Best Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

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Educated: A Memoir

af Tara Westover

9,218 medlemmer

493 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

25 Members: ablachly, dimajazz, kaulsu, ecb06c, Micheller7, terran, bjappleg8, foof2you, sturlington, katemcangus, vwinsloe, ahef1963, nancykric, bookmary2, ReecerCreek, hallhope, ManWithAnAgenda, Wordslinger1919, cathy.lemann, Louanne, Tosta, WynneWages, javad114, Chanda.Leah, Csufgirl84,
Forklaringer: ReecerCreek: Fave in our book group. Bill Gates also posted a great interview

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84, Charing Cross Road

af Helene Hanff

5,731 medlemmer

340 anmeldelser

4.2

20 Members: rosalita, BookDoc16, gbelik, kaulsu, Faradaydon, ecb06c, VenusofUrbino, mstrust, merrystar, perennialreader, souloftherose, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, bookmary2, Ravenk, barefootsong, rtoker, cathy.lemann, Tosta, Gayle4th
Forklaringer: perennialreader: Feel good book.

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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

af Trevor Noah

5,790 medlemmer

345 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

21 Members: karenb, rosalita, BookDoc16, bangerlm, kaulsu, camelama, bjappleg8, PaperbackPirate, sturlington, souloftherose, vwinsloe, peterveen, ahef1963, megbmore, Patchshank, fionaanne, barefootsong, hallhope, Brandy1411, Louanne, Chanda.Leah,bookmary2

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All Creatures Great and Small

af James Herriot

7,626 medlemmer

132 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

21 Members: Aquila, BookDoc16, harrietgate, camelama, bjappleg8, mstrust, cbl_tn, PaperbackPirate, atozgrl, PatsyMurray, perennialreader, Fjumonvi, miller.max, al.vick, AnneSteph, bookmary2, barefootsong, Karen74Leigh, Joy62, dave3pt0, Chanda.Leah
Forklaringer: cbl_tn: I highly recommend the audiobook narrated by Christopher Timothy!
perennialreader: Loved the whole series!

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Anne Frank's dagbog

af Anne Frank

27,696 medlemmer

504 anmeldelser

4.1

19 Members: timspalding, kaulsu, camelama, bjappleg8, mstrust, sundancer, merrystar, atozgrl, perennialreader, susanbooks, Patchshank, hallhope, Karen74Leigh, Brandy1411, Tosta, Nikkimf88, DoomLuz, Joy62, WynneWages
Forklaringer: perennialreader: Read this book when I was her age. It has haunted me ever since.

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Henrietta Lacks' udødelige liv

af Rebecca Skloot

14,199 medlemmer

729 anmeldelser

4.2

19 Members: BookDoc16, kaulsu, Micheller7, raidergirl3, VenusofUrbino, mstrust, PaperbackPirate, vwinsloe, gypsysmom, msemmag, bookmary2, Ravenk, hallhope, cathy.lemann, Louanne, Tosta, Joy62, WynneWages, Chanda.Leah,ahef1963

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Bedemandens datter : en tragikomisk familiehistorie

af Alison Bechdel

7,896 medlemmer

361 anmeldelser

4.2

15 Members: Aquila, ablachly, lulaa, EerierIdyllMeme, mstrust, Heather39, sturlington, Dilara86, nancykric, Ravenk, hallhope, ManWithAnAgenda, KurtWombat, Tosta, SOShea

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Night

af Elie Wiesel

26,834 medlemmer

566 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

16 Members: timspalding, rosalita, BookDoc16, kaulsu, Cecrow, mstrust, PaperbackPirate, Bretzky1, harray, Patchshank, hallhope, ManWithAnAgenda, Louanne, Tosta, Joy62, WynneWages,bookmary2

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Min familie og andre dyr

af Gerald Durrell

5,142 medlemmer

146 anmeldelser

4.2

15 Members: tardis, harrietgate, camelama, mstrust, CarltonC, azimrin, miller.max, Michael.Rimmer, bookmary2, Ravenk, barefootsong, Karen74Leigh, Louanne, myebooks, megstar111

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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President

af Candice Millard

2,858 medlemmer

149 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

13 Members: brewergirl, rosalita, bangerlm, oregonobsessionz, foof2you, RBeffa, noveltea, Patchshank, bookmary2, bujeya, Tosta, KeithChaffee, Chanda.Leah

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Washington: A Life

af Ron Chernow

2,966 medlemmer

81 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

12 Members: gbelik, oregonobsessionz, kaulsu, camelama, atozgrl, AbigailAdams26, harray, bookmary2, Wordslinger1919, Joy62, WynneWages, Chanda.Leah
Forklaringer: AbigailAdams26: One of the best biographies I have read, over the last ten years. The kick-off title of my Presidential Biography Book Club.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

af Maya Angelou

14,341 medlemmer

217 anmeldelser

4

11 Members: jeshakespeare, camelama, PaperbackPirate, perennialreader, nancykric, Patchshank, hallhope, KurtWombat, Brandy1411, dave3pt0, megstar111
Forklaringer: perennialreader: Wonderful writing.

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The Complete Persepolis

af Marjane Satrapi

6,673 medlemmer

247 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

11 Members: Aquila, stillramona, EerierIdyllMeme, bjappleg8, ahef1963, nancykric, Patchshank, hallhope, KurtWombat, Tosta, DoomLuz

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Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass

af Isak Dinesen

2,075 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

4

9 Members: gbelik, camelama, merrystar, RBeffa, perennialreader, peterveen, Karen74Leigh, loulourevisited, Chanda.Leah
Forklaringer: perennialreader: Beautifully written.

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Between the World and Me

af Ta-Nehisi Coates

7,422 medlemmer

353 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

10 Members: stillramona, rosalita, sturlington, nancykric, kristilabrie, Patchshank, msemmag, Ravenk, hallhope, Chanda.Leah

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Angelas aske : erindringsroman

af Frank McCourt

21,601 medlemmer

335 anmeldelser

4

10 Members: oregonobsessionz, ecb06c, raidergirl3, terran, foof2you, PaperbackPirate, RBeffa, nancykric, AnneSteph, SOShea

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Hyldest til Catalonien

af George Orwell

6,011 medlemmer

102 anmeldelser

4.1

9 Members: gbelik, pitjrw, FAMeulstee, amanda4242, CarltonC, miller.max, nancykric, Ravenk, elahrairah

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John Adams

af David McCullough

13,381 medlemmer

192 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

9 Members: brewergirl, oregonobsessionz, kaulsu, camelama, Bretzky1, noveltea, AbigailAdams26, davidflem1984, Joy62
Forklaringer: AbigailAdams26: As someone named for Abigail Adams, I have been given biographies of various Adams family members many times. This was one of my last Christmas gifts from my father.

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Med natten mod vest

af Beryl Markham

3,521 medlemmer

124 anmeldelser

4.1

9 Members: gbelik, camelama, PatsyMurray, perennialreader, msemmag, bookmary2, Karen74Leigh, loulourevisited, Joy62
Forklaringer: perennialreader: Amazing woman.

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The Hiding Place

af Corrie ten Boom

9,746 medlemmer

140 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

9 Members: sherryearly, raidergirl3, sundancer, cbl_tn, atozgrl, AnneSteph, slimikin, Joy62, WynneWages

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Maus : en overlevende fortæller

af Art Spiegelman

8,387 medlemmer

248 anmeldelser

½ 4.5

9 Members: languagehat, BookDoc16, ecb06c, thalassa_thalassa, msemmag, bujeya, Karen74Leigh, KurtWombat, elahrairah
Forklaringer: elahrairah: How not to survive the unsurvivable.

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When Breath Becomes Air

af Paul Kalanithi

5,304 medlemmer

304 anmeldelser

4.2

6 Members: stillramona, gbelik, nicolecervone, katemcangus, Louanne, PhebeQ

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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited

af Vladimir Nabokov

3,546 medlemmer

43 anmeldelser

4.2

7 Members: timspalding, languagehat, lulaa, pitjrw, ecb06c, peterveen, nancykric

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James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon

af Julie Phillips

735 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

7 Members: Aquila, anglemark, RBeffa, vwinsloe, noveltea, KeithChaffee, Chanda.Leah

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Lab Girl

af Hope Jahren

2,518 medlemmer

147 anmeldelser

4.1

7 Members: brewergirl, bangerlm, raidergirl3, terran, lottpoet, nancykric, hallhope

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X

af Malcolm X

9,533 medlemmer

118 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

7 Members: brewergirl, stillramona, kaulsu, foof2you, Patchshank, KurtWombat, Wordslinger1919

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March: Book One

af John Lewis

2,845 medlemmer

159 anmeldelser

½ 4.5

6 Members: hipdeep, raidergirl3, lottpoet, megbmore, slimikin, SOShea
Forklaringer: hipdeep: Volume 1 standing in for the whole series.

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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

af Bill Bryson

6,449 medlemmer

234 anmeldelser

3.9

7 Members: rosalita, BookDoc16, lulaa, Faradaydon, terran, mstrust, bookmary2

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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

af Allie Brosh

4,933 medlemmer

287 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

7 Members: camelama, Heather39, sturlington, Patchshank, Ravenk, elahrairah, SOShea

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Wild : en fortælling om at fare vild og finde sig selv igen

af Cheryl Strayed

8,395 medlemmer

508 anmeldelser

3.9

5 Members: PaperbackPirate, sturlington, katemcangus, StMatthewOCLibrary, mclevbrt756

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Der er ingen ende på Paris

af Ernest Hemingway

8,882 medlemmer

187 anmeldelser

4

6 Members: hipdeep, pitjrw, PatsyMurray, RBeffa, Karen74Leigh, Louanne

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

af Laura Hillenbrand

11,822 medlemmer

582 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

6 Members: BookDoc16, bangerlm, terran, bjappleg8, vwinsloe, Joy62

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Walden eller Livet i skovene

af Henry David Thoreau

13,769 medlemmer

180 anmeldelser

3.8

6 Members: kaulsu, PatsyMurray, Heather39, nancykric, kristilabrie, bookmary2

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Where You Come From

af Saša Stanišić

268 medlemmer

12 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: thorold, birder4106, Dilara86, Cansu_Jasmine_Otan

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Just kids

af Patti Smith

5,301 medlemmer

233 anmeldelser

4.1

4 Members: lulaa, minkscat, MLShaw, megstar111

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One Writer's Beginnings

af Eudora Welty

1,697 medlemmer

24 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: dimajazz, katemcangus, AnneSteph, JustJune

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Ordene

af Jean-Paul Sartre

2,289 medlemmer

18 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

4 Members: kaixo, KarenFunt, JuliaMaria, sekinehnasiri

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

af Harriet A. Jacobs

4,197 medlemmer

78 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: rocketjk, susanbooks, Brandy1411, Cansu_Jasmine_Otan

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Visdommens syv søjler : en triumf

af T. E. Lawrence

4,685 medlemmer

55 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: pitjrw, amanda4242, Karen74Leigh, sekinehnasiri

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The Road from Coorain

af Jill Ker Conway

1,760 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

3.9

5 Members: brewergirl, BookDoc16, PaperbackPirate, merrystar, Fjumonvi

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The Life of Samuel Johnson

af James Boswell

3,821 medlemmer

40 anmeldelser

4.2

4 Members: sherryearly, PatsyMurray, JuliaMaria, Karen74Leigh

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The Black Count: Napoleon's Rival and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

af Tom Reiss

1,630 medlemmer

111 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: EerierIdyllMeme, souloftherose, noveltea, KurtWombat

43

The Moon's a Balloon

af David Niven

892 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: harrietgate, abbottthomas, dewasus1, atozgrl

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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

af Nelson Mandela

4,769 medlemmer

62 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

4 Members: oregonobsessionz, PaperbackPirate, ahef1963, SOShea

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Marie Antoinette : rejsen

af Antonia Fraser

3,255 medlemmer

58 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: princessgarnet, mstrust, peterveen, Karen74Leigh

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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness

af Edward Abbey

3,841 medlemmer

87 anmeldelser

4.2

4 Members: oregonobsessionz, gypsysmom, miller.max, JustJune

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How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

af Sarah Bakewell

1,907 medlemmer

86 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: kaixo, JuliaMaria, miller.max

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Liv og død i Shanghai

af Nien Cheng

1,440 medlemmer

20 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: sherryearly, sssolstice, Louanne

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Come, Tell Me How You Live

af Agatha Christie

862 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: harrietgate, CarltonC, souloftherose
Forklaringer: CarltonC: Not so much an archaeological memoir, as a memoir about a time (1930's) and places (Orient Express, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq) that I imagine have changed beyond recognition. This memoir and travelogue clearly shows the author's happiness at that time, which she conveys so wonderfully in this brief book, so full of love and humour. There is little about archaeology, it is about the sights, sounds, smells and above all the people that she encountered. I was enchanted.

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Man's Search for Meaning

af Viktor Frankl

15,066 medlemmer

306 anmeldelser

4.2

4 Members: bjappleg8, sundancer, msemmag, elahrairah
Forklaringer: elahrairah: How to survive the unsurvivable.

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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

af Michelle Zauner

2,189 medlemmer

83 anmeldelser

4

3 Members: ablachly, kaixo, DoomLuz

52

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

af Bryan Stevenson

4,407 medlemmer

236 anmeldelser

½ 4.6

4 Members: hipdeep, barefootsong, Tosta, SOShea

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Haren med de ravgule øjne

af Edmund De Waal

3,561 medlemmer

155 anmeldelser

4

3 Members: anglemark, gbelik, Ravenk

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Verden af i går : en europæers erindringer

af Stefan Zweig

2,475 medlemmer

74 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

3 Members: FAMeulstee, Ravenk, cipeciop

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Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

af Dani Shapiro

903 medlemmer

54 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: Micheller7, Ravenk, Julie_in_the_Library

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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

af Andrea Wulf

2,234 medlemmer

79 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: sssolstice, peterveen, msemmag

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I'm Glad My Mom Died

af Jennette McCurdy

2,314 medlemmer

82 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

3 Members: nicolecervone, megbmore, Wordslinger1919

58

Finding Me: A Memoir

af Viola Davis

477 medlemmer

29 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

3 Members: gypsysmom, DoomLuz, WynneWages

59

Gender Queer: A Memoir

af Maia Kobabe

1,160 medlemmer

84 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

3 Members: EerierIdyllMeme, Heather39, Michael.Rimmer

60

Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood

af J. Michael Straczynski

206 medlemmer

15 anmeldelser

½ 4.6

3 Members: tardis, yoyogod, RBeffa

61

I offentlighedens tjeneste

af Edward Snowden

1,277 medlemmer

51 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

3 Members: terran, timetunnel, Wordslinger1919

62

Frygt og lede i Las Vegas : roman

af Hunter S. Thompson

14,097 medlemmer

190 anmeldelser

4

3 Members: BookDoc16, Dannysurtr, msemmag

63

Leonardo da Vinci

af Walter Isaacson

2,924 medlemmer

69 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: dimajazz, Fjumonvi, Wordslinger1919

64

Love's Work

af Gillian Rose

382 medlemmer

4 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

3 Members: KarenFunt, thalassa_thalassa, loulourevisited

65

My Life in France

af Julia Child

5,052 medlemmer

199 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: VenusofUrbino, PatsyMurray, miller.max

66

København

af Tove Ditlevsen

384 medlemmer

11 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: kaixo, FAMeulstee, JuliaMaria

67

Stitches: A Memoir

af David Small

1,950 medlemmer

173 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: kaixo, ManWithAnAgenda, slimikin

68

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

af Candice Millard

3,398 medlemmer

138 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: bangerlm, oregonobsessionz, sssolstice

69

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

af Elisabeth Tova Bailey

1,246 medlemmer

91 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: Faradaydon, Heather39, perennialreader
Forklaringer: perennialreader: About a woman who is bedridden for a year or so and how she manages.

70

Rat Girl: A Memoir

af Kristin Hersh

376 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: karenb, susanbooks, ManWithAnAgenda

71

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

af Jeanette Winterson

2,047 medlemmer

100 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: nicolecervone, elahrairah, SOShea
Forklaringer: elahrairah: Funny and sad.

72

Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb

af William Poundstone

942 medlemmer

11 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: levitas, dhaxton

73

Jim Henson: The Biography

af Brian Jay Jones

757 medlemmer

65 anmeldelser

4.2

2 Members: jeshakespeare, Mirabelle

74

Overvældet af glæde

af C. S. Lewis

6,655 medlemmer

53 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: timspalding, atozgrl, AnneSteph

75

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

af Norman Maclean

3,080 medlemmer

61 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: EerierIdyllMeme, perennialreader, KurtWombat
Forklaringer: perennialreader: “Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”

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