Our list of the best memoirs includes first-person insight into someone else’s life, with some of the best by Michelle Obama, Anthony Bourdain, and more.
The 33 Best Memoirs to Read in 2025 - Best Memoirs of All Time - Biography
Whether I’m awakened or inspired, challenged or changed, I’m always thankful when a true story finds me at just the right time. Here, my picks for the top 10 memoirs of the year.
These compelling memoirs are guaranteed to make you laugh and cry, expand your horizons and see the world a little differently.
Meet the music legends, cultural icons and inspiring rebels whose stories made the list of the best biographies and memoirs we’ve read this year.
Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir. Memoirs are structured differently from formal autobiographies which tend to encompass the writer's entire life span, focusing on the development of his/her personality.
The New York Times’s book critics select the most outstanding memoirs published since 1969.
The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years - The New York Times
Editor Eric's comprehensive list of the 88 greatest memoirs, autobiographies, diaries and journals ever written—with selected critiques and comments.
All the books on the list "The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years" from NY Times.
Memoir of a Murderer (Korean: 살인자의 기억법; RR: Sarinjaui gieokbeop) is a 2017 South Korean mystery thriller film directed by Won Shin-yun. It is based on a bestselling novel by Kim Young-ha.