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Biography & memoir

The best books on biography & memoir, ranked by quality.

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    Up from Slavery Booker T. Washington · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (12 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Biography & memoir Memoir
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    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin · 1791
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (54 ratings)
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    Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave Frederick Douglass · 1845
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (16 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Modern history Memoir
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    American Indian Stories Zitkála-Šá, Desmond gahan · 1921
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Memoir Classics Short stories
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    The Diary Samuel Pepys · 1825
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Classics
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    The Worst Journey in the World Apsley Cherry-Garrard · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (5 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Travel writing
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    Memoirs of a Revolutionist Peter Kropotkin · 1899
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
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    Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Modern history Memoir
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    The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano · 1789
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (5 ratings)
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    The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill · 1873
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (4 ratings)
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    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet A. Jacobs · 1861
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (9 ratings)
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    South! Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton · 1919
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Travel writing
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    Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant · 1894
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (2 ratings)
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    Passages from the Life of a Philosopher Charles Babbage · 1864
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Biography & memoir Memoir
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    The Lives of the Caesars Suetonius · 1470
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
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    The Path to Rome Hilaire Belloc, Martin Hayes · 1890
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Memoir Travel writing
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    You Can’t Win Jack Black · 1926
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 (5 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Biography & memoir Memoir
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    A Confession Лев Толстой · 1882
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Philosophy Memoir
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    A General History of the Pirates Captain Charles Johnson · 1814
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (2 ratings)
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    The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain · 1800
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.4 (7 ratings)
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    An Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt · 1913
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    Journals Sir Alexander Mackenzie · 2022
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Travel writing
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    Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom William Craft, Ellen Craft · 1860
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