Monday, January 13, 2025

Memoirs 2025

  Jamie also hosts a memoir reading challenge on her Whatever I Think blog.  I am really trying to read more nonfiction this year so I want to prioritize this challenge for sure




The only requirement to participate is to read 5 memoirs.  I have included links to lists that Jamie provided on her blog to get different ideas for memoirs to select.


Goodreads: Best Memoir/Autobiography

Goodreads: Memoirs by Women 

Amazon Best Seller Memoirs

B&N: 50 Essential Memoirs


Here are the categories:

  1. Mental Illness Memoir: In the Water They Can't See You Cry: A Memoir by Amanda Beard

  2. Other Illness Memoir: 
  3. Political Memoir:  
  4. Food Memoir:
  5. Animal Memoir: 
  6. Music Memoir: 
  7. Travel Memoir: 
  8. Written by a person of color: 
  9. Written by a woman:
  10. Written by a person who identifies as LGBTQIA: 
  11. Written by an actor or a comedian:  Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum  by Michael J Fox
  12. Written by an author or journalist: Uptown Girl: A Memoir by Christie Brinkley
  13. Written by any other celebrity:Stories from Candyland: Confections from One of Hollywood's Most Famous Wives and Mothers by Candy Spelling
  14. Written by someone under 40: Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky
  15. Written by someone over 40: 
  16. Written by someone from a country different from your own: 
  17.  One you find thought-provoking: You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together by Kat Timpf
  18.  Made into a movie: 
  19.  Graphic novel memoir: 
  20.  Bestselling memoir: 
  21.  Humorous memoir: 
  22.  Fictional memoir: 
  23.  In translation:
  24.  Won an award: 
  25.  Published in 2024: 
  26.  Published in 2023 or earlier: 
  27.  Under 300 pages: 
  28.  Over 300 pages: 
  29.  One you want to re-read: 
  30.  On a favorite topic: 
  31.  By a favorite celebrity: 
  32.  Free choice: 
  33.  Free choice: 
  34.  Free choice:



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