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.

See also:
Autobiography
Memoir
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Lost & Found: A Memoir
Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School
Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy
Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness
Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom
This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown
High-Risk Homosexual
Rise: My Story
Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun
Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
Trapped in the Present Tense
Fearless Heart: An Illustrated Biography of Surya Bonaly
The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning
North to Paradise
Becoming
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
Her Hidden Genius
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
All about Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
Por si las voces vuelven
The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Things I Should Have Said: Family, Fame, and Figuring it Out
Peril
Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments
A Promised Land
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
7,298 books — 5,028 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,691 books — 1,776 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People's History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
1,958 books — 2,389 voters

Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsLove Is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,245 books — 1,241 voters
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
412 books — 1,536 voters

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

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