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.

See also:
Autobiography
Memoir
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One Way Back: A Memoir
Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance
Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
Cloistered: My Years as a Nun
Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story
Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir
A Very Private School: A Memoir
The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler
A Good Bad Boy: Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up
Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin
Waiting for the Monsoon
Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother's Life
Learning to Think: A Memoir of Faith, Superstition, and the Courage to Ask Questions
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    Here After
    Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison
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    Somehow: Thoughts on Love
    The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
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