Have any of you read an autobiography and if so who’s, and did you enjoy it?
Have any of you read an autobiography and if so who’s, and did you enjoy it?
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Have any of you read an autobiography and if so who’s, and did you enjoy it?
Bryan Cranstons is a must read! I’ve also read Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling and Nick Offerman
Wheelz by Steve Fotheringham about his son, Aaron.
Check Nitro Circus etc. He’s an inspirational young man.
Read Bill Clinton’s, Nelson Mandela, Lee Mack, Michael McIntyre, Jess Ennis, Usain Bolt and loads of others I think
Rylan’s is great!
I have just read and enjoyed Adam Hills’, but I have read and enjoyed loads in my time. From Alan Carr to David Jason – both of his – Alex Ferguson, Craig Revel Horwood, Paul O’Grady and Stephen Fry and many others too. It has to be an autobiography, I’m not as keen on biographies.
A bit unfashionable but I remember reading a Bob Monkhouse biography a long time ago and it was a great read!
Read Nelson Mandela A Road To Freedom
I love the Gervase Phinn books set in the Yorkshire Dales.
I have the diaries of Viginia Woolfe and Simone de Beauvoir tucked away for rereading.
Ruth Rendell’s was a good read. And Muriel Sparkes. But I generally prefer fiction!
Tina Turner
Sharon osbourne
Sarah Millican Champion hilarious x
Alan Cumming
Dolly Parton, Kelly Holmes, Andre Aggassi. Enjoyed them all but very different books
Tina Fey’s Bossypants was brilliant
I liked Tina turners
Patti Smith’s Just Kids, Keith Richard’s Life , and Neil Young’s Waging Heavy Peace….there’s a theme there…loved all three
Loads, I love them. Normally about a sports personality I admire (Carl Fogarty, Ken Shamrock etc) or perhaps a Military or Police link (General Sir Peter De La Billiere, Bravo Two Zero etc).
André Agassi’s Open is a good read.
Michael McIntyre, Peter Kay, Jim Davidson all brilliant x
John bird,Peter Kay….as you can see if no ones being murdered I’m not that fussed ? I did enjoy both Peter Kay because it made me laugh, and John Bird ( who formed the big issue) was interesting and thought provoking.
Alison Bechdel, cartoonist. Akio Morita of Sony Electronics.Jack Welch of General Electrics.Patricia Lockwood, poet.
Barack Obama, written before he became president – fascinating.
Bruce Dickinson – I have now decided he is the World’s most boring rock star. Still like him tho!!
Sarah Millican and Paul O’Grady
Russell Brand my booky wook funny sad a brilliant read Freddie mercury biography dawn French
Also Billy Connolly and Gordon Ramsay
Just listened to ‘Girl with Dove’ by Sally Bayley – book of the week recently on BBC radio 4 recently….. loved it! (Still available to listen)
Amanda Barrie.
Not My Fathers Son by Alan Cummings – I was truly moved by the revelations
@Chrissie I can imagine it must have been quite hard to write, from what I remember.
Lorraine Kelly. X
john mcenroe, and michael mcintyre x
Confessions, St Augustine. Amazing book, part autobiography but probably impossible to classify. Been meaning to re read it for a while.
Alan Carr – Look Who It Is – had me howling so funny??? I’ve read others but his is my absolute favourite
Nelson mandela, Miriam makeba, oprah winfrey, Maya Angelou amongst others
Paul O’Grady, Alan Johnson, Michael Caine and Sean Connery to name but a few. All enjoyable in their own way.
Many over the years.
Just reading a biography of the Mitford Girls which is fascinating.
Murder on The Home Front Molly Lefebure is also quite interesting
Michael Parkinson’s autobiography is my favourite, so interesting and well-written. I’d also recommend Anthony Kiedis’ Scar Tissue. It will make your hair curl!
Belinda Carlisle- Lips Unsealed, I’m surprised she’s still alive!
Rik Mayall ! Amazing – Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ. A x
Just reading “Becoming The Supervet “ Noel Fitzpatrick/he worked soo hard to get where he is x
I love autobiographies. In the past I have read Carl Fogarty, Sir Alex Ferguson, Stephen Fry, currently got Eddie Izzard one on the go. Sarah Millican one was very funny as well. Plus loads more previously read years ago
Micheal Crawford
Katherine Hepburn – ‘Me – Stories of my Life’. Wonderful book written with wit and style. An exceptional lady.
Charlie Chaplin. Enamoured by it.
Agatha Christie – yes although I found it hard going at times. Very factaul about her life married to Christie
Paul O’Grady’s
Clarissa Dickson Wright, and yes enjoyed it.
Goldie Hawn’s was excellent.
Tom Baker. It was hilarious.
Have read a few – loved Billy Connolly’s. Also read Ant Middleton – Who Dares Wins (SAS) but it was a bit disjointed. Didn’t even find out how he ended up in SBS rather than SAS despite being in the Paras
Paul O’Grady. Hilarious!
Richard Branson, fantastic read!
Sue Perkins, very funny! Xx
Listening to the animals becoming the super vet by Noel Fitzpatrick loved it
Ohh Billy Connolly. I bet that’s a good un?
Loads,mainly musicians,but lately supervet and Romesh 🙂
Dawn French David Jason & Danny Dyer. Bit random I know!!!
Jo Brand……really enjoyed it.
Adeline Yen Mah’s Falling Leaves – amazing (as is her Chinese Cinderella); Diary of Anne Frank; This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay – very funny (except at the end…the end is very sad).
Its not my favourite genre but I did read Into the Arena by Charlton Heston and I got a signed copy by the big man! Good read. I read and enjoyed biographies of George Gershwin, Fred Astaire and Margot Fonteyn
Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hyde, and Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson all were great
I have Lord Denning’s two volumes of autobiography. I have a couple of Noel Coward’s as well; I also have his diaries and letters. A lot of biographies; Edith Piaf, Paul Robeson and a very good book about Henri de Toulouse Lautrec.
I Am Malala stands out in my mind… amazing.
Waylon, an autobiography by the late Waylon Jennings. Who’s he? some of you probably ask 🙂
Thanks for the like, Lisa.
A biograpy about Ernest Hemingway by Carlos Baker is one of my favourite books. I think the only autobiography (sort of) I have read was A streetcat named Bob!
Rewrites by playwright Neil Simon
Martin Kemps from Spandau Ballets was excellent. I’m currently reading Becoming by Michelle Obama and thoroughly enjoying it.
Eric Clapton Billie Holiday Jimmy White Alex Higgins enjoy
Last autobiography I read was a month ago… Michelle Obama’s
@Eric I m going to read that one ?
Just finished ‘How to be a champion’ by Sarah Millican – insightful, funny and a great read.
Rik Mayall Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ.
@Donna have this but not reas yet xx
@Sandra it’ll have you rolling from page one
Marianne Faithful and yes