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

A refugee, asylum seeker, or political prisoner
Read an autobiography, memoir, or biography of a refugee, asylum seeker, or political prisoner. This is a flexible prompt; Malala does not identify as a refugee, for example, but would be an appropriate choice for this prompt.
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Solito by Javier Zamora

Solito

Javier Zamora

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional sad tense medium-paced
Call Me American: A Memoir by Abdi Nor Iftin

Call Me American: A Memoir

Abdi Nor Iftin

10 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds by Hannah Pick-Goslar

My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds

Hannah Pick-Goslar

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
You Don't Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine by Yeva Skalietska

You Don't Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine

Yeva Skalietska

128 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir young adult emotional informative medium-paced
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom #1-2

Nelson Mandela

638 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
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