Memoir and biography fans, what are your all time favorites?
I’ll start:
Finding Me, by Viola Davis
Dreams from my Father, by Barack Obama
Open, by Andre Agassi
Hijab Butch Blues, by Lamya H
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, by Mary Norris
**Know My Name** by Chanel Miller
**When Breath Becomes Air** by Paul Kalanithi
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*Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated* by Alison Arngrim is one of my favourite memoirs.
Others I really enjoyed:
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl bv John Colapinto
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
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Putting it Together by James Lapine
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I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
I’m Your Huckleberry by Val Kilmer
The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne
Educated by Tara Westover
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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
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Born a Crime Trevor Noah
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Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
Boss lady by Tina Fey
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The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
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Lady of the Army: The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton
“A masterpiece of seminal research, Lady of the Army is an extraordinary, detailed, and unique biography of a remarkable woman married to a now legendary American military leader in both World War I and World War II.”
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My fave historical biographies:
* As Thousands Cheer: The Life Of Irving Berlin by Laurence Bergreen
* Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson
* The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel
* American Prometheus: The Triumph & Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird
* A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
* Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel: A Biography by Judith Morgan
* John Adams by David McCullough
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Matthew Perry’s
Prince Harry’s
Josh Peck’s
Luke Perry’s
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Just As I Am – Cicely Tyson, Becoming – Michelle Obama, Educated – Tara Westover, The Glass Castle – Jeanette Walls, Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt, Born a Crime – Trevor Noah, Between The World & Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Color Of Water – James McBride, Finding Me – Viola Davis.
Favorites of those above: Just As I Am, Born a Crime, and Finding Me.
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Life and Death in Shanghai by Cheng Nien
It’s the whole of China’s Cultural Revolution from one woman’s point of view.
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John Glenn: A Memoir
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
iWoz by Steve Wozniak
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The Theodore Roosevelt trilogy by Edmund Morris.
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On Writing by Stephen King
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I really liked “Not Your Average Girl” Rebecca Quin aka WWE Superstar Becky Lynch
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The Orientalist by Tom Reiss, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is a fascinating biography that reads like a spy novel. A thrilling page-turner of epic proportions, Reiss’s panoramic bestseller tells the true story of a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince in Nazi Germany. Lev Nussimbaum escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan and, as “Essad Bey,” became a celebrated author with the enduring novel Ali and Nino as well as an adventurer, a real-life Indiana Jones with a fatal secret. Reiss pursued Lev’s story across ten countries and found himself caught up in encounters as dramatic and surreal–and sometimes as heartbreaking–as his subject’s life.
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**Know My Name** by Chanel Miller
**When Breath Becomes Air** by Paul Kalanithi
*Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated* by Alison Arngrim is one of my favourite memoirs.
Others I really enjoyed:
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl bv John Colapinto
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
Putting it Together by James Lapine
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
I’m Your Huckleberry by Val Kilmer
The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne
Educated by Tara Westover
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Born a Crime Trevor Noah
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
Boss lady by Tina Fey
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
Lady of the Army: The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton
“A masterpiece of seminal research, Lady of the Army is an extraordinary, detailed, and unique biography of a remarkable woman married to a now legendary American military leader in both World War I and World War II.”
My fave historical biographies:
* As Thousands Cheer: The Life Of Irving Berlin by Laurence Bergreen
* Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson
* The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel
* American Prometheus: The Triumph & Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird
* A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
* Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel: A Biography by Judith Morgan
* John Adams by David McCullough
Matthew Perry’s
Prince Harry’s
Josh Peck’s
Luke Perry’s
Just As I Am – Cicely Tyson, Becoming – Michelle Obama, Educated – Tara Westover, The Glass Castle – Jeanette Walls, Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt, Born a Crime – Trevor Noah, Between The World & Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Color Of Water – James McBride, Finding Me – Viola Davis.
Favorites of those above: Just As I Am, Born a Crime, and Finding Me.
Life and Death in Shanghai by Cheng Nien
It’s the whole of China’s Cultural Revolution from one woman’s point of view.
John Glenn: A Memoir
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
iWoz by Steve Wozniak
The Theodore Roosevelt trilogy by Edmund Morris.
On Writing by Stephen King
I really liked “Not Your Average Girl” Rebecca Quin aka WWE Superstar Becky Lynch
The Orientalist by Tom Reiss, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is a fascinating biography that reads like a spy novel. A thrilling page-turner of epic proportions, Reiss’s panoramic bestseller tells the true story of a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince in Nazi Germany. Lev Nussimbaum escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan and, as “Essad Bey,” became a celebrated author with the enduring novel Ali and Nino as well as an adventurer, a real-life Indiana Jones with a fatal secret. Reiss pursued Lev’s story across ten countries and found himself caught up in encounters as dramatic and surreal–and sometimes as heartbreaking–as his subject’s life.