Hit me with great autobiographies or biographies please. :)
Hit me with great autobiographies or biographies please. 🙂
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Hit me with great autobiographies or biographies please. 🙂
Born a crime – Trevor Noah and Hillbilly Elegy – J.D Vance
I really enjoyed Long Hard Road Out Of Hell – Marilyn Manson and I Am Ozzy – Ozzy Osbourne
Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela
Chernow: Washington. McCullough: John Adams. Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin.
Shoe Dog – by the founder of Nike also looks interesting.
Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan
Ali: A life by Jonathan Eig
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Ashlee Vance
Depends on who you like but I loved Howie Mandel’s and Jodie Sweetin’s.
Shantaram by Gregory David Robert. One of the best books I have read
Personal History: Katherine Graham, it’s fantastic!
Love Lucy- Lucille Ball’s autobiography
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Seven Storey Mountain, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Out of Africa
Becoming Bradbury about Ray Bradbury. It’s 2 volumes.
AN Autobiography by Agatha Christie. REnoir, My FAther, by Jean Renoir. MY History by Antonia Fraser.
Anything by Doris Kerns Goodwin
“The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kwan Yew”, by Lee Kwan Yew. A look at the personal and political life of the first Prime Minister of Singapore.
In For A Penny by Jeffery Archer
“Elizabeth the Queen: The Life Of a Modern Monarch “, by Sally Bedell Smith. About Queen Elizabeth 2 of the United Kingdom.
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
“George Washington Carver: In His Own Words” by George Washington Carver. About the scientist and inventor.
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming.
Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
Biography: Richard Ellman on Wilde, Yeats, and Joyce. Peter Ackroyd on More, Shakespeare, and Dickens. John Carey on William Golding.
Autobiography: Anthony Burgess You’ve Had Your Time and Big God and Little Wilson. Robert Graves and Goodbye To All That.
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi and The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs are both excellent, but sad.
Sweet Mandarin by Helen Tse
A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston
If you love animals James Herriot’s books are awesome (though apparently a bit embellished).
Daniel Boone. Leonardo Di Vinci.
I’ve enjoyed all of Jeff Guinn’s books.
I really enjoyed Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography. You probably wouldn’t like it as much if you’re not a fan of his music though.
Huey P. Long by T. Harry Williams
“Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir” , by A. E. Hotchner.
He wrote a good about the Stones too, if I recall
Any of Walter Isaacson’s books
Vera Brittain A Testament of Youth. It takes place largely during WWI.
the agony and the ecstasy by irving stone (about michaelangelo) … lust for life by irving stone (about van gogh)
Abridged Lincoln by Carl Sandberg
Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Autobiography of Eric Clapton. Loved it.
These are great!!! Thanks so much. My Dad has mentioned a few of these to me that are on my list… more to add! ?
Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P Lash. I enjoy everything about the
Roosevelts.
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance and Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson.
John Adams by David McCullough
Of course The Diary of Ann Frank’
Read several times. x
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Such an amazing story of how we got “HeLa” cells, the advances made because of them, and the woman who is “HeLa”.
When breath becomes air
Open Secret. Stella Rimington
I’m not sure if you know Comedienne Jo Brand? I really enjoyed this one.