Most Read This Week In Autobiography

An autobiography (from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write) is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.

Closely associated with autobiography (and sometimes difficult to precisely distinguish from it) is the form of memoir. However, an autobiography typically focuses on the "life and times" of the writer, while a memoir has a narrower, more intimate focus on his or her own memories, feelings and emotions.

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Most Read This Week Tagged "Autobiography"

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All That's Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir

The Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness

Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton

Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard

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Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home

Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts)

The Wound Is Where the Light Enters: A Memoir of Resilience

Thirst: Twelve Drinks that Changed My Life

When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between

Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis

Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father

Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

I'm a Lot: Surviving Myself and All the People I've Been

The Solo Honeymoon: A Brief Beautiful True Love Story

Junglekeeper: What It Takes to Change the World

Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A '90s Rock Memoir

Cry for Me, Argentina: My Life as a Failed Child Star

Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain

A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

So Gay for You: Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All

Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond

Jesusland: Stories from the Upside Down World of Christian Pop Culture

Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

The Last Secret Agent: My Life as a Spy Behind Nazi Lines

Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

The Tribe and I Have Spoken: The Definitive (Unofficial) Lore and Legacy from the Game's Smartest Surviving Loser

Making the Best of What's Left: When We're Too Old to Get the Chairs Reupholstered

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Quotes Tagged “Autobiography”

“ I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You've got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything. You've got to go out and fight for it. Nobody knows what you want except you, and nobody will be as sorry as you if you don't get it. So don't give up your dreams. ...more ”
― Barry Manilow, Sweet Life: Adventures On The Way To Paradise

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“ Former police chief of Houston once said of me: “Frank Abagnale could write a check on toilet paper, drawn on the Confederate States Treasury, sign it ‘U.R. Hooked’ and cash it at any bank in town, using a Hong Kong driver’s license for identification. ”
― Frank W. Abagnale, Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake

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