The Greatest Memoir Books of 2017

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
3178 Priestdaddy Patricia Lockwood 2017 American English
4741 Tell Me How It Ends Valeria Luiselli 2017 Mexican English
5388 In Memory Of Memory Maria Stepanova 2017 Russian Russian
6122 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
8638 Other Russias Victoria Lomasko 2017 Russian Russian
9192 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9564 아픔이 길이 되려면 김승섭 2017 Korean Korean
10022 Nine Continents Xiaolu Guo 2017 Chinese English
10189 Immigrant, Montana Amitava Kumar 2017 American English
10192 Little Soldiers Lenora Chu 2017 Unknown English
10285 They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib 2017 American English
10763 A Moonless, Starless Sky Alexis Okeowo 2017 American English
10763 Notes On A Foreign Country Suzy Hansen 2017 American English
10867 The Broken King Michael Thomas 2017 Unknown English
10943 The 57 Bus Dashka Slater 2017 American English
11075 Hit So Hard Patty Schemel 2017 Unknown English
11086 Insomniac City Bill Hayes 2017 American English
11086 Tell Them I Said No Martin Herbert 2017 Unknown English
11325 Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race Reni Eddo-Lodge, Ana Camallonga 2017 British English
12036 Honouring High Places Junko Tabei 2017 Japanese English
12041 Crash Override Zoë Quinn 2017 American English
13971 Book Of Mutter Kate Zambreno 2017 American English
14232 This Is Going To Hurt Adam Kay 2017 British English
14589 Primera Persona Margarita García Robayo 2017 Colombian Spanish
14985 Adults in the Room Yanis Varoufakis 2017 Greek English
14985 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 1 Emil Ferris 2017 American English
17163 Once Upon A Time In The East Xiaolu Guo 2017 British English
17163 Border Kassa Kappabova 2017 Unknown English
17163 Poverty Safari Darren McGarvey 2017 British English
17163 On Lighthouses Jazmina Barrera 2017 Mexican Spanish
17163 I Am, I Am, I Am Maggie O'Farrell 2017 British English
17163 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie 2017 American English
17163 Spies In The Family Eva Dillon 2017 Unknown English
17163 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17163 Coach Wooden And Me Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017 American English