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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's memoir of growing up Black in the American South is a story of trauma, resilience, and the fierce power of words.

The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls

A journalist looks back on a nomadic childhood with eccentric, brilliant, and deeply neglectful parents and asks what she owes them now.

Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt's childhood in the slums of Limerick, Ireland -- poverty, death, a drunken father, and a fierce determination to get out.

When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi

A neurosurgeon diagnosed with terminal lung cancer asks: what makes a life worth living? One of the most moving memoirs ever written.

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Lori Gottlieb

A therapist's life falls apart and she goes to see a therapist -- treating us to both sides of the couch simultaneously.