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Biography & Memoir

11,306 books

Real lives and personal histories.

Biography9,502
Memoir6,975
Autobiography1,734

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Educated
Tara Westover
4.46 average rating, · 1.9M ratings
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
4.43 average rating, · 1.6M ratings
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Know My Name
Chanel Miller
4.68 average rating, · 269.8k ratings
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah
4.49 average rating, · 834k ratings
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Becoming
Michelle Obama
4.43 average rating, · 1.2M ratings
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Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
4.62 average rating, · 269.3k ratings
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- Memoir
- Politics
- Social Justice
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Night
Elie Wiesel
4.38 average rating, · 1.4M ratings
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When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
4.41 average rating, · 839.1k ratings
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- Book Club
- Medicine
- Memoir
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand
4.39 average rating, · 1M ratings
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The Complete Maus
Art Spiegelman
4.58 average rating, · 262k ratings
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The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
4.33 average rating, · 1.4M ratings
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
4.20 average rating, · 4.3M ratings
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Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
4.37 average rating, · 919.9k ratings
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie ten Boom
4.48 average rating, · 364.7k ratings
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Phil Knight
4.45 average rating, · 383.2k ratings
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The Happiest Man on Earth
Eddie Jaku
4.62 average rating, · 139.4k ratings
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Finding Me
Viola Davis
4.53 average rating, · 192.9k ratings
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.40 average rating, · 373.7k ratings
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- History
- Memoir
- Social Justice
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The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Edith Eger
4.57 average rating, · 137.3k ratings
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Lori Gottlieb
4.37 average rating, · 419.1k ratings
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown
4.39 average rating, · 368.7k ratings
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.50 average rating, · 184.7k ratings
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Mitch Albom
4.22 average rating, · 1.2M ratings
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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay
4.39 average rating, · 339.7k ratings
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