Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and DyingA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CRITICS' TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR "In its loving, fierce specificity, this book on how to die is also a blessedly saccharine-free guide for how to live" (The New York Times). Former NEA fellow and Pushcart Prize-winning writer...
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A Clean Mess: A Memoir of Sobriety After a Lifetime of Being NumbNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The bestselling author of High Achiever chronicles life after addiction--the raw, the dark, and the hilarious--from setting out with nothing but a backpack to discovering her marriage was built on a shakier foundation than she'd ever imagined to staying...
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Ablaze: The Story of America's First Female SmokejumperA lyrical and empowering biography on Deanne Shulman, America's first female smokejumper. Deanne loved being outdoors. With her family, she spent summers sailing the Salton Sea and backpacking the Sierra Nevada Mountains. As she grew older, her love of nature only grew. So when...
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A Banquet for Cecilia: How Cecilia Chiang Revolutionized Chinese Food in AmericaRelish in the savory, tangy, and sometimes spicy dishes of Cecilia Chiang, a revolutionary who changed the way Americans viewed Chinese food. From an early age, Cecilia Chiang could be found delighting in the sounds and smells from her favorite room in her home--the...
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A Beginner's Guide to DyingINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Lessons for all of us in how to approach life--from someone in the process of dying. - "Simon Boas was a gifted storyteller with a rare ability to find humor and humanity in life's most profound moments. A Beginner's Guide to...
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3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of CoolThe National Bestseller - One of The Minneapolis Star Tribune's Best Books of the Year "A superb book...[Kaplan is] a master biographer, a dogged researcher and shaper of narrative, and this is his most ambitious book to date." --Los Angeles Times From the author...
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Compassion in the Court: Life-Changing Stories from America's Nicest JudgeJudge Frank Caprio, "the Nicest Judge in the World," brings to the page the same wisdom and spirit of decency that millions of fans have come to treasure. In his four-time Emmy-nominated show Caught in Providence, Judge Frank Caprio's courtroom became a worldwide beacon...
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Still Bobbi: A Master Class in Leading an Authentic Life"She didn't just change how people wear makeup--she changed how they see themselves" (Charlamagne tha God, for the Time 100 Most Influential People list). Bobbi Brown, beauty mogul and visionary, opens up in her first memoir about the true story: reinvention, resilience, and the...
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Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American WestIn the exhilarating spirit of Wild and A Walk in the Park, an adventure-filled memoir of one woman's struggle to succeed as a wildland firefighter on an elite, male-dominated crew as they battle some of the fiercest wildfires in the West. When Kelly Ramsey...
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Little Book of Louis Vuitton: The Story of the Iconic Fashion HouseLittle Book of Louis Vuitton is the pocket-sized and fully illustrated story of one of the world's most luxurious fashion houses. Louis Vuitton's monogrammed bags have been seen on the arms of celebrities and royals alike for over 150 years. From the young Louis...
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I Am Not Your Enemy: A MemoirThe story of a patriot who dreamed of serving her country--and was nearly destroyed by it.Reality Winner was a twenty-five-year-old translator for the NSA when she read a classified document revealing what she assumed would make headlines during a time of unprecedented leaking: After...
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Food for Hope: How John Van Hengel Invented Food Banks for the HungryHunger continues to be an international problem. This true story of how one ordinary person did something extraordinary shows how everyone can do something to make a difference. Readers will feel encouraged to find their own way to make a difference. Real life experience...
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Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of DenaliThe gripping story of a group of female adventurers and their treacherous pioneering ascent of Denali. Excerpted in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and Men's Journal, and named one of the most noteworthy books of the month by the Washington Post Cassidy Randall draws on...
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Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant UnderbellyTown & Country's Best Books of Spring 2025 Kirkus Reviews's Most Anticipated Nonfiction of Spring 2025 Amazon's Best Books of the Month American Writers Museum's Staff Picks What happens when a career you love doesn't love you back? As Hannah Selinger will tell you,...
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Whale Eyes: A Memoir about Seeing and Being Seen★ 5 STARRED REVIEWS ★ ★ "Lively, interactive...truly eye-opening." --Booklist★ "A sincere reflection on childhood...growing up in a world not built with him in mind." --Publishers Weekly★ "A superb middle grade memoir that champions empathy and understanding on every level." --BookPage★ "Game-changing curriculum add...
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Carson the MagnificentThe definitive biography of Johnny Carson, the entertainer who redefined late-night television and American culture, told through intimate insights and riveting accounts of his legendary career and complex personal life. In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine...
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The Brontës' Christmas: The Festive Season in Georgian EnglandThe Brontës' Christmas invites you to step back in time and explore the delights of a Victorian Christmas through the eyes of our most beloved authors. While the Brontë family's celebrations weren't the most exuberant, Victorian society cheerfully embraced the newfound idea of Christmas...
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The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition: The Scary But True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the DarkExplore the unbelievable true story of America's glowing girls and their fight for justice in the young readers edition of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Radium Girls. This enthralling new edition includes all-new material, including a glossary, timeline, and dozens...
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The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight BackFrom the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women's rights and exposed injustices that still...
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Untamed: Reese's Book Club#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OVER THREE MILLION COPIES SOLD! "Packed with incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today."--Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club Pick) In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author, and "patron...
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