10 must-read memoirs for self-discovery

1. Know My Name by Chanel Miller

(4.71/5 ⭐️)

A survivor shares her inspiring lyric voice to reclaim identity after trauma and spark social reckoning.

2. The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

(4.64/5 ⭐️)

Fighting for exoneration and embracing hope amidst 30 haunting years on death row for crimes he didn't commit.

3. Educated by Tara Westover

(4.47/5 ⭐️)

A woman's journey from sheltered and homeschooled survivalist upbringing to questioning faith through Harvard Ph.D.

4. Becoming by Michelle Obama

(4.47/5 ⭐️)

Charting the rippling impact that uplifting a community in Chicago had on discovering a voice and purpose that paved the road to the White House.

5. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

(4.40/5 ⭐️)

A neurosurgeon confronts terminal cancer diagnosis just as his budding career was set to take off.

6. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

(4.37/5 ⭐️)

Psychiatrist muses on love sustaining fellow prisoners' resiliency amidst enduring horrifying Holocaust concentration camps.

7. Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins

(4.36/5 ⭐️)

Extreme childhood abuse victim transforms himself through outrageous athletic feats and a refusal to give in to limits.

8. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

(4.31/5 ⭐️)

Warm nostalgia for deeply dysfunctional but charming parents' nomadic adventures coexist amidst author's lingering resentment about neglect.

9. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

(4.26/5 ⭐️)

Dying professor distills life wisdom on seizing each day with humor, passion and courage in final talk to students.

10. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

(4.19/5 ⭐️)

Jewish teen sensitively finds freedom in writing through two years hiding from Nazis with family before capture.

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