Read Your Shelves 2023 - hosted by caitlinsbooks

A biography/ autobiography
I really reeeeally need to read more of my non-fiction books this year, and a good place to start is with my biographies/ autobiographies!
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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Chris Hadfield

311 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do

The Happiest Refugee

Anh Do

232 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Top End Girl by Miranda Tapsell

Top End Girl

Miranda Tapsell

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative slow-paced
The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea by Lady Hyegyeong

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea

Lady Hyegyeong

372 pages • first pub 1805 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history memoir emotional informative slow-paced
Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir by Agatha Christie, Jacquetta Hawkes

Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir

Agatha Christie, Jacquetta Hawkes

224 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous funny reflective fast-paced
Son of a Southern Chef: Cook with Soul by Lazarus Lynch

Son of a Southern Chef: Cook with Soul

Lazarus Lynch

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lighthearted slow-paced
A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett

A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction

Terry Pratchett

315 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays funny informative reflective medium-paced
I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux

I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche

Sue Prideaux

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir by Margaret Kimball

And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir

Margaret Kimball

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional reflective medium-paced