In today’s episode, Curtis and Chelsey are sharing recommendations in their mutual favorite genre: memoir. Despite the fact that we both love this genre, our tastes vary wildly. We like to think that’s why you stick around here, listeners. So expect a wide range of memoirs today as we share three favorites and three to-be-read titles. 

 

PS: You’ll hear our podcast mascot, Penny breathing and whining on the track. She says hello, pay attention to me please. Enjoy the puppy ambience. 

 

Books mentioned in this episode:

 

Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger

The Institute by Stephen King

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

 

Curtis favorites:

One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick

I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 

Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf

 

Chelsey Favorites:

Here for It by R. Eric Thomas 

End of the Rope: Mountains, Marriage, and Motherhood by Jan Redford

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 

 

Curtis TBR:

Faith of my Fathers by John McCain

Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance

Between the World and Me by Ta Nehesi Coates

You Can't Make This Up by Al Michaels 

 

Chelsey TBR:

Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby 

Good Talk by Mira Jacobs 

The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power

How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones

 

Buddy read:

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin