Best Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

List of the Month
Janeiro 2023 (see all)
Descrição
Our List of the Month for January is devoted to the Best Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme.
1
Educated: A Memoir
de Tara Westover
9,826 membros
516 resenhas
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,
Explicações
ReecerCreek: Fave in our book group. Bill Gates also posted a great interview
2
84, Charing Cross Road
de Helene Hanff
5,862 membros
348 resenhas
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
Explicações
perennialreader: Feel good book.
4
All Creatures Great and Small
de James Herriot
7,878 membros
137 resenhas
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
Explicações
cbl_tn: I highly recommend the audiobook narrated by Christopher Timothy!
perennialreader: Loved the whole series!
5
O Diário De Anne Frank
de Anne Frank
28,385 membros
514 resenhas
4.1
19 Members
timspalding, kaulsu, camelama, bjappleg8, mstrust, sundancer, merrystar, atozgrl, perennialreader, susanbooks, Patchshank, hallhope, Karen74Leigh, Brandy1411, Tosta, Nikkimf88, DoomLuz, Joy62, WynneWages
Explicações
perennialreader: Read this book when I was her age. It has haunted me ever since.
8
Night
de Elie Wiesel
27,658 membros
574 resenhas
½ 4.3
16 Members
timspalding, rosalita, BookDoc16, kaulsu, Cecrow, mstrust, PaperbackPirate, Bretzky1, harray, Patchshank, hallhope, ManWithAnAgenda, Louanne, Tosta, Joy62, WynneWages,bookmary2
9
My Family and Other Animals
de Gerald Durrell
5,267 membros
150 resenhas
4.2
15 Members
tardis, harrietgate, camelama, mstrust, CarltonC, azimrin, miller.max, Michael.Rimmer, bookmary2, Ravenk, barefootsong, Karen74Leigh, Louanne, myebooks, megstar111
11
Washington: A Life
de Ron Chernow
3,089 membros
83 resenhas
½ 4.4
12 Members
gbelik, oregonobsessionz, kaulsu, camelama, atozgrl, AbigailAdams26, harray, bookmary2, Wordslinger1919, Joy62, WynneWages, Chanda.Leah
Explicações
AbigailAdams26: One of the best biographies I have read, over the last ten years. The kick-off title of my Presidential Biography Book Club.
12
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
de Maya Angelou
14,843 membros
224 resenhas
4
12 Members
lahochstetler, jeshakespeare, camelama, PaperbackPirate, perennialreader, nancykric, Patchshank, hallhope, KurtWombat, Brandy1411, dave3pt0, megstar111
Explicações
perennialreader: Wonderful writing.
13
The Complete Persepolis
de Marjane Satrapi
6,897 membros
253 resenhas
½ 4.3
11 Members
Aquila, stillramona, EerierIdyllMeme, bjappleg8, ahef1963, nancykric, Patchshank, hallhope, KurtWombat, Tosta, DoomLuz
14
Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass
de Isak Dinesen
2,112 membros
22 resenhas
4
9 Members
gbelik, camelama, merrystar, RBeffa, perennialreader, peterveen, Karen74Leigh, loulourevisited, Chanda.Leah
Explicações
perennialreader: Beautifully written.
15
Angela's Ashes
de Frank McCourt
21,889 membros
337 resenhas
4
11 Members
lahochstetler, oregonobsessionz, ecb06c, raidergirl3, terran, foof2you, PaperbackPirate, RBeffa, nancykric, AnneSteph, SOShea
16
Between the World and Me
de Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,775 membros
369 resenhas
½ 4.4
10 Members
stillramona, rosalita, sturlington, nancykric, kristilabrie, Patchshank, msemmag, Ravenk, hallhope, Chanda.Leah
17
Homage to Catalonia
de George Orwell
6,191 membros
105 resenhas
4.1
9 Members
gbelik, pitjrw, FAMeulstee, amanda4242, CarltonC, miller.max, nancykric, Ravenk, elahrairah
18
John Adams
de David McCullough
13,754 membros
200 resenhas
½ 4.3
9 Members
brewergirl, oregonobsessionz, kaulsu, camelama, Bretzky1, noveltea, AbigailAdams26, davidflem1984, Joy62
Explicações
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.
19
West with the Night
de Beryl Markham
3,611 membros
128 resenhas
4.1
9 Members
gbelik, camelama, PatsyMurray, perennialreader, msemmag, bookmary2, Karen74Leigh, loulourevisited, Joy62
Explicações
perennialreader: Amazing woman.
20
The Hiding Place
de Corrie ten Boom
10,194 membros
144 resenhas
½ 4.4
9 Members
sherryearly, raidergirl3, sundancer, cbl_tn, atozgrl, AnneSteph, slimikin, Joy62, WynneWages
21
Maus
de Art Spiegelman
8,735 membros
257 resenhas
½ 4.5
9 Members
languagehat, BookDoc16, ecb06c, thalassa_thalassa, msemmag, bujeya, Karen74Leigh, KurtWombat, elahrairah
Explicações
elahrairah: How not to survive the unsurvivable.
22
When Breath Becomes Air
de Paul Kalanithi
5,633 membros
313 resenhas
4.2
6 Members
stillramona, gbelik, nicolecervone, katemcangus, Louanne, PhebeQ
23
Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
de Vladimir Nabokov
3,617 membros
44 resenhas
4.2
7 Members
timspalding, languagehat, lulaa, pitjrw, ecb06c, peterveen, nancykric
24
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
de Julie Phillips
745 membros
32 resenhas
½ 4.3
7 Members
Aquila, anglemark, RBeffa, vwinsloe, noveltea, KeithChaffee, Chanda.Leah
25
Lab Girl
de Hope Jahren
2,641 membros
158 resenhas
4.1
7 Members
brewergirl, bangerlm, raidergirl3, terran, lottpoet, nancykric, hallhope
27
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
de Malcolm X
9,800 membros
124 resenhas
½ 4.3
7 Members
brewergirl, stillramona, kaulsu, foof2you, Patchshank, KurtWombat, Wordslinger1919
28
March: Book One
de John Lewis
2,953 membros
160 resenhas
½ 4.5
6 Members
hipdeep, raidergirl3, lottpoet, megbmore, slimikin, SOShea
Explicações
hipdeep: Volume 1 standing in for the whole series.
29
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
de Bill Bryson
6,555 membros
235 resenhas
3.9
7 Members
rosalita, BookDoc16, lulaa, Faradaydon, terran, mstrust, bookmary2
30
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
de Cheryl Strayed
8,720 membros
517 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
PaperbackPirate, sturlington, katemcangus, StMatthewOCLibrary, mclevbrt756
31
A Moveable Feast
de Ernest Hemingway
9,079 membros
191 resenhas
4
6 Members
hipdeep, pitjrw, PatsyMurray, RBeffa, Karen74Leigh, Louanne
32
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
de Laura Hillenbrand
12,251 membros
594 resenhas
½ 4.4
6 Members
BookDoc16, bangerlm, terran, bjappleg8, vwinsloe, Joy62
33
Alexander Hamilton
de Ron Chernow
8,082 membros
162 resenhas
½ 4.3
6 Members
sherryearly, oregonobsessionz, atozgrl, al.vick, Wordslinger1919, SOShea
34
Walden
de Henry David Thoreau
14,149 membros
192 resenhas
3.8
6 Members
kaulsu, PatsyMurray, Heather39, nancykric, kristilabrie, bookmary2
35
Where You Come From
de Saša Stanišić
286 membros
12 resenhas
4
4 Members
thorold, birder4106, Dilara86, Cansu_Jasmine_Otan
36
Just Kids
de Patti Smith
5,503 membros
239 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
lulaa, minkscat, MLShaw, megstar111
37
One Writer's Beginnings
de Eudora Welty
1,732 membros
25 resenhas
4
4 Members
dimajazz, katemcangus, AnneSteph, JustJune
38
The Words
de Jean-Paul Sartre
2,323 membros
18 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
kaixo, KarenFunt, JuliaMaria, sekinehnasiri
39
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
de Harriet A. Jacobs
4,314 membros
78 resenhas
4
4 Members
rocketjk, susanbooks, Brandy1411, Cansu_Jasmine_Otan
40
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
de T. E. Lawrence
4,791 membros
55 resenhas
4
4 Members
pitjrw, amanda4242, Karen74Leigh, sekinehnasiri
41
The Road from Coorain
de Jill Ker Conway
1,793 membros
33 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
brewergirl, BookDoc16, PaperbackPirate, merrystar, Fjumonvi
42
The Life of Samuel Johnson
de James Boswell
3,906 membros
42 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
sherryearly, PatsyMurray, JuliaMaria, Karen74Leigh
43
The Black Count: Napoleon's Rival and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
de Tom Reiss
1,691 membros
111 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, souloftherose, noveltea, KurtWombat
44
The Moon's a Balloon
de David Niven
915 membros
21 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
harrietgate, abbottthomas, dewasus1, atozgrl
45
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
de Jeanette Winterson
2,103 membros
102 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
nicolecervone, lahochstetler, elahrairah, SOShea
Explicações
elahrairah: Funny and sad.
46
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
de Nelson Mandela
4,877 membros
63 resenhas
½ 4.3
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, PaperbackPirate, ahef1963, SOShea
47
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
de Antonia Fraser
3,322 membros
58 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
princessgarnet, mstrust, peterveen, Karen74Leigh
48
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
de Elisabeth Tova Bailey
1,303 membros
94 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
lahochstetler, Faradaydon, Heather39, perennialreader
Explicações
perennialreader: About a woman who is bedridden for a year or so and how she manages.
49
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
de Jeannette Walls
20,617 membros
797 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
lahochstetler, vwinsloe, AnneSteph, Louanne
50
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
de Edward Abbey
3,935 membros
88 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, gypsysmom, miller.max, JustJune
51
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
de Sarah Bakewell
1,985 membros
86 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
kaixo, JuliaMaria, miller.max
52
Life and Death in Shanghai
de Nien Cheng
1,484 membros
20 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
sherryearly, sssolstice, Louanne
53
Come, Tell Me How You Live
de Agatha Christie
901 membros
22 resenhas
4
3 Members
harrietgate, CarltonC, souloftherose
Explicações
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.
54
Man's Search for Meaning
de Viktor Frankl
15,789 membros
314 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
bjappleg8, sundancer, msemmag, elahrairah
Explicações
elahrairah: How to survive the unsurvivable.
55
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
de Michelle Zauner
2,623 membros
96 resenhas
4
3 Members
ablachly, kaixo, DoomLuz
56
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
de Bryan Stevenson
4,709 membros
243 resenhas
½ 4.6
4 Members
hipdeep, barefootsong, Tosta, SOShea
57
A lebre com olhos de âmbar
de Edmund De Waal
3,675 membros
158 resenhas
4
3 Members
anglemark, gbelik, Ravenk
58
The World of Yesterday
de Stefan Zweig
2,566 membros
76 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
FAMeulstee, Ravenk, cipeciop
59
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
de Dani Shapiro
949 membros
56 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
Micheller7, Ravenk, Julie_in_the_Library
60
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
de Andrea Wulf
2,371 membros
83 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
sssolstice, peterveen, msemmag
61
I'm Glad My Mom Died
de Jennette McCurdy
2,989 membros
97 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
nicolecervone, megbmore, Wordslinger1919
62
Finding Me: A Memoir
de Viola Davis
595 membros
36 resenhas
½ 4.4
3 Members
gypsysmom, DoomLuz, WynneWages
63
Gender Queer: A Memoir
de Maia Kobabe
1,359 membros
93 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, Heather39, Michael.Rimmer
64
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood
de J. Michael Straczynski
216 membros
17 resenhas
½ 4.6
3 Members
tardis, yoyogod, RBeffa
65
Permanent Record
de Edward Snowden
1,373 membros
54 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
terran, timetunnel, Wordslinger1919
66
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
de Hunter S. Thompson
14,374 membros
192 resenhas
4
3 Members
BookDoc16, Dannysurtr, msemmag
67
Leonardo da Vinci
de Walter Isaacson
3,119 membros
74 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
dimajazz, Fjumonvi, Wordslinger1919
68
Love's Work
de Gillian Rose
397 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.6
3 Members
KarenFunt, thalassa_thalassa, loulourevisited
69
My Life in France
de Julia Child
5,157 membros
201 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
VenusofUrbino, PatsyMurray, miller.max
70
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency
de Tove Ditlevsen
435 membros
14 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
kaixo, FAMeulstee, JuliaMaria
71
Stitches: A Memoir
de David Small
1,987 membros
175 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
kaixo, ManWithAnAgenda, slimikin
72
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
de Candice Millard
3,535 membros
141 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
bangerlm, oregonobsessionz, sssolstice
73
Rat Girl: A Memoir
de Kristin Hersh
387 membros
31 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
karenb, susanbooks, ManWithAnAgenda
74
Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
de William Poundstone
967 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
levitas, dhaxton
75
Jim Henson: The Biography
de Brian Jay Jones
790 membros
64 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
jeshakespeare, Mirabelle
76
Surpreendido pela Alegria
de C. S. Lewis
6,886 membros
54 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
timspalding, atozgrl, AnneSteph
77
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
de Norman Maclean
3,147 membros
61 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, perennialreader, KurtWombat
Explicações
perennialreader: “Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”
78
The Year of Magical Thinking
de Joan Didion
10,313 membros
291 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
katemcangus, KurtWombat
79
History of My Life, Vols. 1 & 2
de Giacomo Girolamo Casanova
226 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, amanda4242
Explicações
paradoxosalpha: A stand-in for the full ten volumes in the excellent Trask translation.
80
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
de Malala Yousafzai
6,455 membros
268 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
Cecrow, PaperbackPirate, barefootsong
81
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
de Cornelia Otis Skinner
571 membros
20 resenhas
4
2 Members
cbl_tn, Fjumonvi
82
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
de Ulysses S. Grant
1,867 membros
17 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, pitjrw, RBeffa
83
Virginia Woolf
de Hermione Lee
957 membros
8 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
dimajazz, susanbooks
84
Rommel? Gunner Who? A Confrontation in the Desert
de Spike Milligan
710 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
Faradaydon, elahrairah
Explicações
elahrairah: Hilarious, touching, and honest.
85
Three Came Home
de Agnes Newton Keith
389 membros
9 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
Argenta_Library, AnneSteph
86
No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith
de Fawn Brodie
631 membros
13 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
dimajazz, bjappleg8
87
Personal History
de Katharine Graham
2,695 membros
45 resenhas
4
2 Members
brewergirl, VenusofUrbino
88
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
de Brian Boyd
366 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
timspalding, dimajazz
89
Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
de Karina Longworth
166 membros
23 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
dimajazz, miller.max
90
Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
de Lara Prior-Palmer
205 membros
13 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
vwinsloe, JustJune
91
Sixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books
de Paul Collins
1,334 membros
57 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
mstrust, barefootsong
92
God's smuggler
de Brother Andrew
3,217 membros
32 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
sherryearly, Joy62
93
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
de Roxane Gay
2,239 membros
121 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
nicolecervone, sturlington
94
An Autobiography
de Agatha Christie
1,913 membros
40 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
cbl_tn, ahef1963
95
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
de Roméo Dallaire
1,703 membros
32 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
Cecrow, peterveen
96
Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales
de Marta McDowell
252 membros
5 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
Heather39, AnneSteph
97
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir
de Roz Chast
1,648 membros
119 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
lulaa, VenusofUrbino
98
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
de Chester Nez
543 membros
15 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
al.vick, dave3pt0
99
»Wir haben es nicht gut gemacht.«: Der Briefwechsel
de Ingeborg Bachmann
22 membros
1 resenha
4.9
2 Members
birder4106, JuliaMaria
100
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
de Hallie Rubenhold
1,551 membros
68 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
nancyjune, souloftherose, Chanda.Leah,