30 Best Celebrity Memoirs of All Time

After being denied a voice for the 13 years she spent locked in a conservatorship, Britney finally shares her story with the world. From her childhood to her relationship with Justin Timberlake to the abuses she endured from her family and her fame, this memoir tells it all.

After a lifetime of struggles with gender and sexuality, Elliot Page came out as transgender in 2020. This brave and heartfelt memoir takes an honest and open look into his history and coming out journeys, highlighting both the pressures of the closet and the unimaginable freedom of finding and living as his authentic self.

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Child star Jennette McCurdy, best known for iCarly, details a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her mother in this provocatively titled memoir. Both humorous and heartbreaking, it explores the dark side of the entertainment industry and "stage parents" who exploit their children, leaving emotional destruction in their wake.

Full of dirty little secrets about the royal family, Spare is one of the best memoirs for gossip. From the racism Megan Markle faced at Buckingham Palace to the fighting between Prince William and Prince Henry, this explosive tell all reveals the truths — and lies — behind the tabloids.

Jill Duggar is the second-oldest daughter of the Duggar family, famous from TLC's 19 Kids and Counting. Her family's fundamentalist Christian values enforced strict patriarchal ideas, including discouraging women from seeking higher education and wearing pants. In her memoir, she recounts the familial and religious abuse she suffered behind the show.

Trevor Noah was born in South Africa to a white father and a Black mother during the last years of apartheid, his very existence a crime punishable by five years in prison. With both wry humor and sharp insight, he shares the struggles and triumphs of growing up mixed race and escaping a cycle of poverty and violence during a tumultuous time in history.

Danny Trejo is a quintessential tough guy and one of the most commonly killed actors on screen. His memoir follows his unexpected path to Hollywood: He became addicted to heroin at 12, did prison time at San Quentin for armed robbery, faced the death penalty for a prison riot, and then embraced sobriety. Starting as a boxing coach for actors and now playing hundreds of roles, he also volunteers with inmates and at-risk youth.

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Reflecting on food, family and some of his iconic roles, Stanley Tucci takes you through his personal and gastronomic life in this memoir. Stories of his Italian-American upbringing abound alongside recipes and restaurant recommendations that will make your mouth water.

In this memoir, the late Friends actor is open about his decades-long struggle with alcohol and opioid addiction. There are chapters about his time on Friends, but the focus of this vulnerable memoir is the havoc addiction wrought on his life, made particularly sad by Perry's death less than a year after publishing.

The original influencer, Paris Hilton built herself into a brand worth hundreds of millions. Now she pulls back the curtain on her glamorous life to reveal her traumatizing childhood in the troubled teen industry, rife with physical and sexual abuse. No topic is spared as she also discusses her ADHD and her leaked sex tape she made at 19.

Carrie Fisher will forever be known for her role as Princess Leia, but her life "isn't all sweetness and light sabres." With humor and wit, she describes being a single mother, handling the highs and lows of her bipolar disorder and battling addiction.

Unlike his character Draco Malfoy ("My father will hear about this!"), Tom Felton is gracious and open in this memoir about his life both during and after Harry Potter.

He discusses the complications of being a child star cast alongside some of Britain's best known actors is candid about his struggles with mental health and rehab after the final Harry Potter credits rolled.

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Weighing in at 992 pages and having taken 10 years to write, no ghost writer involved, this memoir is the defining work on Barbra Streisand's life and career. Detailing her experiences in early childhood, Hollywood and various romances in extensive detail, this is all you could want to know about the icon and more.

Based off of 35 years worth of diaries, this volume is a guide both to McConaughey's life story and to his personal philosophy. Full of anecdotes and laid back, rugged attitude, this is a memoir about rolling with the punches and learning as you go.

This is not your typical celebrity memoir. Standup comedian and Parks and Rec actress Jenny Slate presents a fascinating look inside her brain via a collection of short essays and reflections that often dabble in magical realism. You won't find a straightforward account of her life here, but what you'll find instead may be more honest and revealing about who Jenny Slate is.

Elton John's memoir describes his rise from a shy boy in the London suburbs to an international superstar, all the while struggling to accept himself. Filled with a suicide attempt, drug addiction, celebrity cameos, and, of course, drama queenery throughout, this memoir looks back on Elton's long road to reach happiness with humor and insight.

A great chef turned writer, Anthony Bourdain delves into 25 years of "drugs, sex, and haute cuisine," offering an unsparing look into what happens in fine-dining restaurants and sharing plenty of unsavory tales along the way. It's a passionate love affair with food turned into a memoir, intertwining food, sex and cynicism with rock n' roll attitude.

In this powerful memoir, Viola Davis reflects on overcoming the challenges of trauma, racism and poverty to find her inner strength. Packed with insight, it offers discussions on the forces of colorism, misogyny and racism that still shape the entertainment industry today.

30 Rock and SNL alum Tina Fey takes us through her life with humor and a feminist streak, writing about comedy, motherhood and proving sexist expectations wrong.

This former First Lady's memoir describes her childhood with her working-class family on the south side of Chicago all the way through her years in the White House. Throughout, she handles challenges with poise, becoming a role model for achieving your dreams and maintaining grace under pressure.