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
9,751 membres
511 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
5,836 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
7,835 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
28,288 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
27,536 membres
571 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
3,082 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
14,782 membres
224 ressenyes
4
11 Members
jeshakespeare, camelama, PaperbackPirate, perennialreader, nancykric, Patchshank, hallhope, KurtWombat, Brandy1411, dave3pt0, megstar111
Explicacions
perennialreader: Wonderful writing.
13
Persèpolis
de Marjane Satrapi
6,872 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
2,108 membres
22 ressenyes
4
9 Members
gbelik, camelama, merrystar, RBeffa, perennialreader, peterveen, Karen74Leigh, loulourevisited, Chanda.Leah
Explicacions
perennialreader: Beautifully written.
15
Between the World and Me
de Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,734 membres
368 ressenyes
½ 4.4
10 Members
stillramona, rosalita, sturlington, nancykric, kristilabrie, Patchshank, msemmag, Ravenk, hallhope, Chanda.Leah
16
Les Cendres d'Angela
de Frank McCourt
21,841 membres
337 ressenyes
4
10 Members
oregonobsessionz, ecb06c, raidergirl3, terran, foof2you, PaperbackPirate, RBeffa, nancykric, AnneSteph, SOShea
17
Homenatge a Catalunya
de George Orwell
6,169 membres
104 ressenyes
4.1
9 Members
gbelik, pitjrw, FAMeulstee, amanda4242, CarltonC, miller.max, nancykric, Ravenk, elahrairah
18
John Adams
de David McCullough
13,695 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
3,601 membres
126 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
10,119 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
8,691 membres
257 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
5,590 membres
313 ressenyes
4.2
6 Members
stillramona, gbelik, nicolecervone, katemcangus, Louanne, PhebeQ
23
Parla, memòria
de Vladimir Nabokov
3,604 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
2,628 membres
157 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
brewergirl, bangerlm, raidergirl3, terran, lottpoet, nancykric, hallhope
26
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
de Malcolm X
9,770 membres
123 ressenyes
½ 4.3
7 Members
brewergirl, stillramona, kaulsu, foof2you, Patchshank, KurtWombat, Wordslinger1919
27
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.
28
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
de Bill Bryson
6,546 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
8,679 membres
517 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
PaperbackPirate, sturlington, katemcangus, StMatthewOCLibrary, mclevbrt756
31
A Moveable Feast
de Ernest Hemingway
9,050 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
12,202 membres
594 ressenyes
½ 4.4
6 Members
BookDoc16, bangerlm, terran, bjappleg8, vwinsloe, Joy62
33
Alexander Hamilton
de Ron Chernow
8,047 membres
161 ressenyes
½ 4.3
6 Members
sherryearly, oregonobsessionz, atozgrl, al.vick, Wordslinger1919, SOShea
34
Walden o la vida als boscos
de Henry David Thoreau
14,101 membres
190 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
5,480 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
2,315 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
4,297 membres
78 ressenyes
4
4 Members
rocketjk, susanbooks, Brandy1411, Cansu_Jasmine_Otan
40
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
de T. E. Lawrence
4,781 membres
55 ressenyes
4
4 Members
pitjrw, amanda4242, Karen74Leigh, sekinehnasiri
41
The Road from Coorain
de Jill Ker Conway
1,790 membres
33 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
brewergirl, BookDoc16, PaperbackPirate, merrystar, Fjumonvi
42
The Life of Samuel Johnson
de James Boswell
3,892 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
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
de Nelson Mandela
4,860 membres
62 ressenyes
½ 4.3
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, PaperbackPirate, ahef1963, SOShea
46
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
de Antonia Fraser
3,315 membres
58 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
princessgarnet, mstrust, peterveen, Karen74Leigh
47
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
de Edward Abbey
3,923 membres
88 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, gypsysmom, miller.max, JustJune
48
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
de Sarah Bakewell
1,979 membres
86 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
kaixo, JuliaMaria, miller.max
49
Life and Death in Shanghai
de Nien Cheng
1,481 membres
20 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
sherryearly, sssolstice, Louanne
50
Come, Tell Me How You Live
de Agatha Christie
898 membres
22 ressenyes
4.1
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.
51
L'Home a la recerca de sentit : el camp de concentració viscut per un psicòleg
de Viktor Frankl
15,695 membres
313 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
bjappleg8, sundancer, msemmag, elahrairah
Explicacions
elahrairah: How to survive the unsurvivable.
52
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
de Michelle Zauner
2,572 membres
96 ressenyes
4
3 Members
ablachly, kaixo, DoomLuz
53
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
de Bryan Stevenson
4,668 membres
243 ressenyes
½ 4.6
4 Members
hipdeep, barefootsong, Tosta, SOShea
54
La llebre amb ulls d'ambre
de Edmund De Waal
3,656 membres
157 ressenyes
4
3 Members
anglemark, gbelik, Ravenk
55
El món d'ahir : memòries d'un europeu
de Stefan Zweig
2,558 membres
75 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
FAMeulstee, Ravenk, cipeciop
56
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
57
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
de Andrea Wulf
2,355 membres
83 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
sssolstice, peterveen, msemmag
58
I'm Glad My Mom Died
de Jennette McCurdy
2,914 membres
97 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
nicolecervone, megbmore, Wordslinger1919
59
Finding Me: A Memoir
de Viola Davis
584 membres
35 ressenyes
½ 4.4
3 Members
gypsysmom, DoomLuz, WynneWages
60
Gender Queer: A Memoir
de Maia Kobabe
1,334 membres
93 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, Heather39, Michael.Rimmer
61
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood
de J. Michael Straczynski
215 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 4.6
3 Members
tardis, yoyogod, RBeffa
62
Permanent Record
de Edward Snowden
1,366 membres
54 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
terran, timetunnel, Wordslinger1919
63
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
de Hunter S. Thompson
14,392 membres
192 ressenyes
4
3 Members
BookDoc16, Dannysurtr, msemmag
64
Leonardo da Vinci
de Walter Isaacson
3,092 membres
73 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
dimajazz, Fjumonvi, Wordslinger1919
65
Love's Work
de Gillian Rose
394 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.6
3 Members
KarenFunt, thalassa_thalassa, loulourevisited
66
My Life in France
de Julia Child
5,144 membres
201 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
VenusofUrbino, PatsyMurray, miller.max
67
Trilogia de Copenhagen
de Tove Ditlevsen
428 membres
13 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
kaixo, FAMeulstee, JuliaMaria
68
Stitches: A Memoir
de David Small
1,984 membres
175 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
kaixo, ManWithAnAgenda, slimikin
69
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
de Candice Millard
3,520 membres
141 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
bangerlm, oregonobsessionz, sssolstice
70
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
de Elisabeth Tova Bailey
1,300 membres
94 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
Faradaydon, Heather39, perennialreader
Explicacions
perennialreader: About a woman who is bedridden for a year or so and how she manages.
71
Rat Girl: A Memoir
de Kristin Hersh
385 membres
31 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
karenb, susanbooks, ManWithAnAgenda
72
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
de Jeanette Winterson
2,101 membres
102 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
nicolecervone, elahrairah, SOShea
Explicacions
elahrairah: Funny and sad.
73
Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
de William Poundstone
966 membres
11 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
levitas, dhaxton
74
Jim Henson: The Biography
de Brian Jay Jones
785 membres
65 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
jeshakespeare, Mirabelle
75
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
de C. S. Lewis
6,847 membres
54 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
timspalding, atozgrl, AnneSteph
76
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
de Norman Maclean
3,140 membres
61 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, perennialreader, KurtWombat
Explicacions
perennialreader: “Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”
77
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
de Jeannette Walls
20,559 membres
794 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
vwinsloe, AnneSteph, Louanne
78
L'Any del pensament màgic
de Joan Didion
10,299 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
568 membres
20 ressenyes
4
2 Members
cbl_tn, Fjumonvi
82
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
de Ulysses S. Grant
1,861 membres
17 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, pitjrw, RBeffa
83
Virginia Woolf
de Hermione Lee
954 membres
8 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
dimajazz, susanbooks
84
Rommel? Gunner Who? A Confrontation in the Desert
de Spike Milligan
708 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
630 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
166 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
de Paul Collins
1,331 membres
57 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
mstrust, barefootsong
92
God's smuggler
de Brother Andrew
3,197 membres
32 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
sherryearly, Joy62
93
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
de Roxane Gay
2,226 membres
120 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
nicolecervone, sturlington
94
An Autobiography
de Agatha Christie
1,910 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
1,697 membres
32 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
Cecrow, peterveen
97
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir
de Roz Chast
1,639 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
536 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
1,536 membres
67 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
nancyjune, souloftherose, Chanda.Leah,