Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography

1.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,584 ratings
2.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,461 ratings
3.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,066 ratings
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Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,922 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,686 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 — 1,153,838 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 — 550,891 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,486 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 — 568,888 ratings
10.
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors 3.77 avg rating — 400,411 ratings
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,145 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 — 224,906 ratings
13.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,262 ratings
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A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,025 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 — 155,346 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 — 365,544 ratings
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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 — 348,469 ratings
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Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools: Tuck into a Slice of Andalucían Life (Old Fools, #1)
Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools: Tuck into a Slice of Andalucían Life (Old Fools, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 4,223 ratings
19.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day 4.01 avg rating — 714,067 ratings
20.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,401 ratings
21.
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 — 475,385 ratings
22.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,267 ratings
23.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 786,969 ratings
24.
Bossypants
Bossypants
by: Tina Fey
3.96 avg rating — 1,041,901 ratings
25.
Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,772,523 ratings
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,408 ratings
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John Adams
John Adams 4.08 avg rating — 373,216 ratings
28.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,085 ratings
29.
The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture 4.26 avg rating — 359,301 ratings
30.
Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating — 91,942 ratings
31.
The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life 4.08 avg rating — 150,141 ratings
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Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,589 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 — 989,115 ratings
34.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,637 ratings
35.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time 3.66 avg rating — 358,685 ratings
36.
Lucky
Lucky 3.77 avg rating — 101,353 ratings
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The Color of Water
The Color of Water 4.15 avg rating — 131,547 ratings
38.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,549 ratings
39.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me 4.11 avg rating — 69,179 ratings
40.
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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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,457 ratings
42.
Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain
Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain 4.14 avg rating — 7,700 ratings
43.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs 4.15 avg rating — 1,331,083 ratings
44.
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating — 269,365 ratings
45.
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
46.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,182 ratings
47.
Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again (Old Fools, #3)
Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again (Old Fools, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 2,237 ratings
48.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 284,889 ratings
49.
I Grew My Boobs in China (Sihpromatum #1)
I Grew My Boobs in China (Sihpromatum #1) 3.74 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
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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
51.
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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Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)
Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44,226 ratings
53.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,422 ratings
54.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,903 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 — 436,073 ratings
56.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,984 ratings
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Escape
Escape 3.98 avg rating — 45,881 ratings
58.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 4.18 avg rating — 359,766 ratings
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West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating — 40,226 ratings
60.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 3.69 avg rating — 182,713 ratings
61.
The Lullaby Illusion: A Journey of Awakening
The Lullaby Illusion: A Journey of Awakening 3.76 avg rating — 972 ratings
62.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,640 ratings
63.
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 — 612,675 ratings
64.
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 — 863 ratings
65.
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 — 76,131 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
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A Million Little Pieces
A Million Little Pieces 3.69 avg rating — 260,934 ratings
68.
"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 — 213,183 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
70.
Dry
Dry 4.03 avg rating — 97,570 ratings
71.
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating — 71,035 ratings
72.
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
73.
Through My Eyes
Through My Eyes
by: Tim Tebow
3.94 avg rating — 12,859 ratings
74.
'Tis
'Tis 3.74 avg rating — 65,407 ratings
75.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,119 ratings
76.
QB: My Life Behind the Spiral
QB: My Life Behind the Spiral 4.26 avg rating — 3,458 ratings
77.
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership 4.21 avg rating — 6,094 ratings
78.
America's Game: The NFL at 100
America's Game: The NFL at 100 4.02 avg rating — 507 ratings
79.
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities 3.99 avg rating — 90,415 ratings
80.
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
81.
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman 4.09 avg rating — 42,506 ratings
82.
Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca?
Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca? 3.60 avg rating — 2,143 ratings
83.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 196,281 ratings
84.
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 — 56,649 ratings
85.
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
86.
Montana: The Biography of Football's Joe Cool
Montana: The Biography of Football's Joe Cool 4.07 avg rating — 638 ratings
87.
Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation 3.64 avg rating — 63,380 ratings
88.
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
89.
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
90.
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 — 3,462 ratings
91.
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 — 1,846 ratings
92.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz 4.34 avg rating — 83,581 ratings
93.
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors 4.14 avg rating — 80,871 ratings
94.
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life 3.88 avg rating — 105,637 ratings
95.
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by: Loung Ung
4.35 avg rating — 52,416 ratings
96.
A Piece of Cake
A Piece of Cake 4.25 avg rating — 37,791 ratings
97.
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 — 1,894 ratings
98.
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 61,489 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 — 82,188 ratings
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World 3.87 avg rating — 62,005 ratings
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