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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We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
Mother Noise
Fly Girl: A Memoir
Ma and Me: A Memoir
Miss Memory Lane: A Memoir
Brace for Impact: A Memoir
Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University
The Gotti Wars: Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
My Seven Black Fathers: The Men Who Made Me Whole
Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop
Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family,  from Vietnam to Today
Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do
Here's the Deal
This Body I Wore: A Memoir
Happy-Go-Lucky
Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature
Three Sisters (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #3)
James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
The Community
The Happiest Man on Earth
Out of the Corner
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Becoming
Her Hidden Genius
American Seoul
The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Miss Memory Lane: A Memoir
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie WieselEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
1,825 books — 1,697 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
1,257 books — 1,258 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,170 books — 3,444 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandLone Survivor by Marcus LuttrellWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Best Non-fiction War Books
1,673 books — 2,087 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingYes Please by Amy PoehlerLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  LawsonAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Funny Women Memoirs
414 books — 1,536 voters

Steve Jobs
The Diary of a Young Girl
Becoming
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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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