Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs wicked families, strange illnesses and other assorted interesting, odd and compelling issues 56 books on the list, 149 voters, list created: July 30th, 2008 Tags: autobiography, memoir, and memoirs all votes add books to this list 1

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs avg rating 3.47 — 60,217 ratings score: 5,178, and 52 people voted

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls avg rating 4.13 — 85,617 ratings score: 3,568, and 36 people voted

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Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris avg rating 3.90 — 158,418 ratings score: 3,464, and 35 people voted

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris avg rating 3.95 — 44,543 ratings score: 2,051, and 21 people voted

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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison (Goodreads Author), Augusten Burroughs (Foreward) avg rating 3.68 — 6,364 ratings score: 1,772, and 18 people voted

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Musical Chairs by Jen Knox (Goodreads Author) avg rating 4.50 — 96 ratings score: 1,496, and 15 people voted

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Dry by Augusten Burroughs avg rating 3.92 — 18,539 ratings score: 1,268, and 13 people voted

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Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein (Goodreads Author), Paula Bernstein (Goodreads Author) avg rating 3.48 — 801 ratings score: 795, and 8 people voted

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The Liars' Club by Mary Karr avg rating 3.77 — 5,828 ratings score: 783, and 8 people voted

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Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood by Jennifer Traig avg rating 3.46 — 1,327 ratings score: 694, and 7 people voted

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I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell (Goodreads Author) avg rating 3.90 — 1,452 ratings score: 685, and 7 people voted

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Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres (Goodreads Author) avg rating 3.95 — 3,116 ratings score: 680, and 7 people voted

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Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory avg rating 3.53 — 1,641 ratings score: 583, and 6 people voted

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Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp avg rating 3.86 — 1,641 ratings score: 495, and 5 people voted

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Driving with Dead People by Monica Holloway avg rating 3.74 — 954 ratings score: 491, and 5 people voted

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The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant by Dan Savage avg rating 4.01 — 1,515 ratings score: 490, and 5 people voted

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Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris avg rating 3.92 — 24,523 ratings score: 484, and 5 people voted

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Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel avg rating 3.23 — 7,701 ratings score: 396, and 4 people voted

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Manic by Terri Cheney avg rating 3.51 — 885 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted

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My Friend Leonard by James Frey avg rating 3.73 — 7,716 ratings score: 379, and 4 people voted

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Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods---My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine by Noelle Howey avg rating 3.51 — 168 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted

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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch avg rating 4.31 — 820 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted

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Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander avg rating 3.73 — 1,324 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted

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Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher avg rating 3.94 — 3,190 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted

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The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family by Dan Savage avg rating 3.99 — 1,312 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted

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A Million Little Pieces by James Frey avg rating 3.47 — 40,751 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted

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Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp by Stephanie Klein (Goodreads Author) avg rating 3.24 — 926 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted

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Before Night Falls: A Memoir by Reinaldo Arenas avg rating 4.13 — 901 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted

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Making It Big: Sex Stars, Porn Films and Me by Chi Chi Larue avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted

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Oh the Glory of It All by Sean Wilsey avg rating 3.50 — 1,563 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted

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Well Enough Alone by Jennifer Traig avg rating 3.16 — 31 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted

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Drugs Are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir by Lisa Crystal Carver avg rating 3.83 — 231 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Sweet Charlotte's Seventh Mistake by Cori Crooks (Goodreads Author) avg rating 4.58 — 24 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Tales from the Teachers' Lounge: An Irreverent View of What It Really Means To Be a Teacher Today by Robert Wilder avg rating 3.11 — 108 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn't Stop Praying by Abby Sher (Goodreads Author) avg rating 3.63 — 127 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Yes Man by Danny Wallace avg rating 4.05 — 1,151 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Gonville: A Memoir by Peter Birkenhead (Goodreads Author) avg rating 3.48 — 25 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly avg rating 3.79 — 92 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Montyn by Dirk Ayelt Kooiman avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Dandy in the Underworld by Sebastian Horsley avg rating 3.16 — 186 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted

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South of Broad by Pat Conroy avg rating 3.60 — 6,227 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted

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A Drink with Shane MacGowan by Shane MacGowan, Victoria Mary Clarke avg rating 3.77 — 156 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted

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Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman avg rating 3.71 — 2,285 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloeckner avg rating 3.96 — 460 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted

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A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir by Bill O'Reilly avg rating 3.82 — 920 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted

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A Child's Life and Other Stories by Phoebe Gloeckner avg rating 4.10 — 228 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted

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Suffer the Child by Judith Spencer avg rating 4.06 — 33 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted

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Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression by Sally Brampton avg rating 3.67 — 83 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted

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Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs avg rating 3.84 — 8,904 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted

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Permanent Midnight: A Memoir by Jerry Stahl avg rating 3.87 — 331 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted

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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks avg rating 4.10 — 777 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted

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Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction by Luke Davies avg rating 3.86 — 523 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted

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Sick Girl by Amy Silverstein avg rating 3.51 — 285 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted

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Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher avg rating 3.26 — 3,269 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted

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The Hypocrisy of Disco by Clane Hayward (Goodreads Author) avg rating 3.89 — 82 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted

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My Sister from the Black Lagoon : A Novel of My Life by Laurie Fox avg rating 3.30 — 183 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted

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