In 2005sThe Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls recounts seeing her eccentric artist mother Dumpster-diving in Manhattan.
Wilt Chamberlain defies mathematics in 1991sA View From Above, claiming he bedded 20,000 women.
James Frey describes how he underwent a root canal without anesthesia in 2003sA Million Little Pieces.
If you actually believe him, that is.
Drew Barrymore comes clean about alcohol and drug abuse as a preteen in 1990sLittle Girl Lost.
Augusten Burroughs claims he played with an electroshock machine while living with his mothers psychiatrist in 2002sRunning With Scissors.
Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright writes of her discovery of her Jewish heritage in 2003sMadam Secretary.
Toni Bentley chronicles her obsession and addiction to ahem sodomy in 2004sThe Surrender.
Marya Hornbacher chronicles her bouts with anorexia and bulimia in 1997sWasted.
Her disease was so severe, she withered down to a deadly 52 pounds.
T. Main, he was able to seal moneymaking deals with foreign leaders by using economic threats.
In 2004sClimbing Higher, talk show host Montel Williams admits he contemplated suicide while suffering from multiple sclerosis.
Okay, so its not entirely shocking.
Nor is it exactly a confession.
But it is surprising that 2007sIf I Did It a fictional tell-all in which O.J.
Simpson kind of/sort of/not really admits to murdering ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman even exists.
Tatum ONeal claims her father, actor Ryan ONeal, abused her as a child in 2004sA Paper Life.
American Idolwinner Fantasia Barrino admits in 2005sLife is Not a Fairy Talethat she was functionally illiterate.
