100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime

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So when the Amazon Books editors set out to compile a list of the 100 Biographies and Memoirs to Read in a (Single) Lifetime, we knew up front that we would be making some tough--even contentious--choices. But after the dust settled, we found ourselves with a hundred stories of our greatest artists, seekers, and iconic leaders, as well as a host of other iconoclasts, athletes, and adventurers (and even a non-human or three). Many of these read like great novels; some technically are, their authors shrouding their experiences within the cloak of fiction (but we all know better). Whether you're coming to these books for the first time or revisiting them, we hope you'll find a lifetime's worth of inspiration and discovery.
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Diari
de Anne Frank
28,349 membres
514 ressenyes
4.1
8 Members
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Les Cendres d'Angela
de Frank McCourt
21,857 membres
337 ressenyes
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6 Members
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A Moveable Feast
de Ernest Hemingway
9,069 membres
191 ressenyes
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5 Members
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
de Alfred Lansing
5,068 membres
124 ressenyes
½ 4.4
5 Members
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Explicacions
Joy62: One of my favorite non-fiction! Best listened to as audiobook narrated by the talented Brit Simon Prebble. Pics included in e-book; immersive would be excellent. Great book!
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The Story of My Life
de Helen Keller
5,163 membres
58 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
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Chronicles: Volume One
de Bob Dylan
4,402 membres
71 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
de Dave Eggers
2,363 membres
30 ressenyes
½ 3.5
4 Members
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
de Alexandra Fuller
3,513 membres
106 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
de Ishmael Beah
7,192 membres
312 ressenyes
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4 Members
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
de Anthony Bourdain
10,104 membres
273 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
de Nelson Mandela
4,869 membres
63 ressenyes
½ 4.3
4 Members
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Just Kids
de Patti Smith
5,493 membres
238 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
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American Sniper
de Chris Kyle
3,391 membres
97 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
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Cap a terres salvatges
de Jon Krakauer
17,983 membres
445 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
de William Styron
3,030 membres
82 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
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Cash
de Johnny Cash
1,726 membres
25 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
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Bossypants
de Tina Fey
9,477 membres
520 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964
de William Manchester
1,799 membres
18 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
de Maya Angelou
14,820 membres
224 ressenyes
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3 Members
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American Lion
de Jon Meacham
3,196 membres
64 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
de Kai Bird
2,530 membres
47 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
de Joseph J. Ellis
2,803 membres
35 ressenyes
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3 Members
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
de Barack Obama
9,505 membres
211 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
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Life
de Keith Richards
3,204 membres
138 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
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My Life in France
de Julia Child
5,151 membres
201 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
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Mortality
de Christopher Hitchens
1,606 membres
74 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
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Naked
de David Sedaris
12,336 membres
121 ressenyes
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3 Members
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The Meditations
de Marcus Aurelius
14,735 membres
153 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
de Steve Martin
3,565 membres
163 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
de Christopher McDougall
4,548 membres
229 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
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Catherine the Great
de Henri Troyat
747 membres
15 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
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Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
de Marion Meade
836 membres
15 ressenyes
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2 Members
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Churchill: A Life
de Martin Gilbert
1,109 membres
12 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
de Phillip Hoose
1,235 membres
209 ressenyes
½ 4.5
2 Members
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De Profundis and Other Writings
de Oscar Wilde
686 membres
6 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
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Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
de Zora Neale Hurston
1,367 membres
18 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
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Eat, Pray, Love
de Elizabeth Gilbert
22,150 membres
858 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
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Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story
de Amanda Vaill
542 membres
11 ressenyes
4
2 Members
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Knock Wood
de Candice Bergen
180 membres
7 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
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