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Items tagged as Memoir

Cover of "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" by Haruki Murakami. Yellow background with red text; a silhouette of a runner at the bottom.
Book, read, date unknown
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami • translated by Philip Gabriel
Memoir
Book cover of "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl, featuring bold white text on a black background with a single glowing candle flame below.
Book, read, date unknown
Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
Memoir
Book cover of "Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir" by John Gunther. Features abstract graphics with dark blue and white shapes on textured beige background.
Book, read, date unknown
Death Be Not Proud
by John Gunther
Memoir
Cover of "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin. Bold yellow-orange text with a silhouette of a man. Red stamp highlights it as a bestselling book. Emotive and thought-provoking tone.
Book, read, date unknown
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
American Literature Memoir
C.S. Lewis
Author
C.S. Lewis
November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963
English Literature Essayist Memoir Novelist
Author
Haruki Murakami
Memoir Novelist
Author
Viktor E. Frankl
Essayist Memoir
Annie Dillard
Author
Annie Dillard
American (US) • b. April 30, 1945
Memoir Nature Writing Pulitzer Prize
Cover of A Sand County Almanac
Book, read, date unknown
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There (1949)
by Aldo Leopold
Memoir
Cover of I Deliver Parcels in Beijing
Book, read January 6, 2026
I Deliver Parcels in Beijing (2022)
by Hu Anyan • translated by Jack Hargreaves
Memoir
Cover of Charlotte Under Pressure
Article, read October 1, 2025
Charlotte Under Pressure

The New York Review, October 9, 2025

by Frances Wilson
Book Review Memoir
Cover depicts a Coca-cola can with a rose inserted in the top. There is a small black and white photo of Lea Ypi as a child.
Book, read September 21, 2025
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History (2022)
by Lea Ypi
Communism Memoir Non-Fiction Socialsim
Cover of The Things They Carried
Book, added September 21, 2025
The Things They Carried (1990)
by Tim O'Brien
American Literature Literary Fiction Memoir Pulitzer Prize Finalist Stories Vietnam War
Tim O'Brien
Author
Tim O'Brien
American (US) • b. October 1, 1946
American Literature Memoir Vietnam War
Cover is a photo of Beston's two room cottage on the beach of Cape Cod.
Book, read August 19, 2025
The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod (1928)
by Henry Beston
Memoir Nature Writing Non-Fiction
Cover of In Pharaoh's Army
Book, read June 4, 2024
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War (1994)
by Tobias Wolff
Ebook Memoir Vietnam War
Cover of The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins
Book, read May 3, 2024
The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins (2024)
by Sonny Rollins
Memoir Music Non-Fiction
Cover of On Writing
Book, read January 15, 2021
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2020)
by Stephen King
Memoir Non-Fiction
Cover of Desert Solitaire
Book, read April 26, 2020
Desert Solitaire (1968)
by Edward Abbey
Memoir Nature Writing
Cover of "Holy the Firm" by Annie Dillard features a serene beach scene at dusk with a reflective waterway and expansive sky. Quotes and text above and below.
Book, read March 2, 2020
Holy the Firm (1977)
by Annie Dillard
American Literature Memoir Top Pick
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