12 Memoirs in 2023 - hosted by allthatissim

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Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American by Okey Ndibe

Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American

Okey Ndibe

224 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone

Richard Lloyd Parry

7 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history informative reflective sad slow-paced
Chasing a Croatian Girl: A Survivor's Tale by Cody McClain Brown

Chasing a Croatian Girl: A Survivor's Tale

Cody McClain Brown

206 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Still Life at Eighty: the Next Interesting Thing by Abigail Thomas
Still Life at Eighty: the Next Interesting Thing
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Abigail Thomas

Still Life at Eighty: the Next Interesting Thing

Abigail Thomas

196 pages • missing pub info (editions)

Wilding by Isabella Tree

Wilding

Isabella Tree

12 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature informative slow-paced
Pageboy by Elliot Page

Pageboy

Elliot Page

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl by Markiyan Kamysh

Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl

Markiyan Kamysh

160 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir travel adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Crossfire: A Litany for Survival by Staceyann Chin

Crossfire: A Litany for Survival

Staceyann Chin

3 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
De soortenjager by Remco Daalder

De soortenjager

Remco Daalder

200 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography nature medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

281 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced