The most popular memoir books of 2022

A memoir is a true story about one part of the author's life. It might be a childhood, a marriage, an illness, a year abroad or a job, told with a novelist's eye for scene and feeling. These are personal, honest books, and the good ones stay with you like a friendship. This list shows the ones first published in 2022.

Cover of Finding Me

Finding Me

Viola Davis

Published 2022

304 pages

Cover of Beyond the Wand

Beyond the Wand

Tom Felton, Том Фелтън

Published 2022

288 pages

Cover of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki A Memoir

I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki A Memoir

Baek Se-hee

Published 2022

208 pages

Cover of Hello, Molly!

Hello, Molly!

Molly Shannon, Sean Wilsey

2022 · 2023 edition

304 pages

Cover of The Office BFFs

The Office BFFs

Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey

Published 2022

336 pages

Cover of What My Bones Know A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

What My Bones Know A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

Published 2022

352 pages

Cover of We Were Dreamers

We Were Dreamers

Simu Liu

Published 2022

304 pages

Cover of All the Beauty in the World The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

All the Beauty in the World The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

Patrick Bringley

2022 · 2023 edition

240 pages

Cover of In Love A Memoir of Love and Loss

In Love A Memoir of Love and Loss

Amy Bloom

2022 · 2023 edition

224 pages

Cover of Dinners with Ruth A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

Dinners with Ruth A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

Nina Totenberg

Published 2022

320 pages

Cover of Unmasked My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

Unmasked My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

Paul Holes

2022 · 2023 edition

304 pages

Cover of Mean Baby A Memoir of Growing Up

Mean Baby A Memoir of Growing Up

Selma Blair

Published 2022

301 pages

Cover of Live Wire Long-Winded Short Stories

Live Wire Long-Winded Short Stories

Kelly Ripa

2022 · 2023 edition

320 pages

Cover of The Betrayal of Anne Frank A Cold Case Investigation

The Betrayal of Anne Frank A Cold Case Investigation

Rosemary Sullivan

Published 2022

383 pages

Cover of Surrender 40 Songs, One Story

Surrender 40 Songs, One Story

Bono

Published 2022

576 pages

Cover of Bad Mormon

Bad Mormon

Heather Gay

2022 · 2024 edition

304 pages

Cover of Tell Me Everything The Story of a Private Investigation

Tell Me Everything The Story of a Private Investigation

Erika Krouse

Published 2022

288 pages

Cover of The Stories We Tell Every Piece of Your Story Matters

The Stories We Tell Every Piece of Your Story Matters

Joanna Gaines

Published 2022

256 pages

Cover of Enough Already Learning to Love the Way I Am Today

Enough Already Learning to Love the Way I Am Today

Valerie Bertinelli

Published 2022

256 pages

Cover of Rogues True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Rogues True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Patrick Radden Keefe

2022 · 2023 edition

368 pages

Cover of Ten Steps to Nanette A Memoir Situation

Ten Steps to Nanette A Memoir Situation

Hannah Gadsby

Published 2022

384 pages

Cover of And There Was Light Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

And There Was Light Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

Jon Meacham

Published 2022

720 pages

Cover of Happy People Are Annoying

Happy People Are Annoying

Janos Picken

Published 2022

246 pages

Cover of I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

Shauna Niequist

Published 2022

220 pages

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