Best Biography Memoir Books

Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson 2011 656 pages

4.16

1.2M+ ratings

Biography

Business

Technology

Becoming

by Michelle Obama 2018 448 pages

4.45

1M+ ratings

Memoir

Biography

Autobiography

Hillbilly Elegy

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J.D. Vance 2018 291 pages

3.86

400k+ ratings

Memoir

Biography

Politics

Elon Musk

Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

by Ashlee Vance 2015 400 pages

4.15

400k+ ratings

Biography

Business

Science

Spare

by Prince Harry 2023 409 pages

3.86

300k+ ratings

Memoir

Biography

Autobiography

Just Kids

by Patti Smith 2010 318 pages

4.21

200k+ ratings

Memoir

Music

Biography

Benjamin Franklin

An American Life

by Walter Isaacson 2004 586 pages

4.04

100k+ ratings

Biography

History

American History

An Unquiet Mind

by Kay Redfield Jamison 2009 240 pages

4.06

79k+ ratings

Psychology

Memoir

Mental Health

Lab Girl

by Hope Jahren 2016 304 pages

3.98

68k+ ratings

Science

Memoir

Biography

A House in the Sky

A Memoir

by Amanda Lindhout 2013 385 pages

4.26

66k+ ratings

Memoir

Biography

Travel

The Reason I Jump

The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

by Naoki Higashida 2013 176 pages

3.87

57k+ ratings

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Memoir

Psychology

The Snowball

Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

by Alice Schroeder 2008 852 pages

4.15

51k+ ratings

Biography

Business

Finance

My Story

by Elizabeth Smart 2013 320 pages

3.87

44k+ ratings

Memoir

True Crime

Biography

Gifted Hands

The Ben Carson Story

by Ben Carson 2011 249 pages

4.18

20k+ ratings

Biography

Memoir

Medical

Alex Ferguson

My Autobiography

by Alex Ferguson 2013 416 pages

3.94

16k+ ratings

Biography

Sports

Football

Becoming Steve Jobs

The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

by Brent Schlender 2015 482 pages

4.14

16k+ ratings

Biography

Business

Technology

The World As It Is

A Memoir of the Obama White House

by Ben Rhodes 2018 428 pages

4.3

12k+ ratings

Politics

Memoir

History

Boys in the Trees

by Carly Simon 2015 384 pages

3.66

11k+ ratings

Memoir

Biography

Music

Michael Jordan

The Life

by Roland Lazenby 2014 632 pages

4.31

7k+ ratings

Biography

Sports

Basketball

Wizard

The Life And Times Of Nikola Tesla

by Marc J. Seifer 2011 580 pages

3.72

6k+ ratings

Biography

Science

History

J. K. Rowling

The Wizard Behind Harry Potter

by Marc Shapiro 2014 290 pages

3.9

4k+ ratings

Biography

Biography Memoir

Childrens

The Bridge

The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

by David Remnick 2010 673 pages

4.1

4k+ ratings

Biography

Politics

History

A Freewheelin' Time

A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties

by Suze Rotolo 2009 384 pages

3.82

3k+ ratings

Music

Memoir

Biography

Aftermath

On Marriage and Separation

by Rachel Cusk 2012 160 pages

3.67

3k+ ratings

Memoir

Essays

Feminism

The Obamas

by Jodi Kantor 2012 334 pages

3.69

2k+ ratings

Politics

Biography

History

Timothy Keller

His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

by Collin Hansen 2023 309 pages

4.57

2k+ ratings

Biography

Christian

Theology

England's Mistress

The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton

by Kate Williams

3.88

1k+ ratings

Biography

History

British Literature

Finding My Balance

A Memoir

by Mariel Hemingway 2003 256 pages

3.47

100+ ratings

Memoir

Biography

Biography Memoir