The Most Popular Memoirs of the Past 10 Years, According to Goodreads

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According to users, Goodreads has published a list of the most popular memoirs of the past decade. Each title has an average star rating of at least 3.5, with the list being ordered by popularity. This is the top 10.

Tara Westover was educated

I’m glad my mother passed away by Jennet McCurdy

By Michelle Obama

When Paul Karanity makes breathing into air

Crying at H-Mart by Michelle Sauner

Crimes born: A story from South African childhood by Trevor Noah

My Woman from Britney Spears

Glennon Doyle’s untouched

Friends, Lover and Big Bad Things by Matthew Perry

Everything I know about love by Dolly Alderton

Graphics for Dream House cover by Carmen Maria Machado

Favorite memoirs of other books on the list include between the world and me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, My name in Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, Hungung: (my) body memoir by Roxangay, Gender Queer: Memoir by My Aakobabe, and Argonaut by Maggie Nelson

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You can find the entire list of 99 memoirs on Goodreads.

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