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Biography & memoir

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

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  1. 25
    Love Is a Mix Tape Rob Sheffield · 2007
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (6 ratings)
  2. 26
    Greenlights Matthew McConaughey · 2020
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (22 ratings)
    EN Memoir
  3. 27
    84 Charing Cross Road / The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street Helene Hanff · 1970
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (17 ratings)
    EN Memoir
  4. 28
    Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank · 2001
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (15 ratings)
  5. 29
    Kitchen confidential Anthony Bourdain · 2000
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (54 ratings)
  6. 30
    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin · 1791
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (54 ratings)
  7. 31
    The Man Who Loved Only Numbers Paul Hoffman · 1998
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (13 ratings)
  8. 32
    The Color of Water James McBride · 1995
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (11 ratings)
    EN Memoir
  9. 33
    Wasted Marya Hornbacher · 1998
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (7 ratings)
  10. 34
    Guts Gary Paulsen · 2000
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (4 ratings)
    EN Memoir
  11. 35
    TAGEBUCHER 1910-1923 (GESAMMELTE WERKE Herausgegeben von Max Brod) Franz Kafka · 1937
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (3 ratings)
    EN Memoir
  12. 36
    Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave Frederick Douglass · 1845
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (16 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Modern history Memoir
  13. 37
    White Heat Marco Pierre White · 1990
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (4 ratings)
  14. 38
    American Indian Stories Zitkála-Šá, Desmond gahan · 1921
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Memoir Classics Short stories
  15. 39
    Bitcoin Billionaires Ben Mezrich · 2019
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
  16. 40
    The Diary Samuel Pepys · 1825
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Classics
  17. 41
    The education of a value investor Guy Spier · 2014
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
  18. 42
    Girl, interrupted Susanna Kaysen · 1993
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (29 ratings)
  19. 43
    Leonardo Da Vinci Walter Isaacson, Jordi Ainaud i Escudero, Beruryah Ben Barukh · 2017
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (28 ratings)
  20. 44
    Just for Fun Linus Torvalds, David Diamond · 2001
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (10 ratings)
  21. 45
    The Worst Journey in the World Apsley Cherry-Garrard · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (5 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Travel writing
  22. 46
    Memoirs of a Revolutionist Peter Kropotkin · 1899
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
  23. 47
    Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Modern history Memoir
  24. 48
    The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano · 1789
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (5 ratings)
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