Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
NOTE: This list is for non-fiction only.
Heather
977 books
164 friends
164 friends
Kate
4824 books
1498 friends
1498 friends
Nikhil P.
7840 books
195 friends
195 friends
Russellino
525 books
2 friends
2 friends
Chriss
298 books
415 friends
415 friends
Jennifer
9009 books
45 friends
45 friends
Tracy H.
735 books
39 friends
39 friends
Asli
285 books
23 friends
23 friends
More voters…
Comments Showing 1-50 of 75 (75 new)
![Ryann](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1247146251p1/264459.jpg)
![Julie](https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_25x33-d79c46f9428d2aea1444d67c091766a6.png)
This is fabulous. six stars
![Xenophon Hendrix](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1237611661p1/2026345.jpg)
![Linda](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1550467698p1/1367242.jpg)
Can we get them removed? One of the reasons I came to look at this list was to find good biographies to add to my TBR list, so I want to be sure I'm not reading a book I think is a biography then discover it was fiction.
![Sarah](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1302378847p1/5191273.jpg)
Can we get them removed? One of the reasons I came to look at this list was to find good biographies to add to my TBR list, so I want ..."
Please don't remove them - even those are fiction-biography books, this list is still gorgeous.
![Darbi Simmons](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1304552477p1/5377666.jpg)
![Janet](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1321503052p1/4155773.jpg)
![Guy](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1321836209p1/5573947.jpg)
![Atticus](https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_25x33-8a3530ed95c3dbef8bf215b080559b09.png)
http://www.amazon.com/Playboy-Virgins...
![Ben](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1329008721p1/4249546.jpg)
#113 A Thousand Splendid Suns
#128 Memoirs of a Geisha
Shall I delete? Any others that need to go?
![Ben](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1329008721p1/4249546.jpg)
NOTE: This list is for non-fiction only.
Hopefully, this will stop the tide of fiction.
![Julie](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1425958800p1/6119710.jpg)
![Dorothy](https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_25x33-d79c46f9428d2aea1444d67c091766a6.png)
![Lesley](https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_25x33-d79c46f9428d2aea1444d67c091766a6.png)
In regards to the 60 Minutes episode that aired April 17, 2011: "Greg Mortenson’s work as a humanitarian in Afghanistan and Pakistan has provided tens of thousands of children with an education. 60 Minutes is a serious news organization and in the wake of their report, Viking plans to carefully review the materials with the author."'
![Xenophon Hendrix](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1237611661p1/2026345.jpg)
![Donna Davis](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1382848193p1/11510694.jpg)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
NONE of the "Little House" series is autobiography. When confronted by a journalist about the scene in one of the books in which a family member is chased by ravenous wolves, which of course is not something wolves do to humans, LIW replied with great dignity that she had not intended to write history; she intended to write stories for children.
This author does have an actual memoir, but it doesn't, at least in my opinion, hold the charm and interest level that her children's series commands.
Oh wow...I'm going to find that whole series here, aren't I? Removed from #124, see above, Farmer Boy:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
..and less than 1 minute later, I find the entire series in one boxed set; I wasn't so clairvoyant as to see it coming, but expected to find it one title at a time...and likely I still will. Anyway, gone from #194:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
From #466 On the Banks of Plum Creek:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Also from page 5, The Long Winter:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
P.6 Little Town on the Prairie
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Also from p6 Those Happy Golden Years
and The First Four Years
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
p. 10, By the Shores of Silver Lake:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
#744, removed for being fictional, Great Expectations:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
![Donna Davis](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1382848193p1/11510694.jpg)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Travel book removed from #209:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Removed:
The Winds of War, fiction:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
and Good Grief, also fiction:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
![Cheryl](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1376481845p1/6458423.jpg)
![Donna Davis](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1382848193p1/11510694.jpg)
Take another look at the title of the listopia. Memoir, biography, autobiography. McCullough is dull as dirt, imho, but his books are clearly within the parameters of the listmaker.
If you see fiction and want me to pull it, give me titles and tell me what page each is on, and I'll be happy to do it. I have a little time right now and will check the list to see what jumps out at me.
![C.E. Cannery](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1607979838p1/35126788.jpg)
It was a memoir by an Iranian?-I think- woman who was imprisoned and coerced into marrying her prison guard for a while and now lives in Canada. I wanted to show my mum it, but I can't remember the name of it. I recall it had a picture of a woman looking off a building on the front cover. If anyone can help that'd be awesome. Thanks.
![Donna Davis](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1382848193p1/11510694.jpg)
This constitutes spam, and is inappropriate for a Goodreads listopia discussion. I have flagged the comment.
Related News
It is time once again, gentle reader, for Goodreads’ annual Big Books of Summer collection, in which we scout out your fellow...
Anyone can add books to this list.
by MARK MILLHONE
Beautiful, honest memoir that appeals to both men and women which is so rare. It is very funny, but have your kleenex near by and the phone numbers of family members handy to tell them you love them and value them