While I Was Reading Annual Challenge discussion

Some authors I recommend:

Mary Karr
Dani Shapiro
Elizabeth Gilbert
Augusten Burroughs
Molly Caro May


Specific memoirs I recommend:

Born a Crime by Tervor Noah
The Lady's Handbook For Her Mysterios by Sarah Ramey
Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
The Chronology of Water by Lydia Yuknavitch
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
Wiving by Caitlin Myer
Hunger by Roxanne Gay

My official selection was

Laughing at My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw

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but I can also recommend Dry by Augusten Burroughs which I read this year as well

both were excellent reads about serious topics that the authors blended with lighthearted humor to offset the seriousness