14 Best memoir books like Clothes and Other Things That Matter by Alexandra Shulman

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Clothes and Other Things That Matter

By: Alexandra Shulman

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Chosen by Stylist as one of 2020's best non-fiction books. 'In the funny and opinionated Clothes..…

"Despite the multitude of extraordinary changes that have taken place in almost every area of life, jewellery is still used for pretty well the same purposes as it has always been. Primitive man is said to have worn a kind of ornamentation to enhance his sexual attraction as well as provide protection against all manner of disasters, from snakes to evil spirits. Cleopatra used jewels (with a particular fondness for emeralds) to seduce admirers and rivals not only on her body but in her home. They showed off her fabulous wealth and position. Julius Caesar ruled that only the highest born women could wear pearls, which were Rome’s most valued jewels. Not only does our jewellery mean something to each of us, but it also has meaning to those who view us. Jewellery has forever been a currency understood by all."

-Alexandra Shulman, Clothes and Other Things That Matter

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1. The Pillowman

By: Martin McDonagh

4.30

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories an… read more

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"It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop." - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention... I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop! - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

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2. The Spinning Heart

By: Donal Ryan

4.27

Format: 637 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As v… read more

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3. Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It, and Long for It

By: Craig Taylor

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

In Londoners, acclaimed journalist Craig Taylor paints readers an epic portrait of today's London t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

4. Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough: The Queen's Favourite

By: Ophelia Field

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant new biographer presents an unforgettable portrait of Sarah Churchill, first Duchess of … read more

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5. The New Confessions

By: William Boyd

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this extraordinary novel, William Boyd presents the autobiography of John James Todd, whose unca… read more

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6. Respectable: The Experience of Class

By: Lynsey Hanley

4.08

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Society is often talked about as a ladder, from which you can climb from bottom to top. The walls a… read more

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7. Darling

By: India Knight

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Marooned in a sprawling farmhouse in Norfolk, teenage Linda Radlett feels herself destined for grea… read more

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8. So Late in the Day

By: Claire Keegan

4.00

Format: 47 pages, Hardcover

After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more

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9. Ready For Absolutely Nothing

By: Susannah Constantine

3.91

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

'A rollicking ride . . . What a life' SUNDAY TIMESEssential reading for anyone who secretly just wa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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10. Mother Mother

By: Annie Macmanus

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mother Mother is a powerful coming-of-age novel and an intimate family study. It's about finding li… read more

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11. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

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12. Idol

By: Louise O'Neill

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

'Follow your heart and speak your truth.'For Samantha Miller's young fans - her 'girls' - she's eve… read more

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"But she'd clawed her way out of addiction because she believed that she was destined for greater things than an undignified death slumped over a toilet cistern"

-Louise O'Neill, Idol

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13. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

By: Dwight Garner

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

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14. How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

By: Pandora Sykes

3.75

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Modern life is full of choices. We’re told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"The woman that does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet. Our desire for validation is far older than the internet."

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"Me without reading is like me without food. I would wilt and become silent. I don't read because it is 'better' than watching television. I read because I don't know what else to do."

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"In a world crowded with the white noise of other people's narratives -- the collective narrative of social media; the multi-strand narratives of binge TV -- having your own, singular, internal narrat…"

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"It can’t be long before burnout is recognized by the NHS as a type of work-related stress. But we should be vary of using it as a non-specific term. Almost every single zeitgeisty buzz word or phrase…"

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

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15. 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir

By: Weiwei Ai

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In Ai Weiwei's widely anticipated memoir, "one of the most important artists working in the world … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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16. Anna: The Biography

By: Amy Odell

3.78

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This definitive biography of Anna Wintour follows the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who w… read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
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17. Wives Like Us

By: Plum Sykes

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tyco… read more

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18. Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News

By: Emily Maitlis

4.10

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

The things that are said on camera are only part of the story. Behind every interview there is a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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19. The Chiffon Trenches

By: André Leon Talley

3.83

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

During André Leon Talley's first magazine job, alongside Andy Warhol at Interview, a fateful meeti… read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"On holidays, I cave in to the memory of love, and associate desserts and eating with the love I experienced at my grandmother's table. She was a great cook, and sweets crowded the side console cabine…"

-André Leon Talley, The Chiffon Trenches

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20. A Very Private School: A Memoir

By: Charles Spencer

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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21. Actress

By: Anne Enright

3.44

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

Katherine O’Dell is an Irish theater legend. As her daughter Norah retraces her mother’s celebrated… read more

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22. Arrangements in Blue

By: Amy Key

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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23. If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair: A Manual for Life

By: Anya Hindmarch

3.68

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'I've been waiting for this book all my life and everyone needs to read … read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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24. A Visible Man: A Memoir

By: Edward Enninful

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From one of our culture's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriers. When Edwar… read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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25. How To Break Up With Fast Fashion

By: Lauren Bravo

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

You probably know the statistics: global clothing production has roughly doubled in just 15 years, … read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
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26. Glossy: The inside story of Vogue

By: Nina-Sophia Miralles

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Glossy is a story of more than a magazine. It is a story of passion and power, dizzying fortune and… read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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27. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

By: Maureen Callahan

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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28. Clothes and Other Things That Matter

By: Alexandra Shulman

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Chosen by Stylist as one of 2020's best non-fiction books. 'In the funny and opinionated Clothes..… read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
"Despite the multitude of extraordinary changes that have taken place in almost every area of life, jewellery is still used for pretty well the same purposes as it has always been. Primitive man is sa…"

-Alexandra Shulman, Clothes and Other Things That Matter

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29. The Psychology of Fashion

By: Carolyn Mair

3.42

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

What do our clothes say about us? How do the clothes we wear affect our moods and emotions? How doe… read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
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30. Heart, Be at Peace

By: Donal Ryan

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise…’ S… read more

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31. How Not to be a Supermodel: A noughties memoir

By: Ruth Crilly

4.24

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine being a model in the heady noughties, travelling all over the globe, your face on billboard… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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