Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2024

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The Amazon Editors' top pick in Biographies and Memoirs : Be Ready When the Luck Happens
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  1. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
    Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
    Ina Garten
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $34.00
    7,303
  2. John Lewis: A Life
    John Lewis: A Life
    David Greenberg
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $35.00
    70
  3. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
    Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
    Salman Rushdie
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    2,514
  4. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
    An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
    Doris Kearns Goodwin
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $35.00
    5,947
  5. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
    Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
    Deborah Taffa
    Kindle Edition
    $11.49
    276
  6. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
    The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
    Griffin Dunne
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $30.00
    4,074
  7. All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians
    All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians
    Phil Elwood
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $28.99
    722
  8. The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
    The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
    Dan Slepian
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $30.00
    168
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Best Biographies & Memoirs of 2023

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  1. King: A Life
    King: A Life
    Jonathan Eig
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99
    1,169
  2. Elon Musk
    Elon Musk
    Walter Isaacson
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $35.00
    19,086
  3. A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial
    A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial
    Viet Thanh Nguyen
    Kindle Edition
    $9.00 $18.00
    335
  4. They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
    They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
    Prachi Gupta
    Kindle Edition
    $4.99 $18.00
    363
  5. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
    Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
    Stephanie Land
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99
    831
  6. To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul
    To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul
    Tracy K. Smith
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99
    39
  7. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
    You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
    Maggie Smith
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    2,319
  8. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of inj
    Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.
    Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $21.99
    372
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Best Biographies & Memoirs of 2022

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  1. Solito: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Memoir
    Solito: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Memoir
    Javier Zamora
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $18.00
    8,661
  2. I'm Glad My Mom Died
    I'm Glad My Mom Died
    Jennette Mccurdy
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $27.99
    75,654
  3. The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
    The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
    Jonathan Freedland
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99
    5,893
  4. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
    And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
    Jon Meacham
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $25.00
    2,912
  5. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    Stephanie Foo
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99
    4,932
  6. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
    Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
    Bill Browder
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $18.99
    9,442
  7. A Heart That Works
    A Heart That Works
    Rob Delaney
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $18.00
    2,518
  8. Finding Me: A Memoir of Radical Honesty and Self-Discovery
    Finding Me: A Memoir of Radical Honesty and Self-Discovery
    Viola Davis
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99
    22,231
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Best Biographies & Memoirs of 2021

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  1. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
    Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
    Michelle Zauner
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $17.00
    26,119
  2. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    Patrick Radden Keefe
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $19.00
    12,496
  3. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
    The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
    Walter Isaacson
    Kindle Edition
    $15.99 $20.99
    13,401
  4. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
    Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
    Suleika Jaouad
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $20.00
    13,313
  5. Punch Me Up To The Gods: A Memoir
    Punch Me Up To The Gods: A Memoir
    Brian Broome, Yona Harvey
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $17.99
    1,087
  6. Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System
    Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System
    Jarrett Adams
    Kindle Edition
    $5.99 $27.00
    293
  7. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
    Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
    Nathaniel Philbrick
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $18.00
    1,185
  8. In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
    In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
    Tom Vitale
    Kindle Edition
    $11.99 $19.99
    1,553
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Best Biographies & Memoirs of 2020

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  1. A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
    A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
    Brittany K. Barnett
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $20.00
    1,770
  2. Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
    Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
    Christie Tate
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99
    5,194
  3. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
    Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
    Robert Kolker
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $19.00
    21,144
  4. Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
    Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
    Phuc Tran
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $19.99
    1,090
  5. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
    The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
    Erik Larson
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    43,661
  6. Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
    Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
    Sierra Crane Murdoch
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $20.00
    1,087
  7. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
    The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
    Les Payne, Tamara Payne
    Kindle Edition
    $12.28 $21.95
    2,185
  8. The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir
    The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir
    Michele Harper
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $17.00
    3,467
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