Best Biographies and Memoirs

“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” – Charles Dickens

1. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

3. Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman

4. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

5. Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder

6. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

7. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

8. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

9. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey

10. My Personal Best: Life Lessons from an All-American Journey by John Wooden

11. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

12. The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie

13. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

14. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

15. Night by Elie Wiesel

16. Bossypants by Tina Fey

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