Best Biography Memoir Books

Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson 2011 630 pages

4.15

1.3M ratings

Biography

Business

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Becoming

by Michelle Obama 2018 426 pages

4.44

1.1M ratings

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Hillbilly Elegy

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J.D. Vance 2016 264 pages

3.85

480.8K ratings

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Elon Musk

Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

by Ashlee Vance 2015 392 pages

4.13

429.8K ratings

Biography

Business

Science

Spare

by Prince Harry 2023 410 pages

3.84

409.4K ratings

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Just Kids

by Patti Smith 2010 304 pages

4.21

325.1K ratings

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Music

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Benjamin Franklin

An American Life

by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages

4.05

145.9K ratings

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American History

An Unquiet Mind

A Memoir of Moods and Madness

by Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 240 pages

4.06

83.3K ratings

Psychology

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Mental Health

Lab Girl

by Hope Jahren 2016 290 pages

3.98

70.4K ratings

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A House in the Sky

by Amanda Lindhout 2013 373 pages

4.27

69.9K ratings

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The Reason I Jump

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

by Naoki Higashida 2005 135 pages

3.88

60.4K ratings

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Memoir

Psychology

The Snowball

Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

by Alice Schroeder 2008 960 pages

4.16

52.8K ratings

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Business

Finance

My Story

by Elizabeth Smart 2013 308 pages

3.88

46.1K ratings

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True Crime

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Gifted Hands

The Ben Carson Story

by Ben Carson 1992 224 pages

4.19

21.8K ratings

Biography

Memoir

Medical

Alex Ferguson

My Autobiography

by Alex Ferguson 2013 416 pages

3.94

17.6K ratings

Biography

Sports

Football

Becoming Steve Jobs

The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

by Brent Schlender 2015 464 pages

4.14

16.8K ratings

Biography

Business

Technology

The World As It Is

Inside the Obama White House

by Ben Rhodes 2018 480 pages

4.30

12.3K ratings

Politics

Memoir

History

Boys in the Trees

by Carly Simon 2015 384 pages

3.67

11.6K ratings

Memoir

Biography

Music

Michael Jordan

The Life

by Roland Lazenby 2014 720 pages

4.31

8.0K ratings

Biography

Sports

Basketball

Wizard

The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius

by Marc J. Seifer 1996 542 pages

3.73

6.4K ratings

Biography

Science

History

J. K. Rowling

The Wizard Behind Harry Potter

by Marc Shapiro 2000 107 pages

3.90

4.9K ratings

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Biography Memoir

Childrens

The Bridge

The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

by David Remnick 2010 656 pages

4.10

4.6K ratings

Biography

Politics

History

A Freewheelin' Time

A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties

by Suze Rotolo 2008 369 pages

3.85

3.9K ratings

Music

Memoir

Biography

Aftermath

On Marriage and Separation

by Rachel Cusk 2012 153 pages

3.66

3.8K ratings

Memoir

Essays

Feminism

Timothy Keller

His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

by Collin Hansen 2023 320 pages

4.55

2.7K ratings

Biography

Christian

Theology

The Obamas

by Jodi Kantor 2011 368 pages

3.69

2.3K ratings

Biography

Politics

History

England's Mistress

The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton

by Kate Williams 2005 415 pages

3.89

1.0K ratings

History

Biography

Historical

Finding My Balance

A Memoir with Yoga

by Mariel Hemingway 2003 256 pages

3.48

198 ratings

Memoir

Biography

Biography Memoir