Writing a Memoir

I'm more usually asked for advice about writing a novel. Advice about how to tell a story, maintain tension, create believable characters. In other words, how to keep the reader turning the pages.
I have never written a memoir, but it strikes me the aims are the same, except the most important, believable character is the writer.
A memoir is not an autobiography. The narrative is not chronological, but emotional.  It relies on candour to evoke empathy, understanding and a sense of place.  Most importantly, it needs a theme which links episodes in the writer's life and the people who became part of it.  
As to what books the would-be memoirist should read, my number one choice is  'On Writing' by Stephen King - a masterclass in both fiction and memoir. And I recommend some memoirs that have stayed in my mind. Page-turners all: 
'Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight' by Alexandra Fuller.
'All of Us There' by Polly Devlin.
'Woodbrook' by David Thomson.
'Father and Son' by Edmund Gosse. 
'Are You Somebody' and 'Almost  There' by Nuala O'Faolain.
'This Boy's Life' by Tobias Wolff.
'The Year of Magical Thinking' by Joan Didion.