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
3177 Priestdaddy Patricia Lockwood 2017 American English
4740 Tell Me How It Ends Valeria Luiselli 2017 Mexican English
5386 In Memory Of Memory Maria Stepanova 2017 Russian Russian
6119 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
8636 Other Russias Victoria Lomasko 2017 Russian Russian
9191 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9562 아픔이 길이 되려면 김승섭 2017 Korean Korean
10018 Nine Continents Xiaolu Guo 2017 Chinese English
10184 Immigrant, Montana Amitava Kumar 2017 American English
10187 Little Soldiers Lenora Chu 2017 Unknown English
10281 They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib 2017 American English
10758 A Moonless, Starless Sky Alexis Okeowo 2017 American English
10758 Notes On A Foreign Country Suzy Hansen 2017 American English
10862 The Broken King Michael Thomas 2017 Unknown English
10938 The 57 Bus Dashka Slater 2017 American English
11070 Hit So Hard Patty Schemel 2017 Unknown English
11081 Insomniac City Bill Hayes 2017 American English
11081 Tell Them I Said No Martin Herbert 2017 Unknown English
11320 Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race Reni Eddo-Lodge, Ana Camallonga 2017 British English
12034 Honouring High Places Junko Tabei 2017 Japanese English
12039 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
14588 Primera Persona Margarita García Robayo 2017 Colombian Spanish
14984 Adults in the Room Yanis Varoufakis 2017 Greek English
14984 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 1 Emil Ferris 2017 American English
17120 Once Upon A Time In The East Xiaolu Guo 2017 British English
17120 Border Kassa Kappabova 2017 Unknown English
17120 Poverty Safari Darren McGarvey 2017 British English
17120 On Lighthouses Jazmina Barrera 2017 Mexican Spanish
17120 I Am, I Am, I Am Maggie O'Farrell 2017 British English
17120 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie 2017 American English
17120 Spies In The Family Eva Dillon 2017 Unknown English
17120 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17120 Coach Wooden And Me Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017 American English