The 10 Best Memoirs of the Decade (2010s)
This is one of the 743 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Literary Hub, 17 Books
The 10 Best Memoirs of the Decade (2010-2019) chosen by the Literary Hub staff.
Total came to 17 as they also had some dissenting opinions - those are left unranked.
This list was originally published in 2019 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2109 | Just Kids | Patti Smith | 2010 | American | English | |
| 1750 | Men We Reaped | Jesmyn Ward | 2013 | American | English | |
| 1701 | The Argonauts | Maggie Nelson | 2015 | American | English | |
| 2675 | H Is For Hawk | Helen MacDonald | 2014 | British | English | |
| 1817 | Barbarian Days | William Finnegan | 2015 | American | English | |
| 6119 | Negroland | Margo Jefferson | 2015 | American | English | |
| 9037 | In The Darkroom | Susan Faludi | 2016 | American | English | |
| 597 | The Years | Annie Ernaux | 2008 | French | French | |
| 5451 | The Yellow House | Sarah M. Broom | 2019 | American | English | |
| 13740 | When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back | Naja Marie Aidt | 2017 | Danish | Danish | |
| 10863 | The Odd Woman And The City | Vivian Gornick | 2015 | American | English | |
| 7991 | On The Move | Oliver Sacks | 2015 | British | English | |
| 6528 | Hold Still | Sally Mann | 2015 | American | English | |
| 13699 | The Home Place | J. Drew Lanham | 2016 | American | English | |
| 13910 | Belonging | Nora Krug | 2018 | German | English | |
| 3939 | In The Dream House | Carmen Maria Machado | 2019 | American | English | |
| 13222 | House Of Psychotic Women | Kier-La Janisse | 2012 | Unknown | English |