please recommend a biography or memoir for my book group

[Anonymous]

A Very Punchable Face
by Colin Jost

Surrender
by Bono

Kitchen Confidential
by Anthony Bourdain

The Storyteller
by Dave Grohl

I'm just starting it, so can't say yet if I like it, but other people certainly seem to:
Just Kids
by Patti Smith

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah

Yes. The audiobook is best. He reads it himself. Amazing.

I read this but didn’t listen to the audiobook. It was great.

I did listen to Viola Davis’s book, and she is the narrator for that. Highly recommend!

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Okay this one is really off the wall but is honestly one of the best books I’ve read, and is incredibly insightful about Russia and Russians in the 20th century, in addition to being just a fun read:
Mastering the Art of soviet cooking: a memoir of food and longing by Anya von Bremzen

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Anonymous wrote:Really enjoyed "Finding Me", Viola Davis's memoir.

I came to recommend this.

[Anonymous]

Hello Molly by Molly Shannon
Elizabeth Vargas memoir about addiction
Kerry Washington’s memoir

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Anonymous wrote:Katharine Graham's Personal History is one of my favorite books of all time.

Was about to nominate this one.
I know he's controversial, but since I didn't see the movie, I enjoyed Hillbilly Elegies. It's an insider's record of Appalachian upbringing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Katharine Graham's Personal History is one of my favorite books of all time.

Was about to nominate this one.
I know he's controversial, but since I didn't see the movie, I enjoyed Hillbilly Elegies. It's an insider's record of Appalachian upbringing.

Demon Copperhead, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, and The Giver of Stars are all books I gave 5 stars to. They are also about Appalachia, but fiction.

[Anonymous]

Much less highbrow but I enjoyed rob Lowe’s stories I tell my friends.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay this one is really off the wall but is honestly one of the best books I’ve read, and is incredibly insightful about Russia and Russians in the 20th century, in addition to being just a fun read:
Mastering the Art of soviet cooking: a memoir of food and longing by Anya von Bremzen

This is a great book! I lived in Ukraine and it was also really insightful about life there, given shared history/culture.

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Anonymous wrote:Much less highbrow but I enjoyed rob Lowe’s stories I tell my friends.

I loved this one.

[Anonymous]

Wifedom by Anna Funder. The story of Eileen Blair, the wife of George Orwell. Great for book clubs. Some love it, some don’t like it.

[Anonymous]

Bloodlines / Tracy Yokas
Educated
Glass Castle

[Anonymous]

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life


Ruth Franklin

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Anonymous wrote:Okay this one is really off the wall but is honestly one of the best books I’ve read, and is incredibly insightful about Russia and Russians in the 20th century, in addition to being just a fun read:
Mastering the Art of soviet cooking: a memoir of food and longing by Anya von Bremzen

Seconding this book, it’s an amazing, riveting read

[Anonymous]

The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felon - Annabelle Tometich