Hi there!
Just like the title says, I would love to hear what autobiographies or memoirs you've read so I can add them to my TBR list. The ones I just finished are Crossroads by Kaleb Dahlgren and In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park. My next one's might be Take your baby and run( Carol Youngson) or The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Thank you for your suggestions. Happy reading!
by GodlyMushu
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Three Weeks with my Brother by Nicholas Sparks.
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen Tisha by Robert Specht Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado Left to Tell by Imaculee Ilibagiza All Over But the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan Fat Girl by Judith Moore Black on Red by Robert Robinson To See You Again by Betty Schimmel Running on Red Dog Road by Drema Hall Berkheimer Unshattered by Carol Decker Where the Wind Leads by Vinh Chung Keeper of the Moon by Tim McLaurin Slim by Nancy Keith
just finished *A Well-Trained Wife*, by Tia Levings. She writes about her family becoming more religious and evangelical as she grew up, getting married young as a result, and her experiences living under a pretty restrictive faith system. She also connects her personal experiences to the larger evangelical-conservative political movement in the US, which was depressing but illuminating. (content warning for abuse/violence)
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
*Bodies: Life and Death in Music* by Ian Winwood.
Insights into the world of music journalism and how people in music struggle with their mental health. Features the author’s interactions with celebs, but he himself isn’t one.
Hunger by Roxane Gay
The Collected Schizophrenias by Esme Weijun Wang
Being Seen by Elsa Sjunneson
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire
Being Heumann by Judith Heumann
Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Without You, There is No Us by Suki Kim
The Cooking Gene by Michael W Twitty
Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Educated by Tara Westover
*Horizon* by Barry Lopez
*How far the light reaches* by Sabrina Imbler
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Srange Piece of Paradize by Terri Jentz
Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Boy by Roald Dahl
For something a little more old school, try No Hurry to Get Home by Emily Hahn.
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody. She was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement and I appreciated the first hand account of her life as a regular rural black girl in the south during the 50s.
Stay True by Hua Hsu
How To Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
The Many Lives of Mama Love!!!! Oh my gosh that book is incredible
Some classics:
Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets
Richard Wright, Black Boy/American Hunger
Emma Goldman, Living My Life
Educated by Tara Westover,
In the glass castle by Jeannette Walls,
Know my name by Chanel Miller,
Night by Ellie Wiesle,
From the Ashes by Jesse Thristle,
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Brain on Fire- Susannah Cahalnan
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell. Surprisingly humorous, my favorite book by Orwell.
Heavy by Kiese Laymon. Definitely in the top 5 audiobooks I’ve ever listened to. The author talks about his experiences with racism, addiction and abuse in such a beautiful and relatable way.
From Scratch- Tembi Locke. Sooo much better than the Netflix series and that says a lot!
*What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma* by Stephanie Foo.
It’s what I do by Lynsey Addario (war photographer)
My Struggle – a six-book autobiography by Karl Ove Knaussgard. (I’m about to start #4)
The Sound of Gravel
If You Can’t Take the Heat – Geraldine DeRuiter. Excellent.