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Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Wild

Cheryl Strayed

315 pages • 2012 • 96 editions

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

Anna Quindlen

182 pages • 2012 • 11 editions

nonfiction essays memoir reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

Year of Yes

Shonda Rhimes

352 pages • 2015 • 30 editions

nonfiction memoir self help funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search by Sarah Perry

After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

Sarah Perry

368 pages • 2017 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Working Stiff: Two years, 262 bodies and the making of a medical examiner by Judy Melinek, T. J. Mitchell

Working Stiff: Two years, 262 bodies and the making of a medical examiner

Judy Melinek, T. J. Mitchell

269 pages • 2014 • 18 editions

nonfiction memoir science dark emotional informative medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

289 pages • 1969 • 126 editions

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

Roz Chast

228 pages • 2014 • 11 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • 2013 • 21 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington

Grace: A Memoir

Grace Coddington

416 pages • 2012 • 14 editions

nonfiction memoir informative reflective relaxing fast-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl

Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table

Ruth Reichl

302 pages • 2001 • 14 editions

nonfiction food and drink memoir travel emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review