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Fiction | Non-Fiction | Biography & Autobiography

Recommended Biographies & Autobiographies
Newer titles are in red type

AUTHOR

TITLE

COMMENTS

Angelou, Maya

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

first vol. autobiography of incredible American woman

Baker, Russell

Growing Up

wonderfully written

Beals, Melba

Warriors Don’t Cry

Integration of Little Rock High School — 1950s. A fabulous book, all should read, and now there’s a …

White is a State of Mind

sequel!

Brooks, Polly

Queen Eleanor: Independent…

Eleanor of Acquitaine

Cleary, Beverly

A Girl From Yamville

autobiography of a favorite author

Dahl, Roald

Boy

autobiography of a favorite author

Going Solo

sequel

Duncan, Lois

Chapters: My Growth as a Writer

favorite mystery writer

Durrell, Gerald

My Family and Other Animals

animals and growing up

Filipovic, Zlata

Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life…

diary — war in Bosnia

Fleischman, Sid

The Abracadabra Kid

magic and writing

Fong-Torres, Ben

The Rice Room

60s to the present

Frank, Anne

Diary of a Young Girl

classic World War II diary

Freedman, Russell

 

Lincoln, A Photobiography

all three are Newbery winners

The Wright Brothers

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery

Fritz, Jean

Traitor

Benedict Arnold

 

Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt

really brings history to life

Gilbreth, Frank B.

Cheaper by the Dozen

still funny

Gunther, John

Death Be Not Proud

portrait of a dying son

Hamilton, Virginia

Paul Robeson

important African-American

Hautzig, Esther

The Endless Steppe

World War II

Hayden, Tory

One Child

working with abused children

Somebody Else’s Kids

very popular

Herriot, James

All Creatures Great and Small

English veterinarian — series

Houston, Jeanne

Farewell to Manzanar

Japanese-American internment

Kherdian, David

Road From Home

Armenian holocaust

Mowat, Farley

Never Cry Wolf

naturalist adventure

The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be

funny — also many other books

Myers, Walter Dean

Malcom X: By Any Means Necessary

 

Paulsen, Gary

My Life in Dog Years

Paulsen on dogs

Siegel, Aranka

Upon the Head of a Goat

World War II — Holocaust

Spinelli, Jerry

Knots in my Yo-Yo String

writer’s childhood

Vinke, Hermann

Short Life of Sophie Scholl

World War II — Holocaust

Wiesel, Elie

Night

World War II — Holocaust

Yeager, Chuck

Yeager

famous test pilot

Other recommended titles:
Fiction | Non-Fiction | Biography & Autobiography | other reading lists

updated 16-Jan-2005

updated 16-Aug-2006