Mary Karr's Required Reading (Part 3) (14 books)

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A generous selection of memoirs (and some hybrids) recommended by Mary Karr in the appendix to her book The Art of Memoir (2015).

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1		Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson 4.02 avg rating — 48,884 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe 3.92 avg rating — 80,476 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father by Geoffrey Wolff 3.87 avg rating — 1,376 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		A Day at the Beach by Geoffrey Wolff 3.50 avg rating — 151 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff 3.97 avg rating — 31,174 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War by Tobias Wolff 4.11 avg rating — 3,673 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Moments of Being: A Collection of Autobiographical Writing by Virginia Woolf 4.19 avg rating — 3,433 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Black Boy by Richard Wright 4.10 avg rating — 56,935 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah 3.91 avg rating — 29,673 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 25,006 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Telling Lies in Modern American Autobiography by Timothy Dow Adams 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Fabricating Lives: Autobiographical studies by Herbert Leibowitz it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Reality Hunger: A Manifesto by David Shields (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 2,755 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Memoir: A History by Ben Yagoda 3.64 avg rating — 197 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

14 books · 1 voter · list created January 23rd, 2020 by Michael (votes) .

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