Hi fellow readers! I have a hard time reading anything that is not real life or true events. (Is this just me?) Fiction just doesn’t do it for me. That being said, can you suggest some really good memoirs, true crime, self help, or non-fiction books you loved?
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Know My Name by Chanel Miller
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
“Madness” by Marya Hornbacher Bipolar/Mental Health
“Born on a Blue Day” Daniel Tammet Autistic Savant
“Escape from Sobibor” by Richard Rashke
Holocaust Memoir
“They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan” by Benjamin Ajax
“Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home” by Nando Parado
Two different books, different points of view on the same events: Addiction & Recovery
“Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction” by David Sheff
And
“Tweak”by Nic Sheff
Mary Carr: The Liars Club/Cherry/Lit
Patty Smith: Just Kids
J. R. Moehringer: The Tender Bar
James McBride: The Color of Water
Jeanette Walls: The Glass Castle
Just a few of my favorites
Being Humannn The unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist by Judith Huamann
“The Third Pole” (about climbing)
“The Gardner Heist” (about the stolen paintings from the Boston museum)
“Buried in the Sky” (also about mountain climbing)
“Denali’s Howl” – climbing Denali in Alaska
“Trial by Fire” nightclub fire/rock concert
“I’ll be gone in the Dark” Michelle McNamara (about the Golden State Killer)
anything by Jon Krakauer. *Missoula* is a tough read, but important.
“Sex Cult Nun” – Children of God cult and it’s pretty much an awful story (discusses child abuse, so beware)
Let’s Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (or anything he writes, it’s all fantastic)
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Kraukauer (again, or anything he has written)
Going Clear by Lawrence Wright