The Diary of a Young Girl
[ranking: 1]
Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl is a book of the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the...
The Story of My Experiments with Truth
[ranking: 2]
Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography is a book written by Mahatma Ghandi.
Long Walk to Freedom
[ranking: 3]
Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiographical work written by South African President Nelson Mandela, and published in 1995 by Little Brown & Co.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
[ranking: 4]
Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have...
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
[ranking: 5]
Alex Haley, Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X was published in 1965, the result of a collaboration between human rights activist Malcolm X and journalist Alex Haley.
Night
[ranking: 6]
Elie Wiesel Night is a work by Elie Wiesel about his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–45, at the height of the Holocaust toward the end...
Open: An Autobiography
[ranking: 7]
Andre Agassi
Angela's Ashes
[ranking: 8]
Frank McCourt Angela's Ashes is a 1996 memoir by the Irish author Frank McCourt.
The Story of My Life
[ranking: 9]
Helen Keller The story of my life, with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education is a book written by Helen Keller.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
[ranking: 10]
Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the 1969 autobiography about the early years of African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou.
Steve Jobs
[ranking: 11]
Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs is the authorized biography of Steve Jobs.
Scar Tissue
[ranking: 12]
Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman Scar Tissue is the autobiography of Red Hot Chili Peppers vocalist Anthony Kiedis.
A Child Called "It"
[ranking: 13]
Dave Pelzer
The Glass Castle
[ranking: 14]
Jeannette Walls The Glass Castle is a 2005 memoir by Jeannette Walls.
The Confessions of St. Augustine
[ranking: 15]
Augustine of Hippo Confessions is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between 397 and 400 AD.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
[ranking: 16]
Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, published in 2000, is a memoir of the author's experiences as a writer, and also serves as a guide book for those who choose to enter the...
Girl, Interrupted
[ranking: 17]
Susanna Kaysen Girl, Interrupted is a best-selling 1993 memoir by American author Susanna Kaysen, relating her experiences as a young woman in a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s after being diagnosed with...
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
[ranking: 18]
Richard Feynman "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
A Moveable Feast
[ranking: 19]
Ernest Hemingway A Moveable Feast is a memoir by American author Ernest Hemingway about his years as an expatriate writer in Paris in the 1920s.
Up From Slavery
[ranking: 20]
Booker T.
A Walk in the Woods
[ranking: 21]
Bill Bryson A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail is a 1998 book by travel writer Bill Bryson, describing his attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail with his friend...
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
[ranking: 22]
Jean-Dominique Bauby The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly is a book by Jean-Dominique Bauby.
Running with Scissors
[ranking: 23]
Augusten Burroughs Running with Scissors is a 2002 memoir by American writer Augusten Burroughs.
The Civil War memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
[ranking: 24]
Ulysses S.
My Left Foot
[ranking: 25]
Christy Brown My Left Foot is the 1954 autobiography of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy on June 5, 1932 in Dublin, Ireland.
Black Boy
[ranking: 26]
Richard Wright Black Boy is a bildungsroman by Richard Wright, and his eventual move to Chicago, where he establishes his writing career and becomes involved with the Communist Party.
Chronicles: Volume One
[ranking: 27]
Bob Dylan Chronicles, Volume One is the first part of Bob Dylan's planned 3-volume memoir.
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
[ranking: 28]
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is Frederick Douglass' third autobiography, published in 1881, revised in 1892.
The Last Lecture
[ranking: 29]
Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow The Last Lecture is a New York Times best-selling book co-authored by Randy Pausch—a professor of computer science, human-computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University in...
The Education of Henry Adams
[ranking: 30]
Edmund Morris
Life: Keith Richards
[ranking: 31]
Keith Richards
Persepolis
[ranking: 32]
Marjane Satrapi Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi depicting her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution.
Bossypants
[ranking: 33]
Tina Fey Bossypants is an autobiographical comedy book written by American comedian Tina Fey. The book topped The New York Times Best Seller list, and stayed there for five weeks upon its release.
Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia
[ranking: 34]
Joseph D. Pistone Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia is a 1988 autobiographical crime book written by Joseph D. Pistone about his story as an FBI agent going undercover and infiltrating the Mafia.
Autobiography of a Yogi
[ranking: 35]
Paramahansa Yogananda Autobiography of a Yogi is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda first published in 1946. Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India, into a Bengali family.
Survival In Auschwitz
[ranking: 36]
Primo Levi Primo Levi is in every way a better writer than Elie Wiesel. // First published as If This Be a Man, which is neither informative nor compelling.
Miles
[ranking: 37]
Quincy Troupe, Miles Davis Miles is a book written by Miles Davis.
Me: Stories of My Life
[ranking: 38]
Katharine Hepburn Me: Stories of My Life is a 1991 book by Katharine Hepburn.
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
[ranking: 39]
Steve Martin Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life is a memoir, released November 20, 2007, by Steve Martin, an American author, actor, comedian, producer, playwright and screenwriter.
The Crack-Up
[ranking: 40]
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Crack-Up is a collection of essays by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Witness
[ranking: 41]
Whittaker Chambers Witness is a book written by Whittaker Chambers.
Notes of a Native Son
[ranking: 42]
James Baldwin Notes of a Native Son is a non-fiction book by James Baldwin. It was Baldwin's first non-fiction book, and was published in 1955.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
[ranking: 43]
Ishmael Beah A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a memoir written by Ishmael Beah, an author from Sierra Leone.
The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography
[ranking: 44]
Stephen Fry The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography is the 2010 autobiography of Stephen Fry.
The Naked Civil Servant
[ranking: 45]
Quentin Crisp The Naked Civil Servant is the first volume of an autobiography by the gay icon Quentin Crisp.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
[ranking: 46]
David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day, published in 2000, is a bestselling collection of essays by American humorist David Sedaris.
Just Kids
[ranking: 47]
Patti Smith Just Kids is a memoir by Patti Smith, published on January 19, 2010.
Wishful Drinking
[ranking: 48]
Carrie Fisher Wishful Drinking is an autobiographical book by American actress and author Carrie Fisher, published by Simon & Schuster in 2008.
Lady Sings the Blues
[ranking: 49]
Billie Holiday (with William Dufty) Lady Sings the Blues is an autobiography by jazz singer Billie Holiday, which was co-authored by William Dufty.
Boy
[ranking: 50]
Roald Dahl Boy: Tales of Childhood is the first autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl.
Moonwalker
[ranking: 51]
Michael Jackson
Surprised by Joy by C. S. Lewis
[ranking: 52]
The Liars' Club
[ranking: 53]
Mary Karr The Liars' Club is a book by Mary Karr.
Shantaram
[ranking: 54]
Gregory David Roberts Shantaram is a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts, in which a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escaped from Pentridge Prison flees to India.
Harpo Speaks!
[ranking: 55]
Harpo Marx
Nigger
[ranking: 56]
Dick Gregory, Robert Lipsyte Nigger: An Autobiography by Dick Gregory is an autobiography by comedian and social activist Dick Gregory, published in 1964 by E.P.
Speak, Memory
[ranking: 57]
Speak, Memory is an autobiographical memoir by writer Vladimir Nabokov.
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
[ranking: 58]
Agatha Christie An Autobiography is the title of the recollections of crime writer Agatha Christie published posthumously by Collins in the UK and by Dodd, Mead & Company in the US in November 1977, almost...
Out of Africa
[ranking: 59]
Karen Blixen Out of Africa is a memoir by the Danish author Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke.
Dreams from My Father
[ranking: 60]
Barack Obama Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance is a memoir by Barack Obama.
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
[ranking: 61]
Calvin Coolidge The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge is an autobiography written by former United States President Calvin Coolidge. It was published in 1929, shortly after Coolidge left office.
Confessions
[ranking: 62]
Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Confessions is an autobiographical book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Goodbye to All That
[ranking: 63]
Robert Graves Good-Bye to All That, an autobiography by Robert Graves, first appeared in 1929, when the author was thirty-four. "It was my bitter leave-taking of England," he wrote in a prologue to...
Lucky Man
[ranking: 64]
My Life in France
[ranking: 65]
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme My Life in France is an autobiography by Julia Child, published in 2006.
Wings of Fire
[ranking: 66]
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam is an autobiography of A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India. It was written by Dr.
Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America
[ranking: 67]
Ronald Reagan Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America is a book by Ronald Reagan and edited by Kiron K.
If It Die
[ranking: 68]
André Gide
It's Always Something
[ranking: 69]
Gilda Radner
When I Was a Little Boy by Erich Kastner
[ranking: 70]
Walt's Time: From Before to Beyond
[ranking: 71]
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman Walt's Time: from before to beyond is a 252-page autobiographic, full color book by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman.
H Is for Hawk
[ranking: 72]
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
[ranking: 73]
Gertrude Stein The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a 1933 book by Gertrude Stein, written in the guise of an autobiography authored by Alice B. Toklas, who was her lover.
The Periodic Table
[ranking: 74]
Primo Levi The Brits recently voted this the best science book of all time---but it's also an autobiography. The Periodic Table is a collection of short stories by Primo Levi, published in 1975, named after the periodic table in chemistry.
Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
[ranking: 75]
John Beevers
Under the Eye of the Clock
[ranking: 76]
Christopher Nolan
A Cure for Gravity
[ranking: 77]
Joe Jackson
The Motion of Light in Water
[ranking: 78]
Samuel R.
Eat, Pray, Love
[ranking: 79]
Elizabeth Gilbert Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia is a 2006 memoir by American author Elizabeth Gilbert.
Gypsy: A Memoir
[ranking: 80]
Gypsy Rose Lee Gypsy: A Memoir is a 1957 autobiography of renowned striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, which inspired the Broadway musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable.
Autobiographies
[ranking: 81]
William Butler Yeats
Out of My Life and Thought
[ranking: 82]
Albert Schweitzer
Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir
[ranking: 83]
Mark Salter, John McCain Faith of My Fathers is a 1999 bestselling non-fiction book by United States Senator John McCain with Mark Salter. Published by Random House, it is part autobiography, part family memoir.
After Dark
[ranking: 84]
Haruki Murakami After Dark is a novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.
Iacocca: An Autobiography
[ranking: 85]
William Novak, Lee Iacocca Iacocca: An Autobiography is Lee Iacocca's best selling autobiography, co-authored with William Novak and originally published in 1984.
Historia Calamitatum (The Story of my Misfortunes)
[ranking: 86]
Peter Abelard
Moab Is My Washpot
[ranking: 87]
Stephen Fry Moab Is My Washpot is Stephen Fry’s autobiography, covering the first 20 years of his life. Reviewers described it as both humorous and painfully candid.
Memoirs of a Public Baby
[ranking: 88]
Philip O'Connor
Living My Life
[ranking: 89]
Emma Goldman Living My Life is the 993-page autobiography of Lithuanian-born anarchist Emma Goldman, published in two volumes in 1931 and 1934.
Histoire de ma vie
[ranking: 90]
Giacomo Casanova Histoire de ma vie is both the memoir and autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, a famous 18th-century Italian adventurer.
Strange days
[ranking: 91]
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
Born on a blue day
[ranking: 92]
Daniel Tammet
Raquel: Beyond The Cleavage
[ranking: 93]
Secrets of a Sparrow
[ranking: 94]
Diana Ross
Enter Whining
[ranking: 95]
Fran Drescher
Bad Blood
[ranking: 96]
Lorna Sage Bad Blood is a 2000 work blending collective biography and memoir by the Welsh literary critic and novelist Lorna Sage.
Father and Son
[ranking: 97]
Edmund Gosse
Moose: Chapters from My Life
[ranking: 98]
Robert B.
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
[ranking: 99]
Jaycee Lee Dugard A Stolen Life: A Memoir is a book written by Jaycee Lee Dugard.
The book of Margery Kempe
[ranking: 100]
Margery Kempe The Book of Margery Kempe is a medieval text attributed to Margery Kempe, an English Christian mystic and pilgrim who lived at the turn of the fifteenth century.
The Perfect Stranger
[ranking: 126]
P. J. Kavanagh The Perfect Stranger is a book by P. J. Kavanagh, published in 1966.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
[ranking: 127]
Dave Eggers A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000.
Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
[ranking: 128]
An American Childhood
[ranking: 129]
Annie Dillard
Mein Kampf
[ranking: 130]
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler My battle is a 1925-1926 book by Adolf Hitler.
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
[ranking: 131]
Chelsea Handler My Horizontal Life is a book written by Chelsea Handler.
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