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Best Biography & Autobiography Books

📚 30 books🔄 Updated 2026

🏆 Top Rated

#1
Educated
by Tara Westover
#2
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
#3
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt

All Biography & Autobiography Books (30)

Educated by Tara Westover - Biography book cover

Educated

Tara Westover

0Medium
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - Biography book cover

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

361 pagesMedium
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt - Biography book cover

Angela's Ashes

Frank McCourt

378 pagesMedium
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom - Biography book cover

Tuesdays with Morrie

Mitch Albom

226 pagesMedium
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Emil Frankl - Biography book cover

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Emil Frankl

248 pagesMedium
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand - Biography book cover

Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand

497 pagesHard
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer book cover

Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer

318 pagesMedium
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch - Biography book cover

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch

232 pagesMedium
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - Biography book cover

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

371 pagesMedium
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig book cover

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig

434 pagesHard
Roughing It by Mark Twain book cover

Roughing It

Mark Twain

1122 pagesHard
John Adams by David McCullough - Biography book cover

John Adams

David McCullough

883 pagesHard
Papillon by Henri Charriere book cover

Papillon

Henri Charriere

564 pagesHard
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - Biography book cover

The Story of My Life

Helen Keller

84 pagesEasy
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin book cover

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

124 pagesEasy
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs book cover

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet A. Jacobs

322 pagesMedium
Acres of Diamonds by Russell Herman Conwell book cover

Acres of Diamonds

Russell Herman Conwell

159 pagesEasy
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington book cover

Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington

0Medium
The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams book cover

The Education of Henry Adams

Henry Adams

552 pagesHard
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by Thomas Edward Lawrence book cover

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Thomas Edward Lawrence

704 pagesHard
The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant book cover

The Story of Philosophy

Will Durant

736 pagesHard
The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau book cover

The Maine Woods

Henry David Thoreau

204 pagesMedium
King Richard II by Margaret Shewring book cover

King Richard II

Margaret Shewring

228 pagesMedium
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson book cover

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

704 pagesHard
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass book cover

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

129 pagesEasy
My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass book cover

My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass

386 pagesMedium
Het achterhuis by Anne Frank book cover

Het achterhuis

Anne Frank

310 pagesMedium
The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo book cover

The Travels of Marco Polo

Marco Polo

324 pagesMedium
Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Peter Kropotkin book cover

Memoirs of a Revolutionist

Peter Kropotkin

598 pagesHard
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert book cover

Eat Pray Love

Elizabeth Gilbert

402 pagesHard