I am reading ‘Blood Knots’ by Luke Jennings and its appellation is ‘memoir.’ It made me think about how a memoir might differ from an autobiography. Looking into it, I find it much as I thought! An autobiography is going to be factual and nearly always chronological whereas a memoir offers considerably more freedom.
‘Blood Knots’ is mainly but not wholly about fishing and a lot of the writing is about how the author feels and thinks about this pastime. It is also about his life. The book is beautifully written and very interesting, far more so I think than if it had been composed as an autobiography. I definitely prefer memoirs.