Memoirs and True Stories by Non-Celebrities

Books written by people who were known for their story before they (sometimes) became famous.

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1	Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir. by Rose Rosetree (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 360 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1) by Joy Adamson 4.16 avg rating — 33,534 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves by Farley Mowat 4.21 avg rating — 24,887 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 1,103,518 ratings score: 273, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love by Jillian Keenan (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 859 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Path Was Steep, The: A Memoir of Appalachian Coal Camps During the Great Depression by Suzanne Pickett 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	I Saw It: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, a Survivor's True Story by Keiji Nakazawa 4.31 avg rating — 148 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 8,328 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 165,518 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 100,266 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Educated by Tara Westover (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 1,571,301 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 1,758,835 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man: The Remarkable True Story of the Musician Who Set Out to Change Lives, Note by Note by Buzzy Martin (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 110 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,235,144 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance 3.86 avg rating — 416,930 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 808,068 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 392,781 ratings score: 161, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah 4.16 avg rating — 188,100 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 12,356 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties by Suze Rotolo 3.82 avg rating — 3,366 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness by Ken Smith 4.24 avg rating — 321 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Summer of Deliverance : A Memoir of Father and Son by Christopher Dickey 4.03 avg rating — 142 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Know My Name by Chanel Miller 4.70 avg rating — 207,824 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi by Dean Faulkner Wells 3.80 avg rating — 502 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Find a Way: One Untamed and Courageous Life by Diana Nyad 4.19 avg rating — 2,631 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Lost & Found: A Memoir by Kathryn Schulz (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 7,644 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Searching for Solid Ground: A Memoir by Reggie Harris 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 8,347 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 106,458 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	This Isn't Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew by Daniel Wallace 3.80 avg rating — 1,269 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 95,129 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa 4.28 avg rating — 57,823 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution by Judith Heumann 4.40 avg rating — 695 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Silent Stars Go By: A True Christmas Story by Philip Lee Williams 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	All The Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks 4.49 avg rating — 7,739 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	My True Story by Spain Rodriguez 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Jails by Vanessa Frake 4.34 avg rating — 3,583 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Prepared for a Purpose: The Inspiring True Story of How One Woman Saved an Atlanta School Under Siege by Antoinette Tuff 4.21 avg rating — 292 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee 3.53 avg rating — 7,776 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Backcountry Lawman: True Stories from a Florida Game Warden by Bob H. Lee 4.07 avg rating — 153 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson 3.73 avg rating — 81,440 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Emancipation of Robert Sadler: The Powerful True Story of a Twentieth-Century Plantation Slave by Robert Sadler 4.31 avg rating — 418 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 4.63 avg rating — 236,080 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence, A True Story in Black and White by Geoffrey Canada 4.01 avg rating — 451 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Democrazy: A True Story of Weird Politics, Money, Madness, and Finger Food by Trey Radel (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker 3.48 avg rating — 6,939 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Blind Side by Michael Lewis 4.17 avg rating — 96,828 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Stolen: A Memoir by Elizabeth Gilpin 3.93 avg rating — 3,130 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom 3.90 avg rating — 24,202 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 90,910 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 53,083 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 42,506 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey 4.26 avg rating — 21,349 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 2,715 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne 3.90 avg rating — 18,230 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Untamed by Glennon Doyle (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 452,602 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 202,093 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars