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Biography & memoir

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

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  1. 1
    Born a Crime Trevor Noah · 2016
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (65 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    Wings of Fire A. P. J. Abdul Kalam · 1999
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (114 ratings)
    EN Political biographies Memoir
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    I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy · 2022
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (79 ratings)
    EN Memoir
  4. 4
    In the Dream House Carmen Maria Machado · 2019
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (15 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    Elvis and me Priscilla Beaulieu Presley · 1985
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (18 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    Pimp Iceberg Slim, Beck, Robert, Irvine Welsh · 1967
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (20 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank · 1944
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (144 ratings)
    EN World War II Dutch history Memoir
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    Educated Tara Westover, Orah Danḳner · 2018
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (24 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    The Woman in Me Britney Spears · 2023
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (17 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    Papillon Henri Charrière · 1969
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (19 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    Persepolis Marjane Satrapi · 2003
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (47 ratings)
    EN Memoir Graphic novels & comics
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    When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi · 2016
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (43 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    On Writing Stephen King · 1999
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (86 ratings)
    EN Memoir Writing
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    My family and other animals Gerald Malcolm Durrell · 1956
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (11 ratings)
    EN Memoir Nature & environment
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    Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda Paramahansa · 1946
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (48 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    Gifted hands Ben Carson, Cecil Murphey, Benjamin S. Carson Sr. · 1990
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (16 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    Doglapan Ashneer Grover · 2022
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (13 ratings)
    EN Entrepreneurship Business biographies
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    Einstein Walter Isaacson · 2007
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (29 ratings)
    EN Physics Biography & memoir
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    Masters of Doom David Kushner · 2003
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (35 ratings)
    EN Business biographies
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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou · 1969
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (50 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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    Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future Ashlee Vance · 2013
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (170 ratings)
    EN Business biographies
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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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    Just kids Patti Smith, Patti Smith · 2006
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (29 ratings)
    EN Memoir Music
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    All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot · 1972
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (11 ratings)
    EN Memoir
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