These ten books explore what it means to be a person.
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This years best memoirs perfectly showcase such variety.
Some tease the boundary between truth and fiction.
Others elevate straightforward narratives by incorporating political theory, philosophy, and history.
The authors of each understand that ones life and more significantly, ones self cant be contained in facts.
After all, the facts as we remember them arent really facts.
What makes up an identity?
What are the stories we tell ourselves, and why do they matter?
These books might not spell out the answers for you, but theyll certainly push you toward them.
10.Hijab Butch Blues, by Lamya H
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NYC-based organizer Lamya H (a pseudonym) has described her memoir asunapologetically queer and unapologetically Muslim.
9.Better Living Through Birding, by Christian Cooper
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(The audiobook comes with interstitial birdsong!)
8.Love and Sex, Death and Money, by McKenzie Wark
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Warks first letter is, fittingly, directed to her younger self.
7.A Man of Two Faces, by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Its safe to say alt-comedian Maria Bamfords voice isnt for everyone.
Those who get her anti-stand-up stand-upget itand those who dont, dont.
If youre thinking of skipping it because you havent connected with Bamfords work before: dont.
5.In Vitro: On Longing and Transformation, by Isabel Zapata
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4.The Night Parade, by Jami Nakamura Lin
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3.Doppelganger, by Naomi Klein
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What happens when we sacrifice our humanity in the pursuit of a cohesive personal brand?
And when were this far gone, is there any turning back?
2.The Woman in Me, by Britney Spears
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Justice for Britney, forever.
1.Pulling the Chariot of the Sun, by Shane McCrae
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It wasnt the first time theyd done so, but this time, they never returned.
We are lucky to bear witness.
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