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Biography

A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life", and graphos meaning "write") is a non-fictional account of a person's life. Biographies are written by an author who is not the subject/focus of the book.

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Autobiography
Memoir
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Mark Twain
Bad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship
The True Happiness Company: How a Girl Like Me Falls for a Cult Like That
Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II
Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
Dianaworld: An Obsession
Hunger Like a Thirst: From Food Stamps to Fine Dining, a Restaurant Critic Finds Her Place at the Table
Karen: A Brother Remembers
Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass—How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
We All Want to Change the World: My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today
The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland―A True Account of Her Fight Against Art theft and Tyranny in WWII Paris
I Love You, Byee: Rambles on DIY TV, Rockstars, Kids and Mums
The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America
The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II
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  • I’m Glad My Mom Died
    From Here to the Great Unknown
    Counting the Cost
    The Happiest Man on Earth
    A Promised Land
    Finding Me
    How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir
    »Mama, bitte lern Deutsch«: Unser Eingliederungsversuch in eine geschlossene Gesellschaft
    Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer
    Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
    Code Name: Pale Horse—How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis
    Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
    My Time to Stand
    I Regret Almost Everything
    All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
    Memoirs by Women
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    Best Non-fiction War Books
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    Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  LawsonYes Please by Amy PoehlerAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
    Funny Women Memoirs
    443 books — 1,522 voters

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    Steve Jobs
    The Diary of a Young Girl
    Becoming
    Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
    Educated
    Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
    Einstein: His Life and Universe
    John Adams
    Alexander Hamilton
    Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    Leonardo da Vinci
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    Into the Wild
    I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

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