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According to a poll on Goodreads, these books are the "100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime."
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Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
41
Saint Augustine
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
42
Daniel James Brown
The Liar's Club (Mary Karr)
The Liar's Club
43
Mary Karr
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Motorcycle Diaries
44
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest (Edmund Hillary)
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest
45
Edmund Hillary
Saint Francis of Assisi: A Life of Joy (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.)
Saint Francis of Assisi: A Life of Joy
46
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Orange Is the New Black (Piper Kerman)
Orange Is the New Black
47
Piper Kerman
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story Fan Page
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story Fan Page
48
The Happiness Project (Gretchen Rubin)
The Happiness Project
49
Gretchen Rubin
The Farther I Walk the Closer I Get to Me (Hong Mei)
The Farther I Walk the Closer I Get to Me
50
Hong Mei
West With the Night
West With the Night
51
A Christmas Memory
A Christmas Memory
52
No Arms, No Legs, No Problem: When Life Happens, You Can Wish to Die or Choose to Live (Bob Lujano)
No Arms, No Legs, No Problem: When Life Happens, You Can Wish to Die or Choose to Live
53
Bob Lujano
Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
Washington: A Life
54
Ron Chernow
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness (Karen Armstrong)
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
55
Karen Armstrong
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (Simon Wiesenthal)
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
56
Simon Wiesenthal
Truman (David McCullough)
Truman
57
David McCullough
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
58
Art Spiegelman
So, Anyway... (John Cleese)
So, Anyway...
59
John Cleese
The Feeling's Unmutual: Growing Up With Asperger Syndrome (Undiagnosed) (Will Hadcroft)
The Feeling's Unmutual: Growing Up With Asperger Syndrome (Undiagnosed)
60
Will Hadcroft
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War (Leymah Gbowee)
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
61
Leymah Gbowee
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
Brain on Fire
62
Susannah Cahalan
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Boy: Tales of Childhood
63
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
64
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
65
Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography (Rob Lowe)
Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography
66
Rob Lowe
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls (David Sedaris)
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
67
David Sedaris
Lost Boy (Brent W. Jeffs)
Lost Boy
68
Brent W. Jeffs
The Heart of a Woman
The Heart of a Woman
69
A Fortunate Life
A Fortunate Life
70
The Night of the Gun (David Carr)
The Night of the Gun
71
David Carr
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The
72
Decision Points
Decision Points
73
Open: An Autobiography (Andre Agassi)
Open: An Autobiography
74
Andre Agassi
My Place Sally Morgan
My Place Sally Morgan
75
Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities (Alexandra Robbins)
Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities
76
Alexandra Robbins
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 (Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
77
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis (Timothy Egan)
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
78
Timothy Egan
Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth, 1527-1608 (Mary S. Lovell)
Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth, 1527-1608
79
Mary S. Lovell
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor (Bruce Campbell)
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor
80
Bruce Campbell
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