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Memoirs

Gang Leader for a Day:
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
by Sudhir Venkatesh

Young Men and Fire
by Norman Maclean

Scratch Beginnings:
Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream
by Adam Shepard

Funny in Farsi:
A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America
by Firoozeh Dumas

The Ride of Our Lives:
Roadside Lessons of an American Family
by Mike Leonard

The Woman Who Can’t Forget
by Jill Price

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel

My Lobotomy
by Howard Dully

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Night
by Elie Wiesel

The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls

Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt

Into Thin Air:
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer

Eat, Pray, Love:
One Woman's Search for Everything
by Elizabeth Gilbert

Running with Scissors:
A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs

Persepolis 1:
The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi

Three Cups of Tea:
One Man's Mission to Promote Peace
One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson

The Color of Water:
A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
by James McBride