Anyone who has glanced at the bestseller list lately already knows: We are in the midst of (yet another?) celebrity memoir boom. From Elton John’s Me to Prince’s posthumous The Beautiful Ones, and Demi Moore’s controversially juicy Inside Out, ’tis the season for pages upon pages of Hollywood gossip, rock-and-roll road drama, and the darker sides of show business.

At their best, celebrity memoirs provide unusually candid portraits of the “real person” behind the public persona—and don’t skimp on the dirty details. At worst, they can be ghostwritten fluff. Ahead, Vogue rounds up the best of the genre for your reading and holiday gifting purposes.

Life by Keith Richards

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“You might not think of Keith Richards as an elegant truth-teller, but his Life is a bracing tonic—straightforward but exciting, glamorous but heartfelt. I’m not a regular rock memoir reader, but this is a book that transcends whatever you might think the genre entails. Just go along with the music and don’t think too hard about it.” —Chloe Schama, Vogue senior editor

Becoming by Michelle Obama