…"-Claire Messud, The Burning Girl
27. Grand: A Memoir
By: Sara Schaefer
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, comedian and E… read more
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- memoir
- travel
- humor
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- family
- adult
- audiobook
28. Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life
By: Matt Hay
4.18
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring memoir of a young man who discovered he was going completely deaf just at the moment h… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are
By: Jedidiah Jenkins
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A moving meditation on the hidden, sometimes difficult topics we must consider to live an authentic… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"I WAS ASKED recently, “Who is your best friend?"-Jedidiah Jenkins, Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are
"Being labeled is claustrophobic. It locks you into connotations."-Jedidiah Jenkins, Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are
"It takes a safe and wide love to teach a man that it's possible to fail and remain."-Jedidiah Jenkins, Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are
"As I get older and listen to my life, the truest things seem to live in paradoxical tension. Hope holding hands with understanding. Expectation dancing with the hard lessons of humility. The human he…"-Jedidiah Jenkins, Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are
30. Filthy Beasts: A Memoir
By: Kirkland Hamill
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Running with Scissors meets Grey Gardens in this gripping, true riches-to-rags tale of a wealthy fa… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
31. The Relentless Courage of a Scared Child: How Persistence, Grit, and Faith Created a Reluctant Healer
By: Tana Amen
4.22
Format: 239 pages, Hardcover
A shocking and hopeful account of one woman's extraordinary courage to face her past and embrace tr… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"Sometimes God calls us to help those we don’t want to help so He can provide healing for the broken parts of us."-Tana Amen, The Relentless Courage of a Scared Child: How Persistence, Grit, and Faith Created a Reluctant Healer
"As much as we all like happy endings, the trust is we are all works in progress with broken pieces and, hopefully, with repairs. We win, we lose, we carry on. We soar, we crash, we pick ourselves up.…"-Tana Amen, The Relentless Courage of a Scared Child: How Persistence, Grit, and Faith Created a Reluctant Healer
