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175 Essential Biographies - Page 3

Fascinating life stories, inspirational lessons, and pitfalls to avoid, there's plenty to be gained from biographies.
Here is a selection from the across the globe and throughout the ages.
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Not My Father's Son (Alan Cumming)
Not My Father's Son
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Alan Cumming
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Haruki Murakami)
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
82
Haruki Murakami
Roy Keane
Roy Keane
83
Muhammad Ali (Thomas Hauser)
Muhammad Ali
84
Thomas Hauser
A Cambodian Prison Portrait (Vann Nath)
A Cambodian Prison Portrait
85
Vann Nath
The Lost Executioner (Nic Dunlop)
The Lost Executioner
86
Nic Dunlop
A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam (Norman Lewis)
A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam
87
Norman Lewis
The Motorcycle Diaries (Che Guevara)
The Motorcycle Diaries
88
Che Guevara
My Beloved World
My Beloved World
89
A Cup of Water Under My Bed (Daisy Hernández)
A Cup of Water Under My Bed
90
Daisy Hernández
Bird of Paradise : How I Became Latina (Raquel Cepeda)
Bird of Paradise : How I Became Latina
91
Raquel Cepeda
Something Fierce (Carmen Aguirre)
Something Fierce
92
Carmen Aguirre
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
93
Azar Nafisi
One Day I Will Write About This Place (Binyavanga Wainaina)
One Day I Will Write About This Place
94
Binyavanga Wainaina
The House at Sugar Beach (Helene Cooper)
The House at Sugar Beach
95
Helene Cooper
Sometimes There Is a Void – Memoirs of an Outsider (Zakes Mda)
Sometimes There Is a Void – Memoirs of an Outsider
96
Zakes Mda
Snake Oil and Other Preoccupations by John Diamond
Snake Oil and Other Preoccupations by John Diamond
97
Shah of Shahs
Shah of Shahs
98
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
99
Philip Gourevitch
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
100
Michael Herr
The Story of My Experiments With Truth
The Story of My Experiments With Truth
101
The Man Died (Wole Soyinka)
The Man Died
102
Wole Soyinka
Bad Blood (Lorna Sage)
Bad Blood
103
Lorna Sage
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago
104
Aleksandr Solhenitsyn
Letters to a Young Novelist (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Letters to a Young Novelist
105
Mario Vargas Llosa
Dorothy Parker: What the Fresh Hell Is This? (Marion Meade)
Dorothy Parker: What the Fresh Hell Is This?
106
Marion Meade
Madame Curie (Eve Curie)
Madame Curie
107
Eve Curie
Zelda (Nancy Milford)
Zelda
108
Nancy Milford
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
109
Gertrude Stein
The Bronte Myth (Lucasta Miller)
The Bronte Myth
110
Lucasta Miller
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
111
Harriet Jacobs
Janet Malcolm the Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
Janet Malcolm the Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
112
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie (Lauren Redniss)
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie
113
Lauren Redniss
Girl in a Band (Kim Gordon)
Girl in a Band
114
Kim Gordon
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
115
By Myself and Then Some (Lauren Bacall)
By Myself and Then Some
116
Lauren Bacall
Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi
117
Marie Antoinette: The Journey (Antonia Fraser)
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
118
Antonia Fraser
Marilyn Monroe (Donald Spoto)
Marilyn Monroe
119
Donald Spoto
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) (Stacy Schiff)
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)
120
Stacy Schiff
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