Most memorable memoir you have read?

[zeldas_lullaby]

The Burn Journals (by Brent Runyon?), about a troubled 14-year-old boy who set himself on fire.

It was heartbreaking to me. He was a pyromaniac who burned some stuff in his school gym locker. The teacher or principal said he was on to him and he'd be in biiiig trouble. The idea of lighting himself up had been in his head already, but at this point, not wanting a police record, juvie, etc., he went ahead and did it.

Years of being in the hospital, painful dressing changes, no physical privacy, all while going through puberty... it was heartbreaking. His family was so supportive, and they loved him so much, and it was just so awful of a situation.

He's all better now, physically; the fire did not touch his face--mostly his back and legs. Just heart-wrenching.

[Gravy]

Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin

Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming

Both excellent memoirs.

[rosemarieshort]

Christopher Lee's memoir - Lord of Misrule. He was an incredible man with an amazing story to tell.

[Jojowrites4All]

A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown

[Eponine]

I really loved Just Kids by Patti smith and can't wait to read M Train.

[Zoe303]

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon Northup.

[Hsvaenanna]

'The Color of Water' by James McBride is one of my favorites.

[MatthewAlexander]

My favorite memoir if all time is I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell. It was written in such an amusing, fast-paced tone I couldn't put it down. And the humor was good enough to almost mask the sad under-tone of the story. I'd recommend it to anyone who thinks memoirs are boring.

[Amna Khalid]

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom.
Loved it.

[Henry Patrovic]

I don’t know if this counts, but probably Anna Franks diary

[Tommy Mayengbam]

"Shoe Dog" by Philip Knight, the creator of Nike. This is yet another book that reinforces the claim that all you need is one crazy idea.

A must-read for aspiring entrepreneurs.

[Tomy Chandrafrost]

The memoir trilogy by Mia is the most memorable one so far.

[Charmaine Mahlangu]

For me it's Defining moments of a free man from a black stream . I loved it too much to replace it.

[Victoria Can]

I really adore memoirs, but one of my all-time favorites was Sunji-Lee's Every Falling Star. He is a North Korean defect and he describes what it was like living in North Korea during the famine. They also use Korean vocabulary and help show a little bit of the side of North Korean people, that we really aren't exposed to at all right now.