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Memoirs

  1. vulture lists
    8 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthA memoir from RuPaul, a darkly funny whodunit, a supernatural thriller, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  2. the index
    RuPaul’s Guide to Pop Ru-ltureDrag Show is full of pop-culture Ru-isms. Ru’s memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings, acts as an index of references for fans and future contestants.
    By Jason P. Frank
  3. books
    Lucy Sante: Here She Comes NowThe author of ‘Low Life’ and ‘Kill All Your Darlings’ tried to keep a safe distance from herself — and her own desires. Until, at 66, she broke free.
    By Carl Swanson
  4. a charitable act
    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished for Britney SpearsShe was sorry for her book revelations, until Justin Timberlake decided to apologize to “absolutely f–ing nobody.”
    By Zoe Guy
  5. responses
    Ginuwine and Britney Spears’s Memories Aren’t ‘N SyncHe said he can’t remember the “fo shiz” story about Justin Timberlake from her memoir.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  6. best of 2023
    The Best Memoirs of 2023These 10 books explore what it means to be a person.
    By Arianna Rebolini
  7. celebrity memoirs
    John Stamos Won’t Have Mercy on His MemoirHe comes full circle on the whole Tony Danza drama.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  8. gimme gim-memoir
    Justin Timberlake “Thought Maybe Music Would Help” Britney Spears’s Abortion“… So he got his guitar and he lay there with me, strumming it.”
    By Zoe Guy
  9. the woman in me
    Britney Spears Says Music ‘Is Not My Focus at the Moment’Instead, she’s trying “to get my spiritual life in order,” she writes in her new memoir.
    By Justin Curto
  10. close reads
    Britney Spears Owns Her ‘Past, Present and Future’The biggest revelations from her memoir so far.
    By Zoe Guy
  11. memoirs
    John Stamos Discloses Childhood Sexual Abuse in New MemoirWriting his memoir, If You Had Told Me, made him acknowledge it.
    By Bethy Squires
  12. goddess talk
    In Worthy, Jada Pinkett Smith Centers HerselfIt is in many ways the most Virgo book of all time.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  13. books
    Jada Pinkett Smith’s Memoir Only Just Came Out TodayEven if it feels like we’ve been hearing about Worthy for weeks.
    By Justin Curto
  14. in her words
    Michelle Williams Will Speak Britney Spears’s TruthWilliams will narrate the audiobook for The Woman in Me, out October 24.
    By Zoe Guy
  15. chapters
    I Killed GodMaria Bamford’s eulogy for her beloved best friend.
    By Maria Bamford
  16. celebrity relations
    Elliot Page Says He Was Previously in a Relationship With Kate MaraWhile she was dating Max Minghella.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  17. vulture lists
    18 New Beach Reads for Every Kind of Book LoverBooks so good you’ll forget to reapply sunscreen.
  18. work in progress
    Britney Spears Apparently Isn’t Quite Done With Her Book Yet“It may take me a year, maybe longer who knows … to share my story,” she wrote.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  19. coming soon
    The White Lotus Star Will Sharpe to Direct Crying in H MartThe film adaptation of Michelle Zauner’s memoir of the same name.
    By Zoe Guy
  20. buyer & bookseller
    Barbra Streisand Will (Yen)Tell Us About Her LifeIn My Name Is Barbra, her 1,040-page memoir.
    By Jason P. Frank
  21. celebrity memoirs
    Pamela Anderson Knows Even a Memoir Can’t Tell AllThough there are not many new revelations, ten stories stuck out.
    By Zoe Guy
  22. keeping up with the ex-royals
    Prince Harry Says He Could Have Told Us More, ActuallyHe claims to have cut 400 pages of information from his memoir, Spare.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  23. close reads
    The Winners and Losers of Prince Harry’s SpareWinner: Stewie.
    By Devon Ivie
  24. keeping up with the ex-royals
    Prince Harry Doesn’t Spare Us the DetailsEverything to know about the memoir — from a princely tussle to a frostbitten penis.
    By Zoe Guy
  25. best of 2022
    The Best Memoirs of 2022The blending of personal history with careful analysis of the cultural forces and institutions that inform it has exploded the genre with possibility.
    By Arianna Rebolini
  26. disrespect the classics
    Bob Dylan Hopes to ‘Rectify’ Book-Signature Controversy ‘Immediately’After Simon & Schuster offered refunds for $599 auto-signed editions of his new book.
    By Justin Curto
  27. respect the classics
    The 13 Best U2 Stories From Bono’s Memoir, SurrenderWe’ve found what you’re looking for.
    By Justin Curto
  28. so ‘90s
    Matthew Perry ‘Actually’ Likes Keanu Reeves, Despite What He Said in His Book“I should have just used my own name.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  29. keeping up with the ex-royals
    Prince Harry’s Ready to Spill the Royal Tea in SpareThe tell-all memoir hits shelves January 10.
    By Zoe Guy
  30. snape’s snipes
    Alan Rickman’s Decades-Old Diaries Are Still Hot GossSnape snipe snippets.
    By Rebecca Alter
  31. sobriety
    Matthew Perry Spent $9 Million Getting SoberBut he is currently 18 months clean.
    By Jason P. Frank
  32. y2k
    Cameron Diaz Helped Harry Potter FlyWell, a photo of her on a green screen set did.
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  33. memoirs
    8 Revealing Stories From Constance Wu’s Memoir, Making a SceneIncluding sexual-harassment accusations on the set of Fresh Off the Boat and the response an actress sent to those tweets.
    By Jason P. Frank
  34. ummm
    The Great British Bake Off’s Prue Leith Once Did What As a Child?According to her memoir, her mother once made her drown a bag of kittens.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  35. respect the classics
    Bono to Sing Stories and Tell Songs on Surrender Book TourWith or without U2.
    By Justin Curto
  36. memoirs
    Posthumous Anne Heche Memoir, Call Me Anne, Set for January 2023Heche reportedly turned in a manuscript before she died.
    By Justin Curto
  37. i’m glad my mom died
    Jennette McCurdy Reads a Belittling Email From Her Mom on Red Table Talk“Love, Mom (or should I say DEB since I am no longer your mother). P.S. Send money for a new fridge. Ours broke.”
    By Zoe Guy
  38. tragedy plus time
    Jennette McCurdy Says Her Old Ariana Grande Jealousy Is ‘Comedy Gold’“To be on set at 21, where you’re just the most susceptible to jealousy … and I’m there across from a burgeoning pop star of the day.”
    By Zoe Guy
  39. memoirs
    Jennette McCurdy Remembers the Sam & Cat Moment That ‘Broke’ HerIn I’m Glad My Mom Died, the iCarly star details her lack of control over her early life and acting career.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  40. mental health
    Constance Wu Felt Like She Didn’t ‘Deserve to Live’ After Social-Media BacklashShe returned to Twitter three years after she “ignited outrage and internet shaming that got pretty severe.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  41. memoirs
    Jamie Lee Curtis DIY’ed Jennifer Grey’s Memoir CoverGraphic design is her passion.
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  42. a long talk
    How Chloé Cooper Jones Changed Her MindIn her memoir Easy Beauty, the writer confronts a subject she’d long avoided: her own experience of disability.
    By Amelia Schonbek
  43. profile
    Margo Jefferson Makes Her WayWith her book Constructing a Nervous System, the critic set herself a challenge: to recount her life through a web of influences.
    By Jasmine Sanders
  44. the law
    Britney Spears Wants Jamie Lynn to Stop Talking About HerThe pop star’s lawyer requested Jamie Lynn “cease and desist from referencing Britney derogatorily.”
    By Justin Curto
  45. family feuds
    Oops … Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears Are Fighting AgainBritney brought their argument over Jamie Lynn’s memoir into day two.
    By Justin Curto
  46. house of gucci
    All the Fistfights, Heartbreaks, and Madness House of Gucci Left OutThe real Guccis’ family history is too messy for one movie to contain. We combed through three Gucci tell-alls to find what didn’t make it onscreen.
    By Nick Allen
  47. the law
    Man Wrongfully Accused of Author Alice Sebold’s Rape Exonerated After 40 Years“My goal in 1982 was justice — not to perpetuate injustice,” Alice Sebold has written in a statement.
    By Rebecca Alter
  48. went there
    10 Brutally Honest Anecdotes in Katie Couric’s Memoir Going There In the new memoir, Couric comes for everyone.
    By Natalie Lin
  49. respect the classics
    Geddy Lee Will Release a Memoir in 2112 … No, Sorry, 2022Walk, don’t Rush, to bookstores.
    By Devon Ivie
  50. memoirs
    Mel Brooks Wrote a Memoir at 95All About Me: My Remarkable Life in Show Business is out November 30.
    By Rebecca Alter
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