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  1. Becoming

    Michelle Obama · 2018

    Because shares tags: memoir, biography, american history.

    Michelle Obama traces her path from South Side Chicago through Princeton, Harvard law and the White House years in this warm, candid memoir…

  2. Spare

    Prince Harry · 2023

    Because shares tags: memoir, biography, nonfiction.

    Prince Harry recalls Diana's death in 1997, two tours in Afghanistan, and stepping back from royal life with Meghan in this frank 2023…

  3. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

    Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb · 2013

    Because shares tags: memoir, nonfiction, biography.

    Malala grows up in Swat, blogged for school under ban, and survives a bus shooting.

  4. This Is Going to Hurt

    Adam Kay · 2017

    Because shares tags: memoir, biography.

    Adam Kay retells his junior doctor diaries with humour and strain, from labour ward nights to leaving medicine.

  5. Shoe Dog

    Phil Knight · 2016

    Because shares tags: memoir, biography.

    Phil Knight tells how Blue Ribbon Sports grew from a trunk of Japanese running shoes into Nike.

  6. On Writing

    Stephen King · 2000

    Because shares tags: memoir, biography.

    Stephen King blends memoir and blunt writing advice on reading daily, drafting fast, and cutting hard.

  7. Just Kids

    Patti Smith · 2010

    Because shares tags: memoir, biography.

    Patti Smith recalls broke young years with Robert Mapplethorpe in 1960s New York, from Brooklyn rooms to the Chelsea Hotel, art, music, and…

  8. Heaven Is for Real

    Todd Burpo · 2010

    Because shares tags: memoir, biography.

    A Nebraska pastor's four-year-old survives a burst appendix, then describes angels, Jesus, and relatives he never met.

  9. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

    Matthew Perry · 2022

    Because shares tags: memoir, biography.

    Matthew Perry revisits Friends fame and a long struggle with addiction, from junior tennis to Chandler Bing to a 2018 health crisis, with…

  10. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

    David Sedaris · 2004

    Because shares tags: memoir, nonfiction.

    Sedaris on snow days, rental houses, Dutch Christmas, and the family that made him funny.

  11. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

    Greg Mortenson · 2006

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, memoir.

    Mortenson fails K2 builds schools in Pakistan after Korphe kindness.

  12. The Last Lecture

    Randy Pausch · 2008

    Because shares tags: nonfiction, memoir.

    Dying professor Pausch lectures really achieving childhood dreams.

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