Quest to Lighten My Non-Fiction TBR - hosted by misfitmoxie

Memoir
Something by &/or about someone of interest to you, or about a topic that interests or effects you, as examples.
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Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg

Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

Whoopi Goldberg

6 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction autobiography emotional funny reflective fast-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history memoir science hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

The Power Broker #01-03

Robert A. Caro

1246 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom #1-2

Nelson Mandela

638 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Drumul către libertate: autobiografia unei refugiate din Coreea de Nord by Yeonmi Park, Ioana Aneci

Drumul către libertate: autobiografia unei refugiate din Coreea de Nord

Yeonmi Park, Ioana Aneci

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping by Shane McCrae

Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping

Shane McCrae

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Dashka Slater

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Finding Me by Viola Davis

Finding Me

Viola Davis

291 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

Maria Bamford

282 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny informative medium-paced