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Mary Karr's Required Reading: Memoirs & Hybrids

Abridged list curated by Mary Karr in Art of Memoir (2015). I've selected only the books she's denoted to be "better written" as the original list is seven pages long.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)

Before Night Falls

The Sum of Our Days

The Women

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)

Before Night Falls

Indian Authors Galore

A collection of Indian literature written by Indian authors.

The White Tiger

The God of Small Things

Tomb of Sand

The Palace of Illusions

The White Tiger

The God of Small Things

(WIP) NYRB Classics

A Month in the Country

Lolly Willowes

Jakob von Gunten

Boredom

A Month in the Country

Lolly Willowes

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