Since I am on my current presidential biography kick, I thought I’d use this week’s top 5 list to reflect on the memoirs that I’ve found most enjoyable over the years.
Prior to now, I have not read many biographies or autobiographies; instead, my only forays into (auto)biographical reading have been through memoirs.
The list I’m compiling below reflects only secular memoirs– in other words, I’m purposely excluding spiritual memoirs (because I’ve essentially listed my favorite spiritual memoirs in a previous Top 5 post on Favorite Christian/Spiritual Writers).
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
- The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
- Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas
- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (I’m considering this collection of humorous essays to be memoir)
- Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman
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