THE POWER OF URBAN SOLITUDE: a writer weaves her memories together with iconic artworks on city loneliness. A MINUS

LONELY CITY: ADVENTURES IN THE ART OF BEING ALONE
Picador USA
2016

A TROUBLED FATHER’S LEGACY to his son: nearly a ton of pornography, including his own work. Wild and sad. B PLUS

MY FATHER, THE PORNOGRAPHER
Atria Books
2016

IRREVERENT MEMOIR OF LIFE at a dot-com startup mixes sharp insights with some astonishing cluelessness. B PLUS

DISRUPTED MY MISADVENTURE IN THE START UP BUBBLE
Hachette Books
2016

A BRUTAL CHILDHOOD OBSERVED in a thoughtful memoir from screenwriter Gloria Norris. Tough, powerful read. B PLUS

KOOKOOLAND
Regan Arts
2016

A YOUNG MAN’S ADDICTIONS—to drugs, alcohol, sex, self-dramatization—presented in an unsettling memoir. SOLID B

THE GILDED RAZOR
Gallery Books
2016

CARRIE BROWNSTEIN’S MEMOIR shines when portraying the odd camaraderie of life on the indie-rock road. SOLID B

HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL: A MEMOIR
Riverhead Books
2015

TOUCHING, CLEAR-EYED MEMOIR juxtaposes tales from childhood with the story of a pregnancy that ended sadly. B PLUS

POOR YOUR SOUL
Soho Press
2016

A FRANK, MORDANT MIDLIFE memoir of searching for all kinds of love past age 50. Eloquent even in bitterness. SOLID B

A ROMANCE EDITOR’S COMIC saga of a less-than-novel-worthy love life, until she found her happily ever after. SOLID B

A CANDID, RUEFUL MEMOIR of a difficult family life made harder by a brother’s addiction and mental illness. B PLUS