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Ignatius Meany's Must Read Biographies & Autobiographies

I love reading about people who have influenced and shaped our world, whether for the positive or negative, or have given us some joy in our lives through their feats and skills. Autobiographies provide a fascinating insight into how someone goes about influencing so much of us, while biographies keep them to account and try to provide as objective a view as possible. I hope you enjoy(ed) these books as much as I did.
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A Promised Land (Barack Obama)
A Promised Land
1
Barack Obama
Open (Andre Agassi)
Open
2
Andre Agassi
My Life (Bill Clinton)
My Life
3
Bill Clinton
Elizabeth I (Anne Somerset)
Elizabeth I
4
Anne Somerset
Mary Queen of Scots (Antonia Fraser)
Mary Queen of Scots
5
Antonia Fraser
E.M. Forster: A Life (P.N. Furbank)
E.M. Forster: A Life
6
P.N. Furbank
The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography
The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography
7
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Les Payne and Tamara Payne)
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
8
Les Payne and Tamara Payne
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. (Peniel E. Joseph)
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
9
Peniel E. Joseph
A Thousand Days (Arthur M. Schlesinger)
A Thousand Days
10
Arthur M. Schlesinger
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 (Robert Dallek)
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
11
Robert Dallek
A Journey (Tony Blair)
A Journey
12
Tony Blair
Scar Tissue (Anthony Kiedis)
Scar Tissue
13
Anthony Kiedis
Spun Out: The Shane Warne Story (Paul Barry)
Spun Out: The Shane Warne Story
14
Paul Barry
Churchill (Roy Jenkins)
Churchill
15
Roy Jenkins
Citizen Clem (John Bew)
Citizen Clem
16
John Bew
Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future (Pete Buttigieg)
Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
17
Pete Buttigieg
Hitler (Ian Kershaw)
Hitler
18
Ian Kershaw
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix
19
Cinema Speculation (Quentin Tarantino)
Cinema Speculation
20
Quentin Tarantino
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
21
Tara Westover
What Is the What (Dave Eggers)
What Is the What
22
Dave Eggers
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela (Introduction by Bill Clinton))
Long Walk to Freedom
23
Nelson Mandela (Introduction by Bill Clinton)
Julie and Julia (Julie Powell)
Julie and Julia
24
Julie Powell
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
25
Trevor Noah
My Own Words (Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
My Own Words
26
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Team of Rivals (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Team of Rivals
27
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Leadership in Turbulent Times (Doris Kearns Goodwins)
Leadership in Turbulent Times
28
Doris Kearns Goodwins
Lyndon Johnson the American Dream (Doris Kearns)
Lyndon Johnson the American Dream
29
Doris Kearns
Under a MacKerel Sky (Rick Stein)
Under a MacKerel Sky
30
Rick Stein
The Clinton Wars (Sidney Blumenthal)
The Clinton Wars
31
Sidney Blumenthal
Napoleon's Wars: An International History (Charles Esdaile)
Napoleon's Wars: An International History
32
Charles Esdaile
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
33
Barack Obama
The Blair Years (Alastair Campbell)
The Blair Years
34
Alastair Campbell
Pol Pot: the History of a Nightmare (Phillip Short)
Pol Pot: the History of a Nightmare
35
Phillip Short
The Girl in the Picture (Denise Chong)
The Girl in the Picture
36
Denise Chong
Living History
Living History
37
Marco Polo (Laurence Bergreen)
Marco Polo
38
Laurence Bergreen
Alexander the Great (Robin Lane Fox)
Alexander the Great
39
Robin Lane Fox
Reagan: An American Journey (Bob Spitz)
Reagan: An American Journey
40
Bob Spitz
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