Biography/Memoir

14 books

Must-Read 1968

Cancer Ward

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Must-Read 1969

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

Must-Read 2015

If This Is a Man

Primo Levi

Must-Read 1962

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Must-Read 1965

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X and Alex Haley

Must-Read 1975

The Periodic Table

Primo Levi

Recommended 2012

A Man's Place

Annie Ernaux

Recommended 1978

American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964

William Manchester

Recommended 2015

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Recommended 1995

Memory for Forgetfulness

Mahmoud Darwish

Recommended 1925

The Bolshevik Myth

Alexander Berkman

Recommended 1976

The Woman Warrior

Maxine Hong Kingston

Recommended 2017

The Years

Annie Ernaux

Recommended 1926

You Can't Win

Jack Black