Autobiographical


The Diary of a Young Girl
Educated
I’m Glad My Mom Died
Night
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Becoming
Bossypants
The Bell Jar
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
The Glass Castle
When Breath Becomes Air
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Me Talk Pretty One Day
The Complete Persepolis
Yes Please
Girl on a Plane by Miriam MossOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongThink it. Pitch it. Sell it. by Pierre CoombesLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
(Semi)Autobiographical Fiction
25 books — 3 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSummer of '69 by Todd StrasserOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Lover by Marguerite DurasThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Roman à clef
127 books — 39 voters

Land of the Seven Rivers by Sanjeev SanyalCity of Djinns by William DalrympleTrain to Pakistan by Khushwant SinghThe Incredible History of India's Geography by Sanjeev SanyalAn Era of Darkness by Shashi Tharoor
Understanding India
180 books — 9 voters
Down and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellGood Morning, Midnight by Jean RhysNight Roads by Gaito GazdanovAn Evening with Claire by Gaito GazdanovSpeak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
Woebegone Émigré in Europe
8 books — 1 voter

Humayun Azad
বারোটার সময় দাঁড়ালাম পেতলের ঘণ্টাটার পাশে। ওই ঘণ্টার শব্দ গুণে আমি ইস্কুলে যাই। কতো মধ্যরাতে ঘুম ভেঙে শুনেছি ওই ঘণ্টার দিগন্তের রহস্যবিভোর ধ্বনি। একজন দারোয়ান একটা বড় মুগুর দিয়ে দুটো-দুটো ক'রে ঘা দিলো। পৃথিবীতে বারোটা বাজলো, দুপুর হলো। সময়কে সেদিন আমরা বাজতে দেখলাম। ...more
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Glen Van Peski
I have found that success often comes out of many failures. In some of my failures, I have come face-to-face with the fact I just don’t know enough to do what I’m trying to do. There’s no shame in that. I still have worth and value, despite what I don’t know.
Glen Van Peski, Take Less. Do More.: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker

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