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.

Also see Biography Memoir and Memoir.
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Most Read This Week Tagged "Autobiography"

I'm Glad My Mom Died
Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About
The Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness
From Here to the Great Unknown
The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith
»Mama, bitte lern Deutsch«: Unser Eingliederungsversuch in eine geschlossene Gesellschaft
Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home
Departure[s]
Thirst: Twelve Drinks that Changed My Life
Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Hotter
Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America
These Precious Days: Essays
When We See You Again
Yearbook
Ghost Stories
Changer : Méthode
And Away...
Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
Niente di vero
Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain
Transcendent: A Memoir
What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts)
Wolf
Will
El cuerpo de Cristo
Love, Pamela
I Regret Almost Everything
I Choose Me
The Solo Honeymoon: A Brief Beautiful True Love Story
Last Rites
Hostage
The Book of Sheen
Sonny Boy
Did I Ever Tell You This?
Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A '90s Rock Memoir
Question 7
El loco de Dios en el fin del mundo
Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve
Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father
La Nuit au cœur
Diddly Squat: The Farmer's Dog
My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future
Patriot: A Memoir
The Half of It: A Memoir
This Much is True
Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton
Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
Mama huilt harder
Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison
La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière
A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
Hermanito
Beladen huis
Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis
The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience
Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home
The Seven Ages of Death
Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
Mother Tongue
Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
Por si las voces vuelven
Dad, Love, Me: A Memoir
Death of an Ordinary Man
When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between
Men Have Called Her Crazy
Disney Adults: Exploring (and Falling in Love with) a Magical Subculture
Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President
Making the Best of What's Left: When We're Too Old to Get the Chairs Reupholstered
The Last Secret Agent: My Life as a Spy Behind Nazi Lines
Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book
Ik ga leven
Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly
Min skyld - En historie om frigjøring
Nice Girls Don't Win: How I Burned It All Down to Claim My Power
So Gay for You: Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All
Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman
What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
I Don't Need Therapy: and other lies I've told myself
La familia grande
Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging
A Truce That Is Not Peace
Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth
Choosing to Run: A Memoir
Idiots: Marriage, Motherhood, Milk & Mistakes
Unseen: How I Lost My Vision but Found My Voice
Over the Influence: A Memoir
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
The Redhead of Auschwitz
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin
Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories
Free Ride
Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer
Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir

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