I just finished reading my 500th English language book. Here are my favorite memoirs and autobiographies that remind us the human side of the world:
Man’s Search for Meaning
Author: Viktor E. Frankl
Genre: Memoirs, Holocaust, Psychology
Born a Crime
Author: Trevor Noah
Genre: Memoirs, South Africa, Racism
Being Mortal
Author: Atul Gawande
Genre: Memoirs, Death, Medicine
Down Under / In a Sunburn Country
Author: Bill Bryson
Genre: Memoirs, Travelogue, Australia
Wave
Author: Sonali Deraniyagala
Genre: Memoirs, Tragedy, Healing, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Creativity Inc.
Author: Amy Wallace, Edwin Catmull
Genre: Memoirs, Creativity, Pixar Studio
Honorable Mentions
Night by Ellie Wiesel
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
The man-eater of Kumaon by Jim Corbett