Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction

1.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,031 ratings
2.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,950 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,185 ratings
4.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,617 ratings
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All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small #1-2)
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small #1-2) 4.35 avg rating — 155,359 ratings
6.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,194 ratings
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,962 ratings
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,044 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,608 ratings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,933 ratings
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 365,577 ratings
12.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,116 ratings
13.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,469 ratings
14.
Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient
Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient 4.37 avg rating — 7,944 ratings
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All Things Bright and Beautiful (All Creatures Great and Small, #3-4)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (All Creatures Great and Small, #3-4) 4.35 avg rating — 82,193 ratings
16.
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,044 ratings
17.
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,795 ratings
18.
Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond 4.30 avg rating — 4,842 ratings
19.
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,508 ratings
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Papillon
Papillon 4.23 avg rating — 74,111 ratings
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,115 ratings
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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl 4.10 avg rating — 12,464 ratings
23.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,278 ratings
24.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend 4.23 avg rating — 167,140 ratings
25.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day 4.01 avg rating — 714,084 ratings
26.
The Truth About Aaron: My Journey to Understand My Brother
The Truth About Aaron: My Journey to Understand My Brother really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,708 ratings
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman 4.09 avg rating — 42,513 ratings
28.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,129 ratings
29.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,412 ratings
30.
QB: My Life Behind the Spiral
QB: My Life Behind the Spiral 4.26 avg rating — 3,458 ratings
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All Things Wise and Wonderful (All Creatures Great and Small, #5-6)
All Things Wise and Wonderful (All Creatures Great and Small, #5-6) 4.45 avg rating — 37,078 ratings
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Browns Town 1964: The Cleveland Browns and the 1964 Championship
Browns Town 1964: The Cleveland Browns and the 1964 Championship 4.20 avg rating — 450 ratings
33.
Lost in Yaba: Down and Out in Laos
Lost in Yaba: Down and Out in Laos 3.86 avg rating — 1,633 ratings
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You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television
You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television 3.97 avg rating — 3,623 ratings
35.
America's Game: The NFL at 100
America's Game: The NFL at 100 4.02 avg rating — 508 ratings
36.
Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time
Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time 4.11 avg rating — 2,051 ratings
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Through My Eyes
Through My Eyes
by: Tim Tebow
3.94 avg rating — 12,859 ratings
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Talking to GOATs: The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard
Talking to GOATs: The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard
by: Jim Gray
3.98 avg rating — 1,847 ratings
39.
The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era
The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era 4.27 avg rating — 864 ratings
40.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,414 ratings
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The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership 4.21 avg rating — 6,097 ratings
42.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,321 ratings
43.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,208 ratings
44.
The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson 4.18 avg rating — 3,465 ratings
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SUGAR BEAR: Life Lessons, Leadership, and the Legacy of a High School Coach
SUGAR BEAR: Life Lessons, Leadership, and the Legacy of a High School Coach 4.24 avg rating — 382 ratings
46.
The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire
The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire 4.16 avg rating — 1,896 ratings
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Montana: The Biography of Football's Joe Cool
Montana: The Biography of Football's Joe Cool 4.07 avg rating — 638 ratings
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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 4.17 avg rating — 213,864 ratings
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating — 29,465 ratings
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Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog 4.14 avg rating — 475,395 ratings
51.
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All 4.45 avg rating — 29,429 ratings
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Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 33,673 ratings
53.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,563 ratings
54.
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet 4.10 avg rating — 25,966 ratings
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Bossypants
Bossypants
by: Tina Fey
3.96 avg rating — 1,041,949 ratings
56.
Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #1)
Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 72,261 ratings
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 4.20 avg rating — 1,154,025 ratings
58.
Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist 4.15 avg rating — 21,056 ratings
59.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs 4.15 avg rating — 1,331,172 ratings
60.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,175 ratings
61.
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood 3.97 avg rating — 56,654 ratings
62.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir 3.90 avg rating — 198,658 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,699 ratings
64.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World 3.87 avg rating — 62,008 ratings
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Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,541 ratings
66.
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors 3.77 avg rating — 400,428 ratings
67.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,465 ratings
68.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 4.11 avg rating — 286,482 ratings
69.
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 61,493 ratings
70.
The Miracle Worker: A Play
The Miracle Worker: A Play 4.19 avg rating — 35,075 ratings
71.
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating — 213,209 ratings
72.
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating — 71,039 ratings
73.
What Happened
What Happened 3.92 avg rating — 60,669 ratings
74.
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life 3.88 avg rating — 105,646 ratings
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Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back 4.04 avg rating — 334,253 ratings
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Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake 4.04 avg rating — 61,417 ratings
77.
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 3.84 avg rating — 120,604 ratings
78.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me 4.11 avg rating — 69,182 ratings
79.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,993 ratings
80.
'Tis
'Tis 3.74 avg rating — 65,409 ratings
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Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love 4.30 avg rating — 17,180 ratings
82.
John Adams
John Adams 4.08 avg rating — 373,236 ratings
83.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,752 ratings
84.
Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,772,868 ratings
85.
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times 4.27 avg rating — 94,812 ratings
86.
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves 4.21 avg rating — 25,555 ratings
87.
Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island 3.92 avg rating — 117,839 ratings
88.
Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel 4.27 avg rating — 5,860 ratings
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Illegal
Illegal 3.73 avg rating — 1,159 ratings
90.
Sh*t My Dad Says
Sh*t My Dad Says 3.98 avg rating — 159,572 ratings
91.
In a Sunburned Country
In a Sunburned Country 4.07 avg rating — 119,156 ratings
92.
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors 4.14 avg rating — 80,872 ratings
93.
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic 4.39 avg rating — 28,866 ratings
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The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
by: Ann Rule
4.14 avg rating — 109,003 ratings
95.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible 3.76 avg rating — 68,670 ratings
96.
My Story
My Story 3.88 avg rating — 46,710 ratings
97.
My Life
My Life 3.74 avg rating — 49,704 ratings
98.
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times 4.19 avg rating — 77,378 ratings
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Six Wives of Henry VIII 4.12 avg rating — 72,136 ratings
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Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing 3.42 avg rating — 10,422 ratings
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