Over the past fifty years, different kinds of books have gone in and out of vogue. What was popular as little as ten years ago is now completely passé.
But one kind of book has remained popular – often wildly so – over the past half-century. That genre is the memoir. There are many reasons why.
But there are so many choices. Where to you start? Wouldn’t it be great if someone compiled a list of the best memoirs?
Someone has. The New York Times’s book critics select the most outstanding memoirs published since 1969.
There is something here for everyone.
Check out this link to find a memoir to read in the waning weeks of summer
