As and When: Intro to Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies - hosted by joemkl

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Read an autobiography, memoir, or biography of someone you already know about, but know you dislike.
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The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

Masha Gessen

314 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography politics informative tense slow-paced
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

12 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy by Andrew Morton

Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy

Andrew Morton

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

Paris: The Memoir

Paris Hilton

330 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy by Fergus Fleming

Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy

Fergus Fleming

489 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous slow-paced
Mengele: The Complete Story by John Ware, Gerald L. Posner

Mengele: The Complete Story

John Ware, Gerald L. Posner

400 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Sound of Laughter by Peter Kay

The Sound of Laughter

Peter Kay

368 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography funny reflective fast-paced
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