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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Liz Murray
★★★★· Published 2011· 334 pages
Liz Murray goes from homeless teenager to Harvard, and tells it without an ounce of self-pity. An genuinely inspiring survival memoir.
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★ 5The Tender Bar: A Memoir
J.R. Moehringer
Moehringer grew up fatherless, raised in part by the men at his uncle's bar. A warm, beautifully written memoir about the people who make you.
The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment
A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs runs a series of goofy life experiments — outsourcing his life, radical honesty — and reports back. Light and funny.
★ 5Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber
Susan Fowler
Susan Fowler's blog post about Uber's toxic culture blew the company open. Her memoir is even more infuriating and impressive than you'd expect.