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As I Recall

A list of current memoirs. A memoir is a factual, personal narrative about the author's life or some aspect of it. Unlike an autobiography, it is not meant to cover the author's entire life.

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18 items

  • Author of best-selling cookbooks and a cultural icon whose face has launched a thousand memes, shares her personal story with readers. You will never believe how she got her start!
    Book, 2024New York : Crown, [2024] — B GARTEN 2024
  • Bits and Pieces

    My Mother, My Brother, and Me

    Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-
    An emotional tribute to her family as she reflects on her early life and career.
    Book, 2024Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2024. — 791.4302 GOLDBERG 2024
  • The Flitting

    a Memoir of Fathers, Sons, and Butterflies

    Masters, Ben,
    His father loved butterflies and followed the cycle since childhood. When his dying father was too sick to leave the house, the son took over.
    Book, 2024Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2024. — 823.92 MASTERS 2024
  • An Honest Woman

    a Memoir of Love and Sex Work

    Shane, Charlotte (Author),
    She quit her women's studies graduate program to devote herself to sex work because it was a way to devote herself to men.
    Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. — 306.7408 SHANE 2024
  • An emotional story about growing up under the rage and paranoia of a strict Rastafarian father and how she found her own power.
    Book, 2023New York : 37Ink/Simon & Schuster, 2023. — B SINCLAIR 2023
  • Ingrained

    the Making of a Craftsman

    Robinson, Callum,
    The life of a Scottish carpenter as he perfects his craft, builds a business, and reflects on what inheritance and shared responsibility really mean.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. — 674.8092 ROBINSON 2024
  • Knife

    Meditations After An Attempted Murder

    Rushdie, Salman,
    In this deeply personal meditation on violence, art, loss, love and finding the strength to stand up again, he shares life after an attempt was made on his life.
    Book, 2024New York : Random House, [2024] — 823.914 RUSHDIE 2024
  • A 30-year-old cold case and a path to justice: the story of a sister’s quest for justice and the outcome.
    Book, 2024New York : Hogarth, [2024] — 362.882 RIVERAGA 2024
  • The story of her family's ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America's highest court within the span of one generation.
    Book, 2024New York : Random House, 2024. — 347.7326 JACKSON 2024
  • The Mango Tree

    a Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony

    Tometich, Annabelle, 1980-
    “Mom shot some guy. He was messing with her mangoes.” A humorous and heartfelt story of growing up in Florida.
    Book, 2024New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — 808.0666 TOMETICH 2024
  • A spare and profoundly moving memoir; a portrait of a larger-than-life man and a timeless love between souls that exquisitely captures the joy, agony, and mystery of life.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Viking, [2025] — 823.914 BROOKS 2025
  • An unflinching chronicle of one woman's attempt to forge a new future through a better understanding of the past. A memoir about love, a mother and daughter, and mental illness.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — 616.89 LABRIE 2024
  • She realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. She suspected it was because she didn't feel things the way other kids did. She felt nothing.
    Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. — 616.8582 GAGNE 2024
  • The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age. The human, personal story of how he became who he is today.
    Book, 2025New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. — B GATES 2025
  • His lifelong love of the game becomes an emotionally rich exploration of what it means to make it, who we think deserves success, the tensions between excellence and expectation, and the very notion of role-models.
    Book, 2024New York : Random House, [2024] — 796.323 ABDURRAQ 2024
  • A warm, unapologetic, and spirited memoir from a woman who has left indelible impressions on her audiences for decades and has no plans on slowing down.
    Book, 2024New York : Gallery Books, 2024. — 791.4309 BISHOP 2024
  • An Unfinished Love Story

    a Personal History of the 1960s

    Goodwin, Doris Kearns,
    Reflects on her 42-year marriage and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia saved over the years.
    Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. — 973.9209 GOODWIN 2024
  • A memoir of family and survival, coming-of-age on and off the reservation, and the frictions between being raised to strive towards the American dream while also coming into an understanding of how the narratives of her heritages have been excluded…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — 978.982 TAFFA 2024