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The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls – A memoir about a dysfunctional family’s adventures across the country.
Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover – An award-winning memoir about a young woman raised by a survivalist family and kept out of school, who goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed – At the age of twenty-two, after the death of her mother and the end of her marriage, the author hiked more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail alone, with no experience or training.
Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert – The story of how Elizabeth Gilbert left everything behind to explore pleasure in Italy, devotion in India, and love in Bali.
In the Dream House: A Memoir, Carmen Maria Machado – An innovative memoir about domestic psychological abuse in an LBGTQ+ relationship by a lover with a severe personality disorder.
Somebody’s Daughter, Ashley Ford – A memoir about the challenges of growing up without her father, who was incarcerated for most of her life.
The Liars’ Club, Mary Carr – Mary Karr’s humorous story of growing up in a dysfunctional family in Texas in the 1960s is credited with starting the “memoir revolution.”
The Tender Bar, JR Moehringer – An excellent memoir about the author’s challenges of growing up without his father, his quest to learn how to be a man and his struggle with alcoholism.
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The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions, Jonathan Rosen – In 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor became inseparable. Their friendship was challenged when Michael was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and killed his girlfriend.
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship, Ann Patchett – A twenty-year friendship that began in college in 1981 and survived through love, fame, drugs, and despair until one of them passed away.
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close, Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman – An honest look at the ups and downs of a decade long friendship between the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend.
Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship, Gail Caldwell – Two women who bond over their love of books and shared struggle with alcohol become best friends and come of age in midlife.
BFF: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found, Christie Tate – The author’s lifelong struggle to sustain female friendship and the woman who taught her how to break the habits that kept her from connecting with others.
The Girls From Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship, Jeffrey Zaslow – The inspiring story of eleven girls from Ames, Iowa and the forty-year friendship of ten of them.
Memorable Loss: A Story of Friendship in the Face of Dementia, Karen Martin – The author shares her relationship with a friend who has dementia from pre-diagnosis through her passing and includes research about the disease.
Infinite Sisters: A Story of Friendship (and Loss), Megan May and Stephen May – Told through a series of vignettes spanning almost thirty years.
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Griefland: An Intimate Portrait of Love, Loss, and Unlikely Friendship, Armen Bacon and Nancy Miller – Two women bond over their shared grief of the loss of a child.
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How Midsummer Night: A Memoir of Friendship and Loss, Janet Somerville – When the author’s friend and colleague is diagnosed with a rare inoperable brain cancer, she documents his life to share with his wife and daughters.
Love H: The Letters of Helene Dorn and Hettie Jones, Hettie Jones – This is my favorite book on friendship. It’s an intimate look at a 40-year relationship (1963-2004) that follows the ups and downs of two women who led very interesting lives.
Friends: Voices On The Gift Of Companionship, Amy Lou Jenkins – Twenty-four authors share their experiences with friendship.
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One Woman’s Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC, Charity Adams Earley – Charity Earley was the first black woman commissioned as an officer. She led the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only organization of black women to serve overseas during World War II.
Every Day is a Gift: A Memoir, Tammy Duckworth – This is a must read about an inspiring woman and a pioneer in the military and politics.
The Fine Art of Camouflage, Lauren Kay Johnson – Lauren Johnson followed in the steps of her mother, who deployed in the Army Reserves in Operation Desert Storm. She joined after 9/ll and went to Afghanistan.
A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies from America’s First Female Four-Star General, Ann Dunwoody – This trailblazer details her evolution as a soldier and reveals the core leadership principles that led to her historic appointment. The book includes practical advice that anyone can use to lead.
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front, Mary Jennings Hegar – Air National Guard Major Hegar served three tours in Afghanistan flying combat search-and-rescue missions. Her bravery earned her a Purple Heart and distinguished Flying Cross with Valor.
Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army, Kayla Williams – An honest look at the experience of a woman in Iraq and the challenges she faced.
Forgotten Warriors: The Long History of Women in Combat, Sarah Percy – Although this is not a memoir, it provides an important history of women in combat around the world.
The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat, Eileen Bjorkman – The story of the women military aviators in the 1970s and 1980s who opened the door to fly in combat in 1993. The paperback of this book is not available on Bookshop.
Stories from the Front: Pain, Betrayal, and Resilience on the MST Battlefield, Colonel Lisa Carrington Firmin – Colonel Lisa Firmin talks about her own experiences with military sexual trauma and shares the stories of 13 other soldiers.
I’m Still Standing: From Captive US Soldier to Free Citizen, Shoshana Johnson – The story of the first woman prisoner of war in Iraq.
Living with Trauma, Finding the Light Again – M. Struemph – The author talks about how people can become a predator’s target and the obstacles within the military to justice. She also talks about her path to healing.
The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World, Shannon Huffman Polson – One of the Army’s first female attack helicopter pilots talks about talks about what it takes to succeed in a man’s world. She also shares the stories of other women who have led at the highest levels of the military.
It’s My Country Too: Women’s Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan, Jerri Bell and Tracy Crow – Stories about women who served from the Revolutionary War to current conflicts, in their own words.
Formation: A Woman’s Memoir of Rape, Rage, and War, Ryan Leigh Dostie – A look at the life of a female soldier in the early 2000s, her service in Iraq and her life after she left the military. Like too many women who served, the sexual assault she endured went unpunished and she continued to suffer as a result long after she left the military.
Corporal Cannon: A Female Marine in Afghanistan, Savannah Cannon – An honest account of prejudice and the mistreatment of a female Marine deployed to Afghanistan in 2010.
Beyond the Call: Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan, Eileen Rivers – This book highlights the role of women in the war in Afghanistan. It shows the value that women bring to combat environments.
Sirens: How to Pee Standing Up – An Alarming Memoir of Combat and Coming Back Home, Laura Naylor Colbert – Laura Colbert describes her experience as a Military Police Officer in the Army National Guard from 2001 to 2009, including her deployed for over a year to Baghdad.
Life at Camp: Combating the Sexism We Tolerate, and Why the Military Should Take the Lead, Doris J. Sumner – A detailed look at one woman’s decades long fight against sexism in the National Guard.
Enduring What Cannot Be Endured: Memoir of a Woman Medical Aide in the Philippines in World War II, Dorothy Dore Dowlen – The author was the daughter of a British soldier and a Philippine woman, who endured the brutal occupation by the Japanese in World War II. She studied as a nurse so she could help the United States Armed Forces.
Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman Marine, Tracy Crow – Tracy Crow joined the Marines after she graduated from high school in 1977. In spite of the gender inequality and harassment she experienced, she moved up the ranks as a Marine journalist to become a Warrant Officer.
A Shoe in the Sand: A Look Behind for the Journey Ahead – A Memoir of the Gulf War, Liz Ciufo – Major Ciufo served as an Army Intelligence Officer during the Persian Gulf War deployed to Saudi Arabia.
Chasing the Daylight: One Woman’s Journey to Becoming a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer, Joanna Rakowski – A former ballerina from Poland joins the Army and describes the mental, physical, and emotional challenges she faced in her training in the early 2000s to become an Intelligence Officer.
Women in the Army: Memoirs from a First Generation W.A.A.C. to W.A.C., March 1943 – December 1945, Susan Hubbard Rudd – Susan Hubbard and her best friend joined the Army in early 1943. She faced physical, emotional, and intellectual challenges for the next two and a half years.
Yes Sir – MA’AM: A female career officer’s reflections! Valerie Perea – The author describes her experiences as an officer in the Army, including the integration of women into all male units in the early 1970s.
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The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions, Jonathan Rosen – In 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor became inseparable. Their friendship was challenged when Michael was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and killed his girlfriend.
Know My Name: A Memoir, Chanel Miller – An award winning memoir by the sexual assault survivor in the Stanford case who finds healing, despite being retraumatized by the legal system.
The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story – David Crow grew up on the Navajo reservation with a mentally ill mother and a cruel, violent father who forced him to commit crimes, resulting in a deadly showdown.
Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir, Natasha Trethewey – The tragic memoir of the brutal murder of the author’s mother by her former stepfather.
The Evil Within: Murdered by Her Stepbrother , Darren Galsworthy – The shocking murder of Becky Watts by her step-brother, written by her father.
Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable – The story of the brutal 2016 murder of the author’s friend by her roommate.
My Stolen Son: The Nick Markowitz Story, Susan Markowitz with Jenna Glatzer – A mother’s story of the kidnapping and murder of her son by a local drug dealer. The true story behind the movie Alpha Dog.
After the Eclipse, Sarah Perry – A memoir of the author’s horrific experience at the age of 12 of waking up to find her mother murdered in a small Maine town. She explores her mother’s life, the investigation, and the trial of a suspect.
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial, Maggie Nelson – A story about the trial of a suspect in her aunt’s 1969 murder in Michigan, over 30 years later.
Jane: A Murder, Maggie Nelson – This companion to The Red Parts, consists of a collage of poetry, prose, fragment’s of the murder victim’s diaries, and documentary sources.
Down City: A Daughter’s Story of Love, Memory, and Murder, Leah Carroll – The tragic story of Leah Carroll’s mother’s murder when she was only four years old and her father’s suicide when she was a teenager.
If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister’s Story of Love, Murder and Liberation, Janine Latus – A haunting story of the author, as she helplessly watches her sister isolate herself in an abusive relationship that leads to her murder.
Cavalier: The Story of an Unsolved Murder in a Small Town, Connie L. Nelson – An intimate perspective on the unsolved murder of the author’s friend, a doctor, in a small town in North Dakota.
Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder, Amy Butcher – Amy Butcher stands by her friend after he suffered an acute psychotic break that led to the murder of his girlfriend.
How Now, Butterfly?: A Memoir Of Murder, Survival, and Transformation, Charity Lee and Brian Whitney – Charity Lee’s life is scarred by violence from the time her mother hires someone to murder her father, to the murder of her four-year-old daughter by her thirteen-year-old son. These tragedies motivate her to start a non-profit to help other families of victims and offenders.
Luggage by Kroger: A True Crime Memoir, Gary Taylor – Gary Taylor recounts his true-life fatal attraction with a woman who was suspected of killing her former boyfriend.
My Ghost Has a Name: Memoir of a Murder, Rosalyn Rossignol – When the sixteen-year-old daughter of Rosalyn Rossignol’s childhood friend is charged with her murder, it takes her five years to uncover the truth of what happened and why.
Front Toward Enemy: A Slain soldier’s Widow Details Her Husband’s Murder and How Military Courts Allowed the Killer to Escape Justice, Barbara Allen – When the soldier who murdered Barbara Allen’s husband and his commanding officer in Iraq is set free after pleading guilty, she continues her efforts to obtain accountability and corrective action.
Surviving Murder: A True-Crime Memoir, Linda Principe – Linda Principe writes about the murder and decapitation of her aunt and uncle by their son, her cousin. She finds herself their only advocate for justice.
My Midnight Years: Surviving Jon Burge’s Police Torture Ring and Death Row, Ronald Kitchen, Thai Jones, Logan McBride – Richard Kitchen was tortured by Jon Burge and his Midnight Crew until he confessed to a gruesome homicide he didn’t commit. After cofounding the Death Row 10, he was eventually exonerated and they filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department, Mayor Richard Daley, and the Cook County State’s Attorney.
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Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Codependency and Complex PTSD, Linda Hill – A highly rated resource that includes four books by a therapist-endorsed author and life coach.
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The Narcissist’s Playbook: How to Identify, Disarm, and Protect Yourself from Narcissists, Sociopaths, Psychopaths, and Other Types of Manipulative and Abusive People, Dana Morningstar – This book is written by someone with personal and professional experience in domestic violence and narcissistic abuse.
Girl You Deserve More: How to Break His Spell Over You, Escape Your Toxic Partner, and Become Independent, Christy Piper – Christy is a relationship expert who learned the hard way how to handle dysfunctional personal and professional relationships.
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Why Do We Stay?: How My Toxic Relationship Can Help You Find Freedom, Stephanie Quayle and Dr. W. Keith Campbell – Stephanie uses her story to explain how to recognize a toxic realtionship, get out and heal. A psychologist provides his professional insights.
Husband, Liar, Sociopath: How he Lied, Why I Fell For It & The Painful Lessons I Learned, O. N. Ward – The author shares the lessons she learned after twenty years of marriage with a sociopath.
Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies, Stephanie Wood – A must read for anyone who has met one of these characters and to prepare anyone who hasn’t met one yet. Includes research to explain how these folks operate and how a normal person is susceptible to being used by them.
Narcissist: The Definitive Guide, Dr. Theresa J. Covert – A comprehensive book about overcoming Narcissistic Victim Syndrome, by someone who recovered from emotional abuse at the hands of a narcissistic/borderline psychopath.
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Red Flags of Love Fraud: 10 Signs You’re Dating a Sociopath, Donna Andersen – Based on her experience married to a sociopath and launching the website Lovefraud, Donna Anderson exposes the tactics of social predators who pursue romantic relationships for exploitation. Also available in Spanish as Alertas Rojas de Estafa Amorosa.
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Master Dealing with Psychopaths, Sociopaths and Narcissists – The Ultimate Handbook for the Empath, Zane Alexander – A handbook by an empath who had her heart broken and career shattered by psychopaths. After an obsessive quest to research the subject, she shares what she has learned to help others recognize these monsters, escape their traps and heal.
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No One Knew: My Emotional Journey of Being Married to a Sociopath and How I Learned to Heal, Renee Oliver – Renee Olivier endured emotional abuse and violence in her marriage to a sociopath, but she eventually learned to take her life back and heal.
Shadow Street: A memoir of escaping a psychopath, Laurie D. Finucane – After thirteen years of marriage to a psychopath, Laurie finally manages to escape.
Letters to a Sociopath: A Memoir, Bekka Brooks – Within a few months of meeting a man on a dating site, Bekka found herself married, far from home, penniless, jobless and sleeping with a monster who became more dangerous and abusive by the day.
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry – An honest look at Perry’s long struggle with addiction and recovery. While many people love this book, it isn’t really a guide to true recovery.
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction, David Sheff – A father’s story of his son’s transformation from an honor student to a crystal meth addict and his road to recovery.
The Heroin Diaries: Ten Year Anniversary Edition: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, Nikki Sixx – Diary entries of the Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx describing his struggle with addiction to cocaine and heroin.
High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict’s Double Life, Tiffany Jenkins – Tiffiny Jenkins’ opiod addiction took her from captain of her high school cheerleading squad to 120 days in a Florida jail facing 20 felonies.
the weight of air: a story of the lies about addiction and the truth about recovery, David Poses – David Poses went through detox, inpatient rehab, twelve-step programs, and a halfway house, but could not overcome mental illness and addiction until he found an evidence-based treatment that saved his life.
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, Sarah Hepola – Sarah Hepola’s highly-acclaimed memoir of her days of binge-drinking, blacking out, and getting sober.
From Junkie to Judge: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction, Mary Beth O’Connor – Childhood abuse drove Mary O’Connor to drug use as a teenager and she eventually became an intravenous meth addict. She began her journey to sobriety with rehab and AA, but as an atheist, she struggled with the concepts of a higher power and powerlessness, creating a new path that combined multiple programs. Six years into her recovery, she attended law school. In 2014 she became a federal administrative law judge.
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One Night Stands, Chelsea Handler – Chelsea Handler loves men, lots of them. She applies her trademark humor to her descriptions of the highs and lows of her many one-night stands.
Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir, Lisa Smith – Lisa Smith was a corporate lawyer in New York City addicted to alcohol and cocaine, who describes her road to recovery and healing.
In My Skin: A Memoir of Addiction, Kate Holden – Kate Holden went from a bookish college graduate to a heroin addict who sold her body on the street until she moved up to a high-class brothel. This is the story of how she reclaimed her life.
comeback: a mother and daughter’s journey through hell and back, Claire Fountaine & Mia Fontaine – A great memoir by a mother and daughter about the daughter’s journey from addiction to recovery.
Insatiable: A Memoir of Love Addiction, Shary Hauer – An honest look at love addiction. Unfortunately, the author doesn’t devote enough of the book to recovery from her addiction.
Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through Sexual Addiction, Sue William Silverman – The author takes us through her 28 days in rehab from sex addiction, with some examples of how she acted on that addiction. She should have talked more about her recovery after rehab.
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Born a Crime, Trevor Noah – A fascinating look at Trevor Noah’s childhood in South Africa under apartheid. His intelligence and entrepreneurial spirit allowed him to thrive and build a successful comedy career, which eventually brought him to the United States and international success.
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey – Kamala Harris – Kamala Harris describes her life growing up with her mother and sister in Oakland and her professional career through the publication of the book in 2020, before she became Vice President.
Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir, Leslie Jones – An interesting and funny look at Leslie Jones’ life growing up and her career as a comedian.
Ordinary Girls, Jaquira Díaz – Growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami, Jaquira survives her mother’s mental illness, violence, sexual assault, poverty, addiction, sexism and racism, to become a successful writer.
Making a Scene, Constance Wu – Actor Constance Wu’s story of growing up in Richmond, Virginia and her path to success on the sitcom Fresh Off the Boat and the hit film Crazy Rich Asians.
The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir – A humorous look at the life of Jennifer Lewis, who has performed in hundreds of film and television roles as the “Mama.” She currenty plays a lovable grandmother in the TV sitcom black-ish.
Flash Point: A Firefighter’s Journey Through PTSD, Christy Warren – Cristy Warren spent twenty-five years as a paramedic and firefighter, until she retired as a Captain because of PTSD from all the trauma she witnessed. Her healing journey is inspirational, especially for first responders.
Cherry, Mary Karr – Mary Karr’s sequel to Liars’ Club focuses on her adolescence and sexual coming-of-age.
How I Became Hettie Jones, Hettie Jones – One of my favorite memoirs about the transformation of Hettie Cohen into a resilient woman who played a role in the creation of the Beat and Jazz scenes in Greenwich Village in the 1950s and 1960s. She faced many challenges as the wife of LeRoi Jones and later as a single parent, while pursuing a career as a writer.
Love is an Ex-Country: A Memoir, Randa Jarrar – Randa identifies herself as a Queer, Muslim, Arab American. She describes a colorful road trip from California to Connecticut, with many interesting stops along the way and a few detours.
The House at Sugar Beach, Helene Cooper – A memoir about the author’s idylic life as part of Liberia’s elite Congo people, which turned into a nightmare after the 1980 coup. Eventually she built a successful life in the United States as an international journalist.
Api’s Berlin Diaries, Gabrielle Robinson – Gabrielle tells a captivating story based on her recollections of the time she spent with her grandfather and what she learned from his diaries about his time as a Nazi doctor in Berlin in 1945.
Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness, Suzy FavorHamilton – Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton’s struggle with bipolar disorder led her to become a high-end escort in Las Vegas. Once her double life was exposed, she hit a suicidal bottom, but with her husband’s support, she finally got the medical treatment she needed.
The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl, Marra B. Gad – Marra describes the challenges she faced as the child of a Black father and a White Jewish mother, who was adopted as an infant by a White Jewish family. She struggled to be accepted by her extended adopted family and within the Jewish community.
Someday Mija, You’ll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman, Yvonne Martinez – A story of generational trauma and abandonment in the author’s family and the author’s experiences of sexual discrimination and harassment as a union labor negotiator.
Eyewitness: A Filmmaker’s Memoir of the Chicano Movement, Jesús Salvador Treviño – A behind the scenes look at the Chicano Movement, including key players and events, by a man who was not only a filmmaker, but an active participant.
Don’t Call Me Mother, Linda Joy Myers – An excellent memoir about generational abandonment and childhood trauma.
The Red Sandals: A Memoir, Jing Li – A heartbreaking memoir about growing up as an unwanted girl in rural China. Jing Li becomes a teacher and eventually escaped to the United States, but she paid a high price and continued to face challenges in her adopted country.
OinK! Only in Korea! David H. Osterhout – David Osterhout’s experience as a young Army officer on the DMZ in Korea in 1980 gives an inside look into the hostile environment that people who never served in Korea know nothing about.
Ashes to Ink: A Memoir, Lisa Lucca – The complicated relationship between Lisa and her father, after he leaves the family to live an openly gay lifestyle.
Song of the Plains, Linda Joy Myers – This is a follow up to Don’t Call Me Mother, with more stories of some of the characters, including Linda Joy’s parents and grandmother. Her genealogy research really adds to the story.