Synonyms of memoirs

memoirs

noun

plural of memoir

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• biographies
• autobiographies
• bios
• lives
• histories
• hagiographies
• obituaries
• psychobiographies
• chronicles
• pasts
• profiles
• stories
• tell-alls
• pathographies
• character sketches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of memoirs

Published in October 2023, The Woman in Me became one of the fastest-selling celebrity memoirs ever, chronicling Spears’ rise to pop superstardom, the conservatorship that controlled much of her adult life and her eventual return to independence. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 July 2026

Affairs, substance abuse, behind-the-scenes controversies, and so much more— these celebrity memoirs have it all. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026

Dervan ended up ghostwriting McCarthy’s memoirs from that tournament. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 27 June 2026

As part of her research, Batcho took a deep dive into historical memoirs, including several written by authors who, as young adults, joined the Ukrainian Resistance during World War II. — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

Also departing was Celebrity Autobiography, the specialty show with a rotating cast of stars reading the memoirs of other celebrities to comic effect. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 June 2026

Her account there is excessive and loose, a counterweight to her essays and memoirs, which can seem opaque and professorial. — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 17 June 2026

Classics, kids books, mysteries, graphic novels, art, self-help, memoirs, cookbooks and gardening of course! — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026

Satrapi’s Persepolis was among the first and finest memoirs about post-Revolution Iran, and is still incredibly relevant more than a quarter century after its 2000 publication. — Joobin Bekhrad, Time, 10 June 2026