Biography & Memoir

True accounts of real lives - a biography of someone else, or a first-hand memoir told by the person who lived it.

Biography & Memoir books shared by readers across our community.

Anything You Can Imagine Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth
Ian Nathan
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Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
3.0
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay
Alec Guinness : The Authorized Biography
Piers Paul Read
Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee
Coppola
Peter Cowie
George Lucas A Life
Brian Jay Jones
H is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald
Harrison Ford: Imperfect Hero
Garry Jenkins
Memoirs
Kingsley Amis
Patrick O'Brian The Making of the Novelist
Nikolai Tolstoy
Peter Jackson: A Film-maker’s Journey: A Film-maker's Journey
Brian Sibley
Stanley Kubrick A Biography
John Baxter
Acting My Life: The Autobiography
Ian Holm
Anthony Hopkins The Biography
Quentin Falk
Blade Runners, Deer Hunters & Blowing the Bloody Doors Off My Life in Cult Movies
Michael Deeley
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Peter Biskind
Experience
Martin Amis
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
Tom Shippey
My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor
Alec Guinness
Nerd Do Well
Simon Pegg
Ray Winstone The Story of the Ultimate Screen Hardman
Nigel Goodall
Rebel without a Crew Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Robert Rodriguez
Searching for John Ford
Joseph McBride
Siegfried Sassoon A Biography
Max Egremont
Storyteller The Life of Roald Dahl
Donald Sturrock
The Complete Sonnets and Poems
William Shakespeare
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Tom Wolfe
The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
Humphrey Carpenter
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
The Push A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits
Tommy Caldwell
Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
Tracy Borman
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
Catherine McIlwaine
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
Adam Kay
With Nails
Richard E. Grant
Larry’s Party
Carol Shields

Biography & Memoir

Anything You Can Imagine Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth

Steve Jobs

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

Alec Guinness : The Authorized Biography

Cider with Rosie

Coppola

George Lucas A Life

H is for Hawk

Harrison Ford: Imperfect Hero

Memoirs

Patrick O'Brian The Making of the Novelist

Peter Jackson: A Film-maker’s Journey: A Film-maker's Journey

Stanley Kubrick A Biography

Acting My Life: The Autobiography

Anthony Hopkins The Biography

Blade Runners, Deer Hunters & Blowing the Bloody Doors Off My Life in Cult Movies

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Experience

J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century

My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor

Nerd Do Well

Ray Winstone The Story of the Ultimate Screen Hardman

Rebel without a Crew Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player

Searching for John Ford

Siegfried Sassoon A Biography

Storyteller The Life of Roald Dahl

The Complete Sonnets and Poems

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends

The Last Lecture

The Push A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits

Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant

Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth

Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

With Nails

Larry’s Party

Biography & Memoir

Anything You Can Imagine Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth

Steve Jobs

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

Alec Guinness : The Authorized Biography

Cider with Rosie

Coppola

George Lucas A Life

H is for Hawk

Harrison Ford: Imperfect Hero

Memoirs

Patrick O'Brian The Making of the Novelist

Peter Jackson: A Film-maker’s Journey: A Film-maker's Journey

Stanley Kubrick A Biography

Acting My Life: The Autobiography

Anthony Hopkins The Biography

Blade Runners, Deer Hunters & Blowing the Bloody Doors Off My Life in Cult Movies

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Experience

J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century

My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor

Nerd Do Well

Ray Winstone The Story of the Ultimate Screen Hardman

Rebel without a Crew Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player

Searching for John Ford

Siegfried Sassoon A Biography

Storyteller The Life of Roald Dahl

The Complete Sonnets and Poems

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends

The Last Lecture

The Push A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits

Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant

Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth

Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

With Nails

Larry’s Party