Autobiography

An autobiography (from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write) is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.

Closely associated with autobiography (and sometimes difficult to precisely distinguish from it) is the form of memoir. However, an autobiography typically focuses on the "life and times" of the writer, while a memoir has a narrower, more intimate focus on his or her own memories, feelings and emotions.

Also see Biography Memoir and Memoir.
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Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
Why Didn't You Tell Me?
Tanqueray
Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings
Original Sins: An extraordinary memoir of faith, family, shame and addiction
Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir
Corrections in Ink: A Memoir
Blood Orange Night: My Journey to the Edge of Madness
James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
The Community
Riding the Lightning: A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic
If We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing
Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More
Radical Love: Learning to Accept Yourself and Others
Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land
Educated
Finding Me
Happy-Go-Lucky
Greenlights
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No One Crosses the Wolf: A Memoir
The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There
James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up
Becoming
This Much is True
Will
North to Paradise
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithBreakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
1,383 books — 1,211 voters
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5,280 books — 5,718 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisBossypants by Tina FeyDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNaked by David Sedaris
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
858 books — 1,234 voters
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Biographies
1,329 books — 2,705 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
609 books — 1,051 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,458 books — 1,158 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl
Becoming
Bossypants
Educated
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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Night  (The Night Trilogy, #1)
The Glass Castle
Yes Please
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
When Breath Becomes Air
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
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