📖 Diary Confession

Intimate narratives where the private page becomes a confessional, and the act of writing becomes an unburdening—raw, unguarded, and sometimes devastating in its honesty.

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

by Sylvia Plath • 2000

Her uncensored journals: the ambition, the marriage, the breakdown, and the art she fought to make.

4.28

27k+

🎭 Confessional Poetry 📓 Writer's Journals 🤯 Women And Madness 🏆 Literary Ambition 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Summary

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 89%

Her uncensored journals: the ambition, the marriage, the breakdown, and the art she fought to make.

by Sylvia Plath 2000

4.28

27k+ ratings

🎭 Confessional Poetry 📓 Writer's Journals 🤯 Women And Madness 🏆 Literary Ambition 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict

The Diaries of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka • 2023

Kafka's diaries: the body hatred, the office dread, the nights his fiction tried to escape.

4.28

577

📖 Literary Diaries 🎨 Creative Struggle 🌙 Dream Journaling ⚫ Existentialist Literature ✍️ Writer's Block

The Diaries of Franz Kafka 88%

Kafka's diaries: the body hatred, the office dread, the nights his fiction tried to escape.

by Franz Kafka 2023

4.28

577 ratings

📖 Literary Diaries 🎨 Creative Struggle 🌙 Dream Journaling ⚫ Existentialist Literature ✍️ Writer's Block

Go Ask Alice

by Beatrice Sparks • 1971

A lonely teen's diary begins with hope, but a spiked drink sends her into drug addiction.

3.73

293k+

📓 Diary Format ⚠️ Cautionary Tale 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🖤 Confessional 🌑 Dark And Gritty

Go Ask Alice 88%

A lonely teen's diary begins with hope, but a spiked drink sends her into drug addiction.

by Beatrice Sparks 1971

3.73

293k+ ratings

📓 Diary Format ⚠️ Cautionary Tale 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🖤 Confessional 🌑 Dark And Gritty

The Diaries of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka • 1948

An insurance clerk fills notebooks at night, dissecting himself with precision that still stings.

4.22

260

📓 Literary Diaries ✍️ Creative Struggle 🕳️ Existential Despair 🔍 Self-Examination 🏚️ Alienation

The Diaries of Franz Kafka 88%

An insurance clerk fills notebooks at night, dissecting himself with precision that still stings.

by Franz Kafka 1948

4.22

260 ratings

📓 Literary Diaries ✍️ Creative Struggle 🕳️ Existential Despair 🔍 Self-Examination 🏚️ Alienation

So Sad Today

by Melissa Broder • 2016

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

3.80

18k+

📖 Confessional Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💻 Internet Addiction 🖤 Dark Humor 🔥 Sexual Candor

So Sad Today 88%

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

by Melissa Broder 2016

3.80

18k+ ratings

📖 Confessional Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💻 Internet Addiction 🖤 Dark Humor 🔥 Sexual Candor

Notes to Self

by Emilie Pine • 2018

She was good at going hungry. It was the one thing she could control.

4.10

21k+

📖 Confessional Memoir ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🫥 Body Shame

Notes to Self 88%

She was good at going hungry. It was the one thing she could control.

by Emilie Pine 2018

4.10

21k+ ratings

📖 Confessional Memoir ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🫥 Body Shame

The Princess Diarist

by Carrie Fisher • 2016

She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.

3.70

92k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Memoir 🌟 Fame And Identity 🎭 Behind The Scenes 📝 Diary Memoir

The Princess Diarist 88%

She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.

by Carrie Fisher 2016

3.70

92k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Memoir 🌟 Fame And Identity 🎭 Behind The Scenes 📝 Diary Memoir

Rodrick Rules

by Jeff Kinney • 2008

Rodrick has photos. Greg has to obey. Middle school is about to get more complicated.

4.16

198k+

📓 Diary Novel 😤 Sibling Rivalry 🤐 Embarrassing Secret 🎤 Talent Show Mishap 🤷 Self-Deprecating Humor

Rodrick Rules 88%

Rodrick has photos. Greg has to obey. Middle school is about to get more complicated.

by Jeff Kinney 2008

4.16

198k+ ratings

📓 Diary Novel 😤 Sibling Rivalry 🤐 Embarrassing Secret 🎤 Talent Show Mishap 🤷 Self-Deprecating Humor

Sucker Punch

by Scaachi Koul • 2025

She sold the internet a love story and a tidy assault narrative. Both were lies.

3.81

3k+

🖊️ Confessional Essays 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Memoir 🧠 Trauma Memoir 🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating

Sucker Punch 88%

She sold the internet a love story and a tidy assault narrative. Both were lies.

by Scaachi Koul 2025

3.81

3k+ ratings

🖊️ Confessional Essays 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Memoir 🧠 Trauma Memoir 🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating

Body Work

by Melissa Febos • 2022

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

4.22

6k+

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

Body Work 87%

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

by Melissa Febos 2022

4.22

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

by Anne Lister • 1992

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

3.95

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Summary

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 87%

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

by Anne Lister 1992

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

This Is All

by Aidan Chambers • 2005

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

4.31

2k+

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love 🎵 Artistic Connection ✨ Lyrical Prose

This Is All 87%

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

by Aidan Chambers 2005

4.31

2k+ ratings

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love 🎵 Artistic Connection ✨ Lyrical Prose

I Am Jennie

by Jennie Ketcham • 2012

A porn star's alter ego was her armor, until recovery demanded she strip it away.

3.82

643

👄 Adult Film Industry 🧠 Intimacy Disorder 🎭 Dual Identity 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖋️ Confessional Memoir

I Am Jennie 87%

A porn star's alter ego was her armor, until recovery demanded she strip it away.

by Jennie Ketcham 2012

3.82

643 ratings

👄 Adult Film Industry 🧠 Intimacy Disorder 🎭 Dual Identity 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖋️ Confessional Memoir

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4

by Sue Townsend • 1982

At 13 3/4, a spot-prone diarist resolves to improve himself while his parents implode.

3.88

52k+

📓 Diary Novel 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🤓 Self-Absorbed Narrator 💔 Family Dysfunction 🧑 Adolescent Angst

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 Summary

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 87%

At 13 3/4, a spot-prone diarist resolves to improve himself while his parents implode.

by Sue Townsend 1982

3.88

52k+ ratings

📓 Diary Novel 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🤓 Self-Absorbed Narrator 💔 Family Dysfunction 🧑 Adolescent Angst

Everything I Know About Love

by Dolly Alderton • 2018

MSN Messenger, Camden parties, and a friendship that survived every man who didn't.

3.93

517k+

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 📖 Coming Of Age Memoir 📱 Millennial Experience 🍸 Drinking Culture 🎭 People Pleasing

Everything I Know About Love 87%

MSN Messenger, Camden parties, and a friendship that survived every man who didn't.

by Dolly Alderton 2018

3.93

517k+ ratings

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 📖 Coming Of Age Memoir 📱 Millennial Experience 🍸 Drinking Culture 🎭 People Pleasing

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

by Michele Filgate • 2019

Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.

3.74

19k+

📝 Personal Essays 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🗝️ Family Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 📓 Confessional Writing

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About Summary

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About 87%

Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.

by Michele Filgate 2019

3.74

19k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🗝️ Family Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 📓 Confessional Writing

Hard Luck

by Jeff Kinney • 2013

When Rowley finds a girlfriend, Greg Heffley lets a Magic 8 Ball call the shots.

4.26

98k+

📖 Illustrated Diary 🚲 Third Wheel 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😬 Awkward Humor 🏫 School Comedy

Hard Luck 87%

When Rowley finds a girlfriend, Greg Heffley lets a Magic 8 Ball call the shots.

by Jeff Kinney 2013

4.26

98k+ ratings

📖 Illustrated Diary 🚲 Third Wheel 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😬 Awkward Humor 🏫 School Comedy

Don't Worry, It Gets Worse

by Alida Nugent • 2013

A degree, a childhood bedroom, a strip poker party: the twenties are mostly improvising.

3.38

4k+

🌀 Quarterlife Crisis 🎓 Post-College Life 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 🪞 Body Image

Don't Worry, It Gets Worse 87%

A degree, a childhood bedroom, a strip poker party: the twenties are mostly improvising.

by Alida Nugent 2013

3.38

4k+ ratings

🌀 Quarterlife Crisis 🎓 Post-College Life 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 🪞 Body Image

Magical Thinking

by Augusten Burroughs • 2004

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

3.96

57k+

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

Magical Thinking 87%

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

by Augusten Burroughs 2004

3.96

57k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

One in a Millennial

by Kate Kennedy • 2024

The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.

3.70

21k+

💿 Millennial Memoir 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 🧠 Mental Health Memoir ⛪ Purity Culture 🕯️ Fertility And Loss

One in a Millennial 87%

The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.

by Kate Kennedy 2024

3.70

21k+ ratings

💿 Millennial Memoir 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 🧠 Mental Health Memoir ⛪ Purity Culture 🕯️ Fertility And Loss

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

by T Kira Madden • 2019

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

4.25

10k+

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Summary

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls 87%

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

by T Kira Madden 2019

4.25

10k+ ratings

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

How to Murder Your Life

by Cat Marnell • 2017

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

3.88

21k+

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

How to Murder Your Life 87%

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

by Cat Marnell 2017

3.88

21k+ ratings

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

Love Is a Dog from Hell

by Charles Bukowski • 1977

What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.

3.95

39k+

🖊️ Confessional Poetry 🏚️ Dirty Realism 🍺 Alcoholism 🌑 Existential Despair 💔 Toxic Relationships

Love Is a Dog from Hell 87%

What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.

by Charles Bukowski 1977

3.95

39k+ ratings

🖊️ Confessional Poetry 🏚️ Dirty Realism 🍺 Alcoholism 🌑 Existential Despair 💔 Toxic Relationships

Prozac Nation

by Elizabeth Wurtzel • 1994

At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.

3.64

64k+

🧠 Psychiatric Memoir 📖 Confessional Memoir 🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting 💊 Antidepressant Era 🎸 Gen X Literature

Prozac Nation 87%

At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.

by Elizabeth Wurtzel 1994

3.64

64k+ ratings

🧠 Psychiatric Memoir 📖 Confessional Memoir 🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting 💊 Antidepressant Era 🎸 Gen X Literature

Creative Journal Writing

by Stephanie Dowrick • 2007

Turn a blank notebook into honest self-discovery, emotional clarity, and creative freedom.

3.81

373

🖊️ Journal Writing 📝 Expressive Writing 💭 Emotional Processing 🧘 Mindful Writing 🕯️ Contemplative Practice

Creative Journal Writing 87%

Turn a blank notebook into honest self-discovery, emotional clarity, and creative freedom.

by Stephanie Dowrick 2007

3.81

373 ratings

🖊️ Journal Writing 📝 Expressive Writing 💭 Emotional Processing 🧘 Mindful Writing 🕯️ Contemplative Practice

The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank • 1947

A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.

4.20

4.2M+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoir 📔 Wartime Diary 🌱 Adolescence In Wartime 🏚️ Life In Hiding ⚫ Nazi Occupation

The Diary of a Young Girl 87%

A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.

by Anne Frank 1947

4.20

4.2M+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Memoir 📔 Wartime Diary 🌱 Adolescence In Wartime 🏚️ Life In Hiding ⚫ Nazi Occupation

This Is Me Letting You Go

by Heidi Priebe • 2016

Perfect timing is a convenient lie: how to let go, forgive, and bet on yourself.

4.03

13k+

💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🧩 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Relationship Endings 📝 Personal Essays 🕊️ Forgiveness

This Is Me Letting You Go 87%

Perfect timing is a convenient lie: how to let go, forgive, and bet on yourself.

by Heidi Priebe 2016

4.03

13k+ ratings

💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🧩 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Relationship Endings 📝 Personal Essays 🕊️ Forgiveness

Journal to the Self

by Kathleen Adams • 1990

No rules, no perfect prose: 22 techniques that turn a notebook into your most honest therapist.

3.99

1k+

🛠️ Journaling Techniques 📖 Journal Therapy 🖊️ Expressive Writing 📝 Writing Practice 🧘 Inner Work

Journal to the Self 87%

No rules, no perfect prose: 22 techniques that turn a notebook into your most honest therapist.

by Kathleen Adams 1990

3.99

1k+ ratings

🛠️ Journaling Techniques 📖 Journal Therapy 🖊️ Expressive Writing 📝 Writing Practice 🧘 Inner Work

Unfiltered

by Lily Collins • 2017

Actress known for polished roles reveals the eating disorder and emotional abuse behind the camera.

3.84

11k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🪞 Body Image 💗 Self-Acceptance 🚩 Toxic Relationships

Unfiltered 87%

Actress known for polished roles reveals the eating disorder and emotional abuse behind the camera.

by Lily Collins 2017

3.84

11k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🪞 Body Image 💗 Self-Acceptance 🚩 Toxic Relationships

Notes to John

by Joan Didion • 2025

Joan Didion's private therapy transcripts: a mother's struggle with the daughter she could not save.

3.90

6k+

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Systems 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🕊️ Adoption Trauma 🔗 Codependency

Notes to John 87%

Joan Didion's private therapy transcripts: a mother's struggle with the daughter she could not save.

by Joan Didion 2025

3.90

6k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Systems 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🕊️ Adoption Trauma 🔗 Codependency

Tough Titties

by Laura Belgray • 2023

Failed at careers, therapy, and love. Still ended up happy. The case against self-improvement.

3.50

2k+

😂 Anti-Self-Help ✍️ Humorous Memoir 👙 Body Image 🌟 External Validation 🐢 Late Blooming

Tough Titties 87%

Failed at careers, therapy, and love. Still ended up happy. The case against self-improvement.

by Laura Belgray 2023

3.50

2k+ ratings

😂 Anti-Self-Help ✍️ Humorous Memoir 👙 Body Image 🌟 External Validation 🐢 Late Blooming

The Situation and the Story

by Vivian Gornick • 2001

Memoir is not the events. It is the honest self-interrogation that makes them finally matter.

3.93

3k+

🧾 Literary Memoir 📝 Personal Essay 🛠️ Memoir Craft 🎭 Narrative Persona 🔍 Self-Investigation

The Situation and the Story 87%

Memoir is not the events. It is the honest self-interrogation that makes them finally matter.

by Vivian Gornick 2001

3.93

3k+ ratings

🧾 Literary Memoir 📝 Personal Essay 🛠️ Memoir Craft 🎭 Narrative Persona 🔍 Self-Investigation

Dot Journaling

by Rachel Wilkerson Miller • 2017

Bullet journaling without the art: how a few dots and symbols can organize your whole life.

3.77

7k+

📓 Bullet Journaling 📝 Analog Productivity ✅ Habit Tracking 🎨 Creative Journaling 🚫👌 Embracing Imperfection

Dot Journaling 86%

Bullet journaling without the art: how a few dots and symbols can organize your whole life.

by Rachel Wilkerson Miller 2017

3.77

7k+ ratings

📓 Bullet Journaling 📝 Analog Productivity ✅ Habit Tracking 🎨 Creative Journaling 🚫👌 Embracing Imperfection

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

by Grace Jones • 2015

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

3.76

2k+

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

I'll Never Write My Memoirs 86%

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

by Grace Jones 2015

3.76

2k+ ratings

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

Q's Legacy

by Helene Hanff • 1985

A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.

4.05

2k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 📚 Book Collecting 🎓 Self-Education ✉️ Literary Correspondence 📖 Books As Companions

Q's Legacy 86%

A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.

by Helene Hanff 1985

4.05

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 📚 Book Collecting 🎓 Self-Education ✉️ Literary Correspondence 📖 Books As Companions

Not That I'd Kiss A Girl

by Lil O'Brien • 2020

Kicked out for coming out, she finds love, queer soccer, and the slow work of pride.

4.17

685

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories 📚 Lesbian Memoirs 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 💔 Family Rejection 🪞 Internalized Homophobia

Not That I'd Kiss A Girl 86%

Kicked out for coming out, she finds love, queer soccer, and the slow work of pride.

by Lil O'Brien 2020

4.17

685 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories 📚 Lesbian Memoirs 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 💔 Family Rejection 🪞 Internalized Homophobia

Letters to Milena

by Franz Kafka • 1952

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

3.93

26k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love 🫁 Love And Illness 🗺️ Longing And Distance

Letters to Milena 86%

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

by Franz Kafka 1952

3.93

26k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love 🫁 Love And Illness 🗺️ Longing And Distance

Say Everything

by Ione Skye • 2025

Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.

3.99

8k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 👤 Absent Fathers 🔗 Codependency 🎭 Actor Memoirs 📼 Gen X Memoirs

Say Everything 86%

Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.

by Ione Skye 2025

3.99

8k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 👤 Absent Fathers 🔗 Codependency 🎭 Actor Memoirs 📼 Gen X Memoirs

Forbidden Notebook

by Alba de Céspedes • 1952

A middle-aged Roman housewife buys a secret diary and discovers the woman her family has never seen.

4.25

18k+

🖤 Secret Diary 🇮🇹 Postwar Italy 🏠 Domestic Confinement 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Conflict 🪞 Interior Life

Forbidden Notebook 86%

A middle-aged Roman housewife buys a secret diary and discovers the woman her family has never seen.

by Alba de Céspedes 1952

4.25

18k+ ratings

🖤 Secret Diary 🇮🇹 Postwar Italy 🏠 Domestic Confinement 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Conflict 🪞 Interior Life

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

by Rachel Renée Russell • 2009

A diary, a crush, and a mean-girl nemesis: an artistic dork's survival guide to private school.

4.10

119k+

📓 Diary Novel 🏫 Middle School Drama 😈 Mean Girl Rivalry 🎒 Private School Outsider 💖 First Crush

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Summary

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life 86%

A diary, a crush, and a mean-girl nemesis: an artistic dork's survival guide to private school.

by Rachel Renée Russell 2009

4.10

119k+ ratings

📓 Diary Novel 🏫 Middle School Drama 😈 Mean Girl Rivalry 🎒 Private School Outsider 💖 First Crush

Princess in Waiting

by Meg Cabot • 2003

A teen princess's grandmother schemes to pair her with a prince, threatening her first real romance.

3.69

50k+

📓 Diary Format 👑 Ordinary Girl Royalty 👵 Meddling Grandmother 😩 Teenage Angst 💙 Supportive Boyfriend

Princess in Waiting 86%

A teen princess's grandmother schemes to pair her with a prince, threatening her first real romance.

by Meg Cabot 2003

3.69

50k+ ratings

📓 Diary Format 👑 Ordinary Girl Royalty 👵 Meddling Grandmother 😩 Teenage Angst 💙 Supportive Boyfriend

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

by Jeff Kinney • 2007

Greg Heffley's journal charts his climb up the middle school ladder, rung by humiliating rung.

3.98

790k+

🖊️ Illustrated Diary 🏫 School Story 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👥 Frenemy Best Friend 👨‍👦‍👦 Sibling Rivalry

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 86%

Greg Heffley's journal charts his climb up the middle school ladder, rung by humiliating rung.

by Jeff Kinney 2007

3.98

790k+ ratings

🖊️ Illustrated Diary 🏫 School Story 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👥 Frenemy Best Friend 👨‍👦‍👦 Sibling Rivalry

The Basketball Diaries

by Jim Carroll • 1978

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

3.99

32k+

🖤 Addiction Memoir 🗽 1960s New York 🏀 Sports As Salvation 🏚️ Gritty Realism 📓 Teenage Diarist

The Basketball Diaries 86%

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

by Jim Carroll 1978

3.99

32k+ ratings

🖤 Addiction Memoir 🗽 1960s New York 🏀 Sports As Salvation 🏚️ Gritty Realism 📓 Teenage Diarist

Not My Father's Son

by Alan Cumming • 2014

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

4.06

48k+

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

Not My Father's Son 86%

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

by Alan Cumming 2014

4.06

48k+ ratings

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

Dog Days

by Jeff Kinney • 2009

Greg Heffley just wants an air-conditioned summer of video games, but his mom has outdoor plans.

4.17

164k+

📖 Diary Format ☀️ Summer Vacation 👦👦 Sibling Rivalry 👨👦 Father-Son Tension 💘 Awkward Crush

Dog Days 86%

Greg Heffley just wants an air-conditioned summer of video games, but his mom has outdoor plans.

by Jeff Kinney 2009

4.17

164k+ ratings

📖 Diary Format ☀️ Summer Vacation 👦👦 Sibling Rivalry 👨👦 Father-Son Tension 💘 Awkward Crush

Obsessed

by Allison Britz • 2017

A nightmare about brain cancer traps a high-achieving teen in rituals she cannot explain or escape.

3.91

7k+

🧠 Living With Ocd 💯 Perfectionism 🛋️ Healing Journey 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🏫 High School

Obsessed 86%

A nightmare about brain cancer traps a high-achieving teen in rituals she cannot explain or escape.

by Allison Britz 2017

3.91

7k+ ratings

🧠 Living With Ocd 💯 Perfectionism 🛋️ Healing Journey 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🏫 High School

De Poupette à Kenza

by Kenza Benchrif • 2025

Snapchat fame made her rich. A single betrayal put her in a prison cell, inmate 88-406.

3.67

105

🎥 Influencer Memoir 🔒 Prison Memoir 📱 Social Media Fame 👨‍👧 Absent Fathers 💻 Online Harassment

De Poupette à Kenza 86%

Snapchat fame made her rich. A single betrayal put her in a prison cell, inmate 88-406.

by Kenza Benchrif 2025

3.67

105 ratings

🎥 Influencer Memoir 🔒 Prison Memoir 📱 Social Media Fame 👨‍👧 Absent Fathers 💻 Online Harassment

See A Little Light

by Bob Mould • 2011

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

3.80

2k+

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

See A Little Light 86%

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

by Bob Mould 2011

3.80

2k+ ratings

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Depression & Other Magic Tricks

by Sabrina Benaim • 2017

The viral poems that named depression's many forms, and the tiny rituals that fight back.

3.74

17k+

🎤 Spoken Word Poetry 🖋️ Confessional Poetry 🧠 Mental Health Poetry 💖 Self-Compassion 🤝 Platonic Love

Depression & Other Magic Tricks 86%

The viral poems that named depression's many forms, and the tiny rituals that fight back.

by Sabrina Benaim 2017

3.74

17k+ ratings

🎤 Spoken Word Poetry 🖋️ Confessional Poetry 🧠 Mental Health Poetry 💖 Self-Compassion 🤝 Platonic Love

The Ugly Truth

by Jeff Kinney • 2010

Greg Heffley's friendless school year brings a lock-in fiasco, a wedding, and the panic of puberty.

4.18

144k+

📓 Illustrated Diary 🎒 Middle School Comedy 🤝 Best Friend Feud 😳 Puberty Panic 👾 Chaotic Siblings

The Ugly Truth 86%

Greg Heffley's friendless school year brings a lock-in fiasco, a wedding, and the panic of puberty.

by Jeff Kinney 2010

4.18

144k+ ratings

📓 Illustrated Diary 🎒 Middle School Comedy 🤝 Best Friend Feud 😳 Puberty Panic 👾 Chaotic Siblings

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