Books like I'm Glad My Mom Died

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  1. The Last Lecture

    Randy Pausch · 2008

    Because shares tags: memoir, family.

    Dying professor Pausch lectures really achieving childhood dreams.

  2. Running with Scissors

    Augusten Burroughs · 2002

    Because shares tags: memoir, family.

    A boy sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist grows up in a chaotic house with no rules.

  3. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

    Art Spiegelman · 1986 · Maus #1

    Because shares tags: memoir, family.

    Art Spiegelman interviews his father Vladek about Sosnowiec and Auschwitz, drawing Jews as mice in this tense father and son memoir.

  4. Greenlights

    Matthew McConaughey · 2020

    Because shares tags: memoir, hollywood.

    McConaughey shares outlaw stories and greenlight catching from Texas to Hollywood.

  5. Untamed

    Glennon Doyle · 2020

    Because shares tags: memoir, family.

    Glennon Doyle leaves a strained marriage, falls for Abby Wambach, and rebuilds life around honesty and desire.

  6. The Woman in Me

    Britney Spears · 2023

    Because shares tags: memoir, family.

    Britney Spears tells her own story from teen stardom to a thirteen year conservatorship, and how she fought to reclaim her voice and…

  7. Marley & Me

    John Grogan · 2005

    Because shares tags: memoir, family.

    A young couple learns marriage, parenthood, and goodbye through thirteen years with Marley, their wild and loving Labrador.

  8. Hillbilly Elegy

    J.D. Vance · 2016

    Because shares tags: memoir, family.

    Vance traces Mamaw and Papaw from Kentucky to Middletown through addiction, Marines, and Yale Law.

  9. Crying in H Mart

    Michelle Zauner · 2021

    Because shares tags: memoir, family.

    Japanese Breakfast singer Michelle Zauner remembers her Korean mother through food, grief, and growing up in Oregon.

  10. A Child Called It

    Dave Pelzer · 1995 · Dave Pelzer #1

    Because shares tags: memoir, family.

    Dave survives his mother games of hunger and cold in Daly City until teachers and foster care step in.

  11. Yes Please

    Amy Poehler · 2014

    Because shares tags: memoir, hollywood.

    Amy Poehler moves from Boston childhood through UCB and SNL to Parks and Recreation in this 2014 memoir. Funny essays on work, motherhood,…

  12. When Breath Becomes Air

    Paul Kalanithi · 2016

    Because shares tags: memoir, family.

    A neurosurgeon facing terminal cancer asks what makes life meaningful when time runs out.

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