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15 Memoirs That Will Change Your Outlook on Life

There are plenty of life-changing fiction books, but memoirs tend to hit harder because the stories are real. This list has some of the most incredible memoirs ever written—how many have you read?
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Wild Game (Adrienne Brodeur)
Wild Game
1
Adrienne Brodeur
The Water Is Wide (Pat Conroy)
The Water Is Wide
2
Pat Conroy
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
3
Tara Westover
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave
4
Solomon Northup
Hillbilly Elegy (JD Vance)
Hillbilly Elegy
5
JD Vance
Darkness Visible (William Styron)
Darkness Visible
6
William Styron
The Child Who Never Grew (Pearl S. Buck)
The Child Who Never Grew
7
Pearl S. Buck
A Book of Bees and How to Keep Them (Sue Hubbell)
A Book of Bees and How to Keep Them
8
Sue Hubbell
The Lord God Made Them All (James Herriot)
The Lord God Made Them All
9
James Herriot
Eight Is Enough (Tom Braden)
Eight Is Enough
10
Tom Braden
Cheaper by the Dozen (Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.)
Cheaper by the Dozen
11
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
Wave (Sonali Deraniyagala)
Wave
12
Sonali Deraniyagala
Always Running
Always Running
13
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
14
Marjane Satrapi
Brother, I'm Dying (Edwidge Danticat)
Brother, I'm Dying
15
Edwidge Danticat
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