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Here you will find a list of my favorite memoirs--books that continue to inspire my own journey with storytelling and truth:

Ruth Kluger
JR Moehringer
Paul Kalanithi
Chanel Miller
Hands grasping each other underwater, symbolizing unity and struggle.
Laura M. Flynn
Geoffrey Wolff
Tara Westover
Alice Sebold
Ariel Levy
Sonali Deraniyagala
Jayson Greene
Ruth Reichl
Stephen King
Lynne Cox
Person with a cloth covering their face and hands on head outdoors.
Lucy Grealy
A wine glass filled with red wine against a dark, moody background.
Caroline Knapp
Book cover of 'Mennonite in a Little Black Dress' by Rhoda Janzen.
Rhoda Janzen
Cover of the book 'Blackout' by Sarah Hepola with a reflective, metallic background.
Sarah Hepola
Book cover titled 'A House in the Sky' with birds flying above a patterned design.
Amanda Lindhout
Book cover of 'Love, Morgenthau, and Me' featuring a black-and-white wedding photo.
Lucinda Franks
Book cover of 'The Chronology of Water' by Lidia Yuknavitch.
Lidia Yuknavitch
Book cover of 'Staircase' by Karen Armstrong with a spiral staircase image.
Karen Armstrong
Book cover titled 'Devotion: A Memoir' by Dani Shapiro.
Dani Shapiro
Book cover of 'Inheritance' by Dani Shapiro about family and genealogy.
Dani Shapiro
Book cover of 'Planet of the Blind' by Stephen Kuusisto with a person and a dog.
Stephen Kuusisto
Book titled 'When The Red Gates Opened' with ornate red and gold design.
Dori Jones Young
Book cover titled 'All Over but the Shoutin'' by Rick Bragg with an author photo and quote.
Rick Bragg
Robert T. Sharp, DVM
Cover of 'Pierce Attachments' memoir featuring two women in a nostalgic portrait.
Vivian Gornick
Book cover with a vintage photo of a child and title 'Stuffed'.
Patricia Volk
Book cover of 'The Stranger in the Woods' about a modern hermit.
Michael Finkel
Close-up of a book cover titled 'The Shut Up in My Bones' with an award sticker.
Charles M. Blow
A snail on a green background with text about a wild snail eating.
Elisabeth Tova Bailey
A worn hiking boot with red laces on a white background.
Cheryl Strayed
Book cover of 'Swimming in the Sink' by Lynne Cox with an illustration of a swimmer in a pool.
Cover of "This Boy's Life" memoir with a blue car illustration.
Tobias Wolff
A book titled 'The Florist's Daughter' by Patricia Hampl with a botanical background.
Patricia Hampl
A book cover titled 'I Could Tell You Stories' with a soft-focus outdoor scene.
Patricia Hampl
Cover of 'Unquiet Mind' by Kay Redfield Jamison.
Kay Redfield Jamison
Cover of Patti Smith's memoir 'Just Kids' featuring a black-and-white photo.
Patti Smith
Book cover titled 'The Color of Water' by James McBride.
James McBride
Book cover of 'Surrendered Child' showing a faded image of a child and stitched fabric background.
Karen Salyer McElmurray
Cover of a book titled 'A Mother's Tale' by Phillip Lopate.
Phillip Lopate
Album cover showing a boy in old-fashioned clothes against a stone wall.
Frank McCourt
Book cover titled 'Men in My Country' with three stylized men in suits.
Marilyn Abildskov
Cover of the book 'Why the Caged Bird Sings' featuring a black bird silhouette.
Maya Angelou
Book cover with title and author's name in a collage style.
Debra Gwartney
Book titled 'Differently Wired' about exceptional children in a conventional world.
Deborah Reber
Book cover showing two smiling young women and the title 'Twice a Daughter'.
Julie McGue
A poster with the words 'Saving Bobby' and 'Heroes and Heroin'.
Renee Hodges
Book cover of 'The Scent of Jasmine' with floral background and aged paper.
Anan Ameri
Bonnie Tsui
Billie Jean King
Peg Conway
Diana Kupershmit
Willa Goodfellow
Rachel Michelberg
Judith Rabinor

These are collections of micro-memoirs:

A purple guitar pick resting on a wooden ruler against a green background.
Beth Ann Fennelly
A jar labeled 'Safekeeping' with a book title inside.
Abigail Thomas
Book cover of 'What Comes Next and How to Like It' by Abraham Verghese.
Abigail Thomas
Book cover of 'The Seven Years' with a bird and slingshot illustration.
Etgar Keret
Edited by Cathi Hanauer
Daniel Jones

And a few graphic memoirs:

Old black-and-white photo of a family in front of a house labeled 'Fun Home.'
Alison Bechdel
A vintage hand mirror with 'Are You My Mother?' text and old photos.
Alison Bechdel