2023 DMPL Reading Challenge - hosted by desmoinespubliclibrary

Memoir or Autobiography by Someone You Admire
Choose a memoir or autobiography by someone you admire. It could be someone who is well known or someone who you admire their character. 
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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

The Woman in Me

Britney Spears

5 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Nothing General About It: How Love (and Lithium) Saved Me On and Off General Hospital by Maurice Benard

Nothing General About It: How Love (and Lithium) Saved Me On and Off General Hospital

Maurice Benard

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art autobiography biography health psychology reflective slow-paced
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family by Rabia Chaudry

Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family

Rabia Chaudry

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Ballerina Mindset: How to Protect Your Mental Health While Striving for Excellence by Megan Fairchild

The Ballerina Mindset: How to Protect Your Mental Health While Striving for Excellence

Megan Fairchild

176 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Hello, Molly! by Sean Wilsey, Molly Shannon

Hello, Molly!

Sean Wilsey, Molly Shannon

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
All of Me: How I Learned to Live with the Many Personalities Sharing My Body by Kim Noble

All of Me: How I Learned to Live with the Many Personalities Sharing My Body

Kim Noble

373 pages • first pub 2012 (editions) user-added

nonfiction psychology
This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir by Cecily Strong

This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir

Cecily Strong

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Love Is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar

Love Is an Ex-Country

Randa Jarrar

218 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir travel challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

Nora Ephron

137 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective fast-paced
Live Learn Love Well: Lessons from a Life of Progress Not Perfection by Emma Lovewell

Live Learn Love Well: Lessons from a Life of Progress Not Perfection

Emma Lovewell

5 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help emotional reflective medium-paced