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Amazon's 100 Biographies and Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime - Page 2

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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Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain
Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain
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Knock Wood (Candice Bergen)
Knock Wood (Candice Bergen)
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Life (Keith Richards)
Life (Keith Richards)
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Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
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Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
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Mortality (Christopher Hitchens)
Mortality (Christopher Hitchens)
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My Life in France (Julia Child)
My Life in France (Julia Child)
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Naked (David Sedaris)
Naked (David Sedaris)
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Napoleon: A Life
Napoleon: A Life
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
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Night (Elie Weisel)
Night (Elie Weisel)
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Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
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Open: An Autobiography (Andre Agassi)
Open: An Autobiography (Andre Agassi)
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Out of Africa & Shadows on the Grass (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa & Shadows on the Grass (Isak Dinesen)
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Personal History (Katharine Graham)
Personal History (Katharine Graham)
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The Path to Power (Robert Caro)
The Path to Power (Robert Caro)
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Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
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Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
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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 (TIMOTHY EGAN)
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Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh (John Lahr)
Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh (John Lahr)
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
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The Andy Warhol Diaries
The Andy Warhol Diaries
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)
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The Basketball Diaries (Jim Carroll)
The Basketball Diaries (Jim Carroll)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water (James McBride)
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The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
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The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
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The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 (Anais Nin)
The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 (Anais Nin)
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The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait (Frida Kahlo)
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait (Frida Kahlo)
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The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
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The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solhenitsyn)
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
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The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life (Robert Evans)
The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life (Robert Evans)
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