100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime

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So when the Amazon Books editors set out to compile a list of the 100 Biographies and Memoirs to Read in a (Single) Lifetime, we knew up front that we would be making some tough--even contentious--choices. But after the dust settled, we found ourselves with a hundred stories of our greatest artists, seekers, and iconic leaders, as well as a host of other iconoclasts, athletes, and adventurers (and even a non-human or three). Many of these read like great novels; some technically are, their authors shrouding their experiences within the cloak of fiction (but we all know better). Whether you're coming to these books for the first time or revisiting them, we hope you'll find a lifetime's worth of inspiration and discovery.
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
de Bill Bryson
16,870 membros
473 resenhas
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O Diário De Anne Frank
de Anne Frank
28,325 membros
513 resenhas
4.1
8 Members
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Angela's Ashes
de Frank McCourt
21,848 membros
337 resenhas
4
6 Members
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A Moveable Feast
de Ernest Hemingway
9,064 membros
191 resenhas
4
5 Members
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
de Alfred Lansing
5,059 membros
124 resenhas
½ 4.4
5 Members
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Explicações
Joy62: One of my favorite non-fiction! Best listened to as audiobook narrated by the talented Brit Simon Prebble. Pics included in e-book; immersive would be excellent. Great book!
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The Story of My Life
de Helen Keller
5,155 membros
57 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
de Malala Yousafzai
6,421 membros
268 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
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Chronicles: Volume One
de Bob Dylan
4,399 membros
71 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
de Dave Eggers
2,367 membros
30 resenhas
½ 3.5
4 Members
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
de Alexandra Fuller
3,512 membros
106 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
de Ishmael Beah
7,189 membros
312 resenhas
4
4 Members
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
de Anthony Bourdain
10,096 membros
273 resenhas
3.9
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
de Nelson Mandela
4,866 membros
62 resenhas
½ 4.3
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Just Kids
de Patti Smith
5,486 membros
238 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
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American Sniper
de Chris Kyle
3,389 membros
97 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
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Into the Wild
de Jon Krakauer
17,965 membros
445 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
de William Styron
3,032 membros
82 resenhas
3.9
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Cash
de Johnny Cash
1,726 membros
25 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
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Bossypants
de Tina Fey
9,472 membros
520 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964
de William Manchester
1,798 membros
18 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
de Maya Angelou
14,810 membros
224 resenhas
4
3 Members
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American Lion
de Jon Meacham
3,199 membros
64 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
de Kai Bird
2,522 membros
46 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
de Joseph J. Ellis
2,804 membros
35 resenhas
4
3 Members
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Sonhos do meu Pai: A história da minha família
de Barack Obama
9,501 membros
211 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
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Life
de Keith Richards
3,202 membros
138 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
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My Life in France
de Julia Child
5,146 membros
201 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
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Mortality
de Christopher Hitchens
1,605 membros
74 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
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Naked
de David Sedaris
12,333 membros
121 resenhas
4
3 Members
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The Meditations
de Marcus Aurelius
14,706 membros
152 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
de Steve Martin
3,563 membros
163 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
de Christopher McDougall
4,545 membros
229 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
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Catherine the Great
de Henri Troyat
747 membros
15 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
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Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
de Marion Meade
836 membros
15 resenhas
4
2 Members
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Churchill: A Life
de Martin Gilbert
1,109 membros
12 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
de Phillip Hoose
1,235 membros
209 resenhas
½ 4.5
2 Members
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De Profundis and Other Writings
de Oscar Wilde
685 membros
6 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
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Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
de Zora Neale Hurston
1,370 membros
18 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
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Eat, Pray, Love
de Elizabeth Gilbert
22,138 membros
858 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
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Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story
de Amanda Vaill
542 membros
11 resenhas
4
2 Members
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Knock Wood
de Candice Bergen
180 membros
7 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
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