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All awards · Topic: Memoir & Personal History · Sorted by score · 525 books · filtered
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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family KeepsakeTiya Miles202142 pts6 wins8 listsRandom HouseHistoryBlack History & Culture+3
Angela's Ashes: A MemoirFrank McCourt199630 pts3 wins3 listsTouchstoneMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin RooseveltGeoffrey C. Ward198928 pts3 wins4 listsHarper & RowBiographyMemoir & Personal History+3
Edith Wharton: A BiographyR. W. B. Lewis197528 pts2 wins4 listsHarperBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
H Is for HawkHelen Macdonald200628 pts2 wins6 listsJonathan CapeMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Mornings on HorsebackDavid McCullough198124 pts2 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
From Beirut to JerusalemThomas L. Friedman198822 pts4 wins4 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentMemoir & Personal History+2
Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic MemoirTessa Hulls202422 pts2 wins5 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxMemoir & AutobiographyDeath, Memory & Commemoration+2
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius VanderbiltT. J. Stiles200920 pts2 wins2 listsVintage BooksBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Shot in the HeartMikal Gilmore199420 pts2 wins2 listsPenguin BooksMemoir & AutobiographyLiterary Biography+1
Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory in Northern IrelandPatrick Radden Keefe201920 pts2 wins4 listsWilliam CollinsTrue Crime & JusticeLiterature & Writers+2
Richard Nixon: The LifeJohn A. Farrell201720 pts2 wins6 listsDoubledayBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Know My Name: A MemoirChanel Miller201918 pts3 wins3 listsVikingMemoir & AutobiographyIntellectual Biography+1
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted LifeRuth Franklin201718 pts3 wins3 listsLiverightBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Washington: A LifeRon Chernow201018 pts3 wins3 listsPenguin BooksBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman’s NarrativeGregg Hecimovich202218 pts2 wins3 listsEccoBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Brother, I'm DyingEdwidge Danticat200818 pts2 wins3 listsKnopfMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIATim Weiner200718 pts2 wins3 listsDoubledayHistoryIntellectual Biography+2
Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt's Private PapersJoseph P. Lash197118 pts2 wins3 listsW. W. NortonBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Just KidsPatti Smith201018 pts1 wins3 listsBloomsburyMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North KoreaBarbara Demick200918 pts1 wins3 listsSpiegel & GrauSociety & CultureMemoir & Personal History+1
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of ColetteJudith Thurman199918 pts1 wins3 listsBloomsburyBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Whittaker Chambers: A BiographySam Tanenhaus199718 pts1 wins3 listsRandom HouseBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Waldo Emerson: A BiographyGay Wilson Allen198118 pts1 wins3 listsPenguin BooksBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Walt Whitman: A LifeJustin Kaplan198018 pts1 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Munich: The Price of PeaceTelford Taylor197918 pts1 wins3 listsVintage BooksHistoryDeath, Memory & Commemoration+1
Henry James: The Master, 1901–1916Leon Edel196318 pts1 wins3 listsAvon BooksBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the FleshJohn Lahr200716 pts1 wins3 listsW. W. NortonBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Minor Feelings: An Asian American ReckoningCathy Park Hong202016 pts1 wins3 listsOne WorldMemoir & AutobiographyAsia & the Pacific+2
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New AmericaGeorge Packer201316 pts1 wins3 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxHistoryMemoir & Personal History
Somewhere Towards the EndDiana Athill200814 pts2 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographySports Biography+1
Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949Doris Lessing199414 pts2 wins2 listsHarperCollinsMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
John Keats: The Making of a PoetAileen Ward196314 pts2 wins2 listsSecker & WarburgBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among GhostsMaxine Hong Kingston197614 pts2 wins2 listsKnopfMemoir & AutobiographyDeath, Memory & Commemoration+2
Mother Mary Comes to MeArundhati Roy202514 pts1 wins2 listsScribnerMemoir & AutobiographyDeath, Memory & Commemoration+2
How to Say Babylon: A MemoirSafiya Sinclair202314 pts1 wins2 lists37 InkMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for JusticeCristina Rivera Garza202314 pts1 wins2 listsHogarthMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
When Women Kill: Four Crimes RetoldAlia Trabucco Zerán202214 pts1 wins2 listsCoffee House PressTrue Crime & JusticeMemoir & Personal History+2
Heavy: An American MemoirKiese Laymon201914 pts1 wins2 listsScribnerMemoir & AutobiographyBlack History & Culture+2
Hold Still: A Memoir with PhotographsSally Mann201614 pts1 wins2 listsLittle, BrownMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History
In the DarkroomSusan Faludi201614 pts1 wins2 listsMetropolitan BooksMemoir & AutobiographyLgbtq History & Life+2
Secondhand Time: The Last of the SovietsSvetlana Alexievich201614 pts1 wins2 listsRandom HouseHistoryEurope & Russia+2
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New ChinaEvan Osnos201414 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureAsia & the Pacific+3
The World is What it is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. NaipaulPatrick French200814 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
The Year of Magical ThinkingJoan Didion200514 pts1 wins2 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and LoveDava Sobel199914 pts1 wins2 listsFourth EstateBiographyScience & Discovery+2
Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of BehaviorJonathan Weiner199914 pts1 wins2 listsFaber & FaberScienceNatural History & Animals+2
A Beautiful MindSylvia Nasar199814 pts1 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterBiographyMental Health & Psychology+2
William Morris: A Life for Our TimeFiona MacCarthy199514 pts1 wins2 listsFaber & FaberBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
Jackson Pollock: An American SagaSteven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith198914 pts1 wins2 listsWoodward/WhiteBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
This Boy’s Life: A MemoirTobias Wolff198914 pts1 wins2 listsPicadorMemoir & AutobiographyBusiness Biography+1
The Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz KafkaErnst Pawel198414 pts1 wins2 listsNoonday PressBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to PowerRobert A. Caro198214 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Right StuffTom Wolfe197914 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureMemoir & Personal History+1
And I Worked at the Writer's Trade: Chapters of Literary History 1918–1978Malcolm Cowley197814 pts1 wins2 listsPenguin BooksArts & CriticismLiterature & Writers+2
Facts of LifeMaureen Howard197814 pts1 wins2 listsLittle, BrownMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
The Yellow HouseSarah M. Broom202114 pts1 wins3 listsGrove PressMemoir & AutobiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+2
Lab GirlHope Jahren201614 pts1 wins3 listsKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupMemoir & AutobiographyScientific Biography+2
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and RedemptionLaura Hillenbrand201014 pts1 wins3 listsBallantine BooksBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on EarthSarah Smarsh201814 pts1 wins4 listsScribnerMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History
The Iceberg: A MemoirMarion Coutts201614 pts1 wins4 listsGrove AtlanticMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A MemoirIngrid Rojas Contreras202214 pts0 wins4 listsDoubledayMemoir & AutobiographyBusiness Biography+2
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem TragedyNathan Thrall202312 pts1 wins2 listsMetropolitan BooksPolitics & GovernmentMemoir & Personal History+1
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish IraqAriel Sabar200812 pts1 wins2 listsAlgonquin BooksMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow SouthWinfred Rembert, Erin I. Kelly202112 pts1 wins2 listsBloomsburyMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
The Memory PalaceMira Bartók201112 pts1 wins2 listsFree PressMemoir & AutobiographyDeath, Memory & Commemoration+2
Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne MooreLinda Leavell201312 pts2 wins3 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early AmericaJohn Putnam Demos199512 pts1 wins3 listsVintage BooksHistoryMemoir & Personal History+1
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane FranklinJill Lepore201312 pts1 wins4 listsKnopfBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest DisasterJon Krakauer199712 pts0 wins3 listsVillardMemoir & AutobiographyTravel, Exploration & Place+2
The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends 1880–1918Patricia O'Toole199012 pts0 wins3 listsBallantine BooksBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
Bernard Berenson: The Making of a ConnoisseurErnest Samuels197912 pts0 wins3 listsBelknap PressBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Educated: A MemoirTara Westover201812 pts0 wins4 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s DisabledAlex Green202510 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyMemoir & Personal History+3
Patriot: A MemoirAlexei Navalny202410 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfMemoir & AutobiographyMilitary Biography+1
Gay Bar: Why We Went OutJeremy Atherton Lin202110 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownMemoir & AutobiographySports Biography+2
How to End a Story: Collected DiariesHelen Garner202110 pts1 wins1 listsText PublishingMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
How We Fight for Our Lives: A MemoirSaeed Jones201910 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterMemoir & AutobiographySports Biography+2
Sontag: Her Life and WorkBenjamin Moser201910 pts1 wins1 listsEccoBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Belonging: A German Reckons With History and HomeNora Krug201810 pts1 wins1 listsScribnerMemoir & AutobiographyIntellectual Biography+2
Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays)Rebecca Solnit201810 pts1 wins1 listsHaymarket BooksPolitics & GovernmentLiterature & Writers+2
Flash: The Making of Weegee the FamousChristopher Bonanos201810 pts1 wins1 listsHenry Holt and CompanyBiographyGroup Biography+2
Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of ChinaXiaolu Guo201710 pts1 wins1 listsGrove AtlanticMemoir & AutobiographyGroup Biography+2
Barbarian Days: A Surfing LifeWilliam Finnegan201510 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From HaitiAmy Wilentz201310 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterMemoir & AutobiographyLiterary Biography+2
Margaret Fuller: A New American LifeMegan Marshall201310 pts1 wins1 listsHoughton Mifflin HarcourtBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Swimming StudiesLeanne Shapton201210 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin BooksMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Half a LifeDarin Strauss201110 pts1 wins1 listsRandom House Trade PaperbacksMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Them: A Memoir of ParentsFrancine du Plessix Gray200510 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on PaperNicholson Baker200110 pts1 wins1 listsVintage BooksSociety & CultureLiterature & Writers+2
Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One, 1884–1933Blanche Wiesen Cook199310 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her WorldCarol Brightman199310 pts1 wins1 listsMethuenBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Becoming a Man: Half a Life StoryPaul Monette199210 pts1 wins1 listsOpen Road Integrated MediaMemoir & AutobiographyMilitary Biography+1
Patrimony: A True StoryPhilip Roth199110 pts1 wins1 listsJonathan CapeMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
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All awards · Topic: Memoir & Personal History · Sorted by score · 525 books · filtered