The benefits of reading autobiographies, memoirs and diaries include the opportunity to learn valuable life lessons. Some celebrities write autobiographies to simply promote themselves. Other celebrities want to share life changing experiences with us. And some people become celebrities through writing their autobiography.
These celebrities come from all walks of life and lifestyles. Reading these celebrity autobiographies will give us a glimpse of other worlds, behind the glitz and glamour we see on the media. And the difficulties and lessons that come with it.
1. Kim Kardashian – Selfish
Her name is Kim Kardashian West, queen of selfies, and she’s been in the media spotlight for years. Time magazine calls her the first celebrity of #fame and she’s gained a following of over 30 million on Instagram. If you want hundreds of large printed pictures of a beautiful woman over the course of nine years of her young adult life then ‘boom’, you are in luck. Dive into her personal life and glance over 400 blown-up selfies, including nudes, as if they came straight from her smart phone to your coffee table.
2. Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist – Michael J Fox
As an actor, Michael J Fox has touched the hearts of us all. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease our hearts sank for him. But, Michael stayed strong. Life can take a lot from us but Michael shows us that there are some things it never can. This memoir of the decade after his diagnosis is so uplifting and unexpectedly funny that you’ll read right through it without realizing.
3. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail – Cheryl Strayed
A national best seller and also an amazing Movie.
When all else fails, would you change your name and embark on a 2,000 mile hike alone? Well that’s exactly what Cheryl did. She changed her surname after her divorce, and at age 26 she began gathering supplies in order to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Her adventure involves more than just scares and chills with wildlife and intense weather, it’s also an inner journey. Find out how she completes her path to self discovery, literally, each step of the way. This story will lift you up and remind you of whats important.
4. Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny – Holly Madison
Although not your typical mansion of mystery, The Playboy Mansion has secrets we’d all like to know. Love affairs, depression, and lies surrounded Holly Madison, the star of E!’s hit series, “The Girls Next Door” for seven years. In this thoughtful yet shocking memoir she sheds the truth behind the relationships of those living inside this famous mansion of sex, drugs, and infamous partying. In a world most of us can barely imagine, Holly shares the journey from suicide to television success via hard work in fighting for her dreams.
5. I Can See Clearly Now – Dr Wayne W Dyer
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer’s followers have been treated with delight because their spiritual teacher has written a memoir showing the world how he accomplished his own divine life mission, a mission he’s been helping people discover for decades. Due to his nature of self-help, this memoir is more than just a look at his life and career; it’s a course in the meaning of life and a guide for everyone’s own personal life mission.
