I think I have read more memoirs in 2023 than any year before. I especially loved the chronic illness memoirs I read like: Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad and What Doesn’t Kill You by Tessa Miller. Without further ado!







The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
When I Was Your Age by Kenan Thompson
Swan Dive by Georgina Pazcoguin
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
I’m Just a Person by Tig Notaro
Pageboy by Elliot Page
This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps






The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Blue Nights by Joan Didion
Educated by Tara Westover
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
It’s Okay to Laugh by Nora McInerny Purmort
Bad Vibes Only by Nora McInerny





What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
Ask Me About My Uterus by Abby Norman
What Doesn’t Kill You by Tessa Miller
The Tiger and the Cage by Emma Bolden
Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad