Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction

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The Moon's a Balloon
The Moon's a Balloon 4.10 avg rating — 8,226 ratings
102.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,132 ratings
103.
Martin Heidegger: Between Good and Evil
Martin Heidegger: Between Good and Evil 3.87 avg rating — 1,755 ratings
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A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana 3.80 avg rating — 37,392 ratings
105.
Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black 3.72 avg rating — 204,760 ratings
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa 4.19 avg rating — 66,205 ratings
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Melania and Me
Melania and Me 3.23 avg rating — 8,032 ratings
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Pelosi
Pelosi 4.15 avg rating — 2,950 ratings
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Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote 3.90 avg rating — 934 ratings
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Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America 4.38 avg rating — 3,010 ratings
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A House in the Sky
A House in the Sky 4.28 avg rating — 70,657 ratings
112.
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World 4.27 avg rating — 63,639 ratings
113.
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter 3.99 avg rating — 6,039 ratings
114.
Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland
Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland 4.36 avg rating — 18,867 ratings
115.
Obama: From Promise to Power
Obama: From Promise to Power 4.18 avg rating — 2,677 ratings
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Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House
Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House 4.41 avg rating — 3,236 ratings
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Cider With Rosie
Cider With Rosie 3.91 avg rating — 14,856 ratings
118.
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire 3.78 avg rating — 20,121 ratings
119.
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 3.94 avg rating — 229,604 ratings
120.
Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships 4.12 avg rating — 18,185 ratings
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness 4.09 avg rating — 233,254 ratings
122.
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail 4.06 avg rating — 24,447 ratings
123.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death 3.98 avg rating — 76,133 ratings
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Kids We Were
Kids We Were 4.25 avg rating — 67 ratings
125.
Obama's Wars
Obama's Wars 3.82 avg rating — 9,073 ratings
126.
The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel 4.32 avg rating — 7,372 ratings
127.
Living History
Living History 3.76 avg rating — 34,055 ratings
128.
The Know-It-All
The Know-It-All 3.76 avg rating — 29,485 ratings
129.
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History 3.80 avg rating — 51,850 ratings
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Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamist Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamist Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs 3.95 avg rating — 31,195 ratings
131.
In Plain Sight: A True Story of Kidnapping and Rape
In Plain Sight: A True Story of Kidnapping and Rape 4.26 avg rating — 2,420 ratings
132.
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime 4.13 avg rating — 22,713 ratings
133.
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II 4.15 avg rating — 58,202 ratings
133.
The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America
The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America 4.29 avg rating — 2,642 ratings
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Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)
Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3) 3.76 avg rating — 39,641 ratings
136.
Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed - A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings
Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed - A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings 4.18 avg rating — 30,091 ratings
137.
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating — 269,384 ratings
138.
Polly: Sex Culture Revolutionary
Polly: Sex Culture Revolutionary 4.21 avg rating — 96 ratings
139.
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? 4.03 avg rating — 14,676 ratings
140.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
by: Rob Lowe
3.87 avg rating — 83,930 ratings
141.
Escape
Escape 3.98 avg rating — 45,882 ratings
142.
Life After Darkness: Finding Healing and Happiness After the Cleveland Kidnappings
Life After Darkness: Finding Healing and Happiness After the Cleveland Kidnappings 4.02 avg rating — 1,737 ratings
143.
Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power
Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power 4.14 avg rating — 1,825 ratings
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While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America
While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America 3.99 avg rating — 4,750 ratings
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Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind 3.82 avg rating — 4,686 ratings
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,926 ratings
147.
A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life 3.96 avg rating — 141,488 ratings
148.
Under Water: A Natural Disaster Memoir
Under Water: A Natural Disaster Memoir 3.97 avg rating — 792 ratings
149.
Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience
Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience 3.81 avg rating — 654 ratings
149.
Freedom: My Book of Firsts
Freedom: My Book of Firsts 3.55 avg rating — 5,544 ratings
151.
The Lost Girls
The Lost Girls 4.08 avg rating — 7,275 ratings
152.
Going Solo (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #2)
Going Solo (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 32,612 ratings
153.
Go West, Young Woman!: From Military Wife to Country Life
Go West, Young Woman!: From Military Wife to Country Life 4.08 avg rating — 366 ratings
154.
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream 3.83 avg rating — 168,475 ratings
155.
A Street Cat Named Bob
A Street Cat Named Bob 3.99 avg rating — 59,149 ratings
156.
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness 4.06 avg rating — 84,149 ratings
157.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope 4.07 avg rating — 31,869 ratings
158.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,907 ratings
159.
Reckless Traveler
Reckless Traveler 4.56 avg rating — 70 ratings
160.
A Promised Land
A Promised Land 4.32 avg rating — 263,407 ratings
161.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
When You Are Engulfed in Flames 4.08 avg rating — 215,526 ratings
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This Childhood of Mine: A Memoir of My Last Summer with My Mentally Ill Mother and Alcoholic Father
This Childhood of Mine: A Memoir of My Last Summer with My Mentally Ill Mother and Alcoholic Father 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings
163.
Lucky
Lucky 3.77 avg rating — 101,355 ratings
164.
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President 4.22 avg rating — 81,269 ratings
165.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 4.46 avg rating — 155,672 ratings
166.
Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server
Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server 3.51 avg rating — 2,713 ratings
167.
Living the Best Day Ever
Living the Best Day Ever 4.40 avg rating — 1,233 ratings
168.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,789 ratings
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice 4.44 avg rating — 104,270 ratings
170.
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away 3.90 avg rating — 68,628 ratings
171.
Naked
Naked 4.10 avg rating — 271,049 ratings
172.
Come to the Edge
Come to the Edge 3.93 avg rating — 3,319 ratings
173.
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
174.
Dear Teddy
Dear Teddy 3.73 avg rating — 1,306 ratings
175.
Goodbye Teddy
Goodbye Teddy 3.72 avg rating — 959 ratings
176.
Stupid Boy
Stupid Boy 3.71 avg rating — 980 ratings
177.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,630 ratings
178.
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity 3.68 avg rating — 11,953 ratings
179.
Telling Teddy
Telling Teddy 3.79 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
180.
Broken
Broken 4.27 avg rating — 4,150 ratings
181.
Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life
Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life 4.12 avg rating — 9,383 ratings
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Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide 4.02 avg rating — 11,605 ratings
183.
Buck: A Memoir
Buck: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 3,060 ratings
184.
Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation 3.64 avg rating — 63,384 ratings
185.
My Point... And I Do Have One
My Point... And I Do Have One 3.63 avg rating — 8,800 ratings
186.
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle 3.64 avg rating — 20,491 ratings
187.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,433 ratings
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,747 ratings
189.
A Forest of Doors: An Orphan's Quest
A Forest of Doors: An Orphan's Quest
by: L.A. Muse
4.01 avg rating — 324 ratings
189.
Justin Time: Autobiographical Stories from an American Spiritual Master
Justin Time: Autobiographical Stories from an American Spiritual Master 4.77 avg rating — 30 ratings
191.
Beautiful Affliction
Beautiful Affliction 3.86 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
192.
Choosing Light: When an Earthquake Buried Me and My Family for 5 Days, I Learned to Fully Live
Choosing Light: When an Earthquake Buried Me and My Family for 5 Days, I Learned to Fully Live 3.72 avg rating — 1,100 ratings
193.
Positive Vision: Enjoying the Adventures and Advantages of Poor Eyesight
Positive Vision: Enjoying the Adventures and Advantages of Poor Eyesight 4.74 avg rating — 34 ratings
194.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast 4.02 avg rating — 162,845 ratings
195.
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind 4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings
196.
Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery 4.11 avg rating — 35,601 ratings
197.
A Girl from Yamhill
A Girl from Yamhill 4.02 avg rating — 4,471 ratings
198.
Breaking Free
Breaking Free 4.11 avg rating — 14,841 ratings
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FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History 4.33 avg rating — 1,083 ratings
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How to Be a Woman
How to Be a Woman 3.71 avg rating — 109,843 ratings
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