Reading More Non-Fiction in 2021! - hosted by litficwithellie

An (auto)biography
Some people have really interesting lives! Choose someone you want to learn more about in 2021 and pick up a biography or, even better, their autobiography/memoir!
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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life

Ali Wong

6 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Ich bin Linus. Wie ich der Mann wurde, der ich schon immer war by Linus Giese

Ich bin Linus. Wie ich der Mann wurde, der ich schon immer war

Linus Giese

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

James McBride

291 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

Solutions and Other Problems

Allie Brosh

528 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction comics essays memoir emotional funny medium-paced
Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan by John R. Bruning, Sean Parnell

Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

John R. Bruning, Sean Parnell

374 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative fast-paced
The Doctor Will See You Now: The highs and lows of my life as an NHS GP by Amir Khan

The Doctor Will See You Now: The highs and lows of my life as an NHS GP

Amir Khan

7 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction health memoir emotional funny informative medium-paced
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

19 hours • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir by Yrsa Daley-Ward

The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

Yrsa Daley-Ward

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
A Nurse's Story: My Life in A&E in the Covid Crisis by Louise Curtis

A Nurse's Story: My Life in A&E in the Covid Crisis

Louise Curtis

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Traces: The memoir of a forensic scientist and criminal investigator by Patricia Wiltshire

Traces: The memoir of a forensic scientist and criminal investigator

Patricia Wiltshire

10 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science true crime challenging informative slow-paced