Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction

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Black Market Baby: An Adopted Woman's Journey
Black Market Baby: An Adopted Woman's Journey 3.50 avg rating — 482 ratings
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The Two Week Traveller
The Two Week Traveller 4.03 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Trailer Trash: an '80s Memoir
Trailer Trash: an '80s Memoir 4.08 avg rating — 508 ratings
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Driving the Birds
Driving the Birds 4.20 avg rating — 125 ratings
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If I Were to Die Today
If I Were to Die Today 3.56 avg rating — 900 ratings
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You Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral
You Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral 4.01 avg rating — 327 ratings
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What Has He Done Now?: Tales from a North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s
What Has He Done Now?: Tales from a North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s 3.56 avg rating — 889 ratings
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The Diary of a Single Parent Abroad
The Diary of a Single Parent Abroad 3.63 avg rating — 1,041 ratings
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Manic: A Memoir
Manic: A Memoir 3.82 avg rating — 12,026 ratings
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Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky 4.31 avg rating — 1,409 ratings
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea 3.84 avg rating — 167,258 ratings
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The Sealed Nectar | Biography of Prophet Muhammad
The Sealed Nectar | Biography of Prophet Muhammad 4.61 avg rating — 23,139 ratings
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Every Living Thing
Every Living Thing 4.50 avg rating — 17,222 ratings
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Stories Of The Prophets
Stories Of The Prophets 4.50 avg rating — 6,480 ratings
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Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet 4.19 avg rating — 7,047 ratings
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Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1) 4.20 avg rating — 23,606 ratings
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Passing Clouds
Passing Clouds it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 8,723 ratings
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Songs from the Well: A Memoir of Love and Grief
Songs from the Well: A Memoir of Love and Grief 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird 4.24 avg rating — 108,485 ratings
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In the Dream House
In the Dream House 4.40 avg rating — 153,048 ratings
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Drama: An Actor's Education
Drama: An Actor's Education 3.93 avg rating — 2,412 ratings
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Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)
Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 27,106 ratings
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life 4.05 avg rating — 147,335 ratings
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Let Sleeping Vets Lie (All Creatures Great and Small, #3)
Let Sleeping Vets Lie (All Creatures Great and Small, #3) 4.41 avg rating — 4,540 ratings
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy 4.22 avg rating — 80,458 ratings
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The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 44,286 ratings
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Dry
Dry 4.03 avg rating — 97,576 ratings
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The Pursuit of Love (Radlett & Montdore, #1)
The Pursuit of Love (Radlett & Montdore, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 21,965 ratings
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Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter
Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter 3.69 avg rating — 1,638 ratings
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Mouseschawitz - My Summer Job of Concentrated Fun
Mouseschawitz - My Summer Job of Concentrated Fun 3.13 avg rating — 262 ratings
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This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
by: Ivan Doig
4.28 avg rating — 7,237 ratings
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Confessions
Confessions 3.99 avg rating — 71,267 ratings
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Grace
Grace 3.81 avg rating — 1,114 ratings
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Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots 3.99 avg rating — 17,291 ratings
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Muhammad the Messenger of Guidance: A Concise Introduction to His Life and Islam
Muhammad the Messenger of Guidance: A Concise Introduction to His Life and Islam 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Washington: A Life
Washington: A Life 4.16 avg rating — 79,890 ratings
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The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin 3.82 avg rating — 11,845 ratings
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Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories
Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories 3.85 avg rating — 14,284 ratings
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Vet in a Spin (All Creatures Great and Small, #6)
Vet in a Spin (All Creatures Great and Small, #6) 4.35 avg rating — 2,551 ratings
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The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family 3.81 avg rating — 12,441 ratings
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Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain 3.83 avg rating — 41,533 ratings
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The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra 3.88 avg rating — 24,079 ratings
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? 3.86 avg rating — 509,692 ratings
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No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo
No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,800 ratings
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Gandhi: An Autobiography
Gandhi: An Autobiography 4.10 avg rating — 73,828 ratings
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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard 4.22 avg rating — 21,745 ratings
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Peter the Great: His Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World 4.15 avg rating — 22,819 ratings
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The Songlines
The Songlines 3.96 avg rating — 12,123 ratings
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Roughing It
Roughing It 3.88 avg rating — 10,055 ratings
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea 4.02 avg rating — 14,409 ratings
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Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys 3.95 avg rating — 17,211 ratings
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Eastern Approaches
Eastern Approaches 4.44 avg rating — 1,862 ratings
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Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.96 avg rating — 112,017 ratings
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 4.01 avg rating — 45,377 ratings
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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris 3.94 avg rating — 20,408 ratings
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The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,675 ratings
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The Cat Who Went to Paris (Norton the Cat)
The Cat Who Went to Paris (Norton the Cat) 4.06 avg rating — 2,798 ratings
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Through Gates of Splendor
Through Gates of Splendor 4.37 avg rating — 31,510 ratings
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On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,519 ratings
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific 3.87 avg rating — 25,980 ratings
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story 4.19 avg rating — 22,034 ratings
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.34 avg rating — 23,719 ratings
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Driving with Dead People
Driving with Dead People 3.86 avg rating — 5,918 ratings
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Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness 3.91 avg rating — 12,744 ratings
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Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper
Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper 4.33 avg rating — 1,018 ratings
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating — 115,984 ratings
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Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens 3.86 avg rating — 10,157 ratings
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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World 4.32 avg rating — 28,488 ratings
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Lucky Man
Lucky Man 4.07 avg rating — 28,636 ratings
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Below Stairs
Below Stairs 3.58 avg rating — 14,239 ratings
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My Life on the Road
My Life on the Road 4.07 avg rating — 36,280 ratings
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The Life of Elizabeth I
The Life of Elizabeth I 4.03 avg rating — 32,632 ratings
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Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch 3.88 avg rating — 29,042 ratings
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Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo 4.36 avg rating — 74,265 ratings
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Open
Open 4.32 avg rating — 139,816 ratings
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A. Lincoln
A. Lincoln 4.30 avg rating — 20,124 ratings
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The Ghost of Jack Woodford
The Ghost of Jack Woodford 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Leaving Salt Lake City
Leaving Salt Lake City 3.18 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Aviator's Wife
The Aviator's Wife 3.91 avg rating — 75,932 ratings
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Out of the Shoebox: An Autobiographic Mystery
Out of the Shoebox: An Autobiographic Mystery 3.87 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
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With Angel's Wings
With Angel's Wings 4.20 avg rating — 486 ratings
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers 3.92 avg rating — 16,916 ratings
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Levant Fever: True Stories from Syria's Underground
Levant Fever: True Stories from Syria's Underground 3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and China Before and After
Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and China Before and After 3.96 avg rating — 91 ratings
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A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other
A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other 4.25 avg rating — 382 ratings
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Burl: Journalism Giant and Medical Trailblazer
Burl: Journalism Giant and Medical Trailblazer 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship 4.21 avg rating — 105,260 ratings
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Being Mean: A Memoir of Sexual Abuse and Survival
Being Mean: A Memoir of Sexual Abuse and Survival 4.12 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Snapshots (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books)
Snapshots (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books) 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein (2008-02-12)
The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein (2008-02-12) 4.08 avg rating — 15,079 ratings
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 4.05 avg rating — 239,816 ratings
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H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,926 ratings
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician 3.89 avg rating — 8,070 ratings
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Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas 3.51 avg rating — 1,099 ratings
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Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz
Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz 4.32 avg rating — 3,565 ratings
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Letters, 1925-1975
Letters, 1925-1975 3.93 avg rating — 409 ratings
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Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.12 avg rating — 5,975 ratings
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Detached (The Fleischer Series, #1)
Detached (The Fleischer Series, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Paulyanna International Rent-boy
Paulyanna International Rent-boy 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings
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