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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Lovesong by Julius Lester

Lovesong

Julius Lester

244 pages • hardcover • 1988 user-added

nonfiction memoir race religion
The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist by Ben Barres

The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist

Ben Barres

160 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver by Cathy Breitenbucher, Martin J. Schreiber

My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver

Cathy Breitenbucher, Martin J. Schreiber

170 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant

Personal Memoirs

Ulysses S. Grant

702 pages • hardcover

nonfiction biography history memoir reflective slow-paced
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 • audio • 2024

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 • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction essays 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

Robert A. Caro

1246 pages • paperback • 1974

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

Nelson Mandela

638 pages • paperback • 1994

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

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • paperback • 2005

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective 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 • digital • 2023

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced