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Amazon's 100 Biographies and Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime

About 100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime
Honestly, it would take many lifetimes to read even a small fraction of the best biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs ever written. So when the Amazon Books editors set out to compile a list of the 100 Biographies and Memoirs to Read in a (Single) Lifetime, we knew up front that we would be making some tough--even contentious--choices. But after the dust settled, we found ourselves with a hundred stories of our greatest artists, seekers, and iconic leaders, as well as a host of other iconoclasts, athletes, and adventurers (and even a non-human or three). Many of these read like great novels; some technically are, their authors shrouding their experiences within the cloak of fiction (but we all know better). Whether you're coming to these books for the first time or revisiting them, we hope you'll find a lifetime's worth of inspiration and discovery.
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
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A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
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A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
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American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur 1880-1964 (William Manchester)
American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur 1880-1964 (William Manchester)
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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Jon Meacham)
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Jon Meacham)
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
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American Sniper (Chris Kyle)
American Sniper (Chris Kyle)
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American Sphinx (Joseph J Ellis)
American Sphinx (Joseph J Ellis)
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Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
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Autobiography of a Face
Autobiography of a Face
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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 (Mark Twain)
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 (Mark Twain)
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Ball Four (Jim Bouton)
Ball Four (Jim Bouton)
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Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
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Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin)
Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin)
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Born Standing Up (Steve Martin)
Born Standing Up (Steve Martin)
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Born to Run (Christopher Mcdougall)
Born to Run (Christopher Mcdougall)
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Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
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Cash (Johnny Cash)
Cash (Johnny Cash)
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Robert K. Massie)
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Robert K. Massie)
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Chronicles Volume One (Bob Dylan)
Chronicles Volume One (Bob Dylan)
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Churchill: A Life (Martin Gilbert)
Churchill: A Life (Martin Gilbert)
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Philip M. Hoose)
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Philip M. Hoose)
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron
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De Profundis and Other Prison Writings (Oscar Wilde)
De Profundis and Other Prison Writings (Oscar Wilde)
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Alexandra Fuller)
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Alexandra Fuller)
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Dorothy Parker: What the Fresh Hell Is This? (Marion Meade)
Dorothy Parker: What the Fresh Hell Is This? (Marion Meade)
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Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
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Drinking: A Love Story
Drinking: A Love Story
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Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
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E=Mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation (David Bodanis)
E=Mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation (David Bodanis)
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Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing)
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Everybody Was So Young (Amanda Vaill)
Everybody Was So Young (Amanda Vaill)
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The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
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I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
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Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
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Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
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