Biography

A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life", and graphos meaning "write") is a non-fictional account of a person's life. Biographies are written by an author who is not the subject/focus of the book.

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Autobiography
Memoir
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My Side of the River
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life
How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir
Carson McCullers: A Life
I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir
Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew
A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime
An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country
A Bookshop of One’s Own: How a group of women set out to change the world
Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment
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    A Promised Land
    The Happiest Man on Earth
    Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
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    Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
    Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
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    The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
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    Inside Out
    Surviving to Drive
    Leslie F*cking Jones
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