Best Memoirs of 2016

by Bruce Springsteen

A superb memoir by any standard, but one of the best to have been written by a rock star. Full review >

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by Belle Boggs

In her reporting, researching, and sharing, Boggs has performed a public service for those in a similar position—and for... Full review >

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by Molly Brodak

An intelligent, disturbing, and profoundly honest memoir. Full review >

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by Marion Coutts

A poetic and moving chronicle of loss. Full review >

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by Christina Crosby

A potent memoir that rips open a most human heart. Full review >

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by Eric Fair

A startling debut from a haunted individual who wishes he had left Iraq earlier “with my soul intact.” Full review >

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by Susan Faludi

A moving and penetrating inquiry into manifold struggles for identity, community, and authenticity. Full review >

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by William Giraldi

A hearty, bittersweet familial chronicle of masculinity drawing on the underappreciated bond between fathers and sons. Full review >

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by Hope Jahren

Jahren transcends both memoir and science writing in this literary fusion of both genres. Full review >

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by Paul Kalanithi

A moving meditation on mortality by a gifted writer whose dual perspectives of physician and patient provide a singular... Full review >

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by Amy Kurzweil

A debut that enriches and extends the potential of graphic narrative. Full review >

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by Jhumpa Lahiri translated by Ann Goldstein

An honest, self-deprecating, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words. Full review >

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by Angela Palm

An intelligent, evocative, and richly textured memoir. Full review >

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by Mira Ptacin

Beautifully written, at just the right emotional pitch. Of interest to all readers but likely to find a home among bereaved... Full review >

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by Rob Spillman

A richly detailed and always engaging memoir on artistic discovery. Full review >

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by Alex Abramovich

A sharp, provocative memoir of an unlikely friendship. Full review >

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by J.D. Vance

An unusually timely and deeply affecting view of a social class whose health and economic problems are making headlines in... Full review >

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