Biographies or Autobiographies..Autobiographies for me.

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Melissa · Accepted Answer

Biographies tend to be more objective, which I prefer. It's a generalization but I think there's a degree of narcissism in autobiography that rubs me the wrong way.

Mindy · Answer

I like both.

Gabe · Answer

I wish that I were able to enjoy nonfiction more as to form an opinion.

Sam · Answer

Both. Loved Autos by Jon Cryer and Bryan Cranston.
Amazed by Robert Caro bios on Robert Moses and LBJ. Can't wait for volume 5 of the latter.

Lori · Answer

Memoirs

Bernadette · Answer

Memoirs for me as well

Shin · Answer

Me too👆

Shlok · Answer

The Naturalist

Jennette · Answer

😍 Memoirs

Jennifer · Answer

I like memoirs about my fave celebrities and about topics which I’m going through/have gone through. I like a wacky memoir to “clear my palate” after a heavy, serious read.

Sonia · Answer

Ukrainian novel, Life From Stone:
In 1939, as first the Russians and then Germans sweep across Ukraine, 13 old Pasha survives a year in a labour camp before being drafted as a soldier to fight in the Russian army.
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Stone-Russians-Germans-survives-ebook/dp/B00K7FUH7E

Biographies or Autobiographies..Autobiographies for me.

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