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Being Lowborn

Kerry Hudson discussing her memoir Lowborn

  
Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir
Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir
Gore Vidal | 2012 | Biography
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"A memoir. I love a memoir and a true story, and he is so smart and knows so much about so many things. Pure entertainment and education — an inspiration."

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Merissa (11612 KP) created a post

Sep 3, 2020  
Memoir of a Hockey Nobody is the unlikely true story of an average Canadian kid who grew up playing street hockey.

TOUR, EXCERPT, GUEST POST & #GIVEAWAY - Memoir of a Hockey Nobody by Jerry Hack - @GoddessFish, @Archaeolibrary, #Biography and #Autobiography / #Sports

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A Million Little Pieces
A Million Little Pieces
James Frey | 2018 | Biography
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A good read even if it wasn't really truly a memoir.
  
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Carrie Brownstein recommended Me in Books (curated)

 
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Me
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"Katharine Hepburn wrote an amazing memoir just called Me, which is such a great title."

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My Secret Life: My Secret Life
My Secret Life: My Secret Life
Walter | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry
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"This anonymous multi-volume erotic memoir offers extraordinary insights into Victorian sexual life. Absolutely un-putdownable."

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Merissa (11612 KP) created a post

Sep 22, 2021  
"In this truly inspiring memoir, Janet Hatch shares her compelling story of raising her strong-willed daughter who, at age eleven, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes."

NBTM & #Giveaway: Zandra: My Daughter, Diabetes, and Lessons in Love by Janet Hatch - @Archaeolibrary, @GoddessFish, #Memoir,

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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Nov 16, 2017
As winter approaches, here are some of Washington Post's favourite reads – from thrillers to literary fiction, memoir, history and politics:

The Washington Post's annual survey of the best books includes 10 they think are exceptionally rewarding:


Sing, Unburied, Sing

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Jesmyn Ward

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A searing and profound odyssey bringing the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first century...

Saints for All Occasions

Saints for All Occasions

J. Courtney Sullivan

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Nora and Theresa Flynn are twenty-one and seventeen when they leave their small village in Ireland...


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Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama

Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama

David Garrow

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The definitive account of Barack Obama’s life before he became the 44th president of the United...


biography politics
The Power

The Power

Naomi Alderman

7.9 (13 Ratings) Rate It

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Read our exclusive author interview SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR...

Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

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The extraordinary first novel by the bestselling, Folio Prize-winning, National Book...

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) shared Books Editor 's list

Sep 10, 2017 (Updated Sep 10, 2017)
So. Many. Books. I've read Hunger by Roxane Gay which a fantastic memoir, but have hardly made a dent in the others.
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Books Editor (673 KP) added 13 items to the list HB's Best Books

Sep 10, 2017

From brilliant newcomers to established novelists and memoirists, Harper's Bazaar recommends these 13 books for 2017 (so far).


Debriefing: Collected Stories

Debriefing: Collected Stories

Susan Sontag​

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A collection of one of our most powerful intellectual's short fiction Debriefing collects all of...


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My Life with Bob

My Life with Bob

Pamela Paul

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Imagine keeping a record of every book you’ve ever read. What would this reading trajectory say...


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Theft by Finding

Theft by Finding

David Sedaris

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The point is to find out who you are and to be true to that person. Because so often you can't....


Autobiography essays
My Absolute Darling

My Absolute Darling

Gabriel Tallent

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A brilliant and immersive, all-consuming read about one fourteen-year-old girl’s heart-stopping...


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To Quote Myself: A Memoir
To Quote Myself: A Memoir
Khaya Dlanga | 2020 | Biography
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"A hilarious memoir by a great South African essayist. As good an account as you’ll find about life in the country today."

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