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Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt
4.16 average rating, · 665.1k ratings
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The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
4.07 average rating, · 151.9k ratings
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Boy: Tales of Childhood
Roald Dahl
4.07 average rating, · 75k ratings
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Lust for Life
Irving Stone
4.28 average rating, · 32.3k ratings
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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
4.28 average rating, · 27.1k ratings
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
4.00 average rating, · 45.2k ratings
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Gather Together in My Name
Maya Angelou
4.32 average rating, · 19k ratings
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All Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful
James Herriot
4.35 average rating, · 15.9k ratings
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Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Maya Angelou
4.25 average rating, · 9.9k ratings
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Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson
Paul Perry
4.32 average rating, · 9.4k ratings
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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
Anaïs Nin
4.18 average rating, · 8.5k ratings
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Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist
Walter Kaufmann
4.24 average rating, · 7.6k ratings
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.23 average rating, · 7.4k ratings
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Belles on Their Toes
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
4.18 average rating, · 7.2k ratings
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A Writer's Diary
Virginia Woolf
4.17 average rating, · 6.7k ratings
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Madame Curie: A Biography
Ève Curie
4.39 average rating, · 5.5k ratings
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Three James Herriot Classics: Volume 1
James Herriot
4.78 average rating, · 4k ratings
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Hons and Rebels
Jessica Mitford
4.11 average rating, · 5.7k ratings
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Boy and Going Solo
Roald Dahl
4.27 average rating, · 4.6k ratings
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Oscar Wilde
Richard Ellmann
4.01 average rating, · 5.2k ratings
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The Journals of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
4.25 average rating, · 4.2k ratings
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One Writer's Beginnings
Eudora Welty
4.06 average rating, · 4.2k ratings
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The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
Henry Beston
4.07 average rating, · 4.1k ratings
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A Little House Sampler: A Collection of Early Stories and Reminiscenses
William Anderson
4.22 average rating, · 3.9k ratings
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