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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.48 — 853,557 ratings — published 2016
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The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.10 — 95,281 ratings — published 2012
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 88,591 ratings — published 1995
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Finding Me Finding Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.52 — 202,381 ratings — published 2022
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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.18 — 41,353 ratings — published 2016
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,435,801 ratings — published 2018
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 892,514 ratings — published 2012
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,408,319 ratings — published 2012
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,284,689 ratings — published 1997
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.88 — 400,783 ratings — published 2010
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.16 — 847,046 ratings — published 1989
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I Regret Almost Everything I Regret Almost Everything (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.86 — 10,088 ratings — published 2025
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Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.13 — 17,720 ratings — published 2007
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.07 — 85,845 ratings — published 2002
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Life is a Brief Opportunity for Joy Life is a Brief Opportunity for Joy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.97 — 175 ratings — published
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Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived ― A Touching Memoir About Show Business and Terminal Illness Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived ― A Touching Memoir About Show Business and Terminal Illness (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,952 ratings — published 2003
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Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.95 — 7,397 ratings — published 2005
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Buried Thoughts Buried Thoughts (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.00 — 805 ratings — published 2016
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Everything I Know About Love Everything I Know About Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.92 — 554,601 ratings — published 2018
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Spare Spare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.83 — 446,621 ratings — published 2023
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.02 — 48,725 ratings — published 2011
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Thank You, Burnout: From depletion to peace Thank You, Burnout: From depletion to peace (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 5.00 — 6 ratings — published
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,507 ratings — published 2017
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The Inner Child Workbook: What to do with your past when it just won't go away The Inner Child Workbook: What to do with your past when it just won't go away (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.99 — 170 ratings — published 1991
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You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.57 — 17,289 ratings — published
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.37 — 945,970 ratings — published 1946
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Burned (Burned, #1) Burned (Burned, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.25 — 72,091 ratings — published 2006
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A Stone of Hope A Stone of Hope (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.29 — 284 ratings — published 2017
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Smoke (Burned, #2) Smoke (Burned, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.32 — 17,726 ratings — published 2013
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Uncultured: A Memoir Uncultured: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.14 — 22,389 ratings — published 2022
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Revolutionary Suicide Revolutionary Suicide (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.49 — 7,787 ratings — published 1973
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Fallout (Crank, #3) Fallout (Crank, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.25 — 40,682 ratings — published 2010
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.97 — 126,982 ratings — published 2002
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.18 — 40,075 ratings — published 1962
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Traffick (Tricks, #2) Traffick (Tricks, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.27 — 8,437 ratings — published 2015
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Taste: My Life Through Food Taste: My Life Through Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.18 — 101,586 ratings — published 2021
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This Is How You Lose Her This Is How You Lose Her (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.74 — 100,932 ratings — published 2010
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Glass (Crank, #2) Glass (Crank, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.29 — 75,967 ratings — published 2007
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Crank (Crank, #1) Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.16 — 158,137 ratings — published 2004
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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.89 — 26,812 ratings — published 1994
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The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,554 ratings — published
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Trainspotting Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.12 — 186,825 ratings — published 1993
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.90 — 204,668 ratings — published 2012
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Awake Awake (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.03 — 53,873 ratings — published 2025
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What My Bones Know What My Bones Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.48 — 87,011 ratings — published 2022
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The Let Them Theory The Let Them Theory (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.98 — 360,791 ratings — published 2024
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The Story of Art Without Men The Story of Art Without Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,272 ratings — published 2022
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Don't Believe Everything You Think Don't Believe Everything You Think (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as self-help-memoir)
avg rating 3.79 — 72,164 ratings — published 2022
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“Healing didn’t ask me to forget what happened. It asked me to finally face it.”
― Willow Grey, THE FACE I HAD TO MEET: Healing the Wounds on My Skin and the Ones Beneath It