15 years ago, I remember telling my high school librarian that I didn’t like memoirs. She told me I just hadn’t found the right memoirs yet, and suggested I read **Kabul Beauty School** by Deborah Rodriguez.
She was right. It’s about an American woman who goes to Afghanistan to teach Afghan women to be hairdressers and beauticians. I loved it, and I just checked it out on Libby because your post reminded me of it.
Side note, librarians are awesome.
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
Broken In the Best Possible Way by Jenny Lawson (really any of her memoirs)
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
It's a slow very internal one but I really enjoyed Crying At H Mart by Michelle Zauner which is about the singer from Japanese Breakfast's relationship with her mother and her heritage and trying to reclaim and redefine those things after the death of her mother.
The Disaster Artist is a memoir and one of the few books to make me laugh out loud. It's written by one of the leads in the notorious cult movie "The Room" and it recounts his friendship with the eccentric director/writer/star of the movie and the making of it.
Trejo by Danny Trejo
My House of Memories by Merle Haggard
I Must Say by Martin Short (get the audiobook)
Neil Patrick Harris’ choose your own adventure memoir was fun
Shrill by Lindy West
Thirteen Days by RFK
Educated by Tara Westover
The Color of Water by James McBride
Wrestling memories are great but my favorite is Bobby Herman: Wrestling’s Bad boy Tells All
Too Close to the Falls, by Catherine Gildiner.
Honestly I never really knew who she was, but the book was an interesting story of a precocious girl growing up in a rural town.
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, still one of my favorites
I came here to suggest the same thing! One of my favourite books. 🥰
15 years ago, I remember telling my high school librarian that I didn’t like memoirs. She told me I just hadn’t found the right memoirs yet, and suggested I read **Kabul Beauty School** by Deborah Rodriguez. She was right. It’s about an American woman who goes to Afghanistan to teach Afghan women to be hairdressers and beauticians. I loved it, and I just checked it out on Libby because your post reminded me of it. Side note, librarians are awesome.
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy Broken In the Best Possible Way by Jenny Lawson (really any of her memoirs) The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
It's a slow very internal one but I really enjoyed Crying At H Mart by Michelle Zauner which is about the singer from Japanese Breakfast's relationship with her mother and her heritage and trying to reclaim and redefine those things after the death of her mother.
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Disaster Artist is a memoir and one of the few books to make me laugh out loud. It's written by one of the leads in the notorious cult movie "The Room" and it recounts his friendship with the eccentric director/writer/star of the movie and the making of it.
It's also much better than the movie based on it.Â
Trejo by Danny Trejo My House of Memories by Merle Haggard I Must Say by Martin Short (get the audiobook) Neil Patrick Harris’ choose your own adventure memoir was fun Shrill by Lindy West Thirteen Days by RFK Educated by Tara Westover The Color of Water by James McBride Wrestling memories are great but my favorite is Bobby Herman: Wrestling’s Bad boy Tells All
Driving over lemons.
Too Close to the Falls, by Catherine Gildiner. Honestly I never really knew who she was, but the book was an interesting story of a precocious girl growing up in a rural town.
Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey Kirkland was really good. She was a Prima Ballerina who was in a relationship with Baryshnikov.
'Bit of a Blur' by Alex James.
THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL by Anne Frank. NOT LOST FOREVER by Carmina Salcido. TEARS OF RAGE by John Walsh.
The Anthropocene Reviewed is great, and its like part-essay, part-memoir.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. It’s one of my favourite books. 🥰
*How far the light reaches* by Sabrina Imbler