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

Someone from Asia
Read an autobiography, memoir, or biography of someone from Asia.
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I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala

Malala Yousafzai

9 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Hijab Butch Blues

Lamya H

284 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic by Mariko Kikuchi

A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic

Mariko Kikuchi

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction manga memoir dark emotional sad fast-paced
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

Nagata Kabi

144 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ manga memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir Of Life With Ratan Tata by Shantanu Naidu

I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir Of Life With Ratan Tata

Shantanu Naidu

232 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Herbert P. Bix

29 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2000 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912 by Donald Keene

Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912

Donald Keene

928 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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