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J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
Humphrey Carpenter
4.06 average rating, · 16.8k ratings
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James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
James Patterson
4.19 average rating, · 8.5k ratings
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The Art of Memoir
Mary Karr
4.15 average rating, · 8.6k ratings
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A Circle of Quiet
Madeleine L'Engle
4.21 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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Journal of a Solitude
May Sarton
4.13 average rating, · 6.4k ratings
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Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White
Melissa Sweet
4.16 average rating, · 5.9k ratings
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Capote
Gerald Clarke
4.17 average rating, · 5.2k ratings
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One Writer's Beginnings
Eudora Welty
4.06 average rating, · 4.2k ratings
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I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick
Emmanuel Carrère
4.01 average rating, · 4.1k ratings
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Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life
Howard Sounes
4.20 average rating, · 3.5k ratings
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Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King
Lisa Rogak
4.15 average rating, · 3.5k ratings
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I. Asimov: A Memoir
Isaac Asimov
4.05 average rating, · 3.7k ratings
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Papa Hemingway
A.E. Hotchner
4.20 average rating, · 2.8k ratings
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Joyride: A Memoir
Susan Orlean
4.24 average rating, · 2.6k ratings
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La frantumaglia
Elena Ferrante
4.10 average rating, · 2.7k ratings
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Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood with Stops Along the Way at Murder, Madness, Mayhem, Movie Stars, Cults, Slums, Sociopaths, and War Crimes
J. Michael Straczynski
4.64 average rating, · 2.1k ratings
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A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
Pat Conroy
4.36 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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One Man's Meat
E.B. White
4.27 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
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Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected
Nnedi Okorafor
4.10 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
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Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
A. Scott Berg
4.30 average rating, · 2k ratings
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My Own Two Feet: A Memoir
Beverly Cleary
4.23 average rating, · 2k ratings
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A House of My Own: Stories from My Life
Sandra Cisneros
4.30 average rating, · 1.9k ratings
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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
John Steinbeck
4.16 average rating, · 2k ratings
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