Best Biography & Memoir Books

1. 1

   

   Becoming

   by Michelle Obama

   ★ 4.93 BLT Score (1.2M ratings)

   ★ 4.43 Goodreads (1.2M)

   448 pages • 2018

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   Finding Me

   by Viola Davis

   ★ 4.91 BLT Score (184.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.53 Goodreads (184.9K)

   304 pages • 2022

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3. 3

   

   Educated

   by Tara Westover

   ★ 4.84 BLT Score (1.9M ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.9M)

   352 pages • 2018

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4. 4

   

   Shoe Dog

   by Phil Knight

   ★ 4.83 BLT Score (374.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (374.7K)

   400 pages • 2016

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5. 5

   

   Know My Name

   by Chanel Miller

   ★ 4.81 BLT Score (262.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.68 Goodreads (262.6K)

   384 pages • 2019

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6. 6

   

   The Choice: Embrace the Possible

   by Edith Eger, Edith Eva Eger

   ★ 4.79 BLT Score (132.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (132.9K)

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   A Promised Land

   The Presidential Memoirs • Book 1

   by Barack Obama

   ★ 4.76 BLT Score (279.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (279.1K)

   768 pages • 2020

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   The Autobiography of Malcolm X

   by Malcolm X, Alex Haley

   ★ 4.76 BLT Score (293.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (293.7K)

   466 pages • 1965

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   Unbroken

   by Laura Hillenbrand

   ★ 4.75 BLT Score (1.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (1.0M)

   475 pages • 2010

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    Grant

    by Ron Chernow

    ★ 4.74 BLT Score (44.7K ratings)

    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (44.7K)

    1074 pages • 2017

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    Greenlights

    by Matthew McConaughey

    ★ 4.74 BLT Score (468.7K ratings)

    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (468.7K)

    289 pages • 2020

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    Nobody's Girl

    by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

    ★ 4.73 BLT Score (70.8K ratings)

    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (70.8K)

    367 pages • 2025

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13. 13

    

    Stripped Down

    by Bunnie Xo

    ★ 4.71 BLT Score (7.6K ratings)

    ★ 4.59 Goodreads (7.6K)

    304 pages • 2026

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    Will

    by Will Smith, Mark Manson

    ★ 4.70 BLT Score (75.6K ratings)

    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (75.6K)

    418 pages • 2021

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    Endurance

    by Alfred Lansing

    ★ 4.70 BLT Score (169.7K ratings)

    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (169.7K)

    282 pages • 1959

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    Night

    The Night Trilogy • Book 1

    by Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel, François Mauriac

    ★ 4.64 BLT Score (1.4M ratings)

    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (1.4M)

    120 pages • 1956

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    A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

    by Adam Makos, Larry Alexander

    ★ 4.64 BLT Score (28.1K ratings)

    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (28.1K)

    392 pages • 2012

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18. 18

    

    The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

    by Robert A. Caro

    ★ 4.63 BLT Score (29.7K ratings)

    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (29.7K)

    1246 pages • 1974

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19. 19

    

    God's Smuggler

    by Unknown Author

    ★ 4.63 BLT Score (47.8K ratings)

    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (47.8K)

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    Alexander Hamilton

    by Ron Chernow

    ★ 4.61 BLT Score (201.6K ratings)

    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (201.6K)

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    The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants

    Elephant Whisperer • Book 1

    by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence

    ★ 4.61 BLT Score (33.3K ratings)

    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (33.3K)

    368 pages • 2009

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

    by Sean Parnell, John R. Bruning

    ★ 4.60 BLT Score (13.3K ratings)

    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (13.3K)

    374 pages • 2012

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    The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

    by William L. Shirer

    ★ 4.60 BLT Score (149.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (149.4K)

    1147 pages • 1960

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    Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

    by Robert Kurson

    ★ 4.60 BLT Score (12.0K ratings)

    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (12.0K)

    384 pages • 2018

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    Churchill: Walking with Destiny

    by Andrew Roberts

    ★ 4.60 BLT Score (11.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (11.4K)

    1105 pages • 2018

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