I remember the exact moment I fell in love with Audible.

I was driving on the highway in winter, listening to Patti Smith read her award-winning memoir, Just Kids, and I felt like she was right there in the car with me. I repeat: it’s like I was on a road trip with actual punk icon Patti Smith (!). There’s something so intimate and relatable about hearing someone tell you their own story in their own voice, and I’ve been totally hooked on audio memoirs ever since. These 100 unforgettable memoirs are all read by the writers themselves. Did I miss any of your favorites? Tweet me at @Rach_Smalls and let me know what I should listen to next. -- Rachel, Audible Editor
  • The Rainbow Comes and Goes audiobook cover art

    • The Rainbow Comes and Goes

    • A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
    • By: Anderson Cooper
    • Narrated by: Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt
    • Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,655 ratings
    • Renewing Their Relationship
    • Anderson Cooper has always been close to his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, but sometimes his busy career as a news anchor gets in the way. When she was 91 and went through a serious illness, they started a year-long correspondence to renew their relationship.

    Regular price: $23.95

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  • A Life in Parts audiobook cover art

    • A Life in Parts

    • By: Bryan Cranston
    • Narrated by: Bryan Cranston
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,451 ratings
    • Abandoned Son Turned Screen Legend
    • Bryan Cranston’s father helped him land his first acting gig at age seven. Then he disappeared. Cranston traces his journey from abandoned son to screen legend through the roles he’s played, including Seinfeld dentist, bumbling dad, drug kingpin, and more.

    Regular price: $20.99

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  • Not My Father's Son: A Memoir audiobook cover art

    • Not My Father's Son: A Memoir

    • By: Alan Cumming
    • Narrated by: Alan Cumming
    • Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 10-07-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9,307 ratings
    • A Shocking Family Secret
    • Alan Cumming went on the TV show Who Do You Think You Are to learn more about his maternal grandfather. But he also unintentionally opened old wounds from his abusive father and learned a shocking family secret. This is that story, told with insight and wit.

    Regular price: $23.95

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  • I Feel Bad About My Neck audiobook cover art

    • I Feel Bad About My Neck

    • And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
    • By: Nora Ephron
    • Narrated by: Nora Ephron
    • Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-06
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1,643 ratings
    • Refreshing and Hilarious
    • In a culture where women become invisible as they age, the famed creator of Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally offers a refreshing (and hilarious) take on menopause, empty nesting, skin creams, and so much more.

    Regular price: $23.93

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  • Wishful Drinking audiobook cover art

    • Wishful Drinking

    • By: Carrie Fisher
    • Narrated by: Carrie Fisher
    • Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 12-11-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,669 ratings
    • Addiction and Manic Depression
    • With her trademark deadpan delivery, the Star Wars actress weaves a bleakly comic memoir about her celebrity parents, addiction, manic depression, failed marriages, and ultimately waking up one morning to find a friend dead in her bed.

    Regular price: $19.93

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  • In the Country We Love audiobook cover art

    • In the Country We Love

    • My Family Divided
    • By: Diane Guerrero, Michelle Burford
    • Narrated by: Diane Guerrero
    • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 05-03-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,691 ratings
    • A Family Divided
    • When she was just 14, Diane Guerrero’s parents were deported to Colombia while she was left behind in the US. Against the odds, she survived a roller coaster of ups and downs to share a story that’s candid, relatable, and necessary.

    Regular price: $19.95

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  • Around the Way Girl audiobook cover art

    • Around the Way Girl

    • A Memoir
    • By: Taraji P. Henson
    • Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6,611 ratings
    • A Hollywood Success Story
    • The star of Empire and Hidden Figures talks about the hustle required to make it to Hollywood and reflects on her education at Howard University, the experience of being a single mother, and the challenges of making it as a black actress.

    Regular price: $20.99

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  • Why Not Me? audiobook cover art

    • Why Not Me?

    • By: Mindy Kaling
    • Narrated by: Mindy Kaling, Greg Daniels, B. J. Novak
    • Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14,361 ratings
    • Dishy Celebrity Gossip
    • Older, wiser, and more confident, Mindy Kaling’s sophomore listen brims with dishy gossip about celebrity fashion, body image, dating, directing her own TV show, and hanging out with political world leaders.

    Regular price: $21.00

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  • Stories I Only Tell My Friends audiobook cover art

    • Stories I Only Tell My Friends

    • An Autobiography
    • By: Rob Lowe
    • Narrated by: Rob Lowe
    • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9,212 ratings
    • The Wild Excesses of the '80s
    • The founder of The Brat Pack became a teen idol at 15 and has lived in the spotlight ever since. Here, he delivers confessional tales about the wild excesses of the '80s and his following quest for family and sobriety.

    Regular price: $20.99

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  • Born with Teeth audiobook cover art

    • Born with Teeth

    • A Memoir
    • By: Kate Mulgrew
    • Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
    • Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,657 ratings
    • A Mother's Loss
    • With her unique flair and drama, the Star Trek icon reminisces about her Irish Catholic family, dazzling acting career, and tumultuous romances. As a young actress she gave up a baby for adoption, and she reflects on the deep longing it stirred within her years later.

    Regular price: $28.50

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  • Yes, My Accent Is Real audiobook cover art

    • Yes, My Accent Is Real

    • By: Kunal Nayyar
    • Narrated by: Kunal Nayyar
    • Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 615 ratings
    • A Perpetual Underdog
    • The Big Bang Theory actor traces his journey from awkward little boy in New Delhi to confident, successful TV actor. Traveling across two continents as a perpetual underdog, he endures many embarrassing incidents in pursuit of his dream.

    Regular price: $20.99

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  • Dear Mr. You audiobook cover art

    • Dear Mr. You

    • By: Mary-Louise Parker
    • Narrated by: Mary-Louise Parker
    • Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 528 ratings
    • Moving and Unconventional
    • In this moving and unconventional memoir, Mary-Louise Parker tells the story of her life through letters composed to men — real and imaginary — who have helped shape key points of her life.

    Regular price: $20.99

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  • The Measure of a Man audiobook cover art

    • The Measure of a Man

    • A Spiritual Autobiography
    • By: Sidney Poitier
    • Narrated by: Sidney Poitier
    • Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 01-26-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 985 ratings
    • A Life of Principle
    • The first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1963, Sidney Poitier reflects on the positive, forceful roles he chose to play and his personal values as a man, a husband, a father, and an actor.

    Regular price: $21.67

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  • Troublemaker audiobook cover art

    • Troublemaker

    • Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
    • By: Leah Remini
    • Narrated by: Leah Remini
    • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 11-03-15
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 17,222 ratings
    • A Scathing Tell-All
    • The King of Queens actress holds nothing back in this dishy tell-all about her decades as a Scientologist, from intimate details about Tom Cruise’s dating life to scathing indictments against church leaders.

    Regular price: $28.00

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  • Year of Yes audiobook cover art

    • Year of Yes

    • How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person
    • By: Shonda Rhimes
    • Narrated by: Shonda Rhimes
    • Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19,778 ratings
    • An Empowered Woman
    • For one year, Shonda Rhimes challenged herself to say “yes” to every opportunity that came her way. With humor and flair, she reflects on the experience and what it means to be an empowered woman in today’s world.

    Regular price: $20.99

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  • This Is Just My Face audiobook cover art

    • This Is Just My Face

    • Try Not to Stare
    • By: Gabourey Sidibe
    • Narrated by: Gabourey Sidibe
    • Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 05-01-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,339 ratings
    • An Unconventional Backstory
    • The acclaimed Precious actress grew up in Bed-Stuy with a polygamous father and an artistically gifted mother. Here, she shares her unconventional backstory, including her first job as a phone sex “talker,” her love for NSYNC fanfiction, and empowering body talk.

    Regular price: $24.95

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  • Carsick audiobook cover art

    • Carsick

    • John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
    • By: John Waters
    • Narrated by: John Waters
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 06-03-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 796 ratings
    • A Legendary Road Trip
    • The cult film director promised his agent to hitchhike across America and write a story about it. So he did. Here, he tells three tales: 1) an imaginary best-case scenario, 2) an imaginary worst-case scenario, and, 3) what actually happened on the legendary trip.

    Regular price: $27.99

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