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10 Genre-Defying Memoirs You Need to Read

"Recently, I heard someone on a podcast declare that there isn't much more to say about memoir as a genre than has already been said. I beg to differ! My first thought was that Carmen Maria Machado would like a word. And then I came up with this list of books that invite all kinds of new ideas about what memoir as a genre can do. - Rebecca Hussey/BookRiot
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In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
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Carmen Maria Machado
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
2
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Natural Mother of the Child (Krys Malcolm Belc)
The Natural Mother of the Child
3
Krys Malcolm Belc
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (Amy Krouse Rosenthal)
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
4
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Folded Clock: A Diary (Heidi Julavits)
The Folded Clock: A Diary
5
Heidi Julavits
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
6
Helen MacDonald
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
7
Claudia Rankine
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
8
Maggie Nelson
The Magical Language of Others (E. J. Koh)
The Magical Language of Others
9
E. J. Koh
The Undying (Anne Boyer)
The Undying
10
Anne Boyer
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