13 Famous Memoirs Everyone Should Read Once

There are tons of best selling memoirs, but these are the ones that deserve a spot in your TBR list.

By Rachel Krupitsky | Updated Nov 25, 2019 | Published Jun 8, 2015

Famous Memoirs Out of Africa

Buy West with the Night at Amazon

West with the Night

By Beryl Markham

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by black author Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

By Maya Angelou

Buy All Creatures Great and Small at Amazon

All Creatures Great and Small

By James Herriot

Buy Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant at Amazon

Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

By Ulysses Grant

Out of Africa Famous Memoirs

Out of Africa

By Isak Dinesen (Karen Bixen)

moving biographies and memoirs

Becoming

By Michelle Obama

Famous Memoirs Angela's Ashes

Angela's Ashes

By Frank McCourt

Famous Memoirs Night Elie Wiesel

Night

By Elie Wiesel

Buy Walden at Amazon

Walden

By Henry David Thoreau

Buy The Story of My Life at Amazon

The Story of My Life

By Helen Keller

Famous Memoirs A Long Way Gone

A Long Way Gone

By Ishmael Beah

Famous Memoirs A Movable Feast

A Moveable Feast

By Ernest Hemingway

me talk pretty one day david sedaris

Me Talk Pretty One Day

By David Sedaris

Biography and Memoir