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Nonfiction About Writers - Yasza's List

This is a list of books connected to literature I read or own and want to read.
There are biographies, autobiographies, diaries and letters of my favourite authors.
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The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle (Russell Miller)
The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle
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Russell Miller
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie: A Biography (Janet Morgan)
Agatha Christie: A Biography
3
Janet Morgan
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
4
Frank McCourt
The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons From Russian Literature (Viv Groskop)
The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons From Russian Literature
5
Viv Groskop
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (Lear, Linda)
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature
6
Lear, Linda
Becoming Dr. Seuss (Brian Jay Jones)
Becoming Dr. Seuss
7
Brian Jay Jones
The Book of Forgotten Authors (Christopher Fowler)
The Book of Forgotten Authors
8
Christopher Fowler
Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl)
Boy: Tales of Childhood
9
Roald Dahl
The Brontes, Wild Genius on the Moor: The Story of a Literary Family (Juliet Barker)
The Brontes, Wild Genius on the Moor: The Story of a Literary Family
10
Juliet Barker
Byron: Life and Legend (Fiona MacCarthy)
Byron: Life and Legend
11
Fiona MacCarthy
Capote: A Biography (Gerald Clarke)
Capote: A Biography
12
Gerald Clarke
Capote's Women (Laurence Leamer)
Capote's Women
13
Laurence Leamer
Charles Dickens: A Life (Claire Tomalin)
Charles Dickens: A Life
14
Claire Tomalin
Come, Tell Me How You Live (Agatha Christie)
Come, Tell Me How You Live
15
Agatha Christie
Confessions of a Bookseller (Shaun Bythell)
Confessions of a Bookseller
16
Shaun Bythell
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
17
Tove Ditlevsen
Dear Reader (Cathy Rentzenbrink)
Dear Reader
18
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Diaries
Diaries
19
Diaries of Franz Kafka (Czech Republic)
Diaries of Franz Kafka (Czech Republic)
20
The Diary of a Bookseller (Shaun Bythell)
The Diary of a Bookseller
21
Shaun Bythell
The Diary of Virginia Woolf Vol. 1 (Virginia Woolf)
The Diary of Virginia Woolf Vol. 1
22
Virginia Woolf
Dickens (Peter Ackroyd)
Dickens
23
Peter Ackroyd
Dust Tracks on a Road (Zora Neale Hurston)
Dust Tracks on a Road
24
Zora Neale Hurston
The Enchanted Places: A Childhood Memoir (Christopher Milne)
The Enchanted Places: A Childhood Memoir
25
Christopher Milne
Ernest Hemingway (Mary V. Dearborn)
Ernest Hemingway
26
Mary V. Dearborn
The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England (Emily Brand)
The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England
27
Emily Brand
Gerald Durrell (Douglas Botting)
Gerald Durrell
28
Douglas Botting
Goodbye Christopher Robin (Ann Thwaite)
Goodbye Christopher Robin
29
Ann Thwaite
The Grand Tour (Agatha Christie)
The Grand Tour
30
Agatha Christie
I Am I Am I Am (Maggie O'farrell)
I Am I Am I Am
31
Maggie O'farrell
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
32
Maya Angelou
A Is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie (Kathryn Harkup)
A Is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
33
Kathryn Harkup
It's Too Late Now (A. A. Milne)
It's Too Late Now
34
A. A. Milne
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography (Lucy Worsley)
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography
35
Lucy Worsley
Jane Austen: A Life (Claire Tomalin)
Jane Austen: A Life
36
Claire Tomalin
Journal of Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield)
Journal of Katherine Mansfield
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Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life (Claire Tomalin)
Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life
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Claire Tomalin
Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume I: 1940-1956 (Sylvia Plath)
Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume I: 1940-1956
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Sylvia Plath
The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume II: 1956-1963 (Sylvia Plath)
The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume II: 1956-1963
40
Sylvia Plath
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