Memoirs and Nonfiction Book Reviews

Past Nonfiction and Memoir Reviews:

30 Second Book Review: Then Again by Diane Keaton

30 Second Book Review: The Best Years of Flying: A Memoir of Howard Hughes & TWA by Dee Merian

In My Mailbox: Sissy Spacek and Stieg Larsson

30 Second Book Review: Have You No Shame?: And Other Regrettable Stories by Rachel Shukert

Life Itself: A Memoir by Roger Ebert

The Things That Need Doing: A Memoir by Sean Manning

Library Finds: Memoirs by Judi Dench and Brianna Karp

30 Second Book Review: One More Theory About Happiness: A Memoir by Paul Guest

Book Review: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling

Book Review – American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig Fergusen

Book Review: The Obamas by Jodi Kantor

Life Is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond by Florence Henderson

Thank You Notes by Jimmy Fallon and The Writers of Late Night

The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder by Erin Blakemore – 2011 Holiday Gift Guide

Love at First Bark by Julie Klam – 2011 Holiday Gift Guide

The Book of Holiday Awesome by Neil Pasricha: Black Friday Review – 2011 Holiday Gift Guide

Sojourns of the Soul: One Woman’s Journey Around the World and into Her Truth by Dana Micucci – 2011 Holiday Gift Guide

How to Talk to an Autistic Kid by Daniel Stefanski – 2011 Holiday Gift Guide

The Complete Idiot’s Guide For Dummies Book Review Challenge

Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman – Book Review and Giveaway

A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Dugard – Book Review

Wanderlust: A Love Affair with Five Continents by Elisabeth Eaves

Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base by Annie
Jacobsen

How to Talk to an Autistic Kid by Daniel Stefanski

The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris by Jon Baxter

Caffeine Makes Me Bleed (And How It Can Poison You, Too!) by Susan Lynn

The Long Journey Home: A Memoir by Margaret Robison

Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother’s Compulsive Hoarding by Jessie Sholl

 Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour by Rachel Shukert

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson

Seeds: One Man’s Serendipitous Journey to Find the Trees That Inspired Famous American Writers from Faulkner to Kerouac, Welty to Wharton by Richard Horan

Bossypants by Tina Fey

The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure

Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock by Sammy Hagar

The Lean Belly Prescription by Dr. Travis Stork

Chocolate & Vicodin by Jennette Fulda

American Idol: The Untold Story by Richard Rushfield

The Memory Palace: A Memoir by Mira Bartok

Disaster Preparedness by Heather Havrilesky

Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love by Andrew Shaffer

Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert

Confessions of a Rebel Debutante: A Memoir by Anna Fields

Stretch: The Unlikely Making of a Yoga Dude by Neal Pollack

Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother’s Compulsive Hoarding by Jessie Sholl

Cinch! by Cynthia Sass

Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert

Talking To Girls About Duran Duran by Rob Sheffield

Everything Is Going To Be Great by Rachel Shukert

Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems by Rod Carveth, James B. South and William Irwin

Lit by Mary Karr

Ghosts of Southeast Michigan by Kristy Robinett

The Lunatic Express by Carl Hoffman

Prairie Tale By Melissa Gilbert

The Way I See It: A Look Back At My Life On Little House by Melissa Anderson

Confessions Of A Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson And Learned To Love Being Hated By Alison Arngrim

Every Rose Has Its Thorn: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Field Guide to Guys by Erin Bradley

Rock Stars of the 80′s and 90′s! A Collector’s Book of Memorabilia by Victoria E.
Mitchell

Ghostbread by Sonja Livingston

Denial: A Memoir of Terror by Jessica Stern

It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me by Ariel Leve

How Did You Get This Number by Sloane Crosley

You’ll Never Blue Ball In This Town Again by Heather McDonald

Where’s My Wand? One Boy’s Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting by Eric Poole

Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon

Easy as Pi: The Countless Ways We Use Numbers Every Day by Jamie Buchan

Rock Stars: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of 80s Glam Frontmen into Pop Culture by David S. Grant

Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden

Confessions of a Rebel Debutante: A Memoir by Anna Fields

This Is Not The Story You Think It Is by Laura Munson

Latin Grill: Sultry and Simple Food for Red-Hot Dinners and Parties by Rafael
Palomino, with Arlen Gargaliano and Dan Goldberg

A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi” The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English by Chloe Rhodes

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler

Everything Is Wrong With Me: A Memoir of an American Childhood Gone, Well, Wrong by Jason Mulgrew

Side By Side by Dr. Charles Sophy

The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

The Little Green Book of Absinthe: An Essential Companion with Lore, Trivia and Classic and Contemporary Cocktails by Paul Owen, Paul Nathan and Dave Herlong

The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Recession-Proof Careers by Jeff Cohen

Government Girl: Young and Female in the White House by Stacy Parker Aab

I Don’t Care About Your Band by Julie Klausner

I’m Sorry You Feel That Way by Diana Joseph

Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife by Francine Prose

The Way I Am by Eminem

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs

The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan

The Imperfect Enjoyment by Dewan W. Gibson

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

You Lost Him At Hello by Jess McCann