as in biographies
a history of a person's life
the former senator has a lucrative contract to write his memoirs, in which he will supposedly set the record straight
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Recent Examples of memoirs
Along with her extensive acting history, Spelling is also known for her six memoirs, one of which was a New York Times bestseller.
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
And 2026 is already off to a bright start, with a buzzy debut novel from Jennette McCurdy, plenty of celebrity memoirs and sci-fi spectaculars.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Publishes her memoirs, Shocking Life.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
Based on the memoirs of Juan Pablo Escobar, son of the legendary Colombian drug lord, Dear Killer Nannies is a Spanish-language series that puts a very different spin on the coming-of-age genre.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
The book market of a new country—Russia—was flooded with memoirs of repression and camp testimony, along with émigré and avant-garde writing, much of it never published before.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
The 2010s saw a rise in trans visibility, thanks in part to popular celebrity memoirs by Janet Mock, Chaz Bono, and Caitlyn Jenner, who shared their own stories in the hope of inspiring wider compassion.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
But unlike many memoirs where hardship is the emotional center, yours feels much more celebratory in general.
—Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
There are, needless to say, daddy issues aplenty here — with Daddy himself out of the fray, retired to a grandly crumbling rural estate, grieving the deaths of his young daughter and devoted brother, and very gradually writing his memoirs.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
And 2026 is already off to a bright start, with a buzzy debut novel from Jennette McCurdy, plenty of celebrity memoirs and sci-fi spectaculars.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Publishes her memoirs, Shocking Life.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
Based on the memoirs of Juan Pablo Escobar, son of the legendary Colombian drug lord, Dear Killer Nannies is a Spanish-language series that puts a very different spin on the coming-of-age genre.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
The book market of a new country—Russia—was flooded with memoirs of repression and camp testimony, along with émigré and avant-garde writing, much of it never published before.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
The 2010s saw a rise in trans visibility, thanks in part to popular celebrity memoirs by Janet Mock, Chaz Bono, and Caitlyn Jenner, who shared their own stories in the hope of inspiring wider compassion.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
But unlike many memoirs where hardship is the emotional center, yours feels much more celebratory in general.
—Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
There are, needless to say, daddy issues aplenty here — with Daddy himself out of the fray, retired to a grandly crumbling rural estate, grieving the deaths of his young daughter and devoted brother, and very gradually writing his memoirs.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoirs
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The detailed biographies of every correspondent make, in themselves, a whole picture of the cultural and political life of the early twentieth century.—
Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Curators pop up in famous artists’ biographies all the time, usually as handmaidens to the creator’s genius, opening a door to a gallery here or supporting a grant application there.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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When women came to write spiritual texts—autobiographies, meditations, letters—their own bodies provided an imagery to describe the contours of their belief.—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
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Some who had won their freedom, among them Frederick Douglass, wrote powerful autobiographies that were also devastating critiques of slavery.—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Memoirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoirs. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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