Educated
by Tara Westover
A girl kept from school who finds her way to Cambridge. Riveting.
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The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls
A chaotic, nomadic childhood recalled with startling grace.
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by Trevor Noah
Growing up mixed-race in apartheid South Africa. Sharp, funny, and tender.
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by Paul Kalanithi
A neurosurgeon faces his own mortality. Luminous and brief.
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by Cheryl Strayed
A thousand-mile solo hike to outwalk grief. Honest and propulsive.
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