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Showing 474 results from 1980 to 2025 with a minimum of 1,000 ratings.
Matched genres: Memoir, Essays

Title Year Ratings Rating
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Nonfiction , Memoir , Art , Essays , Psychology , Biography , New York
Olivia Laing
2016 32.0K 3.92
Bad Feminist
Nonfiction , Feminism , Essays , Memoir , Audiobook , Womens , Race
Roxane Gay
2014 116.6K 3.92
The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year
Memoir , Parenting , Nonfiction , Native American , Womens , Essays , Nature
Louise Erdrich
1996 1.7K 3.91
Eve's Hollywood
Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Classics , Biography , Short Stories , Biography Memoir
Eve Babitz
1974 7.5K 3.91
Everything's Trash, But It's Okay
Nonfiction , Humor , Memoir , Essays , Audiobook , Feminism , Comedy
Phoebe Robinson
2018 8.7K 3.91
An American Childhood
Memoir , Nonfiction , Biography , Biography Memoir , Autobiography , Essays , School
Annie Dillard
1987 10.3K 3.91
Letters from Burma
Nonfiction , Politics , History , Asia , Memoir , Biography , Essays
Aung San Suu Kyi
1997 1.6K 3.91
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Travel , Philosophy , Nature , History
Rebecca Solnit
2006 19.7K 3.91
Why Not Me?
Nonfiction , Memoir , Humor , Audiobook , Biography , Comedy , Essays
Mindy Kaling
2015 222.4K 3.91
Levels of Life
Nonfiction , Memoir , Biography , Essays , Grief , History , Contemporary
Julian Barnes
2013 13.6K 3.90
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do
Writing , Nonfiction , Essays , Books About Books , Biography , Memoir , Literature
Meredith Maran
2013 2.8K 3.90
Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions
Nonfiction , Books About Books , Essays , Memoir , Philosophy , Biography , Literature
Alberto Manguel
2018 2.4K 3.90
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Humor , Audiobook , LGBT , Short Stories
Samantha Irby
2017 46.7K 3.90
Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
Nonfiction , Poetry , Self Help , Memoir , Essays , Audiobook , Psychology
Maggie Smith
2020 6.5K 3.90
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
Nonfiction , Travel , Humor , Memoir , Essays , Audiobook , Biography
Bill Bryson
2000 68.1K 3.90
We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive
Humor , Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Chick Lit , Comedy , Short Stories
Laurie Notaro
2005 11.5K 3.89
What Now?
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Audiobook , Self Help , Writing , Inspirational
Ann Patchett
2008 5.1K 3.89
Holidays on Ice
Humor , Nonfiction , Short Stories , Memoir , Essays , Christmas , Audiobook
David Sedaris
1998 129.0K 3.89
The Man Who Ate Everything
Food , Nonfiction , Memoir , Food Writing , Cooking , Essays , Foodie
Jeffrey Steingarten
1998 9.1K 3.88
Meaty
Essays , Nonfiction , Humor , Memoir , Audiobook , Comedy , Feminism
Samantha Irby
2013 16.7K 3.88
Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Spirituality , Faith , Audiobook , Religion
Anne Lamott
2014 12.0K 3.88
Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: Family, Friendships, and Faith in Small-Town Alaska
Memoir , Nonfiction , Biography Memoir , Biography , Essays , Spirituality , Travel
Heather Lende
2010 1.5K 3.88
Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair
Nonfiction , Spirituality , Memoir , Religion , Self Help , Faith , Essays
Anne Lamott
2013 11.1K 3.88
When I Was a Child I Read Books
Essays , Nonfiction , Philosophy , Religion , Books About Books , Memoir , Biography
Marilynne Robinson
2012 2.8K 3.88
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
Nonfiction , Memoir , Death , Essays , Philosophy , Biography , Biography Memoir
Thomas Lynch
1998 3.1K 3.87
Little Weirds
Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Audiobook , Poetry , Humor , Short Stories
Jenny Slate
2019 38.0K 3.87
Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Humor , Biography , Classics , American
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
1992 4.0K 3.87
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
Nonfiction , History , Essays , Humor , Memoir , Audiobook , Politics
Sarah Vowell
2003 28.6K 3.87
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Spirituality , Audiobook , Self Help , Religion
Anne Lamott
2018 13.7K 3.86
The Geek Feminist Revolution
Nonfiction , Feminism , Essays , Audiobook , Memoir , Politics , Writing
Kameron Hurley
2016 4.2K 3.86
Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments
Humor , Nonfiction , Southern , Essays , Chick Lit , Memoir , Comedy
Celia Rivenbark
2006 3.1K 3.86
Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Audiobook , Feminism , Short Stories , Biography
Nichole Perkins
2021 2.8K 3.86
The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life
Humor , Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Chick Lit , Comedy , Biography
Laurie Notaro
2002 18.8K 3.86
The Geek Feminist Revolution: Essays
Nonfiction , Feminism , Essays , Audiobook , Memoir , Politics , Writing
Kameron Hurley
2016 4.2K 3.86
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
Nonfiction , Food , Memoir , Audiobook , Biography , Cooking , Essays
Anthony Bourdain
2010 45.8K 3.86
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal
Humor , Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Chick Lit , Short Stories , Comedy
Laurie Notaro
2008 6.8K 3.86
Morningstar: Growing Up with Books
Memoir , Nonfiction , Books About Books , Biography , Essays , Biography Memoir , Writing
Ann Hood
2017 1.3K 3.85
Ketchup Is a Vegetable: And Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves
Nonfiction , Parenting , Humor , Memoir , Essays , Biography , Short Stories
Robin O'Bryant
2014 1.8K 3.85
Devotion
Nonfiction , Poetry , Memoir , Writing , Essays , Short Stories , Music
Patti Smith
2017 14.9K 3.85
Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories
Humor , Nonfiction , Memoir , Comedy , Biography , Essays , Autobiography
Mike Birbiglia
2010 14.3K 3.85
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc.
Humor , Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , Audiobook , Short Stories , Comedy
David Sedaris
2013 148.1K 3.85
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Nonfiction , Short Stories , Essays , Memoir , Contemporary , Biography , Audiobook
Marina Keegan
2014 51.1K 3.85
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
Nonfiction , Music , Memoir , Pop Culture , Essays , Humor , Travel
Chuck Klosterman
2006 28.3K 3.85
The Misfit's Manifesto
Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Self Help , Audiobook , Psychology , Biography
Lidia Yuknavitch
2017 1.7K 3.84
Ophelia Speaks
Nonfiction , Psychology , Feminism , Essays , Memoir , Mental Health , Parenting
Sara Shandler
1999 2.5K 3.84
Take the Cannoli
Nonfiction , Essays , Humor , History , Memoir , Short Stories , Comedy
Sarah Vowell
2000 15.3K 3.84
Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World
Nonfiction , Essays , Humor , History , Memoir , Short Stories , Comedy
Sarah Vowell
2000 15.3K 3.84
Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Life
Humor , Nonfiction , Memoir , Essays , Audiobook , Comedy , Autobiography
Laurie Notaro
2016 2.6K 3.84
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
Nonfiction , Memoir , Humor , Essays , Audiobook , Feminism , Race
Phoebe Robinson
2016 23.5K 3.84
Where Am I Now?
Nonfiction , Memoir , Biography , Audiobook , Autobiography , Humor , Essays
Mara Wilson
2016 13.5K 3.84