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Memoir

120 Memoir reviews on The Bookish Elf. Memoir here most often crosses with Biography, History and Essays. The authors we review most are Baek Se-hee and Dolly Alderton.

The 10 best Memoir books we’ve reviewed

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01
The Way from Street Kid to MillionaireIgor Fostenko · 2026

Igor Fostenko's debut memoir traces his path from a Kyiv basement to co-founding Enjoy The Wood, pairing plain-spoken storytelling with practical advice on business, money, marriage, and faith. Structured in three parts and ending…

5.0★
02
Journey to Infinity WithinDevsingh Balan · 2026

Journey to Infinity Within by Devsingh Balan is a calm, lived-in book that gathers thirty spiritual masters, thirty virtues with their shadows, and one honest personal search into a single companion for the inner…

5.0★
03
Hiking Through HistoryKirk Ward Robinson · 2026

Hiking Through History by Kirk Ward Robinson earns its place on a short shelf of travel books that genuinely teach while entertaining. The 20th Anniversary Edition is the definitive version: cleaner, deeper, and enriched…

5.0★
04
Once a King, Now a PrinceIra Blacker · 2026

What ultimately makes this memoir worth your time is its refusal to perform. Ira Blacker is not trying to impress you. He is not trying to make himself look good. He is telling you…

5.0★
05
Diabetes to Dialysis to TransplantD. R. Crotzer · 2025

Diabetes to Dialysis to Transplant by D. R. Crotzer ultimately delivers more than medical information or personal narrative. It provides a blueprint for approaching chronic illness with intelligence, humor, and determination. Crotzer's engineering mindset…

5.0★
06
The JourneyJess Sweely · 2025

The Journey offers an honest accounting of how one person, armed with education, work ethic, and supportive partnerships, navigated the American business landscape across five decades of dramatic economic and social change. For readers…

5.0★
07
A Father’s Cry For MeaningSri Burugapalli · 2025

A Father's Cry For Meaning succeeds brilliantly as both personal narrative and cultural bridge. Burugapalli's story will particularly resonate with members of the Indian diaspora who recognize their own struggles with cultural duality, family…

5.0★
08
Old White Man WritingJoshua Gidding · 2025

Old White Man Writing arrives at precisely the right cultural moment. At a time when discussions about privilege, race, and cultural responsibility often devolve into simplistic talking points, Gidding offers something far more valuable:…

5.0★
09
Return to the War on the Plaine des JarresFred M Apgar · 2024

Return to the War on the Plaine des Jarres ultimately transcends the boundaries of a conventional war memoir. While it provides valuable historical documentation of a little-understood conflict, its greatest achievement lies in chronicling…

5.0★
10
StrongerDinesh Palipana · 2022

At a moment when healthcare systems worldwide are recognizing the importance of diverse perspectives among medical practitioners, Palipana's memoir offers critical insights into the value that doctors with lived experience of disability bring to…

5.0★

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