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Mary Karr's List of Mostly Memoiris

Books from Mary Karr's required reading list at the back her book of "the art of the memoir". Enjoy and read on!
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The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
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The Sum of Our Days (Isabel Allende)
The Sum of Our Days
2
Isabel Allende
The Women (Hilton Als)
The Women
3
Hilton Als
Experience (Martin Amis)
Experience
4
Martin Amis
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
5
Maya Angelou
The Afterlife (Donald Antrim)
The Afterlife
6
Donald Antrim
Before Night Falls (Reinaldo Arenas)
Before Night Falls
7
Reinaldo Arenas
Falling off the Map (Pico Iyer)
Falling off the Map
8
Pico Iyer
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
9
Saint Augustine
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
10
James Baldwin
The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
The Possessed
11
Elif Batuman
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
12
Ishmael Beah
Gathering Evidence (Thomas Bernhard)
Gathering Evidence
13
Thomas Bernhard
Black Elk Speaks (Black Elk)
Black Elk Speaks
14
Black Elk
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
15
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential
16
Anthony Bourdain
Lakota Woman (Mary Crow Dog)
Lakota Woman
17
Mary Crow Dog
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land
18
Among the Thugs (Bill Buford)
Among the Thugs
19
Bill Buford
Heat (Bill Buford)
Heat
20
Bill Buford
Little Wilson and Big God (Anthony Burgess)
Little Wilson and Big God
21
Anthony Burgess
Dust to Dust (Benjamin Busch)
Dust to Dust
22
Benjamin Busch
Short Trip to the Edge (Scott Cairns)
Short Trip to the Edge
23
Scott Cairns
The Night of the Gun (David Carr)
The Night of the Gun
24
David Carr
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (Nirad C. Chaudhuri)
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
25
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
In Patagonia
In Patagonia
26
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (Roz Chast)
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
27
Roz Chast
Home Before Dark (Susan Cheever)
Home Before Dark
28
Susan Cheever
The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World
29
My Early Life (Winston Churchill)
My Early Life
30
Winston Churchill
The Beautiful Struggle (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
The Beautiful Struggle
31
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Boyhood (J.M. Coetzee)
Boyhood
32
J.M. Coetzee
Stop Time (Frank Conroy)
Stop Time
33
Frank Conroy
The Road From Coorain (Jill Ker Conway)
The Road From Coorain
34
Jill Ker Conway
Salvation on Sand Mountain (Dennis Covington)
Salvation on Sand Mountain
35
Dennis Covington
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (Harry Crews)
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
36
Harry Crews
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
37
Chinaberry Sidewalks (Rodney Crowell)
Chinaberry Sidewalks
38
Rodney Crowell
God Grew Tired of Us (John Bul Dau)
God Grew Tired of Us
39
John Bul Dau
Dorothy Day the Long Loneliness
Dorothy Day the Long Loneliness
40
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