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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of The Last Testament: A Memoir by God
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The Last Tes­ta­ment: A Mem­oir by God
David Javerbaum
Cover of Two Rings: A Story of Love and War
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Two Rings: A Sto­ry of Love and War
Millie Werber and Eve Keller
Cover of Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
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Mon­key Mind: A Mem­oir of Anxiety
Daniel Smith
Cover of Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
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Unortho­dox: The Scan­dalous Rejec­tion of My Hasidic Roots
Deborah Feldman
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Jour­nal of the Plague Year
Lloyd Constantine
Cover of Dinner: A Love Story
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Din­ner: A Love Story
Jenny Rosenstrach
Cover of My Father is a Book: A Memoir of Bernard Malamud
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My Father is a Book: A Mem­oir of Bernard Malamud
Janna Malamud Smith
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Through the Door of Life: A Jew­ish Jour­ney Between Genders
Joy Ladin
Cover of Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant
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Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant
Dyan Cannon
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The Russ­ian Writer’s Daugh­ter: Sto­ries of Grow­ing Up American
Lydia Ros­ner
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Am I a Jew?
Theodore Ross
Cover of All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother's Dementia. With Refreshments.
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All Gone: A Mem­oir of My Moth­er’s Demen­tia. With Refreshments.
Alex Witchel
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Friend­keep­ing
Julie Klam
Cover of My Charmed Life: Rocky Romances, Precious Family Connections and Searching for a Band of Gold
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My Charmed Life: Rocky Romances, Pre­cious Fam­i­ly Con­nec­tions and Search­ing for a Band of Gold
Beth Bern­stein
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A Sense of Direc­tion: Pil­grim­age for the Rest­less and the Hopeful
Gideon Lewis-Kraus
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Gab­by: A Sto­ry of Courage and Hope
Jeffrey Zaslow
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