Match BookMemoirs, by mood and weight
A memoir can be the funniest book you read this year or the one that leaves you wrecked. The shelf doesn't tell you which.
Each memoir here shows its mood and weight, so you can pick the one that suits you now.
31 books, best known first. New to the dimensions? Here's what each one means.
I'm Glad My Mom DiedJennette McCurdymemoir · melancholy · moderate · resolved and happy ending- Persepolis: The Story of a ChildhoodMarjane Satrapimemoir · melancholy · moderate · bittersweet ending
Solutions and Other ProblemsAllie Broshmemoir · funny · moderate · bittersweet ending- The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with AutismNaoki Higashidamemoir · hopeful · moderate · resolved and happy ending
What HappenedHillary Rodham Clintonmemoir · melancholy · moderate · bittersweet ending- Broken (In the Best Possible Way)Jenny Lawsonmemoir · funny · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary ForgerLee Israelmemoir · funny · fast paced · bittersweet ending
- Food: A Love StoryJim Gaffiganmemoir · funny · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That HappenedAllie Broshmemoir · funny · moderate · resolved and happy ending
Lab GirlHope Jahrenmemoir · heartwarming · moderate · bittersweet ending- Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc.David Sedarismemoir · funny · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- Magical Thinking: True StoriesAugusten Burroughsmemoir · funny · moderate · bittersweet ending
- Memories, Dreams, ReflectionsC.G. Jungmemoir · melancholy · slow burn · ambiguous ending
- Sex Object: A MemoirJessica Valentimemoir · tense · moderate · bittersweet ending
Sh*t My Dad SaysJustin Halpernmemoir · funny · moderate · resolved and happy ending- Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To GuideKaren Kilgariffmemoir · funny · moderate · resolved and happy ending
This Will Only Hurt a LittleBusy Philippsmemoir · funny · moderate · resolved and happy ending- Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too MovementTarana Burkememoir · hopeful · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBIRobert K. Resslermemoir · dark · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)Felicia Daymemoir · funny · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal MindAnn Wolbert Burgessmemoir · dark · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- Bearded LadyMara Altmanmemoir · funny · moderate · ambiguous ending
- Drawing BloodMolly Crabapplememoir · melancholy · moderate · bittersweet ending
- Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBIJana Monroememoir · dark · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and DisasterSarah Krasnosteinmemoir · melancholy · slow burn · bittersweet ending
- This Is My BodyLindsay King-Millermemoir · hopeful · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- Uncultured: A MemoirDaniella Mestyanek Youngmemoir · dark · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to SurvivorsDenise Huskinsmemoir · tense · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in EssaysDamon Youngmemoir · funny · moderate · bittersweet ending
- My Life In Hidey Hole Hollow: And Other Tales Of My LifeShari Vaudomemoir · heartwarming · moderate · resolved and happy ending
- Why I'm Like This: True StoriesCynthia Kaplanmemoir · funny · moderate · resolved and happy ending
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