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

Someone in your favourite field
Read an autobiography, memoir, or biography of someone in your favourite field. I personally love oceanography, so am using this field for this prompt.
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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik

5 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative inspiring medium-paced
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Anne Lamott

237 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reference informative inspiring medium-paced
Brutally Honest by Melanie Brown, Louise Gannon

Brutally Honest

Melanie Brown, Louise Gannon

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction memoir music emotional reflective medium-paced
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History by Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History

Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman

6 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics by Rachael Denhollander

What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics

Rachael Denhollander

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Backstreet Boys 30th Anniversary Celebration by Karah-Leigh Hancock, Emilia Filogamo

Backstreet Boys 30th Anniversary Celebration

Karah-Leigh Hancock, Emilia Filogamo

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me by Bernie Taupin

Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative slow-paced
Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot by Ken McGoogan

Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot

Ken McGoogan

340 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative 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
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

Walter Isaacson

536 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science reflective medium-paced