Favorite Biographies and Autobiographies

Discover a curated list of favorite biographies and autobiographies that inspire and enlighten. Explore must-read life stories of remarkable individuals across history.

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Marley & Me

by John Grogan

The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life John …
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Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor Emil Frankl

With a new Foreword by Harold S. Kushner and a new Biographical Afterword by William J. Winslade Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of …
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Traveling Mercies

by Anne Lamott

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Bird by Bird comes a personal, wise, very funny, and “life-affirming” book (People) that shows us how …
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On Writing

by Stephen King

The author shares his insights into the craft of writing and offers a humorous perspective on his own experience as a writer.
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Darkness Visible

by William Styron

Zusammenfassung: The author describes his experiences with depression and his resulting suicidal tendencies beginning in 1985
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The Color of Water

by James McBride

'James McBride evokes his childhood trek across the great racial divide with the kind of power and grace that touches and uplifts all our hearts.' …
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All Creatures Great and Small

by James Herriot

James Herriot reads from his books.
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The Education of Little Tree

by Forrest Carter

Tells of a Cherokee boyhood in the 1930's.
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Black Elk Speaks

 

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The Snow Leopard

by Peter Matthiessen

When Matthiessen went to Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and, possibly, to glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard, he undertook his five-week …
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Travels with Charley in Search of America

by John Steinbeck

An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the …
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Black Like Me

by John Howard Griffin

THE HISTORY-MAKING CLASSIC ABOUT CROSSING THE COLOR LINE IN AMERICA'S SEGREGATED SOUTH “One of the deepest, most penetrating documents yet set down on the racial …
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Life and death in Shanghai

 

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Go Ask Alice

 

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Jane Goodall

by Dale Peterson

Peterson shows clearly and convincingly how truly remarkable Goodall's accomplishments were and how unlikely it is that anyone else could have duplicated them. Peterson details …
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Tao Te Ching Persona

by Stephen Mitchell

Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living, and one of the wonders of the …
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Nicholas and Alexandra

by Robert K. Massie

A “magnificent and intimate” (Harper’s) modern classic of Russian history, the spellbinding story of the love that ended an empire—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of …
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A Walk Across America

 

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