Biography/Memoir

14 books

Must-Read1968

Cancer Ward

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Must-Read1969

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

Must-Read2015

If This Is a Man

Primo Levi

Must-Read1962

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Must-Read1965

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X and Alex Haley

Must-Read1975

The Periodic Table

Primo Levi

Recommended2012

A Man's Place

Annie Ernaux

Recommended1978

American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964

William Manchester

Recommended2015

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Recommended1995

Memory for Forgetfulness

Mahmoud Darwish

Recommended1925

The Bolshevik Myth

Alexander Berkman

Recommended1976

The Woman Warrior

Maxine Hong Kingston

Recommended2017

The Years

Annie Ernaux

Recommended1926

You Can't Win

Jack Black