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What celebrity memoirs say about fame : It's Been a Minute 2023 has been huge for the celebrity memoir game: Britney Spears, Prince Harry and Jada Pinkett Smith are just a few of the many A-listers who dropped bestsellers. But which memoirs should you actually read? To help parse through the pages, Brittany Luse is joined - once again - by Celebrity Memoir Book Club hosts Ashley Hamilton and Claire Parker. They each share their favorite memoirs of the year and discuss what these books reveal about the machinations of fame.

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2023: The year of the celebrity memoir

2023: The year of the celebrity memoir

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Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith. Thicker Than Water by Kerry Washington. Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson. Spare by Prince Harry. Pageboy by Elliot Page.
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Hachette / Harper Collins / Macmillan / Penguin Randomhouse
Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith. Thicker Than Water by Kerry Washington. Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson. Spare by Prince Harry. Pageboy by Elliot Page.
Hachette / Harper Collins / Macmillan / Penguin Randomhouse

2023 has been huge for the celebrity memoir game: Britney Spears, Prince Harry and Jada Pinkett Smith are just a few of the many A-listers who dropped bestsellers. But which memoirs should you actually read? To help parse through the pages, Brittany Luse is joined - once again - by Celebrity Memoir Book Club hosts Ashley Hamilton and Claire Parker. They each share their favorite memoirs of the year and discuss what these books reveal about the machinations of fame.

This episode was produced by Alexis Williams. It was edited by Jessica Placzek. Engineering support came from Maggie Luthar. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni and our senior VP of programming is Anya Grundmann.