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1. The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
by Gretchen Rubin
A #1 "New York Times" bestseller, this relatable, inspiring project is the result of the author's 12-month adventure in becoming a happier person. ... More
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2. Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
by Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent
A modern-day slave and an international art dealer are bound together by a dying woman's faith. Will Ron, the art dealer, be able to embrace Denver, ... More
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3. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
by Eugene B Sledge
Based on notes he kept on slips of paper tucked secretly away in his Bible, Eugene Sledge has written a devastingly powerful memoir of his experience ... More
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4. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran ... More
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5. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built ... More
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6. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice
Gripping, eye-opening, and powerful, "American Sniper" is the astonishing autobiography of SEAL Chief Chris Kyle, whose record 255 confirmed kills ... More
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7. Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
by Steven Tyler
The son of a classicial pianist straight out of the Bronx, Steven Tyler was born to be a rock star. The frontman of one of the world's most revered ... More
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8. Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing
by Anita Moorjani
In this truly inspirational memoir, Anita Moorjani relates how, after fighting cancer for almost four years, her body-overwhelmed by the malignant ... More
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9. My Stroke Of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
by Jill Bolte Taylor
On the morning of the 10th December 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke ... More
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10. Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
by Mimi Alford
In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. ... More
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11. The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
List of all editionsFrom one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life -- in good times and bad -- that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a ... More
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12. Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
by Pamela Druckerman
List of all editionsPamela Druckerman sets out to discover the correlation between the well-behaved children she encounters in France and the way in which they are ... More
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13. Three Weeks with My Brother
by Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks
List of all editionsIn January 2003 Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. An adventure by any measure, this trip was ... More
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14. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
by Anthony Bourdain
List of all editionsNew York chef Tony Bourdain gives away secrets of the trade in his wickedly funny, inspiring memoir and expos. From his first oyster in the Gironde ... More
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15. Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
by Deborah Feldman
List of all editionsIn this arresting memoir about growing up in--and ultimately escaping from--a strict Hasidic community, Feldman reveals what life is like trapped ... More
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16. A Stolen Life: A Memoir
by Jaycee Dugard
List of all editionsDugard recounts, in her own words, her story of being kidnapped on June 10, 1991. She was 11 years old.
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17. Nothing to Be Frightened of
by Julian Barnes
List of all editionsWinner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011. 'I don't believe in God, but I miss Him.' Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family ... More
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18. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
by Gabrielle Hamilton
List of all editionsGabrielle Hamilton's childhood home in rural Pennsylvania, with her four siblings and her parents who threw grand parties (hundreds of guests came to ... More
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19. Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them
by Frank Langella
List of all editionsFor more than four decades, Langella has enjoyed a singular life and career. This extremely versatile actor is also a brilliant writer with a ... More
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20. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
by Blaine Harden (Read by)
List of all editionsIntroducing the incredible story of Shin Dong-hyuk - the only person born in a North Korean gulag ever to escape...Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong ...
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21. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
List of all editionsThis immensely engaging tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings ... More
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22. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
by Anna Quindlen (Read by)
List of all editionsIn this irresistible memoir, the "New York Times "bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about looking back and ... More
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23. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
by Wes Moore
List of all editionsOne of the top young business leaders in America delivers the true story of two boys born in the same neighborhood in the same town with the same ... More
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24. Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him
by Luis Carlos Montalvan (Read by), Bret Witter
List of all editionsDuring two tours in Iraq, Captain Luis Montalvn survived stab wounds, a traumatic brain injury, and three fractured vertebrae. The pressures of his ... More
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25. Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography
by Rob Lowe
List of all editionsA teen idol at 15, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at 20, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Lowe chronicles his ... More







