Best Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

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Our List of the Month for January is devoted to the Best Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme.
1
Educated: A Memoir
de Tara Westover
9,770 membres
513 ressenyes
½ 4.3
25 Members
ablachly, dimajazz, kaulsu, ecb06c, Micheller7, terran, bjappleg8, foof2you, sturlington, katemcangus, vwinsloe, ahef1963, nancykric, bookmary2, ReecerCreek, hallhope, ManWithAnAgenda, Wordslinger1919, cathy.lemann, Louanne, Tosta, WynneWages, javad114, Chanda.Leah, Csufgirl84,
Explicacions
ReecerCreek: Fave in our book group. Bill Gates also posted a great interview
2
84, Charing Cross Road
de Helene Hanff
5,846 membres
348 ressenyes
4.2
20 Members
rosalita, BookDoc16, gbelik, kaulsu, Faradaydon, ecb06c, VenusofUrbino, mstrust, merrystar, perennialreader, souloftherose, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, bookmary2, Ravenk, barefootsong, rtoker, cathy.lemann, Tosta, Gayle4th
Explicacions
perennialreader: Feel good book.
4
All Creatures Great and Small
de James Herriot
7,852 membres
137 ressenyes
½ 4.3
21 Members
Aquila, BookDoc16, harrietgate, camelama, bjappleg8, mstrust, cbl_tn, PaperbackPirate, atozgrl, PatsyMurray, perennialreader, Fjumonvi, miller.max, al.vick, AnneSteph, bookmary2, barefootsong, Karen74Leigh, Joy62, dave3pt0, Chanda.Leah
Explicacions
cbl_tn: I highly recommend the audiobook narrated by Christopher Timothy!
perennialreader: Loved the whole series!
5
Diari
de Anne Frank
28,325 membres
513 ressenyes
4.1
19 Members
timspalding, kaulsu, camelama, bjappleg8, mstrust, sundancer, merrystar, atozgrl, perennialreader, susanbooks, Patchshank, hallhope, Karen74Leigh, Brandy1411, Tosta, Nikkimf88, DoomLuz, Joy62, WynneWages
Explicacions
perennialreader: Read this book when I was her age. It has haunted me ever since.
8
La Nit
de Elie Wiesel
27,575 membres
573 ressenyes
½ 4.3
16 Members
timspalding, rosalita, BookDoc16, kaulsu, Cecrow, mstrust, PaperbackPirate, Bretzky1, harray, Patchshank, hallhope, ManWithAnAgenda, Louanne, Tosta, Joy62, WynneWages,bookmary2
11
Washington: A Life
de Ron Chernow
3,085 membres
83 ressenyes
½ 4.4
12 Members
gbelik, oregonobsessionz, kaulsu, camelama, atozgrl, AbigailAdams26, harray, bookmary2, Wordslinger1919, Joy62, WynneWages, Chanda.Leah
Explicacions
AbigailAdams26: One of the best biographies I have read, over the last ten years. The kick-off title of my Presidential Biography Book Club.
12
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
de Maya Angelou
14,810 membres
224 ressenyes
4
12 Members
lahochstetler, jeshakespeare, camelama, PaperbackPirate, perennialreader, nancykric, Patchshank, hallhope, KurtWombat, Brandy1411, dave3pt0, megstar111
Explicacions
perennialreader: Wonderful writing.
13
Persèpolis
de Marjane Satrapi
6,882 membres
252 ressenyes
½ 4.3
11 Members
Aquila, stillramona, EerierIdyllMeme, bjappleg8, ahef1963, nancykric, Patchshank, hallhope, KurtWombat, Tosta, DoomLuz
14
Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass
de Isak Dinesen
2,110 membres
22 ressenyes
4
9 Members
gbelik, camelama, merrystar, RBeffa, perennialreader, peterveen, Karen74Leigh, loulourevisited, Chanda.Leah
Explicacions
perennialreader: Beautifully written.
15
Les Cendres d'Angela
de Frank McCourt
21,848 membres
337 ressenyes
4
11 Members
lahochstetler, oregonobsessionz, ecb06c, raidergirl3, terran, foof2you, PaperbackPirate, RBeffa, nancykric, AnneSteph, SOShea
16
Between the World and Me
de Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,745 membres
368 ressenyes
½ 4.4
10 Members
stillramona, rosalita, sturlington, nancykric, kristilabrie, Patchshank, msemmag, Ravenk, hallhope, Chanda.Leah
17
Homenatge a Catalunya
de George Orwell
6,177 membres
105 ressenyes
4.1
9 Members
gbelik, pitjrw, FAMeulstee, amanda4242, CarltonC, miller.max, nancykric, Ravenk, elahrairah
18
John Adams
de David McCullough
13,707 membres
199 ressenyes
½ 4.3
9 Members
brewergirl, oregonobsessionz, kaulsu, camelama, Bretzky1, noveltea, AbigailAdams26, davidflem1984, Joy62
Explicacions
AbigailAdams26: As someone named for Abigail Adams, I have been given biographies of various Adams family members many times. This was one of my last Christmas gifts from my father.
19
West with the Night
de Beryl Markham
3,603 membres
127 ressenyes
4.1
9 Members
gbelik, camelama, PatsyMurray, perennialreader, msemmag, bookmary2, Karen74Leigh, loulourevisited, Joy62
Explicacions
perennialreader: Amazing woman.
20
The Hiding Place
de Corrie ten Boom
10,138 membres
144 ressenyes
½ 4.4
9 Members
sherryearly, raidergirl3, sundancer, cbl_tn, atozgrl, AnneSteph, slimikin, Joy62, WynneWages
21
Maus : relat d'un supervivent
de Art Spiegelman
8,705 membres
258 ressenyes
½ 4.5
9 Members
languagehat, BookDoc16, ecb06c, thalassa_thalassa, msemmag, bujeya, Karen74Leigh, KurtWombat, elahrairah
Explicacions
elahrairah: How not to survive the unsurvivable.
22
When Breath Becomes Air
de Paul Kalanithi
5,600 membres
313 ressenyes
4.2
6 Members
stillramona, gbelik, nicolecervone, katemcangus, Louanne, PhebeQ
23
Parla, memòria
de Vladimir Nabokov
3,606 membres
44 ressenyes
4.2
7 Members
timspalding, languagehat, lulaa, pitjrw, ecb06c, peterveen, nancykric
24
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
de Julie Phillips
745 membres
32 ressenyes
½ 4.3
7 Members
Aquila, anglemark, RBeffa, vwinsloe, noveltea, KeithChaffee, Chanda.Leah
25
Lab Girl
de Hope Jahren
2,632 membres
157 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
brewergirl, bangerlm, raidergirl3, terran, lottpoet, nancykric, hallhope
27
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
de Malcolm X
9,780 membres
123 ressenyes
½ 4.3
7 Members
brewergirl, stillramona, kaulsu, foof2you, Patchshank, KurtWombat, Wordslinger1919
28
March: Book One
de John Lewis
2,949 membres
160 ressenyes
½ 4.5
6 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, lottpoet, megbmore, slimikin, SOShea
Explicacions
hipdeep: Volume 1 standing in for the whole series.
29
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
de Bill Bryson
6,549 membres
235 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
rosalita, BookDoc16, lulaa, Faradaydon, terran, mstrust, bookmary2
30
Salvatge : Un viatge pel sender de la cresta del Pacífic
de Cheryl Strayed
8,693 membres
517 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
PaperbackPirate, sturlington, katemcangus, StMatthewOCLibrary, mclevbrt756
31
A Moveable Feast
de Ernest Hemingway
9,064 membres
191 ressenyes
4
6 Members
hipdeep, pitjrw, PatsyMurray, RBeffa, Karen74Leigh, Louanne
32
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
de Laura Hillenbrand
12,217 membres
594 ressenyes
½ 4.4
6 Members
BookDoc16, bangerlm, terran, bjappleg8, vwinsloe, Joy62
33
Alexander Hamilton
de Ron Chernow
8,056 membres
162 ressenyes
½ 4.3
6 Members
sherryearly, oregonobsessionz, atozgrl, al.vick, Wordslinger1919, SOShea
34
Walden o la vida als boscos
de Henry David Thoreau
14,123 membres
191 ressenyes
3.8
6 Members
kaulsu, PatsyMurray, Heather39, nancykric, kristilabrie, bookmary2
35
Where You Come From
de Saša Stanišić
285 membres
12 ressenyes
4
4 Members
thorold, birder4106, Dilara86, Cansu_Jasmine_Otan
36
Just Kids
de Patti Smith
5,486 membres
238 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
lulaa, minkscat, MLShaw, megstar111
37
One Writer's Beginnings
de Eudora Welty
1,729 membres
25 ressenyes
4
4 Members
dimajazz, katemcangus, AnneSteph, JustJune
38
The Words
de Jean-Paul Sartre
2,319 membres
18 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
kaixo, KarenFunt, JuliaMaria, sekinehnasiri
39
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
de Harriet A. Jacobs
4,300 membres
78 ressenyes
4
4 Members
rocketjk, susanbooks, Brandy1411, Cansu_Jasmine_Otan
40
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
de T. E. Lawrence
4,788 membres
55 ressenyes
4
4 Members
pitjrw, amanda4242, Karen74Leigh, sekinehnasiri
41
The Road from Coorain
de Jill Ker Conway
1,791 membres
33 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
brewergirl, BookDoc16, PaperbackPirate, merrystar, Fjumonvi
42
The Life of Samuel Johnson
de James Boswell
3,898 membres
42 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
sherryearly, PatsyMurray, JuliaMaria, Karen74Leigh
44
The Moon's a Balloon
de David Niven
914 membres
21 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
harrietgate, abbottthomas, dewasus1, atozgrl
45
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
de Jeanette Winterson
2,105 membres
102 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
nicolecervone, lahochstetler, elahrairah, SOShea
Explicacions
elahrairah: Funny and sad.
46
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
de Nelson Mandela
4,866 membres
62 ressenyes
½ 4.3
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, PaperbackPirate, ahef1963, SOShea
47
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
de Antonia Fraser
3,320 membres
58 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
princessgarnet, mstrust, peterveen, Karen74Leigh
48
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
de Elisabeth Tova Bailey
1,301 membres
94 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
lahochstetler, Faradaydon, Heather39, perennialreader
Explicacions
perennialreader: About a woman who is bedridden for a year or so and how she manages.
49
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
de Jeannette Walls
20,577 membres
795 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
lahochstetler, vwinsloe, AnneSteph, Louanne
50
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
de Edward Abbey
3,929 membres
88 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, gypsysmom, miller.max, JustJune
51
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
de Sarah Bakewell
1,978 membres
86 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
kaixo, JuliaMaria, miller.max
52
Life and Death in Shanghai
de Nien Cheng
1,482 membres
20 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
sherryearly, sssolstice, Louanne
53
Come, Tell Me How You Live
de Agatha Christie
898 membres
22 ressenyes
4
3 Members
harrietgate, CarltonC, souloftherose
Explicacions
CarltonC: Not so much an archaeological memoir, as a memoir about a time (1930's) and places (Orient Express, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq) that I imagine have changed beyond recognition. This memoir and travelogue clearly shows the author's happiness at that time, which she conveys so wonderfully in this brief book, so full of love and humour. There is little about archaeology, it is about the sights, sounds, smells and above all the people that she encountered. I was enchanted.
54
L'Home a la recerca de sentit : el camp de concentració viscut per un psicòleg
de Viktor Frankl
15,722 membres
313 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
bjappleg8, sundancer, msemmag, elahrairah
Explicacions
elahrairah: How to survive the unsurvivable.
55
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
de Michelle Zauner
2,588 membres
96 ressenyes
4
3 Members
ablachly, kaixo, DoomLuz
56
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
de Bryan Stevenson
4,687 membres
243 ressenyes
½ 4.6
4 Members
hipdeep, barefootsong, Tosta, SOShea
57
La llebre amb ulls d'ambre
de Edmund De Waal
3,661 membres
157 ressenyes
4
3 Members
anglemark, gbelik, Ravenk
58
El món d'ahir : memòries d'un europeu
de Stefan Zweig
2,561 membres
76 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
FAMeulstee, Ravenk, cipeciop
59
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
de Dani Shapiro
943 membres
55 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
Micheller7, Ravenk, Julie_in_the_Library
60
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
de Andrea Wulf
2,358 membres
83 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
sssolstice, peterveen, msemmag
61
I'm Glad My Mom Died
de Jennette McCurdy
2,937 membres
97 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
nicolecervone, megbmore, Wordslinger1919
62
Finding Me: A Memoir
de Viola Davis
587 membres
35 ressenyes
½ 4.4
3 Members
gypsysmom, DoomLuz, WynneWages
63
Gender Queer: A Memoir
de Maia Kobabe
1,339 membres
93 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, Heather39, Michael.Rimmer
64
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood
de J. Michael Straczynski
216 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 4.6
3 Members
tardis, yoyogod, RBeffa
65
Permanent Record
de Edward Snowden
1,370 membres
54 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
terran, timetunnel, Wordslinger1919
66
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
de Hunter S. Thompson
14,401 membres
192 ressenyes
4
3 Members
BookDoc16, Dannysurtr, msemmag
67
Leonardo da Vinci
de Walter Isaacson
3,098 membres
73 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
dimajazz, Fjumonvi, Wordslinger1919
68
Love's Work
de Gillian Rose
395 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.6
3 Members
KarenFunt, thalassa_thalassa, loulourevisited
69
My Life in France
de Julia Child
5,146 membres
201 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
VenusofUrbino, PatsyMurray, miller.max
70
Trilogia de Copenhagen
de Tove Ditlevsen
431 membres
13 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
kaixo, FAMeulstee, JuliaMaria
71
Stitches: A Memoir
de David Small
1,986 membres
175 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
kaixo, ManWithAnAgenda, slimikin
72
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
de Candice Millard
3,524 membres
141 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
bangerlm, oregonobsessionz, sssolstice
73
Rat Girl: A Memoir
de Kristin Hersh
386 membres
31 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
karenb, susanbooks, ManWithAnAgenda
74
Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
de William Poundstone
967 membres
11 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
levitas, dhaxton
75
Jim Henson: The Biography
de Brian Jay Jones
788 membres
65 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
jeshakespeare, Mirabelle
76
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
de C. S. Lewis
6,862 membres
54 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
timspalding, atozgrl, AnneSteph
77
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
de Norman Maclean
3,142 membres
61 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, perennialreader, KurtWombat
Explicacions
perennialreader: “Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”
78
L'Any del pensament màgic
de Joan Didion
10,301 membres
290 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
katemcangus, KurtWombat
79
History of My Life, Vols. 1 & 2
de Giacomo Girolamo Casanova
226 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, amanda4242
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: A stand-in for the full ten volumes in the excellent Trask translation.
81
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
de Cornelia Otis Skinner
569 membres
20 ressenyes
4
2 Members
cbl_tn, Fjumonvi
82
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
de Ulysses S. Grant
1,862 membres
17 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, pitjrw, RBeffa
83
Virginia Woolf
de Hermione Lee
955 membres
8 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
dimajazz, susanbooks
84
Rommel? Gunner Who? A Confrontation in the Desert
de Spike Milligan
709 membres
11 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Faradaydon, elahrairah
Explicacions
elahrairah: Hilarious, touching, and honest.
85
Three Came Home
de Agnes Newton Keith
387 membres
9 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
Argenta_Library, AnneSteph
86
No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith
de Fawn Brodie
629 membres
13 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
dimajazz, bjappleg8
87
Personal History
de Katharine Graham
2,693 membres
45 ressenyes
4
2 Members
brewergirl, VenusofUrbino
88
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
de Brian Boyd
362 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
timspalding, dimajazz
89
Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
de Karina Longworth
167 membres
23 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
dimajazz, miller.max
90
Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
de Lara Prior-Palmer
204 membres
13 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
vwinsloe, JustJune
91
Sixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books
de Paul Collins
1,333 membres
57 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
mstrust, barefootsong
92
God's smuggler
de Brother Andrew
3,206 membres
32 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
sherryearly, Joy62
93
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
de Roxane Gay
2,232 membres
120 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
nicolecervone, sturlington
94
An Autobiography
de Agatha Christie
1,914 membres
40 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
cbl_tn, ahef1963
95
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
de Roméo Dallaire
1,699 membres
32 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
Cecrow, peterveen
97
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir
de Roz Chast
1,640 membres
119 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
lulaa, VenusofUrbino
98
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
de Chester Nez
537 membres
15 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
al.vick, dave3pt0
99
»Wir haben es nicht gut gemacht.«: Der Briefwechsel
de Ingeborg Bachmann
22 membres
1 ressenya
4.9
2 Members
birder4106, JuliaMaria
100
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
de Hallie Rubenhold
1,539 membres
67 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
nancyjune, souloftherose, Chanda.Leah,