Okay, so I am prepping my kindle library for a new year of reading! I need some reccomendations to add my reading list for 2025. I love most genres historical fiction, non-fiction, epic fantasy, crime thrillers, romance, and biographies but currently want to add some gut-wrenching memoirs to my library. I am thinking along the lines of Not Without My Daughter, The Glass Castle, A House in The Sky, A Child Called It, Looking Like The Enemy, The Diary of Anne Frank etc… I really want to read some real experiences of strong woman overcoming what life threw at them: abusive relationships, kidnapping, war time turmoil, and that kind of stuff. It can be across any time periods. I am not opposed to some good WWII memoirs and holocaust either. I really just want to read some intense memoirs that hit deep. Thank you in advance. I added to my library a few historical fictions, a good crime thriller series about a bounty hunter, a good dystopian fantasy YA series by Keira Cass, and a couple other things but I try to keep a diverse range of reading so I have everything for whatever reading mood I am in. If you want, you can just name drop your favorite book ever too. I am just needing a good reading list!
by CordeliaJJ
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*Educated* is a great biography (along the lines of *Glass Castle*).
>real experiences of strong woman
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Know My Name by Chanel Miller is an extremely well written memoir and fits in the described category (deals with sexual assault)
I’m glad my mom died by Jenette McCurdy might be something to add to your list.
How about some plays
Ruined by Lynn Nottage (historical fiction)
Vagina by monologues Eve Ensler ( absolutely true)
Or a graphic novel
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi ( autobiographical)
And finally a novel
Unsinkable: the Molly Brown Story by Joyce B. Lohse
It’s a biography (based on the letters of the person): Lady of the Army: The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton
“A masterpiece of seminal research, Lady of the Army is an extraordinary, detailed, and unique biography of a remarkable woman married to a now legendary American military leader in both World War I and World War II.”