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Speak, Memory

Speak, Memory is Vladimir Nabokov's autobiographical account of his childhood in an aristocratic family in imperial Russ...

Literary Childhood Nabokov Russian American

9.2 Excellent

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiographical narrative by Harriet Jacobs, published in 1861 under the ps...

African American Feminist Slavery Jacobs

9.1 Excellent

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Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir by Solomon Northup, a free Black man from New York who was kidnapped in Washingto...

African American 19TH Century Slavery Northup

8.9 Great

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The Liars' Club

The Liars' Club is Mary Karr's 1995 memoir about her childhood in an unstable family in an East Texas oil-refining town....

Texas Childhood Abuse Mary Karr

8.7 Great

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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir

Angela's Ashes is a 1996 memoir by Frank McCourt about his childhood in poverty, principally in Limerick, Ireland, after...

Childhood Irish Poverty Mccourt

8.7 Great

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My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals is a 1956 autobiographical book by British naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. It recounts...

Nature Greek Childhood Gerald Durrell

8.6 Great

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Cider with Rosie

Cider with Rosie is a 1959 memoir by English writer Laurie Lee about his childhood in Slad, a village in Gloucestershire...

British Rural Childhood Laurie Lee

8.4 Great

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The Big Sea

The Big Sea is the first autobiography by American poet and writer Langston Hughes, published in 1940. It recounts his c...

African American Literary Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes

8.2 Great

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Living to Tell the Tale

Living to Tell the Tale is a memoir by Colombian novelist and journalist Gabriel García Márquez, first published in Span...

Literary Childhood Colombian Garcia Marquez

8.1 Great

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Dusk of Dawn

Dusk of Dawn is a 1940 work by American sociologist, historian, and civil-rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois. Subtitled "A...

African American Sociology Race Du Bois

8.1 Great

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The Heart of a Woman

The Heart of a Woman is the fourth volume in Maya Angelou's series of autobiographical books, published in 1981. It reco...

African American Literary Civil Rights Angelou

8.0 Great

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American Hunger

American Hunger is a memoir by American author Richard Wright, published posthumously in 1977. The text recounts Wright'...

African American Chicago Communist Richard Wright

8.0 Great

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Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas is the third volume in Maya Angelou's autobiographical series, pub...

Entertainment African American 1950S Angelou

7.9 Good

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The Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois

The Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois is the final self-written memoir of the American scholar, author, and civil rights a...

African American Intellectual Civil Rights Du Bois

7.9 Good

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The Flame Trees of Thika

The Flame Trees of Thika is a 1959 autobiographical book by Elspeth Huxley about her childhood in British East Africa. I...

Colonial Childhood Kenya Elspeth Huxley

7.8 Good

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All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes is the fifth volume in Maya Angelou's autobiographical series, published in 1986...

African American Identity Ghana Angelou

7.7 Good

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Dust Tracks on a Road

Dust Tracks on a Road is a 1942 autobiography by American writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. It traces her ch...

African American Literary Harlem Renaissance Hurston

7.7 Good

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I Wonder as I Wander

I Wonder as I Wander is the second volume of autobiography by American poet and writer Langston Hughes, published in 195...

Travel African American Literary Langston Hughes

7.6 Good

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Greenlights

Greenlights is a memoir written by Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, published in 2020. The book is based...

Philosophy American Film Mcconaughey

7.4 Good

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Pageboy

Pageboy is a memoir written by Canadian actor Elliot Page, published in 2023 by Flatiron Books. The autobiography detail...

Film Identity Lgbtq+ Elliot Page

7.4 Good