#80 in Humour
The Princess Diarist
- 268
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 4 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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Our view
“The Princess Diarist” is Carrie Fisher looking back on the first Star Wars film with wit and candour, and it reads as a fitting farewell. The memoir frames the diaries and poems of her youth with essays written decades later; some readers find those reflections far more engaging than the early pages themselves, which they skim. Short and light in tone, it will please anyone fond of Fisher’s voice.
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About the book
The Princess Diarist is a 2016 memoir written by Carrie Fisher, based on diaries she kept as a young woman around the time she starred in the 1977 film Star Wars. The book is the third memoir Fisher wrote, in addition to four novels and a one-woman Broadway show. It is Fisher's final book, as she died on December 27, 2016, five weeks after its release.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 242 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Humour average of 7.8. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 8 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 234 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Princess Diarist?
It has 268 pages — shorter than 57% of the ranked books in Humour.
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