in books about mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs

I feel like mysteries, light fiction, memoirs, and fantasy are working well for me--plus historical fiction

Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler ...you may have heard that goldfish have a three-second memory How can such a small fish hold on to the memory of the snaking path of a maze for three months?

referred to in the book's title, there is a captivating, dark, in-between world of floating, nebulous memories

Helena Smith is a neuroscientist creating technology to preserve memories and allow people to relive People like the victim Sutton is investigating are told that their vivid recollections of their life’s memories are not real, and that they’re actually mentally ill, suffering from False Memory Syndrome. When they encounter loved ones from their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases While Sutton begins digging into what’s real and what’s a lie, Smith works feverishly to preserve memories

Turner's story is inspired by her family's memoirs, and her Sarah Prine is a strong woman living on the

scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge in Sitara's memories

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known to Harrow; characters lie steadily to each other; and Harrow is an unreliable narrator, with memory

arrives in town, digging into Chloe's past and the recent disappearances, he sparks disturbing old memories

Bobby's recounted memories don't paint her as anything close to a saint; she recounts the evidence of

But when a dangerous ritual threatens the safety of all the magicians in Great Britain, he reluctantly

loner, is set on defying the odds and graduating, even if she doesn't have the benefit of a group of magicians

In Olive, Again, she ambles through town and reflects on aging, on her life, and especially on memories

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.

What is the value of a life that must be begun anew each day--a life no one else holds memories of? What is the value of a life that must be begun anew each day--a life no one else holds memories of?

second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories

Whose memory is solid?

I love Strout's books, so I was delighted to dive back into the many reflections, vulnerabilities, memories

El, a loner, is set on graduating, even if she doesn't have the benefit of a group of magicians around

Wilf, whose wife is losing her memories at the same time vivid memories of past events come rushing back

Haig is also the author of How to Stop Time, his memoir Reasons to Stay Alive, and other books.

Cult Classic is a funny, suspenseful story of love, memory, and mind control from the author of I Was

referred to in the book's title, there is a captivating, dark, in-between world of floating, nebulous memories

There are no memories to anchor our relationship.

ICYMI: This is excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story

He holds vivid memories of life in 1900s London--and he holds a postcard a century old, sent to him from

thought during certain moments in the past and her emphasis on examining tiny details of situations and memories

Kieran's father is suffering from memory issues and wanders at night, and his mother is readying to move

Patchett is also the author of The Dutch House, Bel Canto, The Patron Saint of Liars, Commonwealth, The Magician's

second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories

second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories

There are allusions within Greta's memories to her mother's "you don't know him like I know him" attitude

And memory is not strictly mortal in its nature, either.

pacing was slow--detailing Lucy and Sam's (and their parents' long-ago) long journeys and extended memories

Lewis's transformation stirs up difficult memories and complex emotions surrounding Wren's mother's change

I loved listening to her fantastically raspy voice as she read her memoir in audiobook form and feel

In With or Without You, Leavitt explores fascinating angles related to memory and self.

wrote the exquisite All the Light We Cannot See, as well as The Shell Collector, Four Seasons in Rome, Memory

With the passing of the years, however, those memories become distant and malleable, and we shape them

In Olive, Again, she ambles through town and reflects on aging, on her life, and especially on memories

A Marvellous Light starts with a devastating ending (the demise of a character, caused by nefarious magicians

When he begins to have memory loss and other odd symptoms, he realizes it’s linked to his past time travel

timelines; The Beekeeper's Promise, set in 1938 France with a second timeline decades later; and Sea of Memories

What they were reaching back for weren’t your memories—they were their own.

story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main protagonist Lucy works to resolve her memory

She's built years of happy memories in their low-key beach house rental.

She eschews any talk of Lucy’s children, marriage, real life, saying “I love you,” or of memories that reflections in a way that I was not, for example, with regard to Ann Patchett's characters and the memories

Turner's story is inspired by her family's memoirs, and her Sarah Prine is a strong woman living on the

expects adventure when she agrees to help save the magical world by serving as companion to an elderly magician